Photos by Mick Schofield (used with kind permission). The Phoenix, Exeter Wednesday, 17th March 2022 Tangerine Dream dazzled a packed Exeter Phoenix crowd on St. Patrick’s Day with a pulsing, mesmerising show. Originating in 1967 in Germany, Tangerine Dream came…
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At a time when some are promoting the boycotting of all Russian media, it’s important to remember that many Russians stand in solidarity with Ukraine, and against Putin’s war. The Russian [addicted label] has long worked with many Ukrainian bands…
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Zurich based contemporary groove jazz quintet Ikarus return with album number four, adding to their impressive catalogue which started with the auspicious 2015 debut Echo, Chronosome a year later and then the wonderfully captivating Mosaismic in 2019. Key to the…
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For a band that have sold millions of records, books about Supertramp don’t seem to come around very often, certainly not compared to other ’70s rock giants such as Yes or Pink Floyd. That’s a shame because there are certainly…
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Nanna Barslev is a Danish singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist. From 1998 she was lead vocalist and drummer in Gny, and in 2003 joined Asjnje as the singer, composer and lyricist before fronting the band Huldre between 2006 to 2019.…
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Henry Rollins said of 2020’s NO that it “is more than the new album by Boris. It is their reaction and comment on the current state of the world as they see it. It would be all but impossible to…
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One of the nice things about reviewing for The Progressive Aspect is occasionally discovering wonderful musical acts that were hitherto unknown to me. Here’s one of them: Arnaud Quevedo & Friends, whose mixture of funky jazz fusion mixed with Magma…
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The Civic, Stourport on Severn Friday 4th March to Sunday 6th March 2022 Finally, the Fusion Festival, first planned for late March 2020 and postponed twice, returned triumphantly to this excellent venue in the Midlands after the two year pandemic…
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In early 2019 I came across the debut of a-tota-so (released in the latter half of the previous year). It was a very enjoyable slice of math rock, but didn’t really stick in the mind. The music was undoubtedly well…
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Last year I belatedly came across a magnificent album by the Deadburger Factory collective of Italian artists, which blew my mind. This year, I’ve belatedly come across a magnificent album by the NichelOdeon/InSonar & Relatives collective of Italian artists, which…
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