A meeting of two fiercely independent-minded guitarists like Richard Pinhas and Barry Cleveland could go one of two ways, and thankfully Mu is very much a case of individual egos being left at the door for the good of the…
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Any album where seven of the eight tracks run to a length of 3 minutes 34 seconds immediately makes you think that strange minds are at work. The fact that the remaining track is 34 seconds long simply underlines this.…
View More Dolcetti – Arriver
Up in that Northern enclave of artistic agitation, aka Hebden Bridge, oddly and without rhyme nor reason also once home to The Wicked Witch’s Press Secretary, there lurks a one-man musical infinity engine by the name of Colin Robinson. Colin…
View More Jumble Hole Clough – This Salty Armada: music for imaginary puppet shows, volume one
In a year which did so much to highlight the future possibilities for creative innovation in prog through its openness to modern sounds and willingness to integrate contemporary ideas, it is only fitting that the release of Dårskapens Monotoni from…
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Say the phrase ‘box set’ and you’ll immediately grab anybody’s interest. It may be a brightly coloured flimsy bit of cardboard clasping your CDs or DVDs together, but somehow in the eye of the beholder, that simply makes it immeasurably…
View More Magma – Köhnzert Zünd
Two years on from their initial sonic explorations into Alien/Abacadaver, Kent band Lapis Lazuli have developed their sound into a melange of wonderfulness wherein the listener can get lost deep in the thickets of the Garden of England, transported into…
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If you have never entered the alluring soundworld of American band Jack O’The Clock then you are in for a treat. Musical polymath Damon Waitkus has led his Americana-infused chamber pop orchestra through all manner of changes over the years…
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In this update we feature:- Bloodmother – Aspects In A Lifetime Stephen W. Tayler – Ostinato Various – Tripwave 2: Collection of Modern Russian Psychedelic Music Amoeba Split – Second Split Son of Man – Son of Man Mimes On…
View More A Different Aspect #6 – January 2017
I first found Paidarion after the release of their second album, Behind the Curtains, back in 2011 and A Leap Into the Unknown was one of my favorite prog songs of that year That pipe organ/synthesizer opus is still a…
View More Paidarion Finlandia Project – Two Worlds Encounter
The assured, comforting rhythmic beating of a heart, echoed inhalations of breath, gradually merging with the ceaseless ticking of a clock, whispered mutterings from indistinct and barely heard voices all come to an abrupt end with the stark intrusion of…
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