Kyros – T P A

ProgDreams X: Day Three

Poppodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Sunday, 9th April, 2023 [This review first appeared in Dutch on the Progwereld website. You can read the original HERE, with huge thanks to the original contributors, and to Alex Driessen for the translation.] After…

Fusion 4: Launch Event & Day One

Fusion 4: Launch Event, 45 Live, Kidderminster Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 Apologies for missing nearly all the set of openers Last Flight to Pluto – Unfortunately a tipper truck smashing into a gantry on the M5 closed it for virtually…

Kyros – Recover

Recover is a limited edition release by Kyros in which they cover an eclectic range of artists in their own style. Let’s face it, it’s been a bloody weird 18 months since the ‘C’ word hit us all. Some artists…

Kyros – Four of Fear [EP]

Hard on the heels of latest album Celexa Dreams, Kyros have released a surprise EP, titled Four of Fear; four further slabs of futuristic prog frenzy. Well, at least the opening track Ace’s Middle is somewhat frenzied. Beginning with a…

Kyros – Celexa Dreams

There was a period in the 1980s when new technology became an integral part of popular music and it was an exciting time. Bands like Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Scritti Politti, and clever chaps like Nik Kershaw became…

Danfest 9

The Musician, Leicester 29th November to 1st December 2019 For the uninitiated, Danfest is a prog festival invented, curated and promoted by Danny Mayo, so how the festival gets its name is a complete mystery! But seriously, any fans of…

Summer’s End Festival 2017

The Drill Hall, Chepstow 6th to 8th October 2017 “Sanctuary in Music…” The Drill Hall is fast becoming the new spiritual home for the U.K.’s longest established festival of progressive music, the setting, close to the banks of…

Adam Warne & Robin Johnson – Kyros

TPA’s Basil Francis was fortunate to witness the genesis of Kyros, or Synaesthesia as they were then known, back in 2013 at The Boerderij in the Netherlands supporting IQ. Says Basil:- “On that night they brought the house down before…

Kyros – Vox Humana

It feels like only yesterday I saw Synaesthesia tumble onto the stage at the Boerderij in Zoetermeer for their very first gig. Wait, no it doesn’t, it’s been bloody ages! Synaesthesia, er… Kyros are finally back with a second album…

Kyros / Synaesthesia – Beta EP

Beta is a limited release E.P. which is simultaneously the last ever release by Synaesthesia whilst at the same time being the first ever release Kyros. An alternate title could be ‘Janus’ for the God with two faces – one…