instrumental folk/prog/psych albums?

Marion Brown is someone i've been meaning to check out for a long time, esp. "Georgia Faun" - i doubt it's what i'm after in this thread, but i'm sure it'll be right up my alley for what it is. he's worked with Harold Budd too, which is certainly not a bad thing! (Brown plays on "Pavilion of Dreams" and Budd returns the favour on Brown's "Vista")

right, thanks - listened to Gorky's fleetingly around the turn of the century, might catch up with them when i'm in the mood. their arrangements sure are pretty nice. haven't heard Tuma's solo stuff - only know the Souled American records very superficially - sampling "Hard Again" now, sounds like a logical extension of those last records - have to give it a spin

jesus, i've listened to so many bits and snippets of interesting to good to great music that i geel i've been subsisting on some crazy ass avant-garde chef's taster menu for two days :D have to listen to a proper album soon to stay sane

whoops, geel = feel

i did listen to the Chico Mello LP that willem mentioned upthread - would definitely recommend it for all fans of minimalism. it goes to all different sorts of places after that first track - there's more samples on SoundCloud

this album is wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtW4QE-FenQ

the Picchio dal Pozzo reminded me that i have a bunch of these italian things i've never got round to like Luciano Cilio, Franco Leprino, Alvin Curran...

somehow i have the feeling that when (if) i find something that corresponds to my mental image it's going to be something so totally obvious that i haven't even thought of looking... sorta what happened with the Oldfield

Had never heard of Ramases until today but I've been listening to Space Hymns and I'm tempted by the 6cd set that just came out. Anyone heard it? Is the other stuff anywhere close to as good?

Can anyone recommend me more stuff in the ECM-meets-Americana vein similar to Ballrogg? I'm totally open to Rypdal or Michael Hedges or Ackerman albums if that's what it takes. I love Frisell, but I hate the way his records sound (I guess this is Hal Willner's fault? Everything sounds like the guitar is going straight into the board or something). Anyway, I really love the sort of country-inspired chamber-jazz Ballrogg has going on on that one album with Ivar Grydeland (the previous Balrogg albums without Grydeland didn't knock me out so much), and I realize it's a pretty singular sound, but there has to be some other precedent (besides Frisell, I mean). Is there, like, a Town & County album I should hear?

Also, anyone ever hear any of Ivar Grydeland's albums as a leader?

if you don't like frisell's tone i dunno how you'll feel about hedges

i really like the 2009 album Disfarmer by Frisell

Oh yeah, I love Disfarmer. It's my favorite alongside Good Dog, Happy Man and Ghost Town. My wife is a Frisell nut so I'm well acquainted with a lot of his discography. I love his playing, I just don't like the way his records sound.

Oh, I also like the really Oregon stuff, if that helps.

And the only Hedges I know is Aerial Boundaries and I like it OK.

Maybe John Fahey's The Yellow Princess, or has that been mentioned? Check James Blackshaw, incl his latest, Fantomas.

Kikagaku Moyo a current Japanese band are doing interesting things with raga meets rock, just got their Mammatus Clouds set and am just getting into it. got a 29 minute track, a 16 minute one and a much shorter one.

Peter Walker has been pretty great on the couple of cds I have of him, Rainy Day Raga and the 1970 Tapes.

Pelt were interesting, though maybe that's too droney for you.
& I really like Greek soundtrack music though I need to investigate much further

I love The Visitor and Hergest Ridge. Will bookmark this thread.

the new Alexander Turnquist is great, almost touches on...gosh like modern classical dudes like Max Richter

I've been meaning to check out Town & Country actually, it maybe had both Vidas in it? Some of the Boxhead Ensemble stuff may fit this bill, but there are quite a few records/incarnations and I get them mixed up. Lots of Frisell-ish/Americana sounding guitars though.

Definitely a lot of good players that passed through the Boxhead Ensemble too. Scott Tuma, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charles Kim, Mick Turner, Jim White, tons of others.

http://ironmountain.bandcamp.com These guys from my hometown just released an album that is kicking my ass. Sounds like a lost seventies classic. Psychprogkraut vibes with incredible use of uilleann pipes and flute mixed in with the guitars. It really deserves to be heard by more people

ok i'm interested