Missionaria Protectiva

  UTOPIA  Oops! Wrong Planet  (Bearsville,1977) - Art/Prog rock       Utopia's fourth album (and second to be released in 1977) found the quartet moving in a much more pop-rock direction, with Todd Rundgren especially contributing catchy songs like "Love in Action" and "Love Is the Answer". TRACKLIST : Trapped                        Windows                        Love In Action                        Crazy Lady Blue                        Back On The Street                        The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell                        The Mertyr                        Abandon City                        Gangrene                        My Angel                        Rape Of The Young                        Love Is The Answer https://www.sendspace.com/file/40mbdm

  GOBLIN  Roller  (Cinevox,1976) - Progressive rock       In their thirty-odd year partnership scoring films for suspense director Dario Argento, Goblin's soundtracks have run the gamut from deep prog, in the 1975 film Deep Red, to the pure nightmarish atmospherics of 1977's Suspiria. In 1976, Goblin released  Roller , one of the band's few non-film related projects. This was a pivotal point of transition for the group, striking a balance between their technically proficient jams and their later exploration of chilling ambient noise. TRACKLIST : Roller                          Aquaman                          Snip-Snap                          Il Risveglio Del Serpente                          Goblin                          Or Frankestein https://www.sendspace.com/file/u1qkdj

  VANGELIS  Earth  (Vertigo,1973) - Progressive/Electronica       The first non-soundtrack album from  Vangelis Papathanassiou  is, in a word, shocking. Picking up where the ambitious music of Aphrodite’s Child left off, Vangelis mixes psychedelic rock with exotic sound experiments that are worlds removed from the streamlined, synthesizer music associated with his name. TRACKLIST : Come On                        We Were All Uprooted                        Sunny Earth                        He-O                        Ritual                        Let It Happen                        The City                        My Face In The Rain                        Watch Out                        A Song https://www.sendspace.com/file/yquo05

  RUBBA  In Motion  (De Wolfe,1980) - Progressive / Electronic       Published in 1980, the  In Motion: Modern Progressive Group Sounds Played By Rubba  LP comes housed in a minimalistic and red cover and contains 13 tracks, mainly composed by  Joachim "Giordano" Sherylee.  The record became cult over time; it will have taken that the Hip-Hop world seizes it in order to dig it out from the disregarded and underestimated musical gems graveyard. TRACKLIST : Carousel In The Milky Way                          Gypsy Manou                          So Softly                          Perpetual Whirlwind                          Nebulae                          Way Star                          In Motion                          Scapement                          Caroline                          Green Star                          Moog Concerto                          Astradome                          Vector https://www.sendspace.com/file/3uozav

  TIM BLAKE Crystal Machine  (Egg,1977) - Progressive/Electronic       I am not normally a fan of electronica or ambient music, but Blake’s albums are a true exception.  Crystal Machine  begins with  Midnight , an aptly dark sounding instrumental played over a Doctor-Who-style 7/8 repeating bass riff.  Metro/Logic  is more upbeat, and this time the focus is shifted to the bass, which seems to follow an irregular pattern.  Last Ride of the Boogie Child  is the only non-instrumental, though the lyrics are so sparse that it may as well be one.       At over a quarter-hour,  Synthese Intemporel  dominates the album, and it sounds like something right out of Tangerine Dream. Frustratingly, while a lot of tension is built up, especially in the first half, there is no satisfying conclusion as there was in  A Sprinkling of Clouds . This does seem to be a major limitation of only using one type of instrument.  Crystal Presence  is a mercifully short drone/musique concrète track that finishes of

  GALACTIC EXPLORERS  Epitaph For Venus  (Pyramid,1974) - Progressive/Electronic       Mindblowing psychoelectronic work with abundant and flowing hypnotic electronic arpeggios (in the genre of Tangerine Dream but less obsessive). The music also features a vast collection of analog synth sounds for some "cosmic", immersive dronescapes. TRACKLIST : Lunarscape                       Ethereal Jazz                       Venus Rising https://www.sendspace.com/file/qg9tuw