ProgAxia Progressive Rock Podcast

Welcome back to 'My Top 5' where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lives and today I spoke to keyboardist with progressive rock band Fragile.. Max Hunt Take a listen to Fragile Here: https://fragileyestribute.bandcamp.com/

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Zopp is the brainchild of multi-talented musician Ryan Stevenson. This is Stevenson’s debut album under the Zopp name, recruiting Andrea Moneta on drums and percussion as well as Andy Tillison (The Tangent) to help co-produce and mix the album.

If you love the sort of music the Canterbury Scene had to offer in the past then this will hot that sweet spot. It pulls heavily on the Canterbury Scene vibe but with a fresh contemporary twist.

In this ProgAxia podcast, Ryan Stevenson explains the origins of the name, how he got together with drummer Andrea Moneta (who is also the drummer with Italian prog band ) and an insight on how the Zopp debut album was recorded.

The track Before the Light from the album was featured in 'The Best Progressive Rock of 2020' available on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRebelRadio/best-progressive-rock-of-2020-rockin-rebel-radio/

You can listen and more importantly purchase the album from https://zopp.bandcamp.com/ It’s important to support new bands like Zopp.

The debut Zopp album was released April 10, 2020

Ryan Stevenson: Keyboards, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond organ, Arturia

analogue synthesizer, Korg CX-3 organ, piano, Hohner Pianet T, Nord Electro 5d, bass and electric guitars, voice, field recordings, percussion.

Andrea Moneta: Drums and percussion.

With:

- Andy Tillison / piano, Hammond organ, Leslie processing

- Theo Travis / flute on track 6

- Caroline Joy Clarke / voice on tracks 1,7,8

- Mike Benson / tenor saxophone on track 9

TracksSongs / Tracks Listing

1. Swedish Love

2. Before the Light

3. Eternal Return

4. Sanger

5. Sellanrå

6. V

7. Being and Time

8. Zero

9. The Noble Shirker

Total Time 44:53

Welcome to My Top 5 where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lies and today we have the brainchild behind the band Zopp, multi instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson

Ryan had some great choices

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Eskaton - 4 Visions

Egg - The Civil Surface

Take a listen to Ryan’s album Zopp Here: https://zopp.bandcamp.com/album/zopp-2

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Second part of our Best Progressive Rock Of 1975. This was a great year for Prog Rock. This was the mid point of the 70's and some bands had just started their journey and some were well established.

I’m joined by my good friend Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) as we look at some wonderful albums that came out that year including Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Nadir's Big Chance by Peter Hammill, Fish Out Of Water by Chris Squire, The Snow Goose by Camel, Time And Tide by Greenslade, Scheherazade by Renaissance and Mainstream by Quiet Sun

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 00:11

Nadir's Big Chance - Peter Hammill 07:40

Fish Out Of Water by Chris Squire 16:29

The Snow Goose - Camel 22:47

Time And Tide - Greenslade 29:09

Scheherazade - Renaissance 34:51

Mainstream - Quiet Sun 40:20

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In this podcast I speak to the brains behind the band Warmrain, Leon Russell. We discuss his debut album ‘Above The Clouds’ which I have come to love. The track Equilibrium was featured on my radio show ‘The Best Progressive Rock Of 2019 Part 2’ https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRebelRadio/the-rockin-rebel-radio-2019-progressive-rock-retrospective-part-2/

Warmrain website : http://warmrainband.com/

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