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  • Cosmograf announce release of tenth album, The Orphan Epoch, On 23rd May, 2025

    Cosmograf announce release of tenth album, The Orphan Epoch, On 23rd May, 2025

    Gravity Dream Music is thrilled to announce the release of the tenth Cosmograf al- bum – The Orphan Epoch on 23rd May 2025. The Orphan Epoch is a set of songs that speak of a refusal to conform, align, or coa- lesce. It’s an expression of discontent, a statement of our times, but maybe also…

  • Progradar’s Best of 2024!

    2024, well the second half, has been a tough year for me and I took my eye off the reviewing ball from August onwards due to changes in my life. It doesn’t mean that I haven’t been listening to amazing music though! As my friend John Wenlock-Smith has already said, 2024 was an amazing year…

  • Review – Cosmograf – Live At The 1865 (Official Bootleg)

    Review – Cosmograf – Live At The 1865 (Official Bootleg)

    A small and enthusiastic audience of Cosmograf fans assembled one Sunday night in May ?23 at The 1865, Southampton, UK to witness Robin Armstrong and his live band play a 2 hour show covering songs from the breadth of his music over the last 9 or so albums. There was no original intention for the…

  • 2022 Progradar’s Best Of The Year – The Editor’s Top 20

    2022 Progradar’s Best Of The Year – The Editor’s Top 20

    As most of you know I am a very committed runner so the above picture is really my personal running highlight of 2022 (a 24 hour running event) but below you will find my top 20 albums of the year for 2022. The first fifteen are in no particular order, they are just brilliant albums…

  • Review – Cosmograf – Heroic Materials

    Review – Cosmograf – Heroic Materials

    Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter Music heals you, music lifts you, music gives you solace, music is one of the only things that gives you succour when you are both happy and sad and music has made my life a better place to be. Music…

  • New single and new album pre-order from Cosmograf…

    New single and new album pre-order from Cosmograf…

    Much loved UK progressive rockers Cosmograf, the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Robin Armstrong, have released a video for brand new single British Made, from their forthcoming ninth studio album ‘Heroic Materials’. Watch the video here: The new album, released through Robin’s own label Gravity Dream on 9th September, 2022, is a conceptual piece, centred around the…

  • Progradar’s Review of 2021

    I’ve had a little time to digest what was a rather wonderful year of music in 2021. Here is my review of the year with my favourite albums, in no particular order barring my number one! Transatlantic – The Absolute Universe – Forevermore A true return to form for the prog supergroup with melodies, tunes…

  • Review – Cosmograf – Rattrapante – by Martin Hutchinson

    Review – Cosmograf – Rattrapante – by Martin Hutchinson

    I was talking to Robin Armstrong, the man behind Cosmograf, about how lockdown has really affected my writing. Barring a handful of reviews, my creative juices had dried up, I still loved listening to and appreciating the new music that was out there but I really found it hard to put my feelings into words.…

  • Rikard Sj?blom’s Gungfly announce UK co-headline live dates with Cosmograf

    Rikard Sj?blom’s Gungfly announce UK co-headline live dates with Cosmograf

    Rikard Sj?blom’s Gungfly are pleased to announce they will come to the UK for 3 select live dates in October 2020. The band will play London & Manchester, co-headlining alongside the Robin Armstrong-led Cosmograf, before continuing on to Summer’s End Festival. Rikard comments:  When I think on how much I’ve played in England over the years, it’s…

  • Progradar Albums Of The Year 2019

    Progradar Albums Of The Year 2019

    This list is just an opinion, my opinion. These are the albums (and one E.P.) that resonated most with me in the fine music year of 2019.They are not in any particular order apart from my top album of the year… Not an immediate favourite but an excellent grower that slowly insinuated itself into my…