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A Different Aspect #72

Featured artists: Drott | Grorr | Alex Ward | Seven Nines and Tens | Fair Wind Pleases ||: In this final ADA (shorter reviews) update for 2021 Nick Hudson takes a look at recent releases from… • Drott – Orcus…

Chris de Burgh – The Legend of Robin Hood

I am in the car with my daughter, a mother of two. “Dad, what kind of music are we listening to? Is that something from Robin Hood?”. To my surprise she got it right first time; it is indeed Chris…

Jethro Tull – Benefit: 50^th Anniversary Enhanced Edition

Like most rabid Jethro Tull fans, I have dutifully opened my wallet and said “Help yourself” each time a new box set has rolled out of the Steven Wilson remix factory. And, for the most part, I haven’t regretted a…

Nodo Gordiano – H.E.X.

In my review for Nodo Gordiano’s fifth album, Sonnar, I mentioned in my introductory paragraph that it had been six years since we’d last heard from the band. I ended with the thoughts that “between [Natalia Surovina’s] vocals, Brilli’s stunning…

Giant Sky – Giant Sky

Giant Sky is the eponymous debut album of the new group project of Erlend AaStad Vikem, the vocalist, keyboardist and creative leader of the Norwegian post-rock group Soup. Joined by a large number of guest musicians, he has produced a…

Donner – Hesitant Light

Jacob Holm-Lupo, known for White Willow, The Opium Cartel, his production, mixing and excellent remastering work, fronts this current project, Donner. The main aim for Donner is to be place where exploration and fiddling with synthesisers and other hardware forms…

Legacy Pilots – The Penrose Triangle

Under the name Legacy Pilots, Hamburg-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Frank Us has been making a name for himself for a number of years. After debut album Con Brio in 2018 and the well-received Aviation in 2020, The Penrose Triangle has…

Leap Day – Treehouse

Treehouse is the sixth solo album by Dutch progressive rock band Leap Day. Their first with their new vocalist Hans Kuyper, it delivers some pleasant slabs of ‘old school’ neo-progressive and symphonic rock, with flowing passages of retro keyboards supported…

Finally George – Icy Skies

In 2018, Finally George (a.k.a. Hamburg studio technician George Hahn) astonished the (prog)world with his debut album, Life Is A Killer. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to learn of the release of a sophomore album that proves to be equally…

Dave Bainbridge – To The Far Away

To the Far Away is the fourth solo album by multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge, co-founder of Iona and currently a touring and studio member of Lifesigns and Strawbs, amongst other projects and collaborations. It is undoubtedly his finest solo album to…

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