(54:02; L'étourneur / Big Owl Records / Atypeek Music) Track list: 1. Sun Song 14:12 2. Modus Operandi 14:59 3. Bad Pills 12:09 4. Chant du Cygne 12:42 Line-up: Anthony Retaille  guitars, vocals Armel Sfaxi - guitars Robin Dufour - drums Prolusion. French band Stoned Diplodocus appears to have formed sometime around 2014. Or at least that was the year when they decided to have a presence on social media platforms. They released a demo the following year, and in 2016 they were ready with their self-titled debut album. "Ante Mortem" is their second studio album, and was released through a small handful of niche labels back in 2017. Analysis. Stoned Diplodocus are among those bands where one can question if they are experimental, progressive or both. What can be stated with a fair degree of credibility is that their compositions are unconventional, and on a few different levels at that. I also get the impression that they aren't all that concerned with residing inside of

(43:46; La Societe Du Spectral / Bang Bang Booking / Atypeek Music / L'étourneur / Do It Youssef) Track list: 1. Three to One 1:00 2. About Time (part 1, 2 & 3) 33:03 3. Not the End 9:43 Line-up: Not stated Prolusion. French band Spectrum Orchestrum have a history that dates back to 2007, and have a handful or so of album releases to their name as of 2024. The album "It's About Time" dates back to 2018, and was released by a handful of niche labels, as well as being made available digitally through a Creative Commons licence. Analysis. There will always be a little bit of an argument to be had, I guess, for whether music of an improvised nature can truly be described inside the progressive rock category or not. For me it all depends on whether music is conventional, as regarded from a mainstream point of view, and in that regard improvisations will also fit the bill. In this case with a band that know and love their improvised jazzrock. While the line-up isn't