top of page
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 28, 20251 min read
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 22, 20252 min read
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 15, 20251 min read
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 15, 20251 min read
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 7, 20251 min read
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 22, 20251 min read
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 22, 20253 min read
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 14, 20251 min read
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 14, 20251 min read
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 8, 20251 min read
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 25, 20251 min read
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 25, 20251 min read
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 21, 20252 min read
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 17, 20251 min read
PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be listened to on BANDCAMP. Please feel free to use the following link...
Mar 17, 20251 min read
LORENZO BEDINI – WHO NEVER WAS (Bandcamp/ distributed by Burning Shed) (2025)
Lorenzo Bedini is from the prog band Airbridge. I like his ‘mission statement’ – “a hand-crafted album, on which all instruments and...
Mar 17, 20252 min read
PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI – THE MANTICORE STUDIO ALBUMS (1973-1977) (2025) (4 X CD) (Esoteric) (release date: 18th April)
This is a major release from Esoteric/ Cherry Red. I reviewed these albums (along with a compilation called “River of Life”) back in...
Mar 17, 20252 min read
CAMEL – THE SNOW GOOSE (Esoteric Recordings) (2 x CD + Blu Ray) (1975/2025)
The latest in a series of classic Camel reissues this 50th anniversary edition has some bonus tracks in the form of outtake ‘Riverman’...
Mar 12, 20252 min read
JETHRO TULL –CURIOUS RUMINANT (Inside Out) (various formats) (2025)
24 albums in, six decades in the music business (a concert to mark this already enthusiastically reviewed in DISS), Ian Anderson,...
Mar 12, 20251 min read
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – WORLD RECORD (Esoteric Recordings) (2 x CD + Blu Ray) (1976/ 2025)
The last record by the classic Hammill/ Jackson/ Banton/ Evans line-up until 2005’s “Present”, I don’t endorse the theory that somehow...
Mar 12, 20251 min read
bottom of page


