KMXT FreeForm Radio

Featuring Progressive Music Past and Present

NOTE: I am taking a break from FreeForm Radio and FF Spotlight until further notice

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First, third, and fifth Tuesday: September through May

9-11 p.m. Alaska Standard Time

1-3 a.m. (Wednesday) Eastern Standard Time

Universal Time: Wednesday 0600 - 0800

FreeForm SPOTLIGHT

Thursday: 1230-1300 Alaska Standard Time (1630-1700 EST)

Streaming Link: KMXT public radio in Kodiak, Alaska

MISSION STATEMENT: FreeForm Radio endeavors to play progressive music not usually heard on public or commercial radio in order to enlarge the progressive music audience.

This web page is dedicated to helping the progressive music audience connect with progressive bands and musicians. Most of the music you hear on the show was created by members of the Progressive Music Society.

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Playlists & links for past shows and performers are available at the group site.

Join the Progressive Music Society.PMS is a very active and friendly community of folks who share a love of New and Old Progressive Music. Prog, Jazz, Fusion, Space-Rock, RIO, Canterbury, Electronic, New Age, Zuehl and any other esoteric form of music. The Progressive Music Society welcomes signed and unsigned artists, online CD vendors and online Progressive Rock DJ's. (Hey, that's me!)

SUBMITTING YOUR MUSIC

If you'd like to hear your music on FreeForm, send it in either cd,cdr, or DAT format with liner notes, web sites, etc.,to the address below. If you include a press release, I'll submit it for publication to our local newspaper, the Kodiak Daily Mirror which is also published on the Web.Articles in our paper generally show up on Google searches within a couple days.

Mike Sirofchuck c/o KMXT FreeForm Radio

620 Egan Way

Kodiak, AK 99615 USA

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07 March 2006

Portals IV: The latest compilation set from the Progressive Music Society

02 March 2006 FreeForm SPOTLIGHT

Portals IV: The latest compilation set from the Progressive Music Society (Disc 1-Tracks 10,11; Disc 2-Tracks 1,2))

Trettioriga Kriget - Europa (Live 1981; exclusive to Portals IV)

Steve Cochrane - Greatest Since Rembrandt

Sonus Umbra - Man of Anger and Light

Steve Hillman - Last Light (alternate version)

23 February 2006 FreeForm SPOTLIGHT

Portals IV: The latest compilation set from the Progressive Music Society (Disc 1-Tracks 5-9)

Farpoint - Autumn Sky

Jake Nuxoll The Wind Rings the Bell

Dimitris Kyriakidis - The Deviator

Inquisitor Betrayer - Quantum Offworld

Jabladav - Glass of Sand

16 February 2006 FreeForm SPOTLIGHT

Portals IV: The latest compilation set from the Progressive Music Society (Disc 1-Tracks 1-4)

1: Rain - Jerusalem (9:13)

3: NON FINIRe mai - Dinner Party Mafia (3:27)

4: Area 39 - The Dreamers Dreamed (7:13)

07 February 2006

Mohodisco "Kaloomith"

On Kaloomith, Mohodisco create progressive, ambient soundscapes. Rich and evolving synthesized tones are combined with fusion style guitar and drums to great effect.

Praxis

Our Paths are Sonic Waves

Gravity

Remote Viewer

Soft and Sharp

The Source

Mystery Falls

Kaloomith

Jeff White "Synaesthesia" (1998 unreleased)

02 February 2006 Freeform SPOTLIGHT

ARC (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) "Arcturus" DiN19

Recorded live at the Hampshire Jam 3 Festival, Liphook Millenium Hall 23 October 2004 - very reminiscent of classic Tangerine Dream

01 Arcturus - Part 1

26 January 2006 Freeform SPOTLIGHT

"Soundtracks from Imaginary Movies"Systems Theory

Systems Theory is an internet project, performing a progressive electronic/world music hybrid, welding high-tech modern electronica, dark ambience and acoustic ethnic styles with spacerock aggression, free jazz exploration, and symphonic prog bombast. In addition, the individual projects of the members explore these and even stranger avenues and musical styles.

18 January 2006 Freeform SPOTLIGHT

"Stand Alone Together"Area 39

17 January 2006

"Stand Alone Together"Area 39

A superbly crafted album of contemporary progressive rock with none of the bombast or excess that often mars prog releases.

1. The Dreamer Dreams

2. Beyond the Clouds

3. Through the Eye of a Telescope

4. Universal Dot to Dot

5. Changing Horizon

6. the Dreamers Dreamed

"Tall Tales"Crucible

An Imp's Tale

"YOLO" (DiN 22)Tetsu Inoue

A striking crafted album of ambient electronic sounds and music

12 January 2006: Freeform SPOTLIGHT

"YOLO" (DiN 22)Tetsu Inoue

A striking crafted album of ambient electronic sounds and music

03 January 2006

KINECTIONS: The ProgDay Support CD

1. Strawbs: Riviera Dei Fiori/Under a Cloudless Sky

2. Djam Karet: Pentimento (previously unreleased)

3. Nathan Mahl: The Place We Call Home (previously unreleased)

4. Trettioariga Kriget: Lang Historia

5. Wobbler: Leprechaun Behind the Door (demo)

6. Sonus Umbra: Self Erosion

7. Gert Emmens: The Warlock Returns (previously unreleased)

8. The Muffins: They Come On Unknown Nights (previously unreleased)

9. Guy Manning: Top of the Mountain (previously unreleased demo)

Artwork donated by Ed Unitsky

$10 bucks for nine incredible tracks! Five of which will never be released anywhere else! Support Progday! Click here for information on how to purchase this cd.

Also on this show, selected cuts from artists on the Blue Canoe Records label.

06 December 2005

Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas

Choice selections from Bob Rivers' hilarious series of Christmas parodies and original satirical songs, including the classic "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire".

15 November 2005

"Lithosphere"

DiN21, the second collaborative release between DiN label boss Ian Boddy and American ambient pioneer Robert Rich; cd design by www.studioflokati.de

1. Threshold

2. Vent

3. Chamber

4. Glass

5. Subduction

6. Geode

7. Stone

8. Metamorphic

9. Lithosphere

10. Melt

01 November 2005

"Regaining the Feel" Land of Chocolate Quality, thinking-person's music with an agressive edge and a quirky and goofy presence.

1. Film at 11

2. The Pursuit of Happiness

3. Killing with Kindness

4. Misanthropic Cattle

5. Regaining the Feel

6. Counting Sand

7. Red Pill

8. Military Mindset

9. Mechanical Pencil

10. Ungrateful

"On The Way (En Chemin)" XAAL Superb French Progressive Band from the 1990's.

1. The Child

2. The Walk

3. Hhunk's' Garden

4. On the Way

5. Talisman

6. The Old Butterfly Hunter

7. Ascension

8. Byblos

9. Final.....

18 October 2005

KMXT Fall FUNd Raiser

Various listener favorites intended to bring in the dough!

Thanks to everyone who pledged their support during my show!

04 October 2005

"Two for Tuesday Elections"

Two songs from various classic and contemporary rock groups sandwiched between local election returns

20 September 2005

J.B. Lee "Strange Aeons" from his cd/cassette release, Necronomicon

Ghost Particle Project a musical fund-raiser project

No-man "Lighthouse" (demo)

Land of Chocolate Quality, thinking-person's music with an agressive edge and a quirky and goofy presence.

Genesis "Cinema Show"

06 September 2005

The Annual Back to School show featuring songs of teachers, school, and teenage angst including the Kinks "Schoolboys in Disgrace"

31 May 2005

Multi-instrumentalist Steve Hillman

CONVERGENCE

OPENER OF THE WAYS

17 May 2005

Prog from Ales Uratnik in Slovenia: NON FINIRe mai "Katzenjammer"

1. Keep Away From Children

2. Propellerboy

3. Roadlift

4. Dinner Party Mafia

5. SOP

6. Launched

7. Getting There and Away

8. Orbitgehalt

9. Razbit

10. Sika

11. Ericphine

12. Passing On

13. Countryside Marathon

14. How About That?

15. Kafka

Frank Zappa: Valley Girl

ARC (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) "Arcturus" DiN19

Recorded live at the Hampshire Jam 3 Festival, Liphook Millenium Hall 23 October 2004 - very reminsicent of classic Tangerine Dream

01 Arcturus - Part 1

02 Arcturus - Part 2

03 Helicon

03 May 2005

Systems Theory "Soundtrack for Imaginary Movies"

side one

1.Green Miata Baja Bound

2.The Cool Vibe of Asia C.

3.Four Piece Suit

(a)A Wolf In Sheep's Breeks

(b)Larks Loons in Linen

(c)Technopants

(d)Solar Flared Trousers

side two

4. Silent Service

5. A Lifeboat, Tallulah and Me

6. Water Through Fingers

side three

7. Zero Sum Equation

8. One Step to Freefall

9. Last Letters to Stalingrad

Systems Theory Demos

19 April 2005

ANNUAL WHALE FEST PROGRAM celebrating the grey whale migration as they pass by Kodiak

Hour One

Various Songs and Whale Sounds

Hour Two

Planet Me "Whales of the World"

Music and lyrics by Gary Richard and nature sounds by Richard Hooper. Planet ME! Nature Sounds and Music for Children, World Disc Music/Nature Recordings, USA, (800) 228-5711. "A children's chorus belts out a catchy sing-along theme song, 'Plant Me,' to begin this delightful album of songs and dialogue about whales. Next is a Mexican-flavored song about whales migrating to Baja, followed by a funky bluesy tune about huge blue whales. Spyhopping by right whales is celebrated with 'Doin' the Right Whale Twist.'"

05 April 2005

Hour OneDiN 18 "Moire" Ian Boddy & Bernhard Wosthenirich

01 Accretion

02 Perambulato

03 Diffractions

04 Scorpio

05 Diaphragm

06 Moire

07 Fractalise

08 Method Count

09 Cloister

10 Smash & Grab

Hour TwoDiN 17 "Pure" Ian Boddy & Reuter

01 Presence

02 History

03 This Life

04 Glisten

05 Immersion

06 Clearing

07 The Source

08 The Level

09 Breathe

10 Fragments

11 Pure

01 March 2005

Hour One: Andy Switzer's Bay Area Punk Rock Mix

an assortment of alternative bands from the San Francisco Bay Area

Hour Two: FLAMENS DIALIS "Symptome Dei"

1. Derniere Croisade

2. Le Sanctuaire D'argile

3. Dedale Vert Du Retour

4. Illusion

5. Meandrea Envoutes

6. Eclosion

7. Labyrinth Porpre De La Connaissance

8. Arc En Lumiere

9. renaissance

10. Le Village Du Diamanche Matin

11. Eclats

12. Decouverte (A Side, Single 1978) Bonus Track

13. Autre Chose (B Side, Single 1978) Bonus Track

LAURIE ANDERSEN

Same Time Tomorrow

15 February 2005

Featuring a vintage progressive rock band: AZURETH "Yesterday's Future, Tomorrow's Past"

Wake the Dragon

Searching

Man on the Moon

The Grand Design:

I. Overture

II. The Grand Design

III. Shadow of a Man

IV. Fanfare

V. Humanity Revisited

VI. The Sleeper Has Awakened

Timeless Moments in Sherwood

The Lathe of Heaven

Afterglow

THIEVES' KITCHEN

T.A.N.U.S

Mute

LAURIE ANDERSEN

Same Time Tomorrow

1 February 2005

Spotlighting the ambient sounds of Kurt Michaels "Inner Worlds - Part One"

Heaven?

Nightmare Crossing Over

Alien Presense

The Village

You Don't Say

Inner Worlds

Nervous Barnyard: Afterture & Rebirth

KURT MICHAELS VARIOUS 2004 LIVE EXCERPTS (with Jim Gully except "Midway Suite"

The Sunrise of Eagles

Midway Suite w/John Melnick

Hitch Hiker on Venus

Quiet Tension

Eleanor Rigby

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Of Thought

Jade Princess

Esikut Feitul

CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO: WHITEWATER

Red Iguana

Ghost Riders on the Storm

LAURIE ANDERSEN

Same Time Tomorrow

18 January 2005

Portals III continued from January 4 (more info below)

Disc 2

5. Trigon: HeiZEN 6:41

6. King Bathmat : Alcohol Sea 5:22

7. US: Eamon's Day 10:15

8. Kodiak: The Gadabout- DEMO 14:37

9. Elastic Unicorn: Out of the Woods 7:41

Inspiral Carpets: Further Away

CHRONOS MUNDI: "Luz e Trevas" The classic first album by this Brazilian progressive group

1. Intro

2. Luz e Trevas

3. Nasce a Semente:

i. embryo ii. os momento que antecedem iii. nasce a semente iv. maturacao e desenvolvimento da semento no meio

Thermo

Forest Valley

Symphonies

D (xi)

[i.] o andarilho [ii.] a florestra [iii.] sonho de crianca [iv.] desilusoes [v.] o anoitecer [vi.] a dolorosa e angustiante purificacao da alma [viii.] elevacao

MARTIN SIMPSON

This War May Last You For Years

Masters of War

04 January 2005

Portals III

The third compilation of music created by members of the Progressive Music Society. PMS is a very active and friendly community of folks who share a love of New and Old Progressive Music. Prog, Jazz, Fusion, Space-Rock, RIO, Canterbury, Electronic, New Age, Zuehl and any other esoteric form of music. The Progressive Music Society welcomes signed and unsigned artists, online CD vendors and online Progressive Rock DJ's. (Hey, that's me!)

Portals III Disc 1

1. John Young Band: Childhoods End 8:29

2. The Dreaming: Beautiful Lost Thing 4:25

3. Dreadnaught : Threnody For The Victims Of Brother Theodore 4:03

4. Taiga Blues: Alone We Fly 3:50

5. Wheatstone Bridge: Application 3.2 7:22

6. Future Kings Of England: Lilly Lockwood- DEMO 15:42

7. Sickert: Requiem For The Living 5:28

8. Land Of Chocolate: Red Pill 6:29

9. Kurt Michaels: Nightmare Crossing Over 5:37

10. Joseph Patrick Moore: Jamband Express 5:38

11. Renate Methofer: Thunderstorm 7:00

Portals III Disc 2

1. Jan Hanford: (a.k.a Human Response): Landlocked 5:33

2. Frogg Cafe: All This Time 8:01

3. Shades Of Dawn: Plenty Of Gold 12:02

4. Nimrod: Song For Woolly 5:41

Updated 20 May 2005

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