Arrigo Barnabé is a Brazilian actor, composer and musician. He was born in 1951 and released his first album, Clara Crocodilo in 1980. During the seventies, he played in multiple festivals and TV shows. His music could easily be described as avant-garde rock. It should also appeal to fans of Zeuhl.

Rare album that there is no found info at net.
Music is similar to other Brazilian bands like 14 Bis, A cor do som and other from Minas Gerais state. Flute and keyboards played buy Ricardo Viola that works at progrock bands.

Guitarist Jean-Pierre Alarcen was recognised as a talented session musician in the 60's. The first LP he contributed to was 1966's "Les Guitares du Dimanche". Around that time, he worked with well-known French artists such as the pop-singer Jacques Dutronc and also with LE SYSTEME CRAPOUTCHIK.

Checkpoint Charlie (named after the notorious checkpoint in the Berlin Wall) have often been acclaimed as the first truly German rock band. They originated from Karlsruhe, and, as early as 1967, they were performing their own uniquely groundbreaking "Terror Rock" music in German! An extremely radical political rock band, especially so in their early days, Checkpoint Charlie were also innovators along with Floh De Cologne and Ton Steine Scherben of a unique German form of rock, blending all sorts of music into a complex and often aggressive rock music.

After the death of Franco in 75, Spain started enjoying a cultural revolution, with the youth expressing themselves in a rocky manner, but a few years behind. Sure there were some rock and jazz-rock groups that took advantage of the last years of the regime, which slowly loosening its strong conservative/fascist grip, because of tourism bringing fresh amounts of cash to a country that was isolated for three decades. But the full explosion of the progressive movement happened in the second half of the decade, and the different regions of Spain, where now making obvious references to their musical traditions. One of the regions that suffered the worst in Spain was the Basque Provinces, and as soon as the regime folded, there came about a flood of folk artists, and a few groups that mixed the folk music with a rock format. In the following years, bands like Izukaitz, Haizea, Itoiz, Itziar and Errobi all releazsed a few albums that can be regarded as folk prog gems.

This band must be one of the best Symphonic prog performers nowadays. These are four extremely talented musicians that took the best lessons from classic bands, like YES, ELP, among others adding a lot of other genres like folk, metal basically. This is a great addition to any progressive music collection.

Excelent and original brazillian prog-band! Their first and unique studio album is from 1976, but recorded only in 1998.

Gryphon was founded in 1973 by Richard Harvey (recorder, keys) and Brian Gulland (bassoon, krumhorn) after a stint at the Royal Acadamy of Music. They shared a vision of blending traditional English folk, Baroque instrumentation and Renaissance music in a modern format. The compositions resemble those of Gentle Giant but give greater emphasis to the authentic textures and sounds of the Renaissance period.

One of the more unique and melodic bands to arise from Japan's famous noise-rock , psychedelic scene, Angel'in Heavy Syrup (named after canned fruit) specializes in a drawn-out, retro psychedelic style.

Gordon Giltrap is a well-known English, self-taught acoustic guitarist who has played since the 60's, where he was part of the folk scene in London alongside with Mike Oldfield, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.

Anachronos is a ecletic band from Chile that mixes rock progresivo , hard rock, math-rock, prog-metal and Latin America fusion. This results in a complex and interesting instrumental music.

José Luis Fernandez Ledesma is a big name in the Mexican avant-garde musical scene. He is acknowledged as an adventurous creator and a proficient musician: his performing skills include guitars, keyboards, various ethnic wind, string and percussion instruments, something like a Mike Oldfield with a rio heart. His first steps in the world of prog took place in Nirgal Vallis, a band contemporary of Iconoclasta and others, that never got to release a proper LP. After the band disbanded, Fernandez Ledesma began his solo venture determined to explore his unique musical vision. Singer/keyboardist Margarita Botello is his recurrent partner in almost all his records.