An Appreciation of Fish Cards on the table right from the start – if you are looking for an objective, analytical review of Weltschmerz, apparently the last album to be released by Fish, then look elsewhere. This album has been…
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Back in 2017, it was announced that Esoteric had picked up the rights to part of the vast Warner Music back catalogue, and the first fruits of this (with plenty of really exciting re-issues including Barclay James Harvest, Be-Bop Deluxe…
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While reviewing the excellent Boris and Merzbow release 2R0I2P0, I mentioned to my sensai and swami, Sir Roger of Trenwith, that I was familiar with Merzbow only within the Boris universe. Always willing my mind to be expanded, Sir Roger…
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If ever there was a time when the World needed uplifting and some positivity, leaving 2020 behind us and moving into 2021 was it. What with the difficulties, unhappiness and worry caused by the global pandemic thrust upon us all…
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Hard on the heels of latest album Celexa Dreams, Kyros have released a surprise EP, titled Four of Fear; four further slabs of futuristic prog frenzy. Well, at least the opening track Ace’s Middle is somewhat frenzied. Beginning with a…
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In this update we feature: • David Harrow – In C • Tania Giannouli Trio – In Fading Light • Ariana Tikao & Al Fraser – Nau Mai e Ka Hua • David Harrow & Al Fraser – Mixed Messages…
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You know me, I tend towards feisty rackets that like to start arguments with their own shadows, but like everyone, I do like to step back from the fray now and again. One of my go to musicians for that…
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Matti Ahopelto is perhaps a known name in Finland (being a member of a couple of bands, as well as other work I shall get to later), but his debut solo album as AHO is the first I’ve heard of…
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Two rapid releases from the house/apartment/flat/domicile of Malcolm Galloway and his collective. Feeling Great consists of four tracks from Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, three new lockdown pieces, and one older and, by their own admission, a rough recording of…
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Romanian band White Walls make me think of Ihlo. Not because they sound alike, because they don’t, but rather because, though I’ve not actually read any reviews for their third and latest album, Grandeur, I can well imagine people almost…
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