Tag Archives: prog rock

UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY – Planetary Overload – Part 1: Loss

May 10, 2019

Giant Electric Pea 2019 Caring about the place we’re all in, international ensemble serve up tuneful analysis of what’s going on. Sustainable environmental practices might look like a tall order to promote through music, yet this is what Mark Trueack … Continue reading →

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EVELINE’S DUST – K.

May 3, 2019

Giant Electric Pea 2019 Tuscan quartet’s descent into dark recesses of a restless mind – in search of light and laughter. Lately, prog rock seemed increasingly obsessed with gloom, not entertainment, and such was the path this Italian ensemble chose … Continue reading →

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SONAR – The Bill Laswell Mix Translations

April 30, 2019

7d Media 2019 Permitting everything, master of aural surprise sheds a different light and shade on tracks which defined 2018 in understated terms. Groove is something that many listeners of this Zürich group seem to miss out on but it’s … Continue reading →

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NIK TURNER – The Final Frontier

April 13, 2019

Purple Pyramid 2019 Revered reedman shifts his Hawk-shaped shadow and gets unshackled from spirit of the age. It’s been a five-decade-long journey for the man they call The Mighty Thunder Rider, yet don’t be tempted to deem this album his … Continue reading →

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O.R.k. – Ramagehead

April 3, 2019

Kscope 2019 Art-rock über-ensemble seek for serenity in temporal squall yet fail to find a pot of gold. “Ramagehead” is where imagination can run rampant, picturing a tree crown with individual branches entwined to form a rounded figure and to … Continue reading →

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