Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.
Jonas Reingold, taking a different course of actions from many of his peers has returned with his band, KARMAKANIC, to show that the Progressive rock ain’t and it shouldn’t be a series of show-offs and that the song-writing still holds a meaning in the genre. And for that, in his latest album ‘In A Perfect World’ he combines and fuses excellently, Art Rock of the mid 70’s, Jazz, Mambo(!), something from the synths so dominant in the Progressive of the 90’s and a spice of classic music. (more…)