Here are some new discoveries for me. These are artists, bands, musicians, composers, that I was unaware of until 2024.
My tastes in music tend to lean toward the progressive and avant-garde, so, YMMV.
Prog:
Greco Bastian - With a Little Hell from MORE Friends / avant-prog composer. This is complex, challenging stuff. With very high levels of musicianship.
Weather Systems - Ocean Without a Shore / New band formed by the remnants of the band, Anathema. Beautiful melodies, loads of emotion.
Lux de Riada - Rizoma / Another avant-prog band from Mexico. A bit of 80’s King Crimson sneaks in.
At Night I Fly - collision/fusion/division / Very good prog-metal band from Hungary. Lots of emotion on this.
Viima - Väistyy Mielen Yö / Folky prog from Finland. Beautiful melodies, great flute and Hamond organ playing.
Jazz:
Ingrid Laubrock - The Last Quiet Place / Progressive, verging on avant-garde jazz.
The Pneumatic Transit - Forbidden Trinkets / Creative jazz-fusion band from Chicago.
Aurora Clara - IV / Fusion band from Spain heavily influenced by Mahavishnu Orchestra, and they have the chops to pull it off. They even have Jerry Goodman on violin on a few of their earlier albums.
Classical*:
Felipe Lara - Portals / Brazilian-American composer / Avant-garde and atonal.
Elizabeth Harnik - Someone Will Remember Us / Austrian composer. More avant-garde classical.
Anthony Cheung - Music for Film, Sculpture, and Captions / American composer.
*This is where my tastes get really "out there". I seriously love thorny, angular, contemporary classical music.
