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Tim Blake – Caldea Music II

My wife and I have quite opposite views on how one should go on holiday. I like to be up at 8AM, out the door by 9AM, and doing as much as the day allows when I’m in a new…

Courtney Swain – Growing Pains EP

A good friend of mine on Facebook recommended that I listen to and review Courtney Swain’s new EP, Growing Pains. And his timing was perfect, because I was in search of something new to review. Courtney’s musical roots were formed…

The Magnetic South – Sea Level

One problem facing the new swathe of progressive rock bands is how to update the genre and carry it forward. Some bands don’t even attempt an update, and simply mimic the sounds of the ’70s, with varying degrees of success.…

A Different Aspect #10 – November 2017

In this update we feature:- BIG|BRAVE – Ardor Hadouk – Le Cinquième Fruit KAMP – Clairvoyance Chris Stark – Juxtaposition Markus Stauss Art Genossen Companions – Treasures Of Light House of Rabbits – Songs of Charivari It’s getting chillier as…

Deluge Grander – Oceanarium

Much celebrated mastermind Dan Britton has big plans for the future. The brain behind Cerebus Effect, Birds and Buildings and Deluge Grander has conceptualised a three-level, seven-album series, which was initiated with the 2014 release Heliotians. Oceanarium is the second…

Mike Porcel – Echoes

CDBaby.com is a real treasure trove to find great contemporary music and while searching one day recently I discovered Cuban born American musician Mike Porcel and his latest album, Echoes. Echoes is a musical expression of a life journey and…

Michael McGear – Woman

For a few years now, Esoteric has been widening its furrows, letting in much more than what the average fan might consider “progressive rock”. I sometimes worry that they are straying too far from their original grounds, but the results…

Papir – V

Three years after the heady sounds of IV, Danish metronomically precise, but altogether human instrumentalists Papir return with V, unsurprisingly their fifth studio album. The titular minimalism continues into the track titles, which are simply numbers, continuing a tradition from…

Gandalf – Journey to an Imaginary Land / To Another Horizon / Magic Theatre

Ouch! Make sure you have your headphones turned down, as the blastoff at the beginning of Departure, the first track on Austrian artist Gandalf’s 1980 debut album Journey to an Imaginary Land, is somewhat deafening. But it’s an ideal starting…

Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams

Whenever I would listen to Sid Smith’s Podcasts from the Yellow Room, I would imagine that a spider was creeping underneath my arm and giving me goose bumps, not just from discovering reissues, but also artists and bands both old…

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