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Dec 28, 20234 min read
DIMENSIONS-IN-SOUND-AND-SPACE ARCHIVE 2023
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Dec 28, 20231 min read
NEWS FROM HIRO KAWAHARA (HERETIC)
Visitors to this site may recall my review of a compilation of Hiro Kawahara AKA Heretic’s works on Cuneiform Records. Hiro has contacted...
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Dec 28, 20231 min read
SOFT MACHINE – OTHER DOORS (2003) (Cuneiform Records)
It has been five years since the Softs’ last studio album “Hidden Details”. The line-up is John Ethridge (guitar), Theo Travis (saxes,...
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Dec 28, 20232 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE – THE LINGUINI SESSIONS (2016/2023)
Consisting of three pieces from three days of sessions in November, 2016, when listening to the first 20:30 long ‘Nero’ I scribbled:...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE NONSENSE MACHINE (2023)
As relevant and inspiring as ever, Census of Hallucinations is back with a new six-minute long single, and a real aural treat! Choppy...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
THE BEST TEN GENESIS ALBUMS – WHAT ARE THEY?
Near the beginning of what was, and is, a hobby, as a naïve music reviewer (for which I have never been paid), I was a member of the...
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Dec 12, 202316 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS: NEARLY 30 YEARS OF STONE PREMONITIONS, MAGICAL VIBRATIONS
Time flies, said the man who threw the clock out of the window… Please, if there is one thing you read today let it be this. My most...
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Dec 12, 20239 min read
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – KICKING THE OLIVE BRANCH (2023) (Proximity Records)
A REVIEW AND INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN Mc CABE discussing “Kicking the Olive Branch” and a Christmas album (!) called SAD TIDINGS (2023) When...
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Dec 12, 20232 min read
KAFOD – CICLOS (Mylodon Records (2023)
Formed in 2008 where they gigged around the Valparaiso area of Chile, Kafod is Carlos Cruz on guitar and bass (He is also the main...
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Dec 12, 20232 min read
DOCTOR WHO – WILD BLUE YONDER (2023): regeneration or degradation?
The second of three planned anniversary specials starring the Fourteenth Doctor sees the show get back to some basics, but there’s still...
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
MIRIODOR – ELEMENTS (2022) (Cuneiform Records)
A welcome return for a Quebec band originating in 1980; this is only their tenth album, their music oft described as if emanating from a...
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Dec 12, 20233 min read
PETER HAMMILL – IN A FOREIGN TOWN/ OUT OF WATER (1988/1990) (2023) (Esoteric Recordings)
How successful has the re-working of often overlooked Peter Hammill albums been? I have been a big fan of Peter Hammill and Van Der Graaf...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
I.P.A. – GRIMSTA (2022) (Cuneiform Records)
I.P.A. might be considered is something of a Scandinavian jazz supergroup, with Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone, Magnus Broo on trumpet,...
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Dec 2, 20239 min read
A REVIEW AND INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN Mc CABE discussing “Kicking the Olive Branch” and a Christmas CD
When originally released as a digi-pak, “Kicking the Olive Branch” sold out within two weeks. It was recorded in the studio and on...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
THE BRINGERS OF CHANGE – THE VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS (2023) (Falling A Records)
The brainchild of Mark Dunn with encouragement and assistance from Tim Jones at Stone Premonitions and Barry Lamb at Falling A Records...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
KARISMA RECORDS – HOME OF MAGIC PIE, SEVEN IMPALE, WHITE WILLOW ET AL (PART ONE)
Quite a few of my favourite prog bands reside here. I have reviewed MAGIC PIE in the past. Their last album was “Fragments of the 5th...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
LION MUSIC – PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROGRESSIVE MUSIC SINCE 1998
I have decided to put the spotlight on some Prog distributors and labels this week and LION MUSIC has developed an incredible concept-...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
KRAAN – ZOUP (2023) and PORTA WESTFALICA (1975/2023)
Quite by chance I came upon a new Kraan record released on 24th November; I had no idea they were still around, but HELMUT HATTLER...
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Dec 2, 20233 min read
THE WORST OF DOCTOR WHO – WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Now that the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who has come and gone, fans are looking to the specials which are due to broadcast over the...
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Dec 2, 20232 min read
PROG MAGAZINE – YES’s 90125 goes under the microscope.
I would never have believed that Progressive Rock as a musical genre would ever have its own magazine during the late 70s and into the...
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