Fabio Zuffanti, composer, arranger and keyboard player of some repute, with a CV including bands such as Höstsonaten, Finisterre, and Maschera Di Cera has carved out a twenty-year career of high quality RPI. Here with his project simply named Zuffanti,…
View More Zuffanti – La Quarta VittimaMonth: June 2014
Humble Grumble – Guzzle It Up!
Though I sometimes fail to believe it, there is still progressive music being produced nowadays of the same quality as in the 70s when prog had its heyday. You just need to know where to look; the search can be…
View More Humble Grumble – Guzzle It Up!Keith Cross & Peter Ross – Bored Civilians
If you were not particularly into it at the time it is easy to forget the huge influence West Coast music had on the UK rock scene in the early 70s. Everyone from Al Stewart, Brinsley Schwarz, Sutherland Brothers, Help…
View More Keith Cross & Peter Ross – Bored CiviliansSassafras – Expecting Company
Having recently covered Esoteric Recordings’ 3CD box-set, All’s Well That Ends Well, from Welsh rocker’s Man, I was pleased to see another of Wales finest, Sassafras receive the re-issue makeover. Both bands were noted for the fine live performances which…
View More Sassafras – Expecting CompanyKant Freud Kafka – No Tengas Miedo
“Immanuel Kant (22nd April 1724 – 12th February 1804): German philosopher widely considered to be a central figure of modern philosophy. Argued that fundamental concepts structure human experience and that reason is the source of morality. His thought continues to…
View More Kant Freud Kafka – No Tengas MiedoTim Bowness – Abandoned Dancehall Dreams
My enjoyment of this, the second solo offering from the voice and co-writer of No-man, began as soon as I first read of its imminent release. What a brilliantly evocative (and fitting) title for an album – my imagination had…
View More Tim Bowness – Abandoned Dancehall DreamsDewa Budjana – Surya Namaskar
A rich vein of qualitative progressive jazz/rock/fusion can always be found over at MoonJune Records and across many years now I’ve discovered a fair few gems there. One of the more recent is Indonesian guitarist Dewa Budjana who I have no doubt will be…
View More Dewa Budjana – Surya NamaskarAnathema – Distant Satellites
I have been battering the keyboard at this reviewing lark for a few years now. As such I get sent albums from every corner of the disparate genre known as prog. You would think being a prog writer I would…
View More Anathema – Distant SatellitesFactor Burzaco – 3
Already an accomplished composer, Argentinian Abel Gilbert formed Factor Burzaco as an outlet for his singular musical vision. Combining the influence of chamber music, Henry Cow, Belgian RIO, modern classical composers Ligeti, and Debussy, Gilbert is now up to the…
View More Factor Burzaco – 3Hi Fiction Science – Curious Yellow
The second album from Bristolian acid-folk-psych-rock outfit Hi Fiction Science has landed on my virtual doormat, and I am looking forward to more of their ethereal floating seeds of psychedelic whimsy. Three years ago their self-titled first album showed some…
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