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Aug 20, 20242 min read
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...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
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....
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
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...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
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...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
RITUAL – THE STORY OF MR. BOGD, PART 1 (2024) (Karisma Records)
I saw Ritual at a Rotherham Classic Rock Society gig back in the 90s- they formed in 1993 and, apparently this is their first album in 17...
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Jul 16, 20244 min read
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...
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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...
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Jul 10, 20242 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...
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Jul 10, 20241 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...
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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...
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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...
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Jul 3, 20242 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...
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Jul 1, 20241 min read
THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE IS HERE!
MARTIN C STRONG has sent a picture of the finished book so I can confirm that the long-awaited successor to his popular Great Rock...
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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....
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Jun 26, 20242 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...
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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...
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Jun 26, 20242 min read
IZZ – COLLAPSE THE WAVE (2024) (Bandcamp)
The first in a series of recommendations by the Prog fan SANDY GREENHORN, IZZ is one group I am really glad Sandy drew my attention to...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read
LONDON UNDERGROUND – LIVE AT THE 19TH DREAM OF DR. SARDONICUS FESTIVAL 2023 (Regal Crabomophone/ Fruits de Mer Records – pre-order now for 13th August, 2024 release)
London Underground were formed in Florence in 1998 (apparently there is a connection to great Italian keyboard driven prog band...
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Jun 19, 20242 min read
JADE WARRIOR – BORNE ON THE SOLAR WIND: THE VERTIGO ALBUMS, 1971-72 3 x CD (Released 28th June 2024 on Esoteric/ Cherry Red)
On their 1971 eponymous debut album Jade Warrior was a trio of Tony Duhig on guitar, Jon Field on flute and percussion and Glyn Havard on...
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Jun 4, 20241 min read
MERGING CLUSTER- PEAK EPHEMERAL LIGHT (MARACASH RECORDS) (2024)
Merging Cluster play what might be described in modern parlance as Alt-Prog which “intercepts the intensity of e.g. MARILLION, IQ and...
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