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Luke d'Araceno - Trade list


PROGRESSIVE, HARDROCK, RIO & ZEUHL, AVANT GARDE, EXPERIMENTAL, MELODIC, POP, ROCK, (PROG)METAL, FOLK, etc.

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  • -Various - One world one voice (GB, 90)
    A musical trip around the world. Produced by Rupert Hine. Contributing artists Laurie Anderson, Clannad, TT d'Arby, Peter Gabriel, Dave Gilmour, Kevin Godley, Howard Jones, Kodo Drummers, Hermeto Pascoal, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sting, Suzanne Vega and many many others.


  • -Various - Beyond rock (div, 92)
    Various great unknown prog and rock bands. My favourites: Karl Welty, System Seven and Keturah


  • -Various - Cyclops Sampler Vol. 1 (div, 94)
    Sampler with tracks from Grace, Grey Lady Down, Geoff Mann, Mr. So and So and many others.


  • All about Eve - Ultraviolet (GB, 92)
    Fragile popsongs with female vox.


  • Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - idem (GB, 89)
    Yes in its almost complete line up of the essential Fragile album.


  • Arabesque - Beyond the veil (NL, 94)
    Dutch complex progmetal, with Lemur Voice's bass/Chapman Stick player Barend Tromp. Recommended!


  • Atomic Opera - For madmen only (USA, 94)
    Highly recommended to fans of King's X or Galactic Cowboys. This album is produced by the Sam Taylor, who is also the producer behind… King's X and Galactic Cowboys.


  • Buckley, Jeff - Grace (USA, 94)
    Great singer with a golden voice. Regretfully the only studio album he made before dying.


  • Chance, The - idem (USA, 93)
    Mini album. Progrock with touches of Saga.


  • Cliffhanger - Cold steel (NL, 95)
    Dutch progband with a very original sound, somewhere between early Yes and Gentle Giant.


  • Creepmime - Shadows (NL, 93)
    Metal with progressif touches. For those familiar with the Dutch progmagazine IO Pages: the band contributed a track to the 1996 sampler.


  • Cross, David - Testing to destruction (GB, 94)
    Great and fascinating album with high energy KC-prog from the former violin player of King Crimson (Starless/Larks Tongues era).


  • Dalbello - Whore (CAN, 96)
    Canadian female singer makes sophisticated poprock with prog touches.


  • Decamps, Christian - Juste une ligne bleue (FRA, 90)
    Solo album of the singer of famous French 70's progressive band Ange.


  • Denis, Daniel - Sirius and the ghosts (BELG, 91)
    First album of the drummer/leading man of Univers Zero (also Art Zoyd member).


  • Downes, Geoffrey - Vox humana (GB, 93)
    Keyboard player of Yes, Asia and the Buggles.


  • Dunnery, Francis - Tall blonde helicopter (GB, 95)
    Sophisticated songs from the voice and front man of one of the most outstanding and adventurous 80's prog bands: It Bites.


  • Egdon Heath - Nebula (NL, 96)
    One of the leading Dutch progressive bands during the 90's. Recommended.


  • F.F.F. - Blast culture (FRA, 91)
    If you like the Chili Peppers or Urban Dance Squad, you should listen to this great funkmetal by the French Funk Federation.


  • Garden Wall - Principium (ITA, 93)
    Italian prog with VanderGraaf/Hammill touches.


  • Halloween - Part One (FRA, 88)
    Muséa release of this French progressive band with a main role for the violin.


  • Happy Family - idem (JAP, 95)
    Japanese weirdos with high energy King Crimsonesque jazzrocknoisefusion.


  • Hittman - Vivas machina (USA, 92.)
    High standard AOR/progmetal.


  • Hooverphonic - A new stereophonic sound specatuclar (BELG, 96)
    Belgian dance with great grooves and fine melodies. Very nice.


  • It Bites - Calling all the heroes - The best of (GB, 95)
    Greatest hits (did they ever have one?) of this 80's prog band.


  • Jansen, Steve & Richard Barbieri - Stories across borders (GB, 91)
    Atmospheric ambient of the drummer and keyboard player of Japan and Porcupine Tree.


  • Jellyfish - Spilt milk (USA, 93)
    Fine progressive US-pop with influences of Queen, Beach Boys and Supertramp. Really like them.


  • Jones, Howard - One to one (GB, 86)
    Third album of this meloprogpoppy singer & multi instrumentalist.


  • Jordan, Marc - Talking through pictures (USA, 87)
    Nice progressive pop, with musical arrangements which from time to time remind of Peter Gabriel.


  • Kong - Phlegm (NL, 92)
    King Crimson meets industrial meets dancemetal meets 20th century classical. Ultimately grooving Dutch band.


  • Marathon (ITA) - Impossible is possible (ITA, 93)
    Italian neo-progressive.


  • Masque - Flesh that understands (ZWE, 93.)
    Swedish melodic and adventurous prog.


  • Moonflower - The real thing (NL, 94)
    Dutch fine poprock with female voice.


  • Nerve - Blood & gold (NL, 95)
    With his latter band Junkie XL Tom Holkenborg has been regarded the Dutch answer to The Prodigy. Here's one of his earlier attempts to underscribe this.


  • Painting over Picasso - Hello (NL, 94)
    Intelligent pop by Amsterdam based British alternative artpoprockers.


  • Present - Triskaidekaphobie/Le poison qui rend fou (BELG, 85)
    Great RIO band with a.o. Roger Trigaux and Daniel Denis from Univers Zero. Two albums onto one cd.


  • PTS - Campaign (NL, 96)
    Dutch melodic progressive.


  • Reed Network, Dan - idem (USA, 88)
    First album of this grooving rockband with funkmetal touches. Includes the hit 'Get to you'.


  • Reed Network, Dan - Slam (USA, 89)
    Second album of this grooving rockband with funkmetal touches.


  • Reed Network, Dan - The heat (USA, 91)
    Third album of this grooving rockband with funkmetal touches.


  • Rongey, Kurt - Book in hand (USA, 91)
    Solo album of this virtuose US keyboard player. Sometimes reminding of Happy the Man/Kit Watkins.


  • Rundgren, Todd - 2nd wind (USA, 91)
    Mr. Rundgren has done very different things. This album can be regarded as more progressive (more in the tradition of masterpieces like Initiation and T.R.'s Utopia).


  • Rundgren, Todd - No world order (USA, 93)
    Pop with progressive touches.


  • Schnell Fenster - The sound of trees (AUS, 90)
    When Split Enz split up, two bands were born: Crowded House and Schnell Fenster. Intelligent quality pop.


  • Shadowland - Mad as a hatter (GB, 96)
    Nice album of British neo-prog heroes Karl Groom and Clive Nolan.


  • Stewart, Dave & Barbara Gaskin - The big idea (GB, 90)
    Former keyboard player of Canterbury epigones like Egg, Hatfield, National Health and Bruford, knows how to use these influences into nice popsongs.


  • Sunday All Over The World - Kneeling at the shrine (GB, 91)
    Beautiful baby born out of the interesting marriage of Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox.


  • Szekeres, Tamás - Guitarmania (HON, 93)
    Hungarian guitar virtuoso. Yngwie who?


  • Tears for Fears - Elemental (GB, 93)
    Roland Orzabal proves to be the genius behind Tears for Fears. Very nice and beautiful songs, recommended to the progminded.


  • Thinkman - Hard hat zone (GB, 90)
    Hobby band of Rupert Hine - one of the most famous prog producers (Saga, Rush, The Fixx, Camel, Howard Jones). Sophisticated pop, intelligent prog, outstanding production..


  • Tidal Force - Will to power (USA, 93)
    Progressive melodic AOR, yet quite original because of its use of violin, flute and tempo changes.


  • Univers Zero - Uzed (BELG, 84)
    Fine album of this Belgian RIO band, which can be regarded as one of the main representatives of the genre.


  • Univers Zero - Heatwave (BELG, 87)
    The last album of these Belgian avantprogressives - until they showed up with a brand new sublime album in 1999.


  • Waltari - So fine! (FIN, 94)
    Hi-energy-power-groove-metal with a great dose of humour. Includes a cover of The Cure's "A forest"


  • Waltari - Big bang (FIN, 95)
    Hi-energy-power-groove-metal with a great dose of humour.


  • Waltari - Space avenue (FIN, 97)
    Hi-energy-power-groove-metal with a great dose of humour.


  • World Trade - Euphoria (USA, 95)
    Second album of this neo-Yes band. (Even Yes seemed to like them, because they invited front man Billy Sherwood to join them…)


  • Yared, Gabriel - Shamrock (FRA, 88)
    Early album of a French soundtrack & ballet music composer (Betty Blue, Vincent) contains very original compositions. Listen e.g. to the great animal sampled Bach Invention