Tag Archives: prog rock

PANIC ROOM – Satellite

December 19, 2014

Firefly Music 2010 / Esoteric 2014 Sometimes second albums aren’t difficult: Welsh band’s sophomore outing takes them to a higher orbit and finds them land on their true identity. Here’s an ensemble whose journey has been very much unpredictable weaving … Continue reading →

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ANTOINE FAFARD – Ad Perpetuum

December 14, 2014

Unicorn Digital 2014 From here to eternity? Bass savant runs headlong into percussive paradise. Education is a good thing, yet while it added depth to this Quebecois artist’s oeuvre, his approach to composition has started to turn too academic. And … Continue reading →

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PANIC ROOM – Incarnate

December 12, 2014

Firefly Music 2014 Being human leaves no space for claustrophobia – only for the close contacts of the dark velvet kind. Like moth to a flame, this album’s cover is irresistibly beckoning, and the ember glow of the music inside … Continue reading →

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RICK WAKEMAN – Out There

December 11, 2014

Music Fusion 2003 / Esoteric 2014 Starship trooper takes his crew far beyond and, at the same time, closer to home. Given his height, has always been reaching further for celestial spheres than most yet, past the ’70s, the keyboard … Continue reading →

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STRATOSPHEERIUS – Behind The Curtain

December 8, 2014

Fiddlefunk Music 2015 Welcome to one’s nightmare: the violin shooter goes me(n)tal. Global disposition hasn’t changed much in the two years since ; it changed for worse some might say, and Joe Deninzon, for all his optimism, is one of … Continue reading →

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