Classically trained and already a composer of film music, Patrick Moraz took over The Nice’s keyboard seat vacated by Keith Emerson who realised that LP sounded better with an E in front and formed ELP. Renamed Refugee, and one album…
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Jean Erik – This Is Jean Erik
Finland is mad for heavy metal, has sports that include wife carrying (the winner gets his spouse’s weight in beer) and mobile phone throwing, and has been voted the happiest country in the world. It is also home to The…
View More Jean Erik – This Is Jean ErikIntelligent Music Project IV – Sorcery Inside
Intelligent Music is a Bulgarian production company, established and owned by Milen Vrabevski, MD – composer, musical producer, and patron of the arts. He has overseen the previous three albums of this ilk, which appear to have attracted some quite…
View More Intelligent Music Project IV – Sorcery InsideJordan Rudess – Wired For Madness
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green…
View More Jordan Rudess – Wired For MadnessKen Aihara – Multiverse
New York-based Japanese keyboardist Ken Aihara’s latest contribution to the always welcome genre of jazz-fusion is titled Multiverse and it’s right up there with all the ensembles that have furrowed this muso path. There’s always going to be comparisons because…
View More Ken Aihara – MultiverseJohn Hackett & Nick Fletcher – Beyond The Stars
We Are Not Alone was John Hackett’s previous album, featuring the very talented Nick Fletcher on guitar. Now fully trained for his next mission, John includes him along with crew members Wayne Proctor on drums with Simon Hall on a…
View More John Hackett & Nick Fletcher – Beyond The StarsGreenslade – Time And Tide (Remastered & Expanded Edition)
You can skip this ad in 3,2,1, etc., but a worthy shout out must go to Esoteric Recordings and label manager Mark Powell for finding and presenting stuff that to many have been consigned to dusty lofts or car boot…
View More Greenslade – Time And Tide (Remastered & Expanded Edition)Ed Wynne – Shimmer Into Nature
The late sculptor, David Wynne, designed the interlocking hands that appeared on the British 50 pence piece in 1973. It commemorated the U.K.’s entry into Europe and it was an optimistic and forward looking time for the population. This was…
View More Ed Wynne – Shimmer Into NatureRadius Funk – Ultraviolet Voodoo
The electric guitar has been at the very heart of Rock and Roll arguably since a decade before Chuck Berry and a good twenty years before Elvis, as maverick Sister Rosetta Tharpe plugged in and left everyone open mouthed with…
View More Radius Funk – Ultraviolet VoodooDr. Woman – Never Trust Men With Sunglasses
International viewers start your research now then imagine the late John Peel delivering in his usual laconic style “…that was Donut Membrane with Spunky Side Dish, but now something new, prescribing some sage advice…” That would be Dr. Woman and…
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