JamesTun

Going to Fieldview Festival 5th of August in Wiltshire to see some buddies of mine in a math-pop band called "Mathletics". Then I'm going King Crimson in September in Aylesbury!

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1468772210' post='3093213'] Our very own Kev Hopper, especially from his Stump days. I was a big fan. Does the fish have chips? Yes, yes it does. [/quote] I love his playing, so refreshing and so different to everyone else.

[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1468750517' post='3093026'] No substitute for a big cab imho. [url="http://s519.photobucket.com/user/cd_david/media/Bass%20Chat%20PA%20Stuff/89198F17-8A6E-4FF9-B361-71EB9E3DFC75_zpslsgxpzu8.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Best cabs going, shame they weigh so much.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes" was always a good bass line, although it wasn't the actual bass player in the band actually playing it.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1468597584' post='3092062'] I like it [/quote] Cheers mate! I think its very different to the original, obviously the vocals are extremely different. I played bass and did backing vocals on this, thought it came through really well.

[color=#1D2129][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Its not quite our own music but my band The Sky Moguls recorded a funk version of the 1983 David Bowie classic "Let's Dance" at the Old Pig Farm studios. Check it out! [/font][/color] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9Z7b5zw7I&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9Z7b5zw7I&feature=youtu.be[/url]

[quote name='TomRandles97' timestamp='1463918452' post='3054914'] Prog does seem to be making a come back, to a certain degree, though I couldn't pinpoint areas in the UK where there is a 'prog scene'. Like people have said, it's mainly progressive metal/djent which is a big step away from traditional prog, but then again that is what makes it progressive. Though saying that Steve Wilson and Opeth have both dabbled with classic camel-esque prog in the past, and newer prog metal bands (particularly BTBAM and Haken) are combining traditional prog elements with more modern stuff which I'm liking a lot. If anywhere, I would say around London would be the best place to set up a progressive band, most bands of the genre I can think of are from/based in London, such as Tesseract, Sikth and Haken. [/quote] Yer, Tesseract are from Reading, Sikth from Watford and Haken from London. So yeah you'd be right in saying that the South East is probably the most prominent area.

The thing about Prog is that it filters into a variety of genres and the more modern prog stuff which I have been involved with before. Like Jazz, it does take a long time to get something so tight to perform live. Having just moved on from a prog project which I had been with for 4 years with nothing to show for it, suggests that the commitment to something like that is completely different to playing just normal rock.

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1463343920' post='3050674'] I find this really depressing. You would think in London that there would be people who could play progressive metal? To date, I've met one. He was one of the most phenomenal guitarists I've ever played with and a truly lovely man as well. The down side was that he lived across the other side of London from me and when we tried to do file sharing it didn't work very well as we weren't in the same room for the interaction. The definition of the genre was one of the main reasons for the fizzling out of one of my last bands. The guitarist's idea of "progressive" material was Rush, Kings X or Alter Bridge. Don't get me wrong, I love Rush and Kings X, but to me stuff that's for the most part in 4/4 just isn't progressive at all. I was writing songs which weren't in 4/4 and he couldn't be bothered with the effort and I found more conventional material boring. No falling out, but certainly musical differences. "Prog" in itself to me suggests people in capes playing garish keyboard solos in the 70's which I don't care for at all. Ironically, it's modern equivalent of that style a la Porcupine Tree is something I love. For me, trying to find a band that either sounds like Tesseract or Tool is just impossible even in London. I find that statement so profoundly depressing as I realise how it limits my options for doing anything except recording my own material. [/quote] It's bizarre that there isn't a scene for it in London. I'm originally from Reading where all the guys from Tesseract all worked in a guitar shop called Guitar Works. Even those two, Tool and Tesseract are kind of flirting with prog metal in a sense. There is not many bands like Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree and Haken coming up these days. Perhaps there isn't market for this kind of thing even in the capital. [quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1463316296' post='3050381'] I don't really follow the old school prog bands any more but there's some decent music with prog influences happening in Sheffield. Not sure if that's what you're after but you might find something to enjoy out of these. Gilmore Trail - instrumental post rock with a traditional 4 piece band setup. Currently in need of a drummer. [url="https://gilmoretrail.bandcamp.com/album/the-floating-world"]https://gilmoretrail...-floating-world[/url] Fly On Byrd Fly On - More instrumental post rock influences but with synths and samples. [url="https://soundcloud.com/flyonbyrdflyon"]https://soundcloud.com/flyonbyrdflyon[/url] Awooga - Contemporary, heavy take on prog. [url="https://awooga.bandcamp.com/"]https://awooga.bandcamp.com/[/url] inFictions - More contemporary again but mellower than Awooga. I played bass/synths/glockenspeil/vibraphone/mandolin on this (not at the same time). [url="https://infictions.bandcamp.com/album/maps-of-revenge-and-forgiveness"]https://infictions.b...and-forgiveness[/url] [/quote] This first band is great, thanks for linking me these. Would they be described as prog or math or post-rock? Whatever each genre means.

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1463250316' post='3049993'] I tend to see most stuff on Facebook groups really, things like one called 'The Math Rock/Instrumental/Post Rock exchange' or on pages and websites for relevant festivals such as ArcTangent Festival. I don't know where exactly Yorkshire you are, but check out a band called Order of Voices, they touch on the Tool-esque. They are from Barnsley/Sheffield type way. Played some gigs with them and have stayed in touch. Top blokes. Where are you based? EDIT: ArcTangent mentioned whilst I was typing my response - Great minds eh [/quote] Order of Voices, I'll check them out. Yes, I'm situated in Sheffield currently. There is a few math bands knocking around which is cool, sounding like Foals etc. I'll join some of these groups, see if anything comes to fruition.