Well now, where has this little nugget been hiding for the last 49 years I wonder? I’d have thought all the half-decent Nektar live recordings must have appeared long ago, and then this turns up! A sound board recording of…
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The Mannheimer Schlagwerk is a percussion collective which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It was the brainchild of Dennis Kuhn, who created it to play a one-off event, but it has somehow endured ever since. The group is known for…
View More Mannheimer Schlagwerk – The Numbers Are Dancing: New Works for Mallet Quartet
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 Journey
News of a new album from Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion is always welcome, and to anyone who has enjoyed their previous albums, the short version of the review is simply order it right away, you won’t be disappointed. Eh?…
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For yet another album conceived during lockdown, Red Kite have come up with a great title, Apophenian Bliss. With all the misinformation on social media, and conspiracy theories abounding, I guess it’s understandable that people see connections that simply aren’t…
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Kiku Latte, formerly known as Cichla Temensis, hail from Japan, and take an instrument which appears quite often in progressive rock, the flute, and give it star billing. Whilst it is hard to imagine bands such as Jethro Tull or…
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Broadly speaking, there are three types of music in my house which I am encouraged to listen to alone; firstly, the ‘dark and depressing’, secondly the ‘downright weird’, and finally, the ‘racket’. Mahogany Frog probably occupy ground somewhere between the…
View More Mahogany Frog – In the Electric Universe
Devin Townsend talks about this Devolution Series of releases as bridging the gap, that gap being the hiatus from touring imposed by the pandemic, comprising four live releases to keep his fans entertained while he works on his next major…
View More Devin Townsend: Devolution Series #2 – Galactic Quarantine
The Wring is the brainchild of guitarist and composer Don Dewulf from Ontario, and this album is the second release, as one might guess from the title! Don works at the metal end of the prog spectrum, and seems to…
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This lot are new to me, a Swiss band who were formed in 2019 by multi-instrumentalist Can Yildirim, and Without Notice is their second album, I believe. Bend The Future are an interesting blend of progressive rock and jazz with…
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