Discovering Max Richter – A Personal Introduction… Released in February 2004, and to the best of my knowledge there are no plans to release 20th anniversary edition, so with a multitude of new releases waiting attention – why now? I…
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Featured artists: Alter Ego | Wombat Supernova | Malwina Zero | Oddtomatic Kicking off the ADA section for 2024 (yes… we know it’s April) we have bite-sized reviews of just some of the recent instrumental albums & EPs to land…
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Keyboardist and composer Ken Aihara appeared on TPA’s radar back in 2019 with the release of Multiverse, his impressive debut album. Firmly steeped in the jazz-rock, fusion mould the five track mini album not only demonstrated his undoubtable keyboard skills,…
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We need to travel back to 2013 to discover the origins of this latest release from Neil Campbell, and specifically the intriguing Bulbs project. The band released one album, On, which they launched as an hour long audio/visual event at…
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With 50+ album offers arriving each week at TPA, there’s simply never enough time to listen to all of them, so quite often it’s just a phrase or the suggested ‘genre tags’ that sparks the initial: ‘take a listen’, or…
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Ravaged by the consequences of our total disregard for the planet, along with frequent attacks from an ever evolving alien species, was scene for Scanning the Dark Horizon, part one of a three part concept release from The John Irvine…
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Hailing from Derbyshire in the UK and formed some ten years ago, Hitiro comprises Alan Brown (guitar), Simon Hall (bass) and Martin Ball (drums); their self-titled debut, released in 2017, turned out to be one of the discoveries of that…
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Featured artists: Cédric Theys | Great North Star | Siobhan McCrudden | Daniel Crommie | Exowst Scotland Rounding off the ADA section for 2023 we have five bite-sized reviews taking a snapshot of just some of the albums, EPs and…
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Four years on from their last full length album, Newhaven duo Dandelion Charm return with album number three, Scream Inside the Tear. Although primarily a duo, DC are in every respect a band delivering a rich blend progressive folk rock,…
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I’ve never been a huge fan of compilation albums 😯 which may not be the greatest opening line for this new anthology. I’m Here, All Weak however is one that actually works, drawing attention and highlighting the solo albums of…
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