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A FEW WORDS WITH SANTTU LAAKSO OF ASTRAL MAGIC ABOUT HIS “DANCE OF DESTINY” ALBUM
I asked Santtu about the lyrics of the vocal tracks and the meanings behind the songs on the album: ‘Dance of Destiny’: This is about how...
Mar 211 min read
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ASTRAL MAGIC – DANCE OF DESTINY (Bandcamp) (ltd. ed CD/ DL) (2025)
“Dance of Destiny” could prove to be one of Santtu Laaksu, the man behind Astral Magic’s most powerful releases, especially in the...
Mar 211 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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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 171 min read
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ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE- KOZFEST (Bandcamp) (2025)
Kozfest was held in Axminster (famous for its carpets) in England on 29th July, 2023. Synthist/ synthetist Dr Space is joined by Vince...
Mar 121 min read
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QUASARS OF DESTINY – MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WHILE EATING PLANETS (Bandcamp, 2025)
What a title! From the Øresund Space Collective/ Dr Space stable, this release features one piece with a 30-minute core, which starts...
Mar 41 min read
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VARIOUS ARTISTS – IN THE YEAR 2025 (Fruits De Mer Records) (2025)
Remember the Zagar and Evans 1969 #1 hit song ‘In the Year 2525’? Well, we’re not quite there yet, and there is nothing that futuristic...
Feb 181 min read
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SULA BASSANA – NOSTALGIA (2022) (Bandcamp)
Dave Schmidt’s music has proved enduringly popular with fans, the 500-copy colour vinyl selling out. On “nostalgia” he plays a range of...
Jan 301 min read
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INTERVIEW WITH DON FALCONE (2025)
PHIL : First of all, Don, thanks for the files of the book and the music. Our paths have crossed before in my incarnation as a music...
Jan 1011 min read
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DON FALCONE – ONE OF THE SPIRITS BURNING – A MUSICAL MEMOIR (Stairway Press) (2025)
Our paths have crossed before during my time as a reviewer. Michael Moorcock writes the foreword for this 514-page tome (with CD – see...
Jan 103 min read
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THE FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE
As I review the year 2024, here is one of many nice comments we have had: the link is: https://elegantsimplicity.com/2024/12/10/dimension...
Dec 21, 20241 min read
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REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part one)
As well as some of your feedback, I’ve been having a look back at what has been reviewed by www.dimensions-in-sound-and-space.com in...
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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ASTRAL MAGIC – WIZARD’S EUPHORIA (Bandcamp- Astral Magic & Dr, Space) (2024)
Santtu Laakso is back in collaboration with Shane Beck and Dr Space (Scott Heller), as well as Astral Magic stalwart Jonathan Siegel, and...
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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HAWKWIND – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (Cherry Red) (31st Jan, 2025) (3 x CD; 3 x LP)
The Royal Albert Hall – doesn’t seem quite right does, it? It’s a real rags to riches story in the sense that Dave Brock started off as a...
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE
INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE PHIL: I believe it’s the band’s 20th anniversary- happy birthday! I think I was...
Nov 11, 20247 min read
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SACRED BUZZ – RADIO RADIATION EP (Bandcamp) (2024)
Available on download and cassette, “Radio Radiation” was recorded in a studio on Frank Zappa Strasse in Berlin. The line-up is Ivan...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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PARADOX ONE: THIS FRAGILE PEACE and COMPILATION TO BE RELEASED ON FALLING A RECORDS TO MARK 25th ANNIVERSARY
Two Paradox One releases are forthcoming on Falling A Records. The first is “This Fragile Peace”, originally released in 2015 and newly...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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SPACE MIRRORS – MAJESTIC DREAMQUEST – TRIBUTE TO NIK TURNER (Atomic Age Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
Dedicated to Hawkwind legend Nik Turner who died on 10th November, 2022, this collection of new tracks and previously unreleased has...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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SPACE MIRRORS – NEXUS BETWEEN SPACE AND ART (Atomic Age/ Dead Earnest/ Bandcamp (2024)
Multi-instrumentalist Ailsa Coral has spent over two decades indulging in music that has successfully straddled two seemingly...
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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SULA BASSANA/ SKYJOGGERS -Split LP (Sulatron Records) (2004)
Wow, Skyjoggers are loud! Subsequent to the Dazed and Spaced Festival in Hamburg, Dave Schmidt (Sula Bassana) has coordinated this split...
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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