One of the outstanding releases from 2018 was Deep Energy Orchestra’s Playing With Fire, so with the announcement earlier this year of the follow-up, the succinctly titled The Return, anticipation was high. For those who purchased DEO’s debut album, I…
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Having recently reviewed the excellent The Other Side, the new studio release from London based trio Quest Ensemble, I was certainly in the market for more of ‘the same’. So when Hinterlandt’s latest offering came up for offer on the…
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One of the standout releases of 2016 was the debut, and to date the only release from London based quartet Flux. ShadowLines was an enthralling and utterly delightful collection of tracks imbuing Western and Indian cultures and textures, resulting in…
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Wayfarer is the second solo album by the Finnish drummer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Kimmo Pörsti, perhaps best known as part of The Samurai of Prog project. So my initial thoughts, glancing through the list of musicians, which also includes bassist…
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Leslie Mándoki is one of those musicians who would occasionally crop up in conversation, without anyone really knowing a great deal about him, me included. I’d certainly seen YouTube footage of him and he always seemed to be surrounded by…
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In this update we feature: • Echo Rain – Western Skies [EP] • Kaprekar’s Constant – Meanwhile… [EP] • Vivienne Mort – Aocbia (Досвід) • Raoul Björkenheim – Solar Winds • Nick Marsh – Waltzing Bones • Sophie Tassignon –…
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Steve Howe – Yes, Asia, guitar legend… no further introduction needed or offered. According to the press release Love Is is his “first solo album since the all-instrumental Time in 2011”, although in the interim period there have been two…
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Dave Brons, another new name to conjure with, although those familiar with Dave Bainbridge’s Celestial Fire will be aware of Dave Brons as part of the live set-up. Along with this both Dave’s took part in the short lived GB3…
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Although founded some 18 years ago by composer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist Chris Gill and Petrichor is Band Of Rain’s seventh release, I can safely say all are completely new to me. Some digging, along with a lot of listening, reveals that…
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The short review: Ruination is progressive-rock-fusion at its very finest. The not so short review: I’ll backtrack a little to my first encounter with Virgil Donati and Bunny Brunel’s L.A. Zoo (Revisited) released in 2004. It’s the revisited part that…
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