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You know you are in for a treat when the lineup of the group is Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn. You can also figure that the music will be along the lines of King Crimson and Stick Men.

Leon Alvarado plays keyboards.

The core of this group is Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson drummer) and his wife Deborah. They are joined by a whole host of musicians here.

Animals is, without question, my favorite Pink Floyd album. it's actually pretty high up on my list of best albums of all-time, too.

Brian Tarquin is one of the three guys who are listed as making up Band of Brothers. The other two are Phil Naro and Reggie Pryor.

This instrumental set is intriguing and powerful. It's got plenty of King Crimson-like sound built into it, but there are also hints of space music, fusion, jam band stuff and more here.

It would be easy to just classify this disc as strange atmospheric music.

Inna Zhelannaya is a Russian pop-star. The music on this album combines world sounds with atmospheric prog.

This new set from The Security Project continues their cycle of re-envisioning Peter Gabriel songs, but brings new flavors and concepts to that idea, while also stretching it out a bit.

This is an EP that’s tied to a graphic novel.

I've reviewed quite a bit of music from Dwiki Dharmawan, but this might be his most intriguing album. I'd consider it to be one of the most unique.

This mostly instrumental album is released on Djam Karet’s new label. In fact, Gayle Ellett from Djam Karet guests on the disc, along with quite a few more notable names.

This new EP from King Crimson is intriguing. It's bookended by their take on a David Bowie classic (the full version and a single edit).

King Crimson is an unusual beast as a musical entity. I've been fascinated by the band about as long as I've known about them.

It would be really hard to slap a label on this album, other than just lumping it in as progressive rock. Much of it is freeform, largely instrumental, weirdness.

Sort of an instrumental prog summit, this set showcases a form of freeform jamming.

This instrumental album features experimental music that has a lot in common with modern King Crimson. The group includes two touch guitar players, a keyboardist and a drummer.

If you like instrumental music that's experimental and challenging, you should give this a try. There a real freeform vibe to a lot of it.

What a cool set this is, really. The music here is all Peter Gabriel music, but one song from his time in Genesis.

Russia bears mystery and curious allure to many advanced musicians from the West.

King Crimson has one of the most interesting and complicated histories in all of progressive rock. The lineup is one of the most dynamic, too.

It seems that there is quite a bit of live material being released from this version of King Crimson. That's a great thing because this line-up might be the best ever.

This is an intriguing disc – both in concept and delivery. Marco Minnemann recorded a massive drum solo several years ago.

Tribute albums like this are always interesting, but also often disappointing.

As unique as the last album from Unquiet Music Ltd. was, I think this is even more "out there." Yet, it's strangely compelling.

I have to say that for my money, the modern incarnation of King Crimson really is probably the best. The reason I say that is that there are distinct periods of the band throughout their history.

This is an amazing set. It covers a lot of musical territory.

Anyone who has heard anything from Stick men will know what to expect here.

This is an unusual release. Parts of it are full-on progressive rock.

This is an unusual release. It's an instrumental disc with the music often in the heavy range, but sometimes working to mellower territory.

This is quite an intriguing set. It features a sound that seems to be a merging of world music of the Indian variety, fusion and progressive rock.

This is a unique and quite intriguing album. It's likely to make my best of 2019 list.

When one looks at the line up here (Xavi Reija on drums, Dusan Jevtovic on guitar and Bernat Hernandez on bass), it would be easy to assume this is a jazz trio.

There is definitely an industrial sort of vibe to this cut. In fact, a lot of it seems close to Tool or even Nine Inch Nails.

This is a double disc set. I believe that it was also released at one point in time as two single disc sets.

You just can't go wrong with Stick Men. The band is made up of Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter.

If you like freaky guitar based instrumental prog, you are sure to dig this. It has fusion and a lot more built into it.

This mostly instrumental set is not necessarily the kind of thing that’s well suited to a track by track review.

When King Crimson reformed after the 80s period, there were definitely elements of that period still present in their sound.

Given that the music of Magma is set in their own language, it seems appropriate that most people will need captions on for this film.

This is classical music, but not in the traditional sense. It’s more like the freeform classical that emerged in the early part of the 20^th Century. Yet, it’s also ambient and space music. Is it rock? No, definitely not. It is, however, progressive music.

Touch-guitar-master Markus Reuter can always be counted on for powerful music that is unique and yet somehow strangely inviting.

Stick Men consistently put out quality material. So, the fact that this album is a strong as it is should be no surprise.

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