In this ADA album update we feature albums released by the Australia based Worlds Within Worlds record label. • Various Artists (VA) – Worlds Within Worlds Label Sampler 2019-2021 • Badieh – Badieh • Various Artists (VA) – Hanin: Field…
View More A Different Aspect #74Month: January 2022
Dante – November Red
Around 18:00 on Tuesday 4th January 2022, the German band Dante posted on Facebook to mark the ninth anniversary of the death of co-founder, Markus Berger. As Markus Maichel points out in that post, probably all who have followed the…
View More Dante – November RedA Different Aspect #73
In this ADA album update we feature: • Regal Worm – The Hideous Goblink • Jah Wobble – Metal Box-Rebuilt in Dub • Aquaserge – The Possibility of A New Work for Aquaserge • Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 2:…
View More A Different Aspect #73Baber / Wileman – Baber / Wileman
This is an intriguing collaboration between Sanguine Hum’s Matt Baber and Richard Wileman, the mastermind behind Karda Estra who has in recent years started to release music under his own name. The pair met in 2011 and first worked together…
View More Baber / Wileman – Baber / WilemanRobby Steinhardt – Not in Kansas Anymore
We know him mainly as the violinist, singer and frontman of the legendary American progressive rock band Kansas, with whom he recorded ten studio albums, good for gold, platinum and double platinum status. And now there is a solo album,…
View More Robby Steinhardt – Not in Kansas AnymoreLucid Planet – Lucid Planet II [vinyl release]
Lucid Planet are a 100% independent self-funded band from Australia. As they have stated, this allows “an unparalleled level of freedom and creativity with our music and direction”, and Wow, have they got that right. This album was released in…
View More Lucid Planet – Lucid Planet II [vinyl release]Violet Cold – Empire of Love
Music fans can be an incredibly snobby lot, who can marginalise and denigrate great swathes of music with the rigidity and narrowness of their opinions. One such argument I’ve often encountered, and that has always riled me, is that “real”…
View More Violet Cold – Empire of LoveAirbag – A Day In The Studio / Unplugged in Oslo
An unexpected side effect of the worldwide pandemic on music has been the mushrooming culture of ‘stripped back’ albums or straight performance recordings by bands bereft of opportunities to perform live in a significant manner, for obvious reasons. Similarly, gathering…
View More Airbag – A Day In The Studio / Unplugged in OsloThe Eivind Aarset 4tet – Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey
What is it about Norway? I mean a lot of English bands and artists seem to have some sort of innate ‘Englishness’ to their music. Norwegians just sound like they’re from a different planet, and perhaps that is why the…
View More The Eivind Aarset 4tet – Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of JourneyTPA News – January 2022
Latest Prog News from across the progressive music spectrum & updated throughout January 2022 12/01/2022: Alex Lifeson’s Envy Of None stream Liar Alex Lifeson has announced details of his new musical project, Envy Of None, accompanied by the first music…
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