It is hard to believe that 50 years has passed since Tangerine Dream released Rubycon, which at the time was their second album for Virgin Records. Looking back it maybe difficult for some listeners to fully grasp the impact their…
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Seaorm is the name of the collaborative project uniting October Equus (Ángel Ontalva), and Vespero (brothers Ark and Ivan Fedotov). Atlan is their fourth album, and to my mind, their best so far. The experimental music on Atlan has been…
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Esthesis was formed and fronted by Aurélien Goude who provides music, lyrics, keyboards and vocals. The other band members are Arnaud Nicolau trembling the drum skins, Marc Anguill strumming fluidly on the bass guitar, with Rémi Geyer finger skating over…
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Concept albums taking mental health as their theme abound in progressive rock. The most well-known must be Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, and there are many more. Albums such as Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway,…
View More Kindred Spirit Band – The Journey Within
Ash Wing have very recently released their ‘debut’ album Ash Wing and have created a beguiling and reflective record, full of atmosphere. Ash Wing were previously known as ‘C-Sides Project’ and have been releasing albums since 2011. They have decided…
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If, like me, you missed this recording of a live studio performance of Aqualung when it was originally released in 2005, then you are in for a treat with this re-mastered version soon to be re-released in CD, digital, and…
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Twelve years after their last studio album, North, Barclay James Harvest (BJH) finally release a new studio album. The group, founded in 1966, has thus fulfilled a long-awaited promise. BJH is one of those bands with two incarnations; like Yes…
View More John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest – Relativity
In 2023, when I reviewed Sad Serenity’s debut album, The Grand Enigma, I remarked that the band showed a lot of promise for future outings and, with their widescreen approach to progressive metal, the possibilities for Marcell Kaemmerer and company…
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Seims are an Australian band playing the music of composer and multi instrumentalist Simeon Bartholomew. Although the band don’t stray too far from the math rock genre, V sees them continuing their willingness to experiment and broaden their soundscape, and…
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After a 5-year hiatus Gazpacho return with Magic 8-Ball, based on the concept of chance and fate. These Norwegian artists now focus on more concise pieces in contrast to the sprawling dark epic grandeur of Fireworker. However, Gazpacho have lost…
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