[Prog Magazine] Great new prog from Soen, Alex Henry Foster, Kiasmos and more in Prog’s brand new Tracks Of The Week

Welcome to Prog’s brand new Tracks Of The Week. Seven brand new and diverse slices of progressive music for you to enjoy.

A heart well done to UK prog rockers Esoterica whose return with the enigmatically atmospheric Firefly won last week’s Tracks Of The Week. They were pushed all the way by Dutch symphonic rockers Blackbriar whose Moonflower features Iamthemorning singer Marjana Semkina, and with US proggers Advent Horizon in third.

The premise for Tracks Of The Week is simple – we’ve collated a batch of new releases by bands falling under the progressive umbrella, and collated them together in one post for you – makes it so much easier than having to dip in and out of various individual posts, doesn’t it?

The premise for Tracks Of The Week is simple – we’ve collated a batch of new releases by bands falling under the progressive umbrella, and collated them together in one post for you – makes it so much easier than having to dip in and out of various individual posts, doesn’t it?

The idea is to watch the videos (or listen if it’s a stream), enjoy (or not) and also to vote for your favourite in the voting form at the bottom of this post. Couldn’t be easier could it?

We’ll be bringing you Tracks Of The Week, as the title implies, each week. Next week we’ll update you with this week’s winner, and present a host of new prog music for you to enjoy.

ALEX HENRY FOSTER – A SILENT STREAM

Canadian post-rocker Alex Henry Foster is probably known to some of you for his impressively atmospheric and engaging music with the Long Shadows, but. as you will glean from the suitably epic A Silent Stream, he’s shifted more into prog territory. His latest album, Kimiyo, will be released on April 26 through Hopeful Tragedy Records, was inspired by a 2010 trip to Japan and features Japanese singer Momoka.

“I have always been looking for a pretext or an excuse to work with Momoka,” says Foster. “She’s got a very unique spirit, and she’s a very inspiring and insightful person.We have a common view about life in general and spirituality in particular, but most of all, she is a fantastic artist for whom I have the utmost admiration. When it became obvious to me that I would be in no way capable of singing or speaking on the songs we had sketched, Momoka was in my opinion the only person able to transcend the project’s spirit. The poetry of Voyage à la Mer was to be the core holding the whole project together, but I wanted Momoka to make her own interpretation of the lyrical undercurrent and to express herself in her native tongue, so she wouldn’t have to be my voice or try to emulate what my words might convey. We set the canvas, laid down the color palettes, but it was for her to express herself and be the painting.”