UP3 - The Ultimate Prog Podcast Project

310 - Interesting Technology

In this episode, the UP3 Show crew share their favorite bits of technology
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (from the album Wired)Recommends Comparing GENESIS Foxtrot vs Selling England By the Pound (Keys/Synth Sound)
LEEListening to Matt Dorsey - Let GoRecommends YES - Union (1991) vs YES - Talk (1994) for Analog/Digital Mastering Sound
TONYListening to Alien WeaponryRecommends Gentle Giant - Peel the Paint Comparison
== UNHEARD OF ==
AISLES (CHILE)Based in Santiago, Chile, and having released four highly acclaimed studio albums, Aisles have become South America’s most important progressive band of the past two decades. The group has played in the Americas, Europe, and done extensive touring cycles in Chile, opening for household names such as Marillion and Focus.
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309 - INTERVIEW with Andy West (DIXIE DREGS, RAMA 1, FWAP, ZAZEN)

INTERVIEW with Andy West (DIXIE DREGS, RAMA 1, FWAP, ZAZEN)In this episode, Craig leads a converation with ANDY WEST of Dixie Dregs and Rama 1 fame.
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Herby Hancock
LEEListening to Mood Yassin's Biggest Keyboard Shred Collab Song in the WorldListening to Henry KaiserRecommends Kaori KAORHYTHM (@kaorikaorhythm6152)
TONYListening to The Ocean (Collective) - Aeolian
ANDY WESTRecommends Crazy Backwards Alphabet Vol. 1Recommends Steve RoachRecommends Devin TownsendRecommends MC2 ProjectReferences The Hays Code
== UNHEARD OF ==
Henry KaiserHenry Kaiser (born September 19, 1952) is an American guitarist and composer, known as an idiosyncratic soloist, a sideman, an ethnomusicologist, and a film score composer. Recording and performing prolifically in many styles of music, Kaiser is a fixture on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He is considered a member of the "second generation" of American free improvisers. He is married to Canadian artist Brandy Gale. He is the son of Henry J. Kaiser Jr. and the grandson of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.
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308 - Obsidian (1993)

308 - Obsidian
In this episode, Tony talks about 90's underground Prog Metal act Obsidian and related topics
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite
LEEListening to Haken - Fauna
TONYListening to The Cyberiam - The Butterfly EffectRecommends ChatGPT - OpenAI Text GenerationRecommends DALL-E - OpenAI Image GenerationRecommends JukeBox - OpenAI Image GenerationRecommends Stable Diffusion - Open Source Image GenerationRecommends EvokeMusic.aiRecommends Linus Bowman - Will AI really make graphic designers obsolete?
== UNHEARD OF ==
Ozric TentaclesOzric Tentacles are an English instrumental rock band, whose music incorporates elements from a diverse range of genres, including psychedelic rock, progressive rock, space rock, jazz fusion, electronic music, dub music, world music, and ambient music. Formed in Somerset in 1983, the band has released over 30 albums selling over a million copies worldwide despite never having signed to a major recording label.[1] Throughout many line-up changes over the years, co-founder and guitarist Ed Wynne has remained the only original member of the band.[2] The band is now credited as one of the major influences of the UK festival scene's re-emergence,[citation needed] becoming particularly associated with the Glastonbury Festival and their handmade series of cassette releases, mostly sold at gigs and through a fan club.
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307 - On Location at Colorado ProgFest 2023 Presented by CARS

This month, go on location with UP3Show as we travel to the 2023 edition of Colorado ProgFest sponosored by Colorado Art Rock Society (CARS). Recorded live on location at Nissi's Event Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Jellyfish
LEEListening to RAIN - Radio SilenceRecommends Motion Blu (Simon Chernow)
TONYListening to Peter Gabriel-era GenesisRecommends Sound City (Documentary)Recommends Wendy Carlos
AUDIENCE RECOMMENDATIONSField MusicThinking Play
== DENVER PROGFEST 2023 LINEUP ==
G3P - https://g3pband.com/
Monstradaumus - https://monstradamus.bravesites.com/
Affirmative Scarlett
Dave & Laura's Prog Explosion
Kent Adamson & Friends
Jamie Krutz - CD Release - https://www.jamiekrutz.com/
Kent Adamson & More Friends - Performing "Take a Pebble"
Women of Prog
Mike Masse & Friends play Marillion - http://new.mikemasse.com/
Sons of Genesis - https://sonsofgenesis.com/
== COLORADO ART ROCK SOCIETY (CARS) ==
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Tim Kestle
Barb Segal
Alan Mallory
Chris Swaney (Sons of Genesis)
== EVENT HOST ==Nissi’s Entertainment Venue & Event Center https://nissis.com/ 1455 Coal Creek Dr. Unit T Lafayette, Co 80026 Marc Gitlin, Owner
== UNHEARD OF ==
The MC2 Project (Denver)This is an art-rock/fusion music group. This group is focused on studio work producing instrumental music combining several styles: rock music, classical, and jazz.There are two participants: professional piano player and an experienced guitar player.
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306 - TOOL

In this episode, Tony walks Lee and Craig through the mythos and history of the band TOOL.
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to & Recommends Doug Gertner on AfterFM.com
LEEListening to Riverside - ID.Entity
TONYListening to Rick Wakeman - A Gallery of the ImaginationListening to Peter Gabriel - PanopticomRecommends TOOL - FloodRecommends (Maynard) Puscifer - Momma SedRecommends (Danny) Pigmy Love Circus - Pistolero Sleep
== UNHEARD OF ==
The Flying Caravan (Spain / España)The idea of The Flying Caravan arose in Antonio Valiente´s mind, a musician from Alicante, born in 1970. Antonio began playing the guitar at age 13 having Mark Knopfler as his main musical influence and using fingerpicking as his preferred style. Since he was 18, he has learned technique and modern harmony with different teachers. From 2000, Antonio has been focusing on the idea of developing his own compositions, and after four years of work Juanjo Sánchez (keyboard} and Keeng {The Satellites) joined the project that would finally take shape as The Flying Caravan. However, it was when Izaga Plata (vocals–Head Over Hell) entered back in 2014 that she and Antonio developed the melodies and lyrics that would make up the album. With the arrival of Pedro Pablo Molina (bass player-El Interior), Lluís Mas (drummer-Pyramidal, Adam Giles Levy) and Juanjo´s return to the band, the project got established. The band recorded “I Just Wanna Break Even” at the Facultad de Bellas Artes of the UMH in Altea (Alicante) between May and August 2017 with Daniel Montiel as a recording engineer and Lluís Mas and Antonio Valiente as producers, after several recording sessions and a two-year production period. The audio mixing and mastering were carried out at Lluís Mas (Oriental Desert Studio Audio). The album features the extraordinary collaborations of Manolo Salido (sax-M Clan, Loquillo), Juan Carlos Aracil (flute- El Bicho, Tino di Geraldo) and Jorge Aniorte (voice-Liverpool Band).
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305 - YES

This month, the guys talk about all of the various incarnations of one of the definitive Prog pioneers Yes.
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Jazz SabbathRecommends Yessongs (Live, 1973)
LEEListening to Threshold - Dividing LinesRecommends Talk (1994)
TONYListening to Ayreon - The Universal Migrator (Remaster)Recommends Siegfried Tieber (Close-Up Magic)
== UNHEARD OF ==
YESTERDAYSYesterdays is a contemporary progressive rock band composed of seven musicians and belonging to the Hungarian minority of Western Romania. This Transylvanian band plays a complex blend of several styles: a basically classic symphonic Prog is redefined here with some jazzy, folk and atmospheric touches - all of these played with a youthful energy, inner light and sunny mood. Lyrics are in both English and Hungarian, and along with the fine instrumental passages they simply find the pathway to any old-school Prog-fan with an open heart and mind.
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304 - Riverside

In this episode, the guys discuss Polish Prog Rockers Riverside
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Miles Davis - Walkin', Cookin', Workin', Relaxin', Steamin'
LEEListening to John Petrucci SoloRecommends Riverside - WastelandRecommends Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
TONYListening to Riverside - Out of Myself
== UNHEARD OF ==
Mute ProphetPart classic Nightwish, part modern Epica, and some of the most impressive guitar work to ever hit the female-fronted metal scene. Mute Prophet is equal parts guitar-driven bombast, emotive and grandiose orchestral arrangement, and passionate female vocals ranging from opera to rock to death growls.
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303 - INTERVIEW with Michael Andreas (Martyrd, And You and I)

In this episode, Tony leads a conversation with Michael Andreas of the bands MARTYRD and AND YOU AND I about running a band as a business
== WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==
CRAIG Listening to Thelonious Monk
LEEListening to O.R.k. - Screamnasium
TONYListening to Echoes of Eternity - The Forgotten GoddessRecommends (BOOK)Tour:Smart: And Break the Band
MIKERecommends AngraRecommends NevermoreRecommends Turrigenous
== UNHEARD OF ==
LEO CARNICELLABorn in Caracas, Venezuela. Son of an Italian immigrant marriage, Leo discovered his love for music at the age of six. He started playing the electric organ in an autodidact way until he developed some skills and good ear to perform pieces of popular songs from other artist or TV commercials. At the age of 14 he started to write poetry and songs, and later when he was 18 years old, he studied Music Theory in the Conservatory Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas.
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302 - Improvisation in Prog

In this episode, Craig talks to the guys about the role of improvisation in Prog music.
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to John Coltrane (General)Listening to Charlie Parker (General)Recommends Yes - Yessongs
LEEListening to Sam Vallen - FlickerRecommends Peter Kater (General)Recommends Peter Kater - Dancing on Water
TONYListening to Seventh Wonder - The TestamentRecommends Rick Beato (YouTube)
== UNHEARD OF ==
StratospheeriusLed by electric violinist/vocalist Joe Deninzon , who has been called The Jimi Hendrix of the electric violin, Stratospheerius has showcased their “frenzied melange of progressive rock, jazz fusion and funkabilly” throughout the world. The New York-based group has opened for Martin Barre, Alex Skolnick, John 5 & The Creatures, Gary Hoey, Mike Stern, Tim Reynolds, Mickey Hart, and John Scofield, among many others. The group’s influences include Yes, Spock’s Beard, Muse, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and King Crimson. Stratospheerius was a winner of the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition the Musicians Atlas Independent Music Awards. They have been featured in Progression, Relix, Downbeat, and Jazziz, among other publications. Their latest CD on Melodic Revolution Records, Guilty of Innocence, has been widely acclaimed by critics and fans.
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301 - Rush

In this episode, Lee leads the discussion about Canadian Prog stalwarts Rush
== WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & RECOMMEND ==CRAIG Listening to Jaco Pastorius (General)Recommends YyzRecommends La Villa Strangiato
LEEListening to Porcupine Tree - Closure / ContinuationListening to Derek Sherinian - VortexRecommends HemispheresRecommends Clockwork Angels
For examples of the Rush comedy sketches referenced by Lee during the show, check out:
Lil' Rush South Park - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_9NY56Sxw
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3yjfoorsU
The Real History of Rush - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfwzb2VoD_c
The Real History of Rush Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61eu-KyijQE
The Watchmaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MC9wjJzd04
We also have all of the sketches on our home page at https://up3show.com/art-gallery
TONYListening to Oceans of SlumberListening to Ayreon - Transitus
== UNHEARD OF ==
Moon SafariMoon Safari is a Swedish progressive rock group formed in Skellefteå, Sweden, in 2003. The band focuses on vocal arrangements in the style of Gene Puerling and they willingly surrender to the spirit of 60s rock, pop and progressive rock music, previously invoked by the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Yes.
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