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Episode 4 of Progradar Recommends – Tangekanic, That Joe Payne, Toundra, Flicker Rate
Welcome to another edition of Progradar Recommends and this time I’ll talk about new releases from Tangekanic, That Joe Payne, Toundra and Flicker Rate… Tangekanic – Hotel Cantaffordit I didn’t know what to expect when I went to the Summers End Festival in Chepstow last October with the Prog Guru? himself, Mr David Elliott. It…
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Mansun announce ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern’ deluxe remastered reissue
Deluxe remastered reissue of the classic debut album. Kscope, June 8th. Stunningly remastered from the original multi-tracks – this incredible album will be available on all digital platforms and as a media book CD, a 2 x black gatefold vinyl, a very limited 2 x purple gatefold heavyweight vinyl(complete with original design printed inner bags)…
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The Wallet Emptier’s ‘Music You Should Have A Listen To’ Round-Up Pt3.
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Review – Yes – Fly From Here: Return Trip (Actually by Yes – The Drama Line-Up?) – by Roy Hunter
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Review – Reformat – The Singularity – by Jez Denton
Many years ago, in the days before the Internet, I spent quite some time searching out a live album of German prog-rock pioneers Tangerine Dream performing in the awesome modern cathedral in Coventry. It is an immense album that you can feel filling the wondrous large spaces of Sir Basil Spence’s architectural masterpiece, with waves…
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The Wallet Emptier’s ‘Music You Should Have A Listen To’ Round-Up Pt2
The second installment in our ‘Round-Up’ series sees me take a look at albums from Vantomme, Fiona Kennedy, Blind Ego, When Mary, Special Providence and Ryan Yard… Vantomme – Vegir Dominique Vantomme is a multi-talented instrumentalist, composer, band leader, educator and producer as well as being the jazz piano instructor at the Music Conservatory in…
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The Wallet Emptier’s ‘Music You Should Have A Listen To’ Round-Up Pt1.
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Episode 3 of Progradar Recommends – HeKz, Emperor Norton, Malady & Subsignal
Welcome to the third edition of my Progradar recommendations, this time around we have the new albums from HeKz, Emperor Norton, Malady and Subsignal… HeKz – Invicta From the first notes of album opener Quetzlcoatl it is apparent that the rising stars of UK prog-metal, HeKz, have gone balls out on new album ‘Invicta’. This…
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TANGERINE DREAM TO RELEASE QUANTUM GATE / QUANTUM KEY 2CD SET ON 20TH APRIL THROUGH KSCOPE
THE CELEBRATED STUDIO ALBUM CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF TANGERINE DREAM NOW COMPLETE WITH QUANTUM KEY EP (Artwork by Bianca Froese-Acquaye) Following the release of Tangerine Dream’s latest studio album, Quantum Gate, Kscope are set to release the album as a 2CD set with the inclusion of the EP Quantum Key. Quantum Gate released on September…
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TOUNDRA – launch video for Cobra? – New album ‘Vortex’ launches April 27th
Spanish instrumentalist rockers Toundra recently announced the release of their fifth studio album Vortex for April 27th, 2018, following the success of ‘IV,’ which reached an historic #2 in the Spanish charts. Now they are proud to reveal the powerful new video for the first single Cobra, created by Jorge Escalona using photographic material from…