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AFRAID TO AWAKE – A HAUNTING AT SEA (2024), Proximity Records/ Bandcamp: review and interview
“A Haunting at Sea” is a different kind of album from Steven McCabe than his long-lived ELEGANT SIMPLICITY project. For a start, it is...
Jul 16, 20244 min read
JEAN LUC PONTY- LIFE ENIGMA (2001/ 2024) (MPS Records) (LP)
Quoting from what I wrote for THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE: “On some tracks Ponty handled all the instruments and ‘effects’ himself, with only a...
Jul 16, 20242 min read
ANTON BARBEAU – IN THE VILLAGE OF THE APPLE SUN (BLUE MATTER RECORDS) (2024) (LP /CD)
I remember reviewing this album in 2006 and, checking my archives, described it at the time as “intelligent fractured pop, flowing like a...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
SOFT MACHINE – HØVIKODDEN, 1971 – CUNEIFORM RECORDS (2024) 4 X CD & 4 x LP boxsets
Having written the first part of my review in DISS, I finally got around to listening to the rest of this ‘blast from the past’, a...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
YES – TALK (1994/2024) 4 x CD, 2 x LP, 1 x White vinyl, 1 x CD
Let’s talk about “Talk”. Well, for a start, the artwork was light years away from Roger Dean’s, a sign of the times perhaps. The line-up...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
BILL NELSON – POWERTRON (2016/2024) (Dreamsville/ Burning Shed)
So prolific is Bill Nelson that “Powertron” has had to wait 8 years for release, but listening to it I have no idea why it has taken this...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
AIRBAG – THE CENTURY OF THE SELF (2024) (Heard on Bandcamp)
Having read an interesting review in PROG magazine, I was interested to hear this concept album. ‘Dysphoria’ has a gentle acoustic...
Jul 10, 20242 min read
RAVEN SAD – THE LEAF AND THE WING (2021) (Heard on Bandcamp)
Thanks again for Sandy Greenhorn for suggesting that I listen to this album, one that will appeal to appreciators of prog rock done...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
KEVIN KASTNING and BRUNO RÅBERG – SILENT DIMENSIONS (Greydisc Records) (2024)
I have reviewed Kevin Kastning’s music before on DISS. On this Kevin plays contra and subcontra guitars with 16, 24 and 36 strings. In...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
ESOTERIC SAMPLER IN LATEST PROG MAGAZINE
A generous downloadable sampler of releases is included in PROG magazine this month. It’s a great opportunity to see what is available...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
“MARBLES” IS 20 YEARS OLD!
I must be losing my marbles – it can’t be 20 years, can it? What are they going to do with it now (a ‘Marbles’ tour perhaps?), Yes, it’s...
Jul 10, 20241 min read
INSOMNIA - II - MARACASH RECORDS (2024) (Bandcamp)
I know I keep on saying it but Maracash Records just keep on producing great prog rock albums. You read the hype and think – they’re not...
Jul 3, 20242 min read
JACK BRUCE – SONGS FOR A TAILOR (Cherry Red/ Esoteric Recordings) (1969/ 2024) (26th July) (2 x CD + 2 x Blu Ray or 1 x RM g/f LP with fully restored artwork).
With remastering by Stephen W Tayler, the two CDs offer bonus tracks with alternative mixes and first/ second takes of some of the...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
CHRIS SEARLE – TALKING THE GROOVE: JAZZ WORDS FROM THE MORNING STAR (Jazz in Britain -Bandcamp) (2024)
I wasn’t sent this for review, but decided to buy it myself as I had enjoyed Chris Searle’s “Forward Groove” book (2008) so much. This...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
2024 – SPRING INTO SUMMER: SECOND QUARTER TOP NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS
In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues per 10, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): please note genres are nearest approximations....
Jul 1, 20242 min read
MOON SEEDS – SULA BASSANA and KOMET LULU with LEX WATERREUS of SEEDY JEEZUS (Sulatron Records) (2024)
This is a historical neo-Psych artefact brought back to life six years later of a jam between guitarist Lex Waterreus of Australian psych...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
TALEA JACTA MEETS ELECTRIC MOON – SABOTAR (Sulatron Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
What a jam! This is my first experience of Portuguese duo Talea Jacta (Is it a coincidence their name is nearly an anagram of the Latin...
Jun 26, 20241 min read
PROWLERS - ORCHIDEA (Maracash Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
Alfio Costa is not only the keyboard player but has also written an excellent review of the music already, referring to the “vintage...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
JANEL LEPPIN AND ANTHONY PIROG – NEW MOON IN THE EVIL AGE CD/ 2 x LP (Cuneiform Records)
LP one is 10 tracks of instrumental duets and LP two is a 9-track vocal album. This couple play together in ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH, named...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
JANEL LEPPIN – ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH - TO MARCH IS TO LOVE (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
Janel Leppin has appeared on numerous albums encompassing various genres, and as a member of PRIESTS. She is joined on her latest...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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