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Gauge:
Being a prog rock nut (as well as acid jazz and fusion, and of course, I know all about the Chapman Stick and badass Tony Levin - I saw ELP at MSG 7/7/77), I have a plethora of recommendations -- I'll aim to avoid the obvious, since you clearly know a ton of it already:
Canterbury and other UK prog: National Health (my favorite of them), Hatfield and the North, Caravan. Camel doesn't quite fit in, but their earlier albums kick ass and they did share Richard Sinclair as a vocalist. Then there's Gong, of course, two versions: the first, Steve Hillage space music, and the second incarnation being Pierre Moerlen's Gong where I heartily recommend Espresso, Espresso II and Time Is The Key.
Anglagard: Obscure Swedish prog band that sounds like King Crimson on acid. Sort of. Their first album is a masterpiece.
Echolyn: Home-grown American band that sounds like the reincarnation of Gentle Giant, although the sound has a harder edge to it. Genuinely original. Suffocating The Bloom is, IMO, their best CD.
Happy The Man: Another home-grown band, led by Kit Watkins on keys, and taking their name from the eponymous Genesis B-side. Highly recommended.
I assume you know about the Dixie Dregs, later the Dregs, and various incarnations of the Steve Morse band?
Vital Information is Steve Smith's fusion band. See them live any time you can. They've been around for 30 years. Tom Coster of Santana of keys; Baron Browne on bass -- another badass; and they've had a number of guitarists. Smith is one of the best, most musical drummers alive, and he's got chops that kill as well as an intimate understanding of Carnatic music.
The Bad Plus. In my view, the most original, absolutely brilliant avant-garde jazz band today (they're a trio). Chops and musicality to die for. Nothing in the world like them. They also play The Rite of Spring -- in its entirety. Stunning, astonishing, sui generis.
There are more, of course, but these are a good start. Happy to recommend some videos either here or by email.
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ORIGINAL: Gauge
I am a musician and I have been interested in all sorts of different music ever since I was a small child. My interests range from Gregorian Chant to Rammstein. I do not like rap or new country, but everything else is basically fair game. I am heavily invested in progressive music, old Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, and King Crimson to name a few. I am also into electronic music dating back to the days of Switched on Bach by Walter/Wendy Carlos and Tangerine Dream to current electronic music like Hybrid Sound System, and Deadmau5. I was raised on classical music, jazz, big bands and Broadway Shows. I am also into performance art music by the likes of Laurie Anderson. I play an instrument called the Chapman Stick and that has opened the door to plenty of other varieties of music.
The purpose of this thread is to discuss, link and otherwise share things that you are into that are not totally mainstream music. I want to be exposed to some new music and I figured that you all would be willing to share some of the things that you enjoy.
For my first few offerings:
Hybrid Sound System:
A song called Original Sin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TouWmh-piyw
Break My Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptIEkCHTZ4
Laurie Anderson:
Mach 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SirOxIeuNDE
This is her movie of her album Home Of The Brave, it is 90 minutes long, but extremely compelling to watch from an artistic angle and a musical one as well. A warning, her music is definitely not for everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osHBA6YAHAo
Hang Drum Music:
There are only a few hundred proficient hang drum players in the entire world which makes this instrument absolutely enthralling as well is beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBiVq2MsCbs
Stefano Barone:
An acoustic guitar player who is amazing. The first time I heard this song I was moved to tears.
Batman - Alexander Supertramp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFP_MbvyGc
King Crimson:
Waiting Man (Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ2uDTqD_OU
Peter Gabriel:
While most of you may know a good deal of his "mainstream" work, you may not know some of his other stuff. He did the music for the movie The Last Temptation of Christ. He also did a show in the year 2000 called OvO which is commonly referred to as The Millennium Show.
The Last Temptation of Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtngZIBNBbE
OvO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IhJCD0qJR4
Chapman Stick music:
The Chapman Stick is a relative newcomer to the realm of musical instruments. Invented by Emmet Chapman, it is comprised of 10 strings (there are 12 and 8 string models as well) with 5 in the "bass" range and 5 in the melody range. It has a distinctive sound and you may have seen one of my favorite bass players, Tony Levin, playing it with Peter Gabriel or King Crimson. In the examples I am linking only Guillermo Cides and Glenn Poorman are using a looping machine, which basically records a track and then replays it until the user cancels the playback.
Guillermo Cides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAM4pCJKgM
Glenn Poorman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPxLuM6WFYM
Matias Betti - Tribal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOcrNruDYjQ
Greg Howard - Tomorrow Never Knows/Norwegian Wood (Beatles covers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCXjEIQANes
Tangerine Dream:
One of their most popular albums - Phaedra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCO8A1npJI
Mike Oldfield:
Ommadawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Xq7P-DDpE
Tubular Bells (Originally recorded in 1973 but this is the 2003 remaster): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IhNucymsq4
OK, that should keep some of you occupied for a few hours. I know some of this stuff is a little outside of the box and not everyone will like it. This is simply a venture into the different.
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... and you're expecting me to click on links for "alternative music" on a site full of sadists? I may have been born, yesterday but I was up all night, studying! 
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