Spanish composer and multi-instrumentalist Rafael Pacha is a name that has increasingly cropped up in the TPA reviews section in recent years. As a regular guest member to The Samurai of Prog, along with its various offshoots, notably with Inner…
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Instrumental Dutch band Hackberry have recently become stable mates with Inhalo and The One after signing with the Dutch label Construction Records (birthed in 2022), who have previously released vinyl from Long Distance Calling and The Flower Kings, amongst others.…
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Inner Prospekt is the solo project of Mad Crayon keyboardist Alessandro Di Benedetti. I first became acquainted with Di Benedetti’s music when Mad Crayon contributed to several Musea Projects, such as The Colossus of Rhodes and Kalevala. Subsequently, Di Benedetti…
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The ability of streaming and download sites such as Bandcamp and others to make the musical endeavours of thousands of bands accessible to listeners remains a double-edged sword. The sheer diversity of choice and freedom of distribution away from major…
View More Thirteen of Everything – Time and Other Delusions
‘Ikigai’, in Japanese, means “the reason to wake up in the morning and to live for”. It is also the title of the studio album debut by Italian instrumental progressive rock band Lab X, the band being made up of…
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From the shimmering guitars that introduce Particles of Light, you’re immediately on notice that there is something distinctly ‘other’ about this collaboration between the Prince of Gong, Kavus Torabi, and Karda Estra’s uncanny composer and solo artist, Richard Wileman. Heaven’s…
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Cards on the table time: I’ve known Gary Brunton for a long time, since university in fact, but I haven’t seen him since 1988, shortly before he decamped to Paris to further his career as a jazz musician. He’s still…
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Seven Impale hail from Bergen in Norway and were formed in 2010 by Stian Okland. After experimenting with their sound for a couple of years they joined Karisma Records and released the Beginning/Relieve EP in 2013, which was followed by…
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“At the young age of 7 years old, Martin Utby and Simon Bergseth made a pact that they would form a band when they got older. Now, 22 years later they’ve done just that. An album is ready – 55 minutes of music inspired by everything they grew up listening to – everything from Mew, Anekdoten and…
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Held as annually as he can manage in the environs of Cheltenham, Ian Fairholm’s marvellous Eppyfest is a gateway to much beauty and loveliness. One of the discoveries I have made from it is finger-style guitarist and singer Marvin B.…
View More Psychedelicat – Like A Delicate Psychedelicat