Prog Rock Community in Second Life
This weekend I am playing a theme: prog rock music from France. Maybe you will notice that there is, surprisingly or not, a specific type of sound which is influenced by world music and which creates a certain atmosphere of ominousness throughout all the French music ranging from Arachnoid of the 70's to recent releases of Lazuli or Jean-Pierre Louveton.
Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 01:00 GMT, 03:00 CEST)
Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (22:00 GMT, 00:00 CEST)
The French band Oiapok is basically a continuation of the band 'Camembert', including some of the same members. In this incarnation they released their debut album in 2022. On the sleeve it reads: "We created the story of an imaginary tropical bird, OisoLün (a kind of moon bird). He flies over a world in extinction, witnesses wars, hungers, massive fires, sea level rise and snow disappearance."
The music shows all kinds of inspirations from classical, jazz, funk and world music, with very unusual instrumentation including trombone, harp and xylophon.
Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 01:00 GMT, 03:00 CEST)
Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (22:00 GMT, 00:00 CEST)
After lead vocalist of Big Big Train David Longdon sadly passed away, ex-PFM member Alberto Bravin joined as the new vocalist. This is the first album with completely new material with the new line up. They nicely continue their classical Genesis-inspired musical style.
Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 01:00 GMT, 03:00 CEST)
Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (22:00 GMT, 00:00 CEST)