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TONY LOWE & ALISON FLEMING – Human Sleeping: Dreams 1 to 8

December 7, 2014

Sunn Creative 2014 Mesmerizing reveries from the masters of nightmare and gauze. When BRAM STOKER came out of oblivion in 2013 with a , their second one after 1972’s debut, it couldn’t prepare classic prog aficionados for this, Tony Lowe’s … Continue reading →

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EL TRIO – Las Manos

December 5, 2014

El Trio 2013 Breaking the artful serenity, Dominican trinity inject wild idiosyncrasy into prog idiom. One of the defining features of Latin American rock is its fierceness, the quality that rarely informs art branches of the genre, but this Santiago … Continue reading →

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SONTAAG – Sontaag

December 4, 2014

Esoteric Antenna 2014 Back to the future – not clear blue but energetically fascinating. Given prog artists’ proclivity for cluttering their albums covers with bright imagery, this NY quartet’s self-titled debut immediately stands out from the crowd. But whatever serenity … Continue reading →

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HI FICTION SCIENCE – Curious Yellow

November 26, 2014

Esoteric Antenna 2014 Bristol quintet warm up the atmosphere on their second album. Big time beckons. Cover versions speak volumes of any artist’s inclinations, so when this collective released a 7″ single of a THIRD EAR BAND piece they drew … Continue reading →

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VANGELIS – Direct

November 18, 2014

Arista 1984 / Esoteric 2014 A homecoming triumph and a treatise of mind-crafted immediacy from the master of painstaking detail. Given the complexity of his works, including the famous soundtracks, it may come as a surprise that Vangelis, as revealed … Continue reading →

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