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Drifting Sun – Twilight

In the beginning was the dark, a little Thin Lizzy, a touch of Muse, a smidgen of Marillion and a soupçon of Queen. Yes, there are other influences from the history of Prog, but this is the real McCoy (not…

My Tricksy Spirit – My Tricksy Spirit

My Tricksy Spirit is a project started by songwriter Nick Gray at London University’s School Of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), ably assisted by kindred spirits and fellow alumni. If Alan Freeman was still with us, and he had suddenly…

Touch – Touch

When searching for your next prog fix, you can never tell when you’ll uncover a true gem. You certainly can’t expect it to come from a tiny record shop in Bayswater priced at a measly £5. And yet here I…

A Different Aspect #8 – August 2017

In this update we feature:- Equally Stupid – Escape from the Unhappy Society Mammoth – Deviations The Howard Hughes Suite – Stereochrome Jamie Saft, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte – Loneliness Road Cosmic Mercy – Enjoy the Ride Jethro Tull –…

Threshold – Legends of the Shires

There is an exhilarating moment of revelation, approximately three and a half minutes into Stars and Satellites, the fifth track on this new album from Threshold, where the building crescendo in the wall of sound abruptly halts, leaving just an…

Leprous – Malina

I’ve had something of a torturous relationship with Leprous over the years: I loved Bilateral, liked Coal but just couldn’t get into The Congregation, which seemed like a step too far down a cul de sac. So here we are…

Quaeschning & 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…

Shineback – Minotaur [EP]

It is worth revisiting the history of Shineback when considering this extended player. Shineback is a Simon Godfrey (ex-TinyFish) project, the first album under the name – Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed – launching the now rather successful independent label…

Talinka – Talinka

Talinka is a band project by Israeli born vocalist, songwriter and actress Tali Atzmon, married to noted jazz instrumentalist and composer Gilad Atzmon who is also part of this quartet. The remaining places are taken up by Jenny Bliss Bennett…

Dreadnaught – Hard Chargin’

Crammed into the less than 50 minutes of Dreadnaught’s first full album in a decade are more styles than you could reasonably shake a stick at. The variety and seamlessness of the delivery is what makes the New Hampshirites such…

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