Hello from France
 

Newbie here. I am already on the progarchives forum. I like all genres of music, with a soft spot for metal (I followed carefully the golden era of death metal in the early nineties) and classical music (all eras from early music to contemporary). I hope i will post on this forum as often as on progarchives forum.

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Hi and welcome on board,
I also new member here, glad to have you around.

Welcome to the site you two :)

What are some of your favourite bands and artists?

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too many to name all but here are some (all genres melted) :
Judas Priest (see my nick ?...)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Dream Theater (selected albums)
Neil Young
Curtis Mayfield
Otis Redding
Anita Baker
Lil'Ed & the blues imperials
Muddy Waters
Johnny Winter
Roy Buchanan
Anthony Phillips
Zbigniew Preisner
Tangerine Dream
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Carcass
Anthrax
Testament
Slayer
Joni Mitchell
Rush
Black Sabbath + Ozzy solo
Czeslaw Niemen (I am a native of Poland)
Iona
Echo and the Bunnymen
Killing Joke
Frederyk Chopin
Jan Garbarek
Pat Metheny (solo + Group)
Dietrich Buxtehude
Prefab Sprout
Minutemen
The Stranglers
Vangelis
The Cure (selected albums)
The Waterboys
Dixie Dregs + Steve Morse (solo or band)
Jethro Tull
Patrick O'Hearn
Townes Van Zandt
Pure Prairie League
Saga
Marillion
Mr. Bungle
Cypress Hill
Beastie Boys
Duke Ellington
David Bowie
Lisa Gerrard
Vanilla Fudge (early)
Spyro Gyra (70's and 80's stuff)
Emperor
Mephistopheles (the german blackened death metal band)
Paradise Lost
Federico Mompou
The Ethiopians
Jackie Mittoo
Madness
Selecter
The Beat
Cardiacs
...

The genres I like :
classical (all eras)
metal (all subgenres)
punk/hardcore
folk
country
blues
jazz (all eras and subgenres)
electronic music (especially Berlin school)
ambient
rock (all subgenres, incl. prog)
world music (incl. balkan folk, fado, qawwali, flamenco, afrobeat, tango, juju music...)
funk
soul
pop
hip hop/rap
chanson française
ska
reggae

That's quite a list! I see we got some overlapping interests. As I'm a norwegian, I have to say Jan Garbarek stands out in your list as particularly interesting :D (even if I see he's not the only norwegian in there).

I also feel I don't see many french artists in there, yet I thought you were french, but now I also noticed in your post it says you are a native from Poland. So I guess you're a polish guy who moved to France?

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I was 2 years old when my parents left Poland. And I also like some french music, later Alain Bashung, Serge Gainsbourg, Georges Brassens, Claaude Nougaro, Jacques Brel, Barbara, Katerine, Izia, Trust, Stinky Toys, Les Béruriers Noirs, Seven Reizh, XVIIe Vie...
Basically, I don't limit myself to a single musical genre : if music is good it has my adhesion. From Norway, I like Edvard Grieg, A-Ha, Farmers' Market, Jaga jazzist, Terje Rypdal and other ECM artists, Atrox, Ansur, Hagalaz Runedance and Nebelhexe, Jorn Lande, Ark, Criterion and a host of black metal bands, among which Emperor and Obtained Enslavement.