progstreaming.com - apparently legit stream site

[Pedro]

It's been mentioned on here once before, but if anyone is interested, this site (pointed out by someone on another forum) appears to stream whole albums (seemingly legitimately) so that one can listen before buying.

We're not talking the "major" stuff here, but I am just listening to Galahad's new one ("Battle Scars") and I'll probably listen to Invertgio's "Veritas" and North Atlantic Oscillation's "Fog Electric" at some point, because I'm genuinely curious to try them on before parting with the cold hard stuff.

I don't recognise much else on there but then this might be the point...so some random clicking might yield treasures...

Anyway, there it is.

//http://www.progstreaming.com

[ich_bin_besser]

Yes, the site is approved by the bands and the labels. Very nice opportunity to listen to music before buying it.
And yeah, Pedro: listen to InVertigo!  Very nice album. 8-)

[Mikey]

I don't recognise much else on there but then this might be the point...so some random clicking might yield treasures...

Hmm, see what you mean

[ich_bin_besser]

That's the great thing about it, ain't it?  8-)
Check out Airs, if you don't know it yet. More rock than prog, but a very interesting concept album! And the new IZZ, I really like as well.  :mrgreen:

[owen]

There's no way in hell that I am checking out "Merlin, the rock opera".  :?

[Mikey]

There's no way in hell that I am checking out "Merlin, the rock opera".  :?

I'll risk it.........Think about the myths and legends of King Arthur and his knights of the round table  

It has a Merlin track. A very fine Merlin track.

[Mikey]

More worrying would be;

Procosmian Fannyfiddlers - Interference Number 9

[Mikey]

I'll risk it.........

Fabio Zuffanti biography
Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer FABIO ZUFFANTI is a well know name for those with a keen interest in Italian progressive rock. After starting out as a musician in 1994, he's worked with and been a member of a score of bands: Aries, Finisterre, Höstsonaten, laZona, Maschera Di Cera, Quadraphonic, Rohmer and R.u.g.h.e.

In 2008 he also started working with Tommaso Labranca on a project where Zuffanti supplied music to spoken words, another side project besides his bands. But despite Zuffanti's rather busy schedule with bands an projects of various sorts, he's also found the time to venture out to create some solo projects.

The first of these may perhaps be regarded as another one of his side projects, but the release of the double CD "Merlin - The Rock Opera" in 2000 may also be regarded as his first solo venture. Victoria Heward wrote the lyrics and screenplay for this production, but Zuffanti supplied all the compositions used in this project, looking towards ventures such as "Jesus Christ Superstar" in terms of scope and ambition. Live performances in Italy and France followed the CD release, and catered to audiences with a taste for rock opera's of the bombastic variety - with symphonic progressive rock as the musical foundation.

It took a few more years before Zuffanti ventured out as a standalone solo artist though, but in 2007 he issued the EP "Pioggia e luce", a 5 track effort where he handled all aspects pf the album himself. In 2009 two full albums followed, at first the self-titled "Fabio Zuffanti", followed by the ambient effort "Ir", a venture containing two long suites, released on Danish label d'Oorhinge l'Orange Recordings as a CD-R.

2011 sees the release of his most fully-realized solo album, the delightful and personal homage to Italian pop "La Foce del Ladrone."

[Mikey]

More worrying would be;

Procosmian Fannyfiddlers - Interference Number 9

Credits
Bass, Vocals – Eric The Awful*
Flute, Keyboards, Vocals – Mette Frosting*
Guitar, Drums, Vocals – Fist*
Keyboards, Vocals – Sleazy Teigen*
Lead Vocals – Hebbe Görbi Girl Santos*
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Pornographic Johnson*
Producer – Awful Andås*, Venom Larzen*, Rhys Marsh
Trumpet, Horn – Kjell Oversand
Violin – Black-Metal Ekker*

Tracklist 1  Captain Mystique  7:26  
2  Lingerie  5:24  
3  Vinegar Woman  5:04  
4  Cult Of Coal  6:42  
5  Abstinence And Happiness  3:30  
6  Tautology Of Love  5:24  
7  The Sudden Urge To Glow  4:40  
8  Crying At The Crap Shop  6:08  
9  Procession For A Floating Body  3:06

[ich_bin_besser]

There's no way in hell that I am checking out "Merlin, the rock opera".  :?

Fabio Zuffanti did some very nice stuff, for example Höstsonaten. I have that Seasoncycle Suite and recommend it!
http://www.zuffantiprojects.com/hostsonaten/

[Mikey]

I'll risk it..........

It wasn't too bad