Tag Archives: prog rock

ROLAND BÜHLMANN – Crucial

August 28, 2019

Roland Bühlmann 2019 Swiss visualist serves up an impressive set of many-colored vignettes – occasionally abstract but given a sense of utmost significance. Roland Bühlmann used to see the world through the absent lens of camera obscura, yet that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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EXIT NORTH – Book Of Romance And Dust

August 26, 2019

Inner Knot 2018 To hear the world and the void, four well-respected musicians delve into universal soul and uncover their own vulnerability. Although the Nordic cool of this collective seems dispassionate, such an impression is illusory, and the key to … Continue reading →

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RENAISSANCE – Ashes Are Burning

August 24, 2019

Sovereign 1973 / Esoteric 2019 Traveling the days of freedom, English art-folk ensemble open up their dreams and find a new way to shine. 1973 was pivotal to this collective’s creative development: having opened their scope to epic panoramas on … Continue reading →

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MAGMA – Zëss

August 21, 2019

Seventh 2019 An ode to the end of time – salvaged from the grip of history and tossed into the future to mark one golden jubilee. Symphonic grandeur has been part of this group’s scope ever since “Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh” … Continue reading →

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MAURIZIO BRUNOD, GIORGIO LI CALZI, BORIS SAVOLDELLI – Nostalgia Progressiva

August 20, 2019

Caligola 2019 Reverential, if refractory, reading of art-rock classics from a trio of conspirators who failed to rein in their fantasy. Possessed by many voices, Boris Savoldelli may want to keep the output of any collective he’s involved in minimal … Continue reading →

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