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BARO PROG – PROG-JET IV AIONVERSE (MaRaCash Records) (DL & CD) (2025)
This is Baro Prog’s fourth album, a ‘rock opera’ based on eight characters by Alberto Molesini AKA Baro with fourteen guest players...
Jun 41 min read
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CHAKRA VIMANA – FEED MY SOUL (Bandcamp/ Tonzonen Records/ Cargo distribution) DL/ CD (2025)
Chakra Vimana is Santtu Laakso from Astral Magic on synthesizers, vocals, and bass, Mark Cook on fretted and fretless Warr guitar,...
Jun 42 min read
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SIMON HOUSE R.I.P. (1948 – 2025)
Sad to hear the news that Simon House has passed. Classically trained, his violin work helped to define the sound of the legendary High...
Jun 31 min read
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More on HAPPY FAMILY
The Happy Family review is proving a popular read so I thought I would present a brief potted history of Happy Family, recently...
Jun 31 min read
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GENTLE GIANT – PLAYING THE FOOL – THE OFFICIAL LIVE (2025 rerelease)
Didn’t the Shulman brothers from Simon Dupree and the Big Sound do well to develop the early promise into a prog rock phenomenon, unique...
Jun 31 min read
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ATOMIC ROOSTER – The Reunion Album (Cherry Red) (2 x CD) (Release date: 30th May, 2025)
Coming with a bonus CD of a gig the band played at the Marquee Club in 1980, there are also 11 bonus tracks (out-takes, demos and a rare...
May 282 min read
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GREENSLADE – LARGE AFTERNOON (Release date: 30th May, 2025) Remastered & extended edition (Cherry Red/ Esoteric) (2 x CD)
A surprise reunion in 2000 after Greenslade had disbanded in 1976 yielded “Large Afternoon” with original members Dave Greenslade...
May 281 min read
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THE FLOWER KINGS – LOVE (Inside Out Music) (2 LP/ 2 CD) (2025)
*If anyone has a contact e-mail for Roine Stolt, I would be grateful if this could be shared so I can ask some questions about the album....
May 222 min read
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QUARTET DIMINISHED – DEERAND (MOON JUNE RECORDS) (2024)
The title track is a 4-part suite and an accomplished and impressive start to the album with Mazyar Younes (piano), Ehsan Sadich...
May 151 min read
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HAPPY FAMILY – 4037 (CUNEIFORM RECORDS)
Prime exponents of Zeuhl Music, Japan’s own answer to King Crimson, Magma and Univers Zero, are described as a “furious riffing” band...
May 151 min read
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THE REFERENCE GROUP – FILE UNDER UNPOPULAR (Cuneiform Records) (2008/ 2025)
Titles like ‘It Will Resolve Itself Mathematically’ give an idea of what The Reference Group are all about: challenging time signatures,...
May 71 min read
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PARADOXICAL HALLUCINATIONS CD RELEASED
Head on over to BANDCAMP if you want to have a listen to the collaboration between Tim Jones and Census of Hallucinations and Paradox One...
Apr 221 min read
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SOFT MACHINE – FLOATING WORLD LIVE (Moon June Records) (RM 2 x LP/ CD) (1975/ 2025)
When writing about the Moon June 2009 release of a live performance on Radio Bremen in January, 1975 by the line-up that had released...
Apr 223 min read
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STARSHIP OVERFLOW - GARRY LEE-PLAYLIST 1000 (Pt.2)
Thanks to Garry Lee for playing ‘Robot Formation Dance’ from the latest Paradox One “Extinction” EP series. It appears on hour 2 of part...
Apr 141 min read
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FORGAS – COCKTAIL (Cuneiform Records) (DL) (1977/ 2025)
I have previously reviewed the Patrick Forgas Phenomenon for Acid Dragon, but this is a reissue of Patrick’s very first album, recorded...
Apr 141 min read
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NORTHERN FAITH – MAUNDY MONEY (A Gift to the Poor of Knaresborough) (Bandcamp) (2025)
Easter time is of course a very important time in the Christian calendar and Knaresborough multi-instrumentalist Tim Hunter has released...
Apr 81 min read
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CURLEW – EAST/ WEST/ ALSO (Cuneiform Records) (DL) (Release date: 28th March, 2025)
The line-up was George Cartwright – saxophones; Tom Cora – cello; Davey Williams – guitar, Ann Rupel – bass and Pippin Barnett – drums....
Mar 251 min read
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CHRIS COCHRANE COLLAPSIBLE SHOULDER BIG BAND – LIVE 2019: A MAP OF BOOKS (Cuneiform Records) (Release date: 28th March, 2025)
This album captures two concerts with a dizzying array of players and instrumentation. It starts with a Robert Pollard rocker – “Here we...
Mar 251 min read
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RECORD STORE DAY 2025 (Saturday, 12th April)
Yes, it’s here again. I thought it might be useful to list some albums (NB 20 in all of hundreds) being released on RSD, concentrating on...
Mar 212 min read
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PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be purchased for the modest price of £7. Please feel free to use the...
Mar 171 min read
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