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Soft Machine – The Dutch Lesson

Soft Machine are best known – or should be – as being one of the originators of electric jazz/rock going back as far as early 1969. They were continually creative within their songwriting and in the live arena, inventive, forward…

Voivod – Morgöth Tales

Voivod are one of those bands, a bit like Cardiacs, that bands I love tend to cite as influences, but whom I have never listened to. The Canadian sci-fi metal pioneer’s sixteenth album is a 40-year retrospective, which seemed like…

Various Artists – Meddle Reimagined

We’ve finally made it to the present day, where our motley crew of prog A-listers take a few steps back in time to revisit Meddle, an album that – let’s face it – you probably only listen to for the…

Ángel Ontalva – A Haunted, Hidden World of Caves

Ángel Ontalva is one prolific artist, seemingly releasing new music every few months, making it quite hard to keep up at times. The last release which really caught my attention was 2021’s Angel on A Tower which was a superb…

Various Artists – Animals Reimagined

Released some six months after Still Wish You Were Here, Animals Reimagined follows Pink Floyd’s own chronology; in the mid-’70s it was a miracle that the band managed to find an invigorating new turn after releasing such a landmark album.…

Yuval Ron Trio, photo by Rosamund Tomlins

Yuval Ron Trio / Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate / Splink

Sci-Fi Rock Night, The Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London Thursday, 6th July 2023 This special London Prog Gigs promotion presented three quite different bands under a loose Sci-Fi banner, with the musical/lyrical content, and/or the subjects they explore, conveying the theme.…

United Progressive Fraternity – Planetary Overload Part Two: Hope

Planetary Overload Part 2: Hope is the third ambitious album from the United Progressive Fraternity, a project established by vocalist Mark Trueack, who first came to prominence in Unitopia. It has been four years since the first Planetary Overload album,…