Tag Archives: instrumental

KINGSLEY DURANT – Point Of Reference

February 5, 2024

Zen Diagram 2020 Out from Kentucky, esteemed six-stringer returns with a soft thunder of strum and lace. Here’s an album which arrived quite unexpectedly for both the audience and the artist. Not that Kingsley Durant has ever stopped performing – … Continue reading →

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ELDANKA – Joldanka Patrol

January 28, 2024

Eldanka Music 2022 Southern winds from North hemisphere bring on instrumental spells to bind one’s board to the tides. If surf rock has become fashionable in Finnish musical circles, there’s nothing surprising in it, given Scandinavians’ relationship with the sea, … Continue reading →

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EDISON SUIT – Persistence Of Vision

January 20, 2024

Melodic Revolution 2023 To square the circle in the eye of a quarter-century storm, almost-forgotten Los Angeles proggers return with a fresh perspective. Too often too balmy, California never felt like a safe environment for an adventurous ensemble of art-rock … Continue reading →

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DAVID KOLLAR – Echoes Of Hopeful Melancholy

January 16, 2024

David Kollar 2023 Slovakian architect of abstract six-string grandeur exposes his slow-burning soul to scorch the ground. David Kollar’s platters have never been known even for superficial fierceness, yet this album is finally imbued with unbridled emotionality – a spectrum … Continue reading →

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OZRIC TENTACLES – Lotus Unfolding

December 27, 2023

Kscope 2023 Four decades of interstellar overdrive lead cosmic players to the land of make-believe where nothing is intangible. Naysayers who maintain that listening to any single album by this English ensemble means listening to all of them may not … Continue reading →

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