| # | Artist | Song (click to play) | Album | Year | CD label |
| 1 | Dogma | Beginnings | Album | 1992 | Progressive Rock Worldwide |
| Decent instrumental symphonic/ fusion prog. Marcus Viana of Sagrado guests on violin. The keys are mostly digital, so it has a very modern sound. | |||||
| 2 | Apocalypse | So Voce | Lendas encantadas | 1997 | Musea |
| This band is firmly in what can be vaguely termed as neo-prog. They have been around since the 80's and are very accompished musicians. I just cannot get that excited about the music, though. I met some of the band members at ProgDay last year, and they are super nice, so I really wanted to like the music. They put on a decent show and were liked by a lot of people. Reading the liner notes of this CD, it sounds as if this album is a re-recording of songs from their first album (?). | |||||
| 3 | Tellah | Magma | Continente Perdido | 1980 | Progressive Rock Worldwide |
| This is pretty good, but, no where near essential. The band is not very tight. There is a lot of sloppiness which gives the impression that the album was recorded live in the studio. The compositions are progressive hard-rock, but, is riddled with cliche's of the genre. Overall it is a nice listen. There are no overtly bad tracks or annoyances. It has a certain home-grown charm that is growing on me a little. | |||||
| 4 | Blezqi Zatsaz | The Last Wisdom | Rise and Fall of Passional Sanity | 1992 | Progressive Rock Worldwide |
| This album reminds me a lot of Solaris. Pretty solid instrumental symphonic that is pretty popular among those who have heard. This album has a wide appeal and is a good entry point to progressive music, if you want to wean some friends into becoming prog fans :-) There is a wall of digital synths and they are used very effectly to create a majestic adventurous music. | |||||
| 5 | Nico Assumpcao | ? (first song on the album) | Nico Assumpcao | 1981 | LP only |
| Fairly standard fusion with exemplary playing as you find with most jazz musicians. Nico is a bass-player and you can hear some of his influences come through, like Stanley Clarke and Percy Jones. The music is somewhat in the vein of more mainstream fusion like Steve Khan and Lee Ritenour. It is an OK fusion release, but, only for dedicated fusion fans who don't mind it a little on the tepid side. | |||||
| 6 | Algaravia | Quimera | Algaravia | 1996 | Progressive Rock Worldwide |
| Mostly instrumental Crimson inspired progressive. IMO, this is the best Brazilian release of the 90's. The Crimson influence almost seems to come via Bi Kyo Ran. This album is very adventurous and interesting and has much to be discovered every time you listen. Highly recommended! The CD is 75 minutes long consisting of 9 very long songs. | |||||