Monthly Archives: January 2021

BE-BOP DELUXE – Axe Victim

January 30, 2021

Harvest 1974 / Esoteric 2020 Remastered and gloriously dusted off, British band’s debut shines a sharp light through decades. From Cocteau credo – “No longer to consider art as an amusement but as a priesthood” – to acrostic lyrics and, … Continue reading →

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OSIBISA – Sunshine Day: The Boyhood Sessions

January 28, 2021

Red Steel Music 2020 Afro-rock ambassadors celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with cinematic triumph and project a hopeful look into the future. To say that this ensemble, who’d brought ancient rhythms over to Europe five decades ago, always sounded futuristic – … Continue reading →

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ASIA MINOR Are Back To The Point

January 27, 2021

It’s been more than two decades since Franco-Turkish proggers ASIA MINOR released their second, and last, LP, “Between Flesh And Divine” from 1980, and although the ensemble reformed back in 2013, it’s taken them some time to record its follow-up. … Continue reading →

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DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS – Giants

January 26, 2021

Days Between Stations 2020 Letting go of prog megalomania, small Californian ensemble dream on a large scale. “Standing on the shoulders of giants”: here’s a Newton quote that has long become commonplace, yet this duo embraced various meanings of “gravity” … Continue reading →

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Homage To Morgan Fisher’s “Miniatures” To Be Out

January 25, 2021

It might be difficult for a regular aficionado to imagine yet connoisseurs never had any doubt that Morgan Fisher‘s “Miniatures” concept – realized with the help of like-minded, adventurous spirits, such as Robert Wyatt, back in 1980 – would be … Continue reading →

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