PROGTALKS by The Progspace

Davidavi (Vidi) Dolev and Tomer Pink from Israeli prog-veterans Subterranean Masquerade join Uncle Prog on the Progtalks this week to discuss their upcoming album “Mountain Fever'', which will be released to the public on May the 14th. We talk about the creative process and themes behind the music and lyrics on the album, and how it came to be. Tomer and Vidi also open up the doors into their musical background, speaking about their inspirations and formative years as musicians. We also speak a bit about their previous releases, including 2020's  “The Pros & Cons of Social Isolation'' and the band's philosophy and future plans.

Subterranean Masquerade are:

Davidavi (Vidi) Dolev - vocals

Tomer Pink - guitar

Or Shalev - guitar

Omer Fishbein - guitar

Shai Yallin - keyboard

Golan Farhi - bass

Jonathan Amar - drums

Follow Subterranean Masquerade here:

Website: https://www.submasq.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Submasq

Bandcamp: https://submasq.bandcamp.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/subterranean_masquerade/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/taklitmusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/06JYsafBUf9AGI0SUd4tY2?si=gHT39bR9Q9SHP1CUdxUFsA

Twitter: https://twitter.com/subterraneanms

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PROGTALKS by The Progspace, with Uncle Prog

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow:  https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow:  https://zachmunowitz.com/

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Dutch musicians Gert-Jan Schurer and Hiske Oosterwijk from Perfect Storm are the guests of Uncle Prog this week on the Progtalks. Together they discuss the band’s much-praised debut album “No Air” that was released internationally on the 19th of March. Guitarist and songwriter Gert-Jan shares how he started writing the music for the band, and how the musicians that make up Perfect Storm came together. Vocalist Hiske explains the theme of the album and gives us some insight into how she worked with the lyrics for “No Air”. We also get to hear about Gert-Jan’s inspirations in everything from Pantera to Allan Holdsworth, Hiske’s love for Frisian, and her projects involving the language, and of course what plans Perfect Storm has for the future.

Follow Perfect Storm here:

Website: perfectstormsounds.com

Bandcamp: perfectstormsounds.bandcamp.com

Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063596649463

Instagram:instagram.com/perfect_storm_sounds

Youtube: youtube.com/user/gertjanlolkeschurer

Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7xgKkGhHFTUltOZsFeHBZ3?si=NMRSj3QTQtiMAJKB1guGcQ

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PROGTALKS by The Progspace, with Uncle Prog

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/

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Trond Gjellum from Suburban Savages is our guest this time here on the Progtalks. The Norwegians recently released their third album “Demagogue Days”, and we go into both the history of the band, as well as their current status. We also talk about the theme of the album, which is communication, information, or perhaps the lack of it. In addition, we’re exploring a plethora of other projects Trond is involved with, such as avant-garde/RIO inspired band Panzerpappa, his outlet for electronic music, Electrond, and the long-form woodland-prog of Ingelrii. So if you’re interested in finding out what’s next for Suburban Savages and Trond with his multi-faceted musical outputs, please watch and listen to this episode of the Progtalks. 

Follow Suburban Savages:

Bandcamp: suburbansavages.bandcamp.com

Facebook: facebook.com/SuburbanSavages

Instagram: instagram.com/suburbansavagesband

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PROGTALKS by The Progspace, with Uncle Prog

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/

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This week on the PROGTALKS we are talking to the musicians from Norwegian band Laughing Stock about their recently released album “Zero, acts 1&2”. We get to learn about the history of the band and the long-running friendship of the musicians involved. We also dive into all the inspirations that have informed the highly eclectic progressive music of the band. Finally, we speak a little about the highly relevant themes and concept of the album, the story of the main character “Zero”, the challenges of isolation, and of growing up without attention or love. The Norwegians also share a little bit about what the future holds for the Laughing Stock, and when we can expect to hear “Zero acts 3 &4”. 

Follow Laughing Stock here:

Website: https://www.laughingstock.no

Bandcamp: https://laughingstock1.bandcamp.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bandlaughingstock

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PROGTALKS by The Progspace, with Uncle Prog

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/

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This week on the PROGTALKS, Uncle Prog (Rune Belsvik Reinås) talks to Ole Michael Bjørndal, known from Oak and Airbag, about his new solo album, under the name “Caligonaut”. Among other things, we discuss how “Magnified as Giants” has been an album long in the making, and how Ole recruited the great line-up of musicians that contributed to the album. He also reveals the ideas, thoughts and philosophy found in the name and the title of the project and talks a little bit about the lyrical content, and the amazing artwork that accompanies it. Finally Ole gives us some of his thoughts on the future of both Oak and, of course, Caligonaut, so do not miss out on that.

Follow Ole Michael Bjørndal 

https://caligonaut.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Caligonaut/

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PROGTALKS by The Progspace, with Uncle Prog

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/

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This week on the PROGTALKS, Uncle Prog (Rune Belsvik Reinås) talks to bassist Eskil Rask and guitarist Jens Nicolai Gräs from progressive metal band Iotunn. The Danes can easily be described as some of the brightest rising stars in the prog-metal skies, and their recent debut album on Metal Blade Records, “Access All Worlds” has received high acclaim from both fans and reviewers. If you want to hear Jens Nicolai and Eskil talk about the history of Iotunn, the recording of the album. They also dwell a bit on the philosophy and themes surrounding the release, as well as the future plans of the band, so do not miss out on this interview.  

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Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri

Outro theme by Zach Munowitz

This was The Progtalks! By the Progspace. 

See you in a week!

This week our guest is the amazingly prolific Mattias Olsson. Most of you might know him as the drummer of legendary Swedish progrock act “Änglagård”, but that is, of course, just a tiny part of Olsson's massive output. “Uncle Prog” (Rune Belsvik Reinås) talks to him about his work, both as a musician and a producer. We discuss his recent releases, including his own project Molesome, and of course the magnificent tribute to Tom Doncourt with “Tom Doncourt & Mattias Olsson's Cathedral”. We also find time to go into a plethora of other bands and projects that Mattias has, or is working with.

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Welcome to the new episode of PROGTALKS, an interview series by The Progspace. Every Wednesday, you can listen to our editor, and walking-library-of-prog, Rune 'Uncle Prog' Beslvik Reinås, talking to artists and performers from the Progressive music scene from all around the world.

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Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - https://www.youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal

Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - https://zachmunowitz.com/

Welcome to the Progtalks! A new interview series by The Progspace!

In our first episode, our guest is none other than UK guitarist, vocalist and composer Paul Sadler, who released his fantastic solo-debut "Soon To Be Absorbed" in December last year. Sadler is, of course, also the frontman of progressive death metal band Spires. So please join "Uncle Prog" (Rune Belsvik Reinås) for discussion with Paul about his music, background, influences his further plans for his solo work as well as the future of Spires.

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Thank you for listening to The Progtalks! 

If you liked this interview, subscribe now to this podcast and to The Progspace Channel on Youtube. For more information about Progressive rock and metal, reviews, interviews, contests and much more, bookmark The Progspace and follow us on all our social media channels. 

The Progtalks produced by The Progspace

Main Host: Rune Belsvik Reinås

Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch

All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch

Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri

Outro theme by Zach Munowitz

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https://paulsadlermusic.bandcamp.com/...​

https://www.facebook.com/paulsadlermusic​

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Welcome to the Progtalks! An interview series by The Progspace, where we will be talking with bands and musicians of the Progressive music scene.