2016 – Page 6

Sphelm – These Roots Know No Boundaries

Marvellously expressive, this is an album where the music almost becomes secondary to the swirling and gentle atmosphere it weaves around itself. An intriguing mixture of electronics and guitars in open and other odd tunings, one imagines Nick Drake would…

Kyros – Vox Humana

It feels like only yesterday I saw Synaesthesia tumble onto the stage at the Boerderij in Zoetermeer for their very first gig. Wait, no it doesn’t, it’s been bloody ages! Synaesthesia, er… Kyros are finally back with a second album…

Katatonia with Vola and Agent Fresco

O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London Friday 21st October 2016 This is my first visit to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire and I absolutely love it. Built in 1903 as a music hall, it became the BBC Television Theatre in 1953 and…

Thence – We Are Left With A Song

When time finally runs out for the human race, what will we be left with? We face increasing uncertainty about the future, the dwindling availability of resources, the extinction of species, the greed and consumption which plunders our planet with…

Edensong – Years in the Garden of Years

It was the perfect, drizzly, fall day by the fireside in Seattle when I began to dive into this review for the new Edensong album, Years in the Garden of Years. This is the kind of album you wait for…

Savoldelli Casarano Bardoscia – The Great Jazz Gig In The Sky

There are bands who are in thrall to Pink Floyd to such an extent that they spend entire careers vainly trying to create “The Momentary Lapse of the Dark Side”, and of course there are enough Floyd tribute bands out…

A Different Aspect #5 – October 2016

In this update we feature:- Polymorphie – Cellule Yak – Quest for the Stones Adam Ironside – The Sky Painter Pendragon – Men Who Climb Mountains Pee Bee – All Of Us 13 Mad Fellaz – Mad Fellaz II Hello!…

John Lees – Barclay James Harvest

Barclay James Harvest will be undertaking a short U.K. tour in November, their first since headlining the acoustic stage at Glastonbury this year. 2016 also marks the 50th Anniversary of the inception of the band and The Progressive Aspect’s John…

Nth Ascension – In Fine Initium

Nth Ascension, are set to release their second album, In Fine Initium, on 14th October on Melodic Revolution Records, the band consisting of Alan ‘Spud’ Taylor on lead vocals, Craig Walker on drums and percussion, Darrel Treece-Birch on keyboards, Gavin…

Ray Wilson – Song for a Friend

I’m guilty, I admit it. Guilty of a heinous crime, but in my defence it is a sin of omission rather than commission. The sin in question is that of completely ignoring the output of Ray Wilson since his departure…

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Year: 2016