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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…

  • 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…

  • Review – Retreat From Moscow – Dreams, Myths and Machines

    Review – Retreat From Moscow – Dreams, Myths and Machines

    Retreat from Moscow return in 2023 with their second album ‘Dreams, Myths and Machines’, the album follows on from the January 2021 release of their superb debut album ‘The World As We Knew It’, a record that was 40 years in the making. ‘Dreams, Myths and Machines‘ was forged over the past three years by…

  • 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…

  • Review – The Bardic Depths – Promises of Hope – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – The Bardic Depths – Promises of Hope – by John Wenlock-Smith

    ‘Promises of Hope’ is the second album from The Bardic Depths, the unusual group formed through the Big Big Train Passengers? Forum which brought together the talents of a disparate group of individuals, united by musical interests. Their first, self-titled album told the story of the friendship between JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis and their…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Review – The Bardic Depths – The Bardic Depths by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – The Bardic Depths – The Bardic Depths by John Wenlock-Smith

    The Bardic Depths is an all new progressive rock project formed from the writing team of multi-instrumentalist, Dave Bandana with lyrics and concept from Bradley Birzer. The self titled debut album releases in March 2020 and features performances from Peter Jones – Saxophone/ Vocals (Camel/ Tiger Moth Tales), Tim Gehrt – Drums ( Streets/ Steve…

  • Review – John Holden – Rise and Fall – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – John Holden – Rise and Fall – by John Wenlock-Smith

    John Holden’s Rise and Fall has been in my possession for a while now and I was very gratified to be given access to this remarkable album some three months prior to its official release. I was also very pleased that I had been thanked  in the album credits, that having been an ambition of…

  • 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…