This is a 2017 Esoteric remastered reissue of three albums that made up the ‘Art in Music Trilogy’ from 1999, these were The Sculptor, The Artist and Sketches, and although each stands alone they are thematically linked in that each…
View More Rick Wakeman – Art In Music TrilogyAuthor: John Wenlock-Smith (Former Reviewer)
Tangerine Dream – Quantum Gate
I am, as any who read my reviews will know, something of a Tangerine Dream aficionado and have rather a substantial collection of all the Virgin and Jive Electro era releases by this very fine band. In addition, I also…
View More Tangerine Dream – Quantum GateDaniel Cavanagh – Monochrome
Get Ready for a a very emotional trip through the workings of Daniel Cavanagh’s mind as he explores events and situations that have had a major impact on him over the years, but don’t worry, this is an album of…
View More Daniel Cavanagh – MonochromeLifesigns – Cardington
Cardington is the second studio album from John Young’s Lifesigns after their debut in 2013 and the subsequent Under The Bridge live set in 2015. The album was largely funded via a pledge music campaign that met its target in…
View More Lifesigns – CardingtonQuaeschning & Schnauss – Synthwaves
This is an album from current Tangerine Dream members Thorsten Quaeschning and Ulrich Schnauss. It’s highly distinctive and yet wears its influences clearly and immediately in that it sounds like vintage Virgin-era Tangerine Dream, with its array of clattering analogue…
View More Quaeschning & Schnauss – SynthwavesTangerine Dream – Particles
Tangerine Dream were the fourth band I saw live, way back in October 1975 At Birmingham Town Hall on the Ricochet tour. Three German men in their early 30s played strange banks of keyboards in semi darkness and created some…
View More Tangerine Dream – ParticlesElk Minister – There’s a System Of Control
I have to say this is a bit of a weird album all told, almost like a lo-fi Prog album in fact. That said, it is certainly worth at least listening to. The opening track, Into the Void of Emptiness,…
View More Elk Minister – There’s a System Of ControlNad Sylvan
Currently the singer with Steve Hackett’s band and formerly a part of Agents of Mercy with Roine Stolt, and before that Unifaun, Nad Sylvan has just released his second solo album, The Bride Said No, on InsideOut Music. With Nad’s…
View More Nad SylvanElmo Karjalainen – Age of Heroes / Where We Belong (Acoustic)
Do you remember back in the early ’80s when a young Swedish guitarist shook the world afresh with his flashy yet technically very accurate and fast neo-classical stylings with mixolydian and phrygian scales and runs? His playing spawned a plethora…
View More Elmo Karjalainen – Age of Heroes / Where We Belong (Acoustic)Arcane Atlas – Metris
Arcane Atlas are a band from Brentwood, Tennessee in the U.S.A. and this is their second album. It features five songs, the opening Metris Tsemär being a 26-minute conceptual piece about a dictator of that name and his evil ways.…
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