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TONNEN VON HALL – Ein Abdruck vom Messer im Herzen

March 27, 2025

Iapetus / Unsung 2024 Unholy trinity streamline their sonic truckin’ to reveal fine details of tuneful clang. One would assume that removing electronic cushions from a heavy-rock collective’s aural layout may make such an ensemble’s output more impenetrable, yet the … Continue reading →

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ANCHOR AND BURDEN – Afterglow

February 24, 2025

Iapetus 2024 Like the dust that settles all around, Berlin ensemble’s mini-album brings together alchemical elements of their rhyme and reason. It’s easy to assume the half-hour offering, appearing hot on the heels of the incendiary that slightly reformatted this … Continue reading →

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QUARTET DIMINISHED – Deerand

December 18, 2024

MoonJune 2024 For the duration and beyond: fourth album of Persian fusion ensemble forms a spellbinding time-and-space continuum and lures in progressive rock stars to help illuminate it. That’s what Iran must be associated with instead of ayatollahs: the ever-adventurous … Continue reading →

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LUCA CALABRESE – I Shin Den Shin

November 20, 2024

MoonJune 2024 Elegiac magic from jazz trumpeter whose licks put strange energy into new-age-tinged aural imagery. “Moment” and “instant” seem to mean the same thing but “momentous” and “instantaneous” are not synonyms – at least, until this Milanese artist and … Continue reading →

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ANCHOR AND BURDEN – Extinction Level

October 30, 2024

MoonJune 2024 Sturm und Drang from the former place of great divide where the future lies in wait for event horizon to clear. Separately, Markus Reuter and Alexander Dowerk are two of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet, but arm … Continue reading →

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