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Old 02.05.2010, 09:04 PM   #2
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The Chariot Swing EP is still my favorite. More of a beauteous form of "brutal-prog" if you must ghettoize it into a made-up genre. Later stuff is more brutal. If you know about the player-piano scrolls of Conlon Nancarrow, then you know where this unusual style of piano comes from. (Also, that Dutch 90s manic piano prog group Alboth! is a notable reference point.)

Pretty diversely influenced stuff. Mindboggling. Certainly not for everyone.
http://www.myspace.com/silentist

Try this other Portland band for something kinda similar...
http://www.myspace.com/thebettertoseeyouwith
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