Step into PRJ Compilation Vol. I, a carefully curated sonic expedition through nine extraordinary landscapes of sound. This collection guides you across realms of Progressive Rock, instrumental journeys, and Experimental echoes — a voyage that moves seamlessly from one world to the next, inviting your ears to wander, discover, and immerse in the unexpected.
The name of the compilation evokes a passage through hidden worlds, an odyssey that transforms listening into an adventure. Each track is a doorway: some shimmer with ambient clarity, others pulse with rhythm and tension, while others transport you into realms shaped by imagination, improvisation, and sonic craftsmanship. The journey is yours to navigate, one track at a time, revealing treasures that linger long after the last note fades.
As you explore, the YouTube player above lets you follow the path in real time, experiencing each moment as part of a continuous musical narrative.
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01. The Washing Planck – VY Canis Majoris
The Italian duo The Washing Planck, active since 1990 in Monza, blends analog synthesizers, modular systems, digital processing, and improvisation, documenting a personal and uncompromising sonic journey.
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GaSosTuForGy (short for Grand Socks Through the Forbidden Gateway) is the new release from Italian experimental duo The Washing Planck – Domenico Diano and Matteo Mariano – the result of over thirty years of sonic exploration.
This eclectic and ironically playful album weaves together Berlin-style electronics, retro-prog influences, ambient textures, processed ethnic timbres, drones, and improbable funky twists. The playful, semi-serious tone is a conscious aesthetic choice: each piece avoids rigid structures and embraces the unpredictable, drawing inspiration from sound collage and musique concrète. Featuring seven (eight) tracks, including the multi-part suite “Project B,” the album resists easy classification. It stands as a timeless sound object that plays with musical memory while opening doors to alternative, surreal, yet self-consistent dimensions.
Purchase on on Bandcamp: https://thewashingplanck.bandcamp.com/album/gasostuforgy
02. creamcheese – Zischenberger
creamcheese is a German solo project combining Rock, Psychedelia, Krautrock, and hints of Stoner, developing a distinctive voice through instruments played and arranged entirely by one musician.
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What is this? A vinyl LP adorned with a tree and a rainbow on the cover. So its name, Schallplatte, isn’t entirely without reason. This is instrumental music created by one artist who played, arranged, and produced everything himself. It is not to be mistaken for your typical tubular bells style nostalgia. Instead, it is a vibrant fusion: Rock, Psychedelia, Krautrock, touches of Stoner, and flashes of Funk. Expect swirling organs, wah-wah guitars, the whole shebang… It’s wild, unpredictable, and unforgettable – “the craziest bird of them all,” as Harry from Gladbeck puts it. creamcheese moves freely among its influences, referencing them without ever resorting to imitation. The echoes are there, but the voice remains unmistakably its own. Following Abflug (2020), a retrospective spanning a decade of work, this release presents four brand-new tracks alongside Béésh…, a 20-year-old demo that has been completely reimagined. Forty-two minutes of vibrant, powerful 21st-century psychedelic rock – pressed on breathtakingly beautiful, colored vinyl. A collector’s dream, a listener’s delight, and a statement of pure artistic independence.
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://creamcheese.bandcamp.com/album/schallplatte
03. Gerardo Ligorria – Desertor
Argentine musician Gerardo Ligorria explores Progressive Rock structures with subtle Folk influences, creating intricate instrumental dialogues between guitar and bass.
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Desertor is the opening statement from Latencia, an album about breaking away to find one’s authentic voice. This instrumental track blends subtle folkloric rhythms with progressive rock structures, featuring intricate drum patterns and melodic guitar phrases that culminate in a powerful dialogue between bass and guitar.
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://gerardoligorria.bandcamp.com/album/latencia
04. Trycicle – Come Along, Johann
Toronto-based Trycicle crafts Progressive Rock and Art Rock pieces with a narrative and experimental approach, blending traditional instruments with innovative arrangements.
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Our opening track “Come Along, Johann” is meant as an abstract tutorial on the twists and turns of life that await the protagonist. And of course, everyone is a protagonist — this one just happens to be called Johann.
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://tricycletheband.bandcamp.com/album/tutorials
05. Conjunto!Evite – Lenticular
From Portugal, Conjunto!Evite combines Progressive Rock with local Experimental influences, composing thematic works that reflect cultural and landscape transformations in the south of the country.
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“Suite Giacometti is a thematic work about the transformations taking place in the south of Portugal—particularly in Alentejo—and the impact of agricultural industry pressure. Lenticular is the track that brings it all together, evoking dreams of oasis and nightmares of an arid desert, opening with smooth melancholy and closing with a powerful, thunderous finale.”
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://conjuntoevite.bandcamp.com/album/suite-giacometti
06. White Feather – Droogies
Dutch ensemble White Feather develops instrumental and experimental approaches, combining progressive atmospheres with surreal storytelling.
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While finding ourselves perilously lost within spruce high up a Norwegian fjord, we encountered a black goat feasting his eyes unflinchingly upon the sight of our ensemble. A transcendental experience transpired, leading to the instantaneous conception of three musical pieces. Known locally only under the name “FULL RETARD”, the goat has its tale told in the three pieces. This is one of them: “Little Droogies”.
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://whitefeatherisaband.bandcamp.com/album/full-retard
07. Isbrak – Narcisse
Isbrak is a Norwegian project whose name evokes “the almost indescribable crash of a frozen lake.” The project develops immersive, Progressive instrumental soundscapes.
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“Isbrak means, in Norwegian, the almost indescribable crash of a frozen lake. Isbrak released its first album, ‘Strange Aeons’ on November 14th.”
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://isbrak.bandcamp.com/album/strange-aeons
08. Niyoh – In The Hanging Garden
German instrumental project Niyoh explores Fusion and Progressive sonorities with immersive arrangements that transport the listener into distinct sonic landscapes.
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://niyoh.bandcamp.com/album/viridian
09. Sivko-Burko – Is Only A Dream
Californian Folk-Progressive project Sivko-Burko creates epic narratives through a cycle of songs traversing mythology, folklore, and introspection.
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“Omni Plus Ultra is an epic telling of myth. A cycle of songs that take us from what is knowable to what is beyond.“
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://sivko-burko.bandcamp.com/album/omni-plus-ultra