0.720 ALEACION - Great prog rock with an ethnic edge.
1870 - Instrumental avant garde/ambient with oboe, French horn, theramin & electronics. http://www.myspace.com/1870rio AL UNIVERSO - Post Chac Mool progressive. Last copies... ALVARADO, CARLOS - Keyboardist of Chac Mool. Good electronic complex rock. ARBATEL - Great symph/prog 4 piece band with added violin. http://www.myspace.com/arbatelartrock ARTEFACTRON - Great new Maxican band that harkens back to the glory days of Italian prog. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAMQoDJqIAGfA1srNH-SI7Q ARTERIA - Instrumental RIO close to Univers Zero and features members of Iconoclasta, Nazca and Culto Sin Nombre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TOXpwCZp8 AVANT FOLK - Fantastic instrumental electro-acoustic trio. http://www.myspace.com/avantfolkmexico BANDA ELASTICA - Great prog/fusion. CABEZAS DE CERA - Wonderful mix of instrumental prog, fusion and RIO. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQo9YuD7hngmlPtufu1M57w CAJA DE PANDORA - Instrumental symphonic prog from 1981 and one of the best to come out of Mexico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RARD7rLezAQ CAST - Prog with a heavy Genesis & Camel influence. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_S1YGUoqHj7t9ouMBJFUA CE EHÉCATL - Various artists CD with Muros De Agua, Gallina Negra, Robot, El Diablo, Necronautas, Caguama Mono, Zanate, Via Lactea, Cast, La Pura Realidad, Kromlech, Craneo De Jade, Culto Sin Nombre, El Retorno De Los Brujos, La Perra, Apeiron, J.L. Fernandez Ledesma, Banda Elastica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su1lVdDfr9o CHAC MOOL - Best 70s/80s Mexican progressive band with Jorge Reyes and Carlos Alvarado. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-VZ_g-2sW2rv9wSxflUoLA CRUZ DE HIERRO - Heavy symphonic with English vocals. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdsbbzyfIhNkQ3EJb3MDHHA DECIBEL - RIO/experimental group. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2683 DEEP LIMBIC SYSTEM - Band from Juárez whose main influences are Porcupine Tree & Pink Floyd. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWHFL1LP84nnJmvDD4KyR-w DELIRIUM - 1985 and one of the best Mexican symphonic prog albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87TGsuMfBfE EKOS - Heavily influenced by Pink Floyd. Fantastic! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCwXTTUe4ixWxPW2uc_HMRw ELECTRO COMPULSIVE THERAPY - Band from Monterrey that plays a sophisticated and highly emotional prog up there with the likes of Porcupine Tree, Airbag, Riverside and Marillion. Recommended highly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIWuMEQqrls&list=OLAK5uy_nsMedNSGN6TGotGNO42dEjm7nfA5__9BM ENSAMBLE DENTRO DE LA NADA - Trippy experimental/avant garde/tribal/prog by an all-star lineup of Carlos Alvarado (Chac Mool, Vía Láctea), Victor Baldovinos (Iconoclasta) and Juan Carlos Ruiz (Decibel). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDPbshtBISk&list=PLxPeTIYURLTiHO1JaypsB-_k9DLYejpFW EZOO - Cast offshoot but as Cast is keyboard driven symph/prog Ezoo is much more guitar driven with King Crimson as their main influence. http://www.myspace.com/ezoospace FACHADA DE PIEDRA, LA (THE STONE FACADE) - Heavy blues/psych rocker. Includes their EP's from 1971 & 1972 with bonus live tracks are from 1974. http://www.myspace.com/lafachadadepiedra FILULAS JUZ - Top-notch instrumental jazz fusion made up of guitar, bass, drums, keys and flute. https://soundcloud.com/filulasjuz FRAGOSO, GUILLERMO - Ethnic-folk-prog for Jorge Reyes fans. FROLIC FROTH - Humus related. If you like fuzz guitar work… GALIÉ - Super-rare 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums by the Mexican version of the Spanish band Gotic. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbEV1y7oxYAAE1HasoIJYww GERMAN BRINGAS - Jazz prog. GOVEA - Keyboard-dominated intrumental prog trio of keys, bass and drums. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYmmRLvjpTcORIiwXO1ccmw GUITARS DANCING IN THE LIGHT - Carl Hupp Project, Nemo, Spirits Burning, Goad, Maury E I Pronomi, Canvas, Viima, Projecto Heleda, Jeff Bragg Band, Sonic Pulsar, Individual Choice, Violeta De Outono, Gio Gentile, Madmen and Dreamers, Fonderia, Central Unit, The Rob Sbar Noesis, TenMidnight, Elicotrema, William Red Rossi, S.A.D.O., Conqueror, Giobia, Kephas, Fabrizio Fedele, Pleasure, Lucio Lazzaruolo, Mist Season, Berna Park Hotel, Quiet Celebration. HELLO MADNESS - Post-Elfonia top-notch neo prog with a bit of pop that sounds more English than anything. Excellent! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbzlpwwTmhzI-0BOB1vhu_g HERNANDEZ, FRANCISCO - Cast guitarist going solo and in Hackett style. HIGH FIDELITY ORCHESTRA - Scored a small batch of this 1999 CD reissue of this long out of print Mexican progressive rock album that was originally released in 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8n4l6Buf-0&t=2s HUMUS - Complex prog/space rock not unlike Loch Ness. https://www.youtube.com/@joeheadblues ICONOCLASTA - Top Mexican prog group. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8wBVSY8AiVRn7UV8RWh9bw KATARSIS - Five member progressive rock group Italian in style. KROMLECH - Great instrumental prog with some nice guitar work throughout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWQV0AbZBWo LOCH NESS - Instrumental progressive psychedelia influenced by some of the more complex King Crimson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RbH-iHEB9M LUZ DE RIADA - Cabezas De Cera offshoot of prog, jazz and RIO. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI-lQttE6-Wic-hjjstaaqg MELIORA - Progressive rock from Mexico City led by violinist/vocalist Fabiola Simac and bassist Uvarigh Alvarado (Vía Láctea) that contains some really great jams as well as pastoral passages. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpV2OwpsLN66RObBMjqO0LQ MENACHE, JACQUES - Symph/prog with female vocals by this talented guitarist. METACONCIENCIA - Instrumental prog not far from King Crimson & Djam Karet. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/metaconciencia MURCIÉGALO - Great instrumental prog/acid rock/space rock consisting of one 40 minute track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH0f4Ioo8p0&t=724s MUROS DE AGUA - Canterbury/fusion. http://www.myspace.com/murosdeagua1 MÚSICA Y CONTRACULTURA - Quite unique symphonic rock with elements of opera. Been out of print for ages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFKHRI036eo NIRGAL VALLIS - Relatively unknown symphonic prog album from 1985. Great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7YfwhRP8w0 OXOMAXOMA - These guys sound like the more experimental side of The Residents, Faust & Magma. PANGEA PERRA, LA - Guitar driven progressive rock that brings to mind Djam Karet. PEREZ, LUIS - Extremely rare 1981 album that mixed tribal ethnic music with electronics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LOoNVhSpzk PIEL, LA - Piano & drums (Iconoclasta drummer) duo. Soft classical jazz. PRAXIS - One of Mexico's best and similar to Iconoclasta. A must! QUESO SAGRADO - Rare recordings by this prog/experimental band that existed during the early 70s up to the early 80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-OHV-Pe7sY QUINTANA, JOSÉ LUIS FERNÁNDEZ LEDESMA - Really great stuff by Nirgal Vallis keyboardist. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3enwgD5MvgeL_pyjfwkGA RENAUD, ALEJANDRO VILLALÓN - Berlin school electronic music. Excellent! https://www.youtube.com/@alexvillal68 RIZENGARD - Heavy neo prog with influences ranging from ELP to Dream Theater with some fusion and Aztecan sounds thrown in as well. https://www.youtube.com/@RIZENGARDOFICIAL SAENA - Fantastic Mahavishnu Orchestra-influenced symph/prog with soaring violin and occasional female vocals. Highly recommended! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ufSTiyAS3aubh8uKUKOuA SEMANFORASH - 1980 and debut album by this instrumental jazz rock trio. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgNQ6gU6xHCzppqunnQVuNQ SIMILARES Y CONEXOS - 1999 and first of two albums by this Mexican melodic prog band. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNl4y5ekXPX4tzxkm5NPNg SMOKING THE CENTURY AWAY - Humus offshoot and quite similar. SONUS UMBRA - Wonderful prog with Pink Floyd and Genesis influences. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdsLDmZMUxu9d5T7Cg-qOA SPEAKERS, THE - Psych/Ethnic rock from 1968. SPIDERS - Organ & guitar driven psychedelic rock from the early seventies. SWEET FINGERS - Excellent debut by the prog/jam rock band. http://www.myspace.com/sweetfingersband TEMPLE DEL DINERO, EL - Good instrumental acid prog. TIJUANA FIVE, LOS - 60's psych. TOCCATA - Symphonic prog with female vocals and a heavy edge to it. If you liked Matraz - Gritare then you should enjoy this as well. TONCHOS PILATOS - Heavy psych from 1971. TRES DE UN PAR - Instrumental guitar dominated symphonic prog and fusion. Excellent! ULISES - Prog with melodic guitars. VIA LÁCTEA - Post-Chac Mool experimental/avant garde/prog band. https://www.youtube.com/user/yoghialvarado/videos VIDALES, ALFONSO - Cast keyboardist with a mix of new age and symphonic prog. |