With sheets of sound whistling around the listener’s ears this is an intergalactic trip like no other. It is certainly a visceral experience that shows the power of both of the artists involved to their full potential. And what artists…
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A name that has regularly cropped up in recent years, is Swiss-born Italian keyboardist and composer Alex Carpani. I’ve heard a couple of pieces by him previously, but for whatever reason he seems to have always remained on my to…
View More Alex Carpani – 4 Destinies
Originating in the New York experimental music scene of the mid to late 1960s, The United States Of America shared a radical outlook with fellow Big Apple dwellers The Velvet Underground, and, according to legend, Nico once tried to join…
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Hailing from Malmö in southern Sweden, Pingvinorkestern unsurprisingly take their name and ethos from that mildly eccentric English institution, the Penguin Café Orchestra. Similarly fusing pop, folk, classical and general quirkiness, but with a modernistic bent, Pingvinorkestern with their debut…
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A couple of years ago I got a copy of the last album from The Bob Lazar Story to review. It was called Space Roots and it was good. Unorthodox to say the least but a refreshing and entertaining listen…
View More The Bob Lazar Story – Ghost Of Foodstool
Taking over 10 years to deliver your second album does not smack of any desire to rush things and In Droplet Form is certainly an album that has benefitted from the care and attention to detail brought to bear in…
View More Stars In Battledress – In Droplet Form
As with previous Rick Wakeman’s works, Softsword takes its concept from medieval English history and here the inspiration is drawn from the life of King John and the events surrounding the signing of the Magna Carta. The album title is derived from John…
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Should there be any further proof needed as to Marco Minnemann’s undoubtable skills as a musician then this latest solo album provides evidence in abundance. Now his skills as an innovative, world class drummer need no further comment and are well…
View More Marco Minnemann – Eeps
I have here before me an album originally released in 2002, then re-released in 2013 with a bonus DVD of live performances taken from a 2006 TV performance and elsewhere, and now being given distribution by those eclectic Italian souls…
View More Vezhlivy Otkaz – Geranium
Out of the blue in 2007 I received a couple of CDs to review by a Chilean band with the bizarre name of La Desooorden – I still don’t know why there is an extra ‘o’ in there – and…
View More Homínido – Estirpe Lítica