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BILL BRUFORD – THE WINTERFOLD AND SUMMERFOLD YEARS (Cherry Red) (2024)
Bill Bruford’s outstanding jazz-rock-fusion album Feels Good to Me (1978) figures prominently in this 3 CD set, with a crack band of...
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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DREAM ARIA – AWAKENING (2024)
It is the 20th anniversary of Dream Aria, a Canadian prog band with classical/ operatic roots going back to when they were founded, with...
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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HUMAN TEOREMA – LE PREMIER SOLEIL DE JAN CADET (Sulatron Records) (2024)
Parisian quartet Human Teorema was formed in 2012 and described in Dave Schmidt’s press release as being built around a Cyclopean bass –...
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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ALIANTE – ANIME INVISIBLI (MaRaCASH Records) (2024)
“Anime Invisibili” is described in the press release as a long suite in four movements redolent of the Canterbury style music of the 70s...
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO – a look back at the Italian prog giants in the 1970s.
(The full story can be found in THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE) The origins of BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO (Bank of Mutual Relief) from Rome date...
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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BURNIN’ RED IVANHOE: signed by John Peel and produced by Tony Reeves: a look back.
Danish prog pioneers BURNING RED IVANHOE was formed in 1967 in the Copenhagen area with a musical recipe that included jazz, rock and...
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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CARPTREE, SWEDEN’S best-kept prog rock secret.
CARTPREE was formed in Stockholm in 1997 by two friends Carl Westholm, a keyboard player and Niclas Flinck, a singer. Some reviewers...
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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HAZE – THE WATERS EDGE (2024) (Gabadon Records/ Bandcamp)
Wow, it was great to hear that Haze are recording again; it’s a long time since I last spoke to Chris and Paul McMahon about their...
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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SPACE DEBRIS – BEHIND THE GATE (2017/ 2024) (Bandcamp)
It was nice to hear from Christian Jäger that “Behind the Gate” has been re-released. This was actually recorded over 2015 and 2016 and...
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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DANZA DE LA IRA – SEPTIES KAIROS (2024) (Mylodon Records)
A well-conceived, played and produced album by Chilean prog rock newcomers Danza de la Ira, “Septies Kairos” is a concept album about...
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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PRIMAVERA NEGRA- CLIO (2024) (Mylodon Records)
‘Clio’ is a 3-minute plus foretaste of their forthcoming album ‘Tanit’. It’s an atmospheric instrumental track, guitar based with synth...
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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HISTERESIS – ASALTO AL CIELO (2024) (Mylodon Records)
This is Histeresis’s second album following “Histéresis Magnética" in 2022. Opener ‘Sensorial’ features a fluid synth solo and some mazy...
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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DANZA DE LA IRA – SEPTIES KAIROS (2024) (Mylodon Records)
A well-conceived, played and produced album by Chilean prog rock newcomers Danza de la Ira, “Septies Kairos” is a concept album about...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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YANG- REJOICE (2024) (Cuneiform Records)
Following our illuminating interview with Frederic L’epée, the eagerly awaited new Yang release has now arrived! Described as a...
Aug 20, 20242 min read
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE RECURRING DREAMS OF DR SARDONICUS (Fruits de Mer Records) (2024)
A highly recommended double CD capturing a compendium of artists who have played at the Fruits de Mer festivals over the years, with 2½...
Aug 20, 20242 min read
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BLACK WIDOW – SABBAT DAYS – COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY 1969- 1972 (Esoteric 6 x CD set)
This boxset is remarkable in that it is the first ever such anthology (There was a less comprehensive boxset in 2003) of a band who most...
Aug 20, 20243 min read
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ANGE - LE CIMÉTIERE DES ARLEQUINS (1973)/ AU-DELA DU DÉLIRE (1974)/ ÉMILE JACOUTEY (1975), remastered CDs with posters (2024) (Musea/ Burning Shed)
ANGE toured extensively in the UK and opened for Genesis in front of 30,000 music fans at the Reading Festival in 1973. The band was...
Aug 20, 20242 min read
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TUSMØRKE – DAWN OF OBERON (2024) (Karisma Records)
Tusmørke have been releasing their albums on an almost yearly basis since their first in 2012 and “Dawn of Oberon” is due on 30th August....
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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THRESHOLD – WOUNDED LAND and PSYCHEDELICATESSEN (1993/ 1994 RM 2024)
Overtaking previous remasters, Karl Groom and Richard West, guitarist and keyboardist respectively, have overhauled Threshold’s first two...
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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VARIOUS ARTISTS: RING THE BELLS AND SING – PROGRESSIVE SOUNDS OF 1975 (Esoteric): release date 30th August, 2024; 4 x CD
I read a suggestion somewhere that 1975 might not have been as epic a year as, say, 1973 or 1974, but comparing this with the earlier...
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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