Miriodor

As of 2005 and the release of Parade + Live At Nearfest, Montreal avant-prog group Miriodor are still carrying the flag they first hoisted a quarter of a century earlier as one of the first groups on the "rock" side of the Quebec-based musique actuelle equation. At their inception, Miriodor could also be viewed as North American practitioners of the Rock in Opposition (RIO) style pioneered by such European groups as Henry Cow, Etron Fou Leloublan, Débile Menthol -- instrumental prog rock with the requisite technical skill and virtuosity but none of the pomposity that dragged down better-known prog outfits. Thanks to nearly two decades of continued support from the Cuneiform label, Miriodor have documented their steady artistic growth on one CD after another, without the need to compromise their music according to popular tastes in the rock music marketplace.



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