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Tag Archives: Francis Monkman
CURVED AIR – The Second British Rock Meeting 1972
February 15, 2019

Curved Air 2018 If now you desire it look and see: rare live recording from the most phantastic period of a group who defied definition. Strange as it is, for all their vintage and vitality have been severely underserved on … Continue reading
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Tagged Curved Air, Darryl Way, Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Francis Monkman, live, Mike Wedgwood, prog rock, Sonja Kristina
CURVED AIR To Expand “Second Album”
June 16, 2018

There wasn’t a lot if imagination in the title of CURVED AIR‘s sophomore record, out in 1971, which can’t be said about the music it contains, particularly “Back Street Love” that would become one of the staples in the band’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Curved Air, Darryl Way, Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Francis Monkman, Sonja Kristina
CURVED AIR Flesh Out Their “Phantasmagoria”
May 20, 2018

This January saw the release, on Esoteric Recordings, of two classic albums – an expanded edition of their 1970 debut “Air Conditioning” and 1974’s “Air Cut” that was properly remastered but didn’t feature any extra material. Continuing the band’s reissue … Continue reading
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Tagged Curved Air, Darryl Way, Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Francis Monkman, Sonja Kristina
CURVED AIR – Curved Space & Infinity
January 20, 2017

Cherry Red 2016 Observing rainbow in peripheral vision, art-rock veterans uncover voiceless spectrum. Not per se, these two albums, bundled together as a second installment of the band’s series, can be seen as Alpha and Omega of the their method. Fusion … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues, Reviews
Tagged art rock, Curved Air, Florian Pilkington-Miksa, Francis Monkman, fusion, instrumental, Kirby Gregory
SKY – Sky 2
May 20, 2015

Arista 1980 / Esoteric 2014 Popular classics give strength in numbers: number two album that reached number one spot. If any serious calculation shared space with creativity in the making of SKY’s , its commercial success still was somewhat unexpected. … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged art rock, Francis Monkman, Herbie Flowers, instrumental, prog rock, Sky, Tristan Fry