Berlin School electronic
Latest: Almagest (2020)
Not too much happening with Under the Dome, but they are still fiddling around out there with a new single from 2025. Reopening this page from many years ago.
8/20/12 (new entry)
October 24, 2025
October 19, 2025
Sammal ~ Finland
Retro prog
Latest: Aika Laulaa (2022)
The group is active and it appears they are working on a 5th album, with no timetable set.
8/15/16 (new entry)
October 18, 2025
October 1, 2025
Dawn ~ Switzerland
Progressive rock
Latest: Case a Chocs 2014 (2024). Live album.
As of July, they are still working on their third album.
---8/12/24
They are still promising to release their third "old school prog" album sometime soon.
10/31/23 (new entry)
Free System Projekt ~ Netherlands
Berlin School electronic
Latest: Archives Volume 3 (2025) 11/21
It doesn't appear that FSP are active anymore, but they are in the process of emptying the vaults. I'm sure there's plenty of great music in these archives.
UMR review page for Free System Projekt
Passenger 4 (2004) w/Dweller at the Threshold
Probably the least inventive of the FSP albums. Not only is it influenced by Rubycon, it's almost a cover version of the album. Which doesn't make it a bad effort. But given how many albums I already own in the style, including by Tangerine Dream themselves, this album comes off as "too much of the same thing.". Gotta go, Joe.
---2/19/24
Pointless Reminder (1999)
Of all the current bands playing in the retro Berlin School of sequencer based electronic music, Dutch ensemble Free System Projekt may be the closest in imitating the original pioneers. Especially the Tangerine Dream variant circa 1976 to 1977. For some, Free System Projekt are no doubt likely to irk purists, and state they are nothing more than plagiarists. But I don't feel that way strangely enough. The style of music that TD laid down 35 years ago is open in nature, one that can be explored in a variety of different ways. I've heard most of FSP's official releases (including collaborations), and I'd probably rate this first album as their best. But they're all very good.
---2008
7/20/11 (new entry)
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