A place for everything and everything in its place. I’m listening to Mollmaskin’s debut album. My first and lasting impression is of the attention to detail across every aspect of this album, even the packaging. This double CD comes in…
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For me, Burnin Red Ivanhoe fall into the category “heard of, but never heard”, which is surprising given the band’s long history, their sonic affinity with Krautrock, a musical place I’m constantly revisiting, and my decades-long entanglement in Rock’s Rich…
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Constantly reviewing new albums does have its downside, especially as it seldom allows the time to reflect upon or backtrack to albums reviewed in the past. So always a pleasant treat when a new offering allows the opportunity to dig…
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Producer and composer Rupert Hine first came to our attention as leader of the funk-fusion band Quantum Jump who released three albums in the 70s. A&M then signed him as a solo artist, and he made three highly individualistic albums…
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Mike Judge’s 2011 album as The Nerve Institute, Architects of Flesh-Density, really impressed me when it was released. Now, four long years later, a second volume has emerged on AltrOck entitled Fictions (originally recorded under Mike’s previous working name of…
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Formed in November 2014, KoMaRa consist of drummer and percussionist Pat Mastelotto, who should need no introduction, Slovakian guitarist David Kollar, and trumpeter Paolo Raineri. Paolo Raineri is a well known figure in progressive jazz, and has also leant his…
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TPA’s Roger Trenwith had a brief chat with Slovakian guitarist David Kollar, one third of new horror-improv band KoMaRa, in conjunction with his review of their imminent new self-titled album, released on 30th June 2015. You can read Roger’s review…
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Complex, evocative, challenging but ultimately satisfying, such is the summarised description I would impart on the new release by Snarky Puppy, entitled Sylva, just released globally on the GroundUP Music/Ropeadope Records label. To those unfamiliar with the band, Snarky Puppy…
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King for a Day is the latest impressive release from Norwegian Symphonic/Progressive Rock band Magic Pie following on from 2011’s well-received The Suffering Joy. This new album develops their usual style and themes with powerful flourishes, flamboyant passages and elements…
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It is an impressive fact that Tennessee’s Glass Hammer are now on seemingly their 17th studio album since their debut in 1993, the core duo of Steve Babb and Fred Schendel still at the heart of it all. With vocalist…
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