Around this time last year, Spanish sextet Regna released their debut EP, Meridian, and since then it seems to have flown under the prog radar – a shame really, as it is enjoyable listen and would certainly delight those who…
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Unashamedly retro, and placed firmly in the shadow of The Soft Machine (indefinite article essential) while imbibing heavily of the heady atmosphere of alternative London in 1967, Italian band The Winstons give the impression that, for them at least, 10:15…
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My brother (who has 2 years on me) is the obsessive Yes addict and the copy of Six Wives was his. He was at boarding school and I wasn’t, so much of his record collection stayed at home for me…
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So, that difficult second album. This has been a problem for many artists after delivering a successful debut. That said there are many in the musical world that have pulled it off and in Se Delan’s case I believe they…
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Frisk Frugt (Fresh Fruit) is the working name of Danish musical living historian Anders Lauge Meldgaard whose previous record Burkina Faso idethimmelblå rum hvorsolenbor, suite (2010), was an exploration of African music and its relationship and commonality with European, or…
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I first saw Secrets for September in a field at a small village festival answering to the name of Lapstock (in Lapford, Devon). My ears perked up, something outside the routine jazz band, C&W band or singer/songwriter. They were good,…
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What position do The Syn hold in progressive music circles? Legends or also-rans? Originally existing between 1965 and 1967, releasing two singles, they are chiefly remembered as a precursor of Yes, having had Chris Squire and Peter Banks in their…
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Hawkwind are a band that really need no introduction, but if you’re looking for one, this 5CD boxset ain’t the place to start. Hawkwind – The Flicknife Years (1981 – 1988) is Atomhenge’s rather neat solution to release all of…
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VIII Strada are a Milan band led by pianist and keyboard maestro Silvano Negrinelli, who wrote all the music and words to Babylon, the group’s second album and a concept work telling the story of a couple describing their “conflicts,…
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OK, confession time. I had not previously heard of Starlight Brigade until I listened to some samples from this new album and I was intrigued. Starlight Brigade come from Sweden and appear to be the musical vision of Anders Nilsson,…
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