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debut record from this Brooklyn NY based artist.

https://4n4k4.bandcamp.com/album/crisis-of-the-concrete

This is his latest recording, after 7 years.

Norwegian trumpeter and vocalist

Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is one of Norway's highly appreciated contemporary guitarists, notable also as an electronic craftsman, an eclectic music composer and producer. He blends hard rock with jazz fusion (particularly the ECM sound) and hiphop. He collaborates with many, notably Nils Petter Molvær. https://eivindaarset.bandcamp.com/

"Last Two Inches of Sky" is a collaboration with Jan Bang.https://eivindaarsetjanbang.bandcamp.com/album/last-two-inches-of-sky

Norwegian guitarist Ivar Bjørnson joins forces with Einar Selvik (Gorgoroth, Wardruna) to produce this Viking Metal.

https://ivarbjrnsoneinarselvik.bandcamp.com/album/skuggsj

Inhabitants are a Canadian jazz group

Paolo Fresu is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, arranger and composer. He was born in 1961 in Berchidda, Sardinia.

He is joined by Dhafer Youssef, a vocalist and oud played from Tunisia, and Eivind Aarset, a guitarist from Norway.

French guitarist of Vietnamese ancestry. 🎸

https://nguyenle.bandcamp.com/

Ozone Quartet was an instrumental band based in Raleigh, NC. 1992-2004. https://ozonequartet.bandcamp.com/

Keyboardist Robin Lumley (Brand X co-founder) collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Jack Lancaster (Blodwyn Pig) for "Marscape". This is almost a side-project of Brand X, since all the group members play on some of the tracks.

Sun Treader was a fusion group from the early 1970's formed by Alyn Ross (Red Buddha Theatre) along with percussionist Morris Pert (Come to the Edge) and keyboardist Peter Robinson (Ablution). Pert and Robinson would later join Brand X. Just one LP in 1973, and an archival release from 2001.

Tunnels was founded by Swiss vibraphonist and percussionist Marc Wagnon and Brand X bassist Percy Jones.

The Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra is based in the Seattle Washington, but is a multi-national group. The membership of Z.E.R.O. is variable, ranging from a live trio to a virtual 17 piece band in the studio.

Zappa's lyrics are narrated by Mark Watson, and the background Exmas tunes include God Rest Ye / Good King / Hark The Herald.

Swedish folk rock band, formed in 1990, combining Swedish folk, medieval ballads, and electronic sounds. This release presents modernized arrangements of compositions by Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), the Benedictine abbess and polymath, writer, composer, philosopher, and mystic.

Gentle Giant was an eclectic progressive rock band formed in 1970 in London, UK- Disbanded in 1980.

Jethro Tull (named after a pioneering English agriculturalist) was one of the most successful and influential prog bands out of England.

'Heavy Horses' is often considered the second in a trio of folk rock albums released by the band at the end of the 1970s, alongside 'Songs from the Wood' and 'Stormwatch'.

Zappa's bandmate Ike Wills narrates 'Jingle Bells' over 'Purple Lagoon'.

Early Canterbury, featuring Dave Stewart on Keyboards

Formed in Italy in 2003, Outopsya is an extravaganza blend of avant-prog, psyche-metal, and industrial electronic.

https://outopsya.bandcamp.com/

Swedish drummer Morgan Ågran and keyboardist Mats Öberg teamed up for experimental fusion with major inspiration from Zappa.

https://morganagren.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-or-the-money-2cd-remaster

The foundation of this mashup is Zappa's 'I'm The Slime'', blending in 'Santa Is Coming To Town' and 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy', then Zappa's '555' with Ike Willis narrating a modified 'Thela Hun Ginjeet' by King Crimson.

"ni" are an instrumental avant-prog/math rock band from Bourg-en-Bresse, France. https://niiii.bandcamp.com/

Belgian avant-garde rock/jazz-band founded in 1988 and disbanded in 1997.

Experimental rock band from London, UK. They met while studying at The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, Croydon UK. Formed "properly" in 2017 as the four members graduated They burst on the music scene in 2018 with an experimental post-punk avant jazz math rock combination with surprising virtuosity and edge for a bunch of musicians just out of high school.

Norwegian avant-prog group led by Jon Andreas Håtun, born in 1973. Influences include early Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, King Crimson, Henry Cow, Igor Stravinsky, etc, while adding splices from both pop and film soundtracks.

https://jonoelgrande.bandcamp.com/

The Simulacrum Ensemble: Matt Hollenberg (guitar), John Medeski (organ), and Kenny Grohowski (drums), with Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone) performing compositions of John Zorn (who is not performing on this record).

jazz metal from Germany

"Greco Bastián" is a Mexican Avant/Prog composer born in Acapulco City, where he began to play Progressive Rock with his band Cobalto Circus. More of a composer than musician, he recruited many of his idols from the Avant-Prog and Zeuhl fields to play some of his compositions. https://grecobastian.bandcamp.com/album/with-a-little-hell-from-my-friends

aka 'We Three Kings Kong Medley', then some 'Carol of the Bells' that goes perfectly with Allman Brothers' 'Whipping Post'.