Neo-Prog
Poland
GREAT BAND
If you're a prog fan looking for the cream of the nineties progressive releases then add Poland's QUIDAM to your list. Influenced by MARILLION and CAMEL, this band elegantly blends harmonies, refined arrangements and diversity of orchestrations (keyboards, cello, flute, oboe, strings).
The neo prog style guitar playing is interlaced with haunting flute, cello that evokes depth, female vocals and keyboards that give an orchestral fullness to the music. Their style is a melodic, text-based (female vocals) symphonic rock. The rhythms intensify, the symphonic keyboard textures thicken and the electric guitar plays long melancholic notes. QUIDAM is certainly the main and most appreciated act to have emerged from this field, with ABRAXAS and COLLAGE.
ALBUMS:
1996 - QUIDAM
Musicians
- Emila Derkowska / vocals, backing vocal, cello, flute
- Ewa Smarzyñska / flutes
- Zbyszek Florek / piano, keyboards
- Maciek Meller / guitars
- Rafa³ Jermakow / drums, percussion
- Radek Sholl / bass guitar
Guest Musicians:
- Monika Margielewska / oboe (1,7)
- Kamila Kamiñska / backing vocals (4)
- Mirek Gil / guitar solo (2)
1. Sanktuarium (8:57)
2. Choæbym (7:05)
3. Bajkowy (3:42)
4. G³êboka Rzeka (8:03)
5. Nocne Widziad³a (7:21)
6. Niespe³nienie (9:44)
7. Warkocze (4:07)
8. Bij¹ce Serca (1:53)
9. P³onê (14:09)
Total Time: 67:01
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1998 - ANGEL'S DREAM
1. Awakening
2. Angels Of Mine
3. An Apple Dream
4. Cheerful
5. Little Bird With No Legs
6. One Small Tear
7. Behind My Eyes
8. Awakening (Dawn Of Hope)
9. There is Such a Lonesome House
10. End
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1. Przebudzenie
2. Moje Anioly
3. Morelowy Sen
4. Wesola
5. Beznogi Maly Ptak
6. Lza
7. Pod Powieka
8. Przebudzenie (Swit Nadziei)
9. Jest Taki Samotny Dom
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1998 - Live in Bussum
1. Morelowy Sen
2. Wesola
3. Nogne Widsiadla
4. Ptone
5. Gleboka Rzeka
6. Sanktuarium
7. Beznogi Maty Ptak
8. Pod Powieka
9. Moje Anioly
10. Iza
11. Bajkowy
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2000 - LIVE IN MEXICO '99
Musicians
- Emila 'Iza' Derkowska / vocals
- Zbyszek 'Zibi' Florek / keyboards
- Rafal 'Makow' Jermakow / drums, percussion
- Maciek 'Maciecz' Meller / guitars - Radek 'tysy' Scholl / bass
- Jacek 'Zassie' Zasada / flute
Tracks Listing
1. Przebuddzenie [Awakening] (2:47)
2. Gleboka Rzeka - Deep River (7:07)
3. Chocbym... - If I ever... (6:14)
4. Plone / Niespelnienie - I'm Burnin' / Unfullfilled (18:19)
5. Jest Take Samotny Dom - There is Such a Lonesome House (5:35)
6. Rhayader / Rhayader Goes to Town (10:02)
7. Sanktuarium - Sanctuary (10:48)
8. Angels of mine (6:10)
9. Child in Time (9:44)
Total Time: 76:46
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2002 - THE TIME BENEATH THE SKY
Musicians
- Emilia Derkowska / vocal, backing vocals
- Zbyszek Florek / keyboards
- Maciej Meller / guitars
- Jacek Zasada / flutes
- Radek Scholl / bass guitar
- Rafał Jermakow / drums
Guest musicians:
- Monika Margielewska / oboe (1)
- Miłosz Gawryłkiewicz / flugelhorn (2)
- Grzegorz Nadolny / contrabass (8)
1. Letter from the Desert I (6:12)
2. Still Waiting (Letter from the Desert II) (4:48)
3. No Quarter (11:44)
4. New Name (4:45)
5. Kozolec (for AgaPe) (5:00)
6. Credo I (8:04)
7. Credo II (5:13)
8. You Are (In the Labyrinth of Thoughts) (4:31)
9. Quimpromptu (9:35)
10. (Everything Has Its Own) Time Beneath the Sky (3:59)
Total Time 64:41
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2002 - LIVE IN WARSAW
1. Zapowiedz
2. List Z Pustyni
3. Jestes
4. Plone Wesola
5. Nowe Imie
6. Kozolec
7. Credo
8. Pod Niebem Czas
9. No Quarter
10. Pod Powieka
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2005 - SURREVIVAL
Musicians
- Zbyszek Florek / keyboards
- Maciek Meller / guitars, backing vocals on "surREvival"
- Bartek Kossowicz / vocals, backing vocals
- Mariusz Zió³kowski / bass guitar
- Maciek Wróblewski / drums, percussion
- Jacek Zasada / flutes
Guest musicians:
- Robert "Myca" Kowalski / backing vocals on "Hands Off", "Not So Close" and "The Fifth Season"
- Grzegorz Nadolny / double bass on "The Fifth Season"
- Pawe³ "DJ Paulo" Molenda / scratch on "Queen Of Moulin Rouge"
Tracks Listing
1. Airing (2:25)
2. Hands off (9:25)
3. Not so close (6:22)
4. The fifth season (9:45)
5. SurREvival (5:13)
6. Queen of Moulin Rouge (8:24)
7. Everything's ended (13:14)
Total Time: 54:48
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2006 - HALF PLUGGED
- Zbyszek Florek / keyboards, backing vocals
- Maciek Meller / acoustic guitars, backing vocals
- Bartek Kossowicz / vocals, tambourine
- Mariusz Ziotkowski / bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Maciek Wroblewski / drums, percussion
- Jacek Zasada / flutes, bass guitar
1. SurREvival (6:07)
2. Queen of Moulin Rouge (6:42)
3. Sanktuarium (Sanctuary) (5:49)
4. Blackbird (2:06)
5. Wish you were here (4:16)
6. The fifth season (9:18)
7. Nights in white satin (5:25)
8. Not so close (including excerpts from 'Hush') (11:37)
9. Proba (Rehearsal) (Bonus Video) (2:11)
10. SurREvival (Bonus Video) (6:00)
11. Wish you were here (Bonus Video) (4:16)
Total Time: 63:47
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2007 - ALONE TOGETHER
Musicians
- Zbyszek Florek / keyboards
- Maciek Meller / guitars, backing vocals
- Bartek Kossowicz / vocals, backing vocals
- Mariusz Ziólkowski / bass guitars, backing vocals
- Maciek Wróblewski / drums, percussion
- Jacek Zasada / flutes
Guest musicians:
- Emila Nazaruk / backing vocals (2)
- Piotr Nazaruk / xaphoon (1), zither (2)
- Piotr Rogóz / alto sax (6)
1. Different (3:16)
2. Kinds Of Solitude At Night (6:00)
3. Depicting Colours Of Emotions (10:18)
4. They Are There To Remind Us (7:49)
5. Of Illusions (8:04)
6. We Lost (8:26)
7. One Day We Find (6:46)
8. We Are Alone Together... (8:20)
9. ... But Strong Together (4:25)
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2010 - STRONG TOGETHER
CD 1:
1. Different (3:49)
2. Kinds Of Solitude At Night (6:20)
3. One Day We Find (including excerpt from "Red") (8:33)
4. SurREvival (8:42)
5. Depicting Colours Of Emotions (10:24)
6. We Lost (including excerpt from "Walkin' Around The Stormy Bay") (11:14)
7. The Fifth Queen Of Everything (including excerpts from "The Fifth Season", "Queen Of Moulin Rouge" and "Everything's Ended") (12:21)
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CD 2:
1. They Are There To Remind Us (including excerpt from "Riders On The Storm") (11:21)
2. Of Illusions (12:24)
3. Not So Close (including excerpt from "Hush") (10:48)
4. We Are Alone Together (9:21)
5. Sanktuarium (Sanctuary) (8:34)
6. ...But Strong Together (4:45)
7. Wish You Were Here (4:35)
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