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Review – Kaipa – Sommargryningsljus – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Sommargryningsljus’ is the 15th, and latest, from Swedish outfit Kaipa who have been in existence for over 50 years. Whilst they may now have been active for all 50 of those years, when they do regroup and re-emerge, they offer something new and fresh. This new album is a step further for the band after…
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WE ASCEND – THE DEBUT EP FROM EX-ANATHEMA FRONTMAN VINCENT CAVANAGH?S NEW PROJECT THE RADICANT
DEBUT SINGLE ZERO BLUE? OUT YESTERDAY /?12? VINYL EP RELEASED 12TH JULY ON KSCOPE Vincent Cavanagh’s The Radicant project showcases the adept musicianship and expressive voice that he honed over 11 albums with the legendary alt-rock band Anathema. This year, Cavanagh will share his first music under The Radicant moniker with the highly anticipated debut…
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Interview with Hans Lundin of Kaipa – John Wenlock-Smith
John Wenlock-Smith asks the questions of Hans Lundin ahead of the release of Kaipa’s new album ‘Sommargryningsljus’. JWS: The album appears to be a cycle of songs that encompass the day shifting to dawn and beyond. Can you explain more about this HL: I had written all the songs for the album and the total…
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Review – Patchwork Cacophony – Hourglass
Patchwork Cacophony is the solo project of Gandalf’s Fist, Fusion Orchestra 2 and Broken Parachute keyboard player Ben Bell. It has released two previous albums, 2014’s self-titled debut and 2016’s ‘Five of Cups’. 2024’s ‘Hourglass’ resumes that musical journey with a blend of familiar Patchwork Cacophony sounds along with elements more reminiscent of later work…
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Review – Ceiling Spirits – The Bloodwren
Intense, complex, cataclysmic and burning sounds churn through close to an hour of swirling, progressive composition as the Ceiling Spirits project – led by enigmatic Milwaukee musician, Mario Quadracci – brings musical friends together, including The National’s Brian Devendorf and Augustines? Eric Sanderson. Unmistakeably, unapologetically and indefinably rich in orchestration, creativity and borderless scope, Quadracci’s…
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Review – John Holden – Proximity & Chance – by John Wenlock-Smith
‘Proximity & Light’ is John Holden’s fifth album in six years, it all started with ‘Capture Light’ in 2018 which was followed by ‘Rise and Fall’ in 2020, ‘Circles in Time’ in 2021 and ‘Kintsugi’ in 2022, all of which contained some remarkable and diverse music from John and his chosen cast of colleagues. Well,…
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Review – Renaissance – Tuscany – Expanded 3CD Edition – by John Wenlock-Smith
I guess that, like many, I became acquainted with the lush symphonic sound of Renaissance through their wonderful 1978 single Northern Lights and the album ‘A Song For All Seasons’, from which it was taken. Renaissance were a very different sort of group to many others, they seemed to possess some different kind of stature…
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TIM BOWNESS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM POWDER DRY? AND SHARES FIRST SINGLE ROCK HUDSON? + VIDEO
SET FOR RELEASE ON KSCOPE ON 16TH AUGUST Tim Bowness has today shared details of his new album Powder Dry. Set for release on 16th August, the album will be Bowness’s first release on the Kscope label. The first single from Powder Dry is the propulsive Rock Hudson, a paranoid ode to online discourse. Produced…
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Review – VY?NI. -The Tripoint
Music from the silent forests and the stormy seas… VY?NI is the studio-based playground for musician, composer and producer Kim-Frode H.W?hni. Inspired by early 70’s progressive rock, jazz, post-rock, yoik and even more cinematic landscapes, many ingredients are thrown into the mix. All of the instrumental tunes are dynamically evolving around melodic themes andgrooves, both…