Spec Me Some Prog Rock In The Style Of...

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Mostly Autumn
Karnataka
and to a lesser extent Breathing Space

All of which I've recently got into. Mostly Autumn in particular were until recently unheard of by myself and real gem of a find. Kind of echoes Pink Floyd but their own distinctive style.

Karnataka are more Genesis/Marillion soundalike (well Genesis before it became the Phil Collin's Blues Band and Marillion before they started doing elevator muzak) but from what I've read seem to have issues keeping the same line up between albums. I bought the album by Panic Room who spun off from the first Karnataka but that was a bit too poppy for my liking..

Basically looking for anything that has shimmering soaring keyboards overlaid with melodic guitar solos.
 
Got some Dream Theater in the collection but they tend to be more Metal orientated (likewise Nightwish, Edenbridge et al).
 
A bit of ferreting round has produced the following bands that might be worth me checking out...

Magenta
Touchstone
The Reasoning

Will have a look on the 'Tube later and see if there's any samples kicking around.
 
Amplifier looks good - I see rainforest have the 2 CD set listed at under £10 (released in February) so I'll give that a shot.

In the meantime I was quite impressed with The Reasoning from the clips I looked at on You Tube, also they appear to be backed by Marillion's producer and Steve Rothery.
 
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