Tag Archives: prog rock

CURVED AIR – North Star

September 3, 2014

Curved Air 2014 In search of a guiding light, British art-rock veterans go for a modern shine and lose their rainbow in the dark. “They wait like ghosts,” admits “Time Games,” the second song here, and theirs always were strange … Continue reading →

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Fripp and Eno’s concert gets physical

August 25, 2014

Previously available only on bootlegs – and for a few years as a download only album from DGM Records – concert recordings made by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno in 1975, soon after the two had come up with their … Continue reading →

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Anthony Phillips’ anthology box: the tracks

August 24, 2014

ANTHONY PHILLIPS - Harvest Of The Heart - An Anthology

As we reported , on October 27th, Esoteric will release a box set by former GENESIS guitarist . Titled “Harvest Of The Heart – An Anthology,” it gathers no less than 5 discs from his back catalogue and recently opened archive, and now the … Continue reading →

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DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS – In Extremis

August 22, 2014

Days Between Stations 2013 A study on the fragility of man and a second glorious milestone from ever-transitional duo and their heavy guests. This American band’s self-titled caused a soft stir in prog circles with its alchemical melding of sophisticated … Continue reading →

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VANGELIS – Albedo 0.39

August 19, 2014

RCA 1976 / Esoteric 2013 As above so below: shining back the light, Greek maestro explodes into space. Long before a piece from his was used as a theme for Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” series, Vangelis had become interested in the … Continue reading →

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