Gary Brooker, of course, will always be associated with Procol Harum. Starting with A Whiter Shade of Pale and continuing with a series of classic tracks and albums, they went their own way in progressive and, at times, classical rock,…
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2022 was a seminal year for the current version of Tangerine Dream. They released a ‘new’ album, Raum, their second studio album since the death of founding member Edgar Froese in 2015. It was created with access to Froese’s Cubase…
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A ‘melomaniac’ is defined as having ‘an inordinate liking for music or melody’ by Merriam-Webster. As Jamie Robertson tells his life story, it is anchored in the music he was listening to at the time – the records he bought,…
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Celeste is a project devised by Ciro Perrino, an Italian musician and composer. The project has a deep backstory, making an impact with their only official album in 1972. That prog rock essential, the mellotron, was a key part of…
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When I first discovered Robert Reed’s albums, I thought they were a joke perpetrated by Mike Oldfield. Surely these must be Oldfield albums, somehow lost and now put out under a nom de plume? Reed’s albums sound as good as…
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