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Review – Karmakanic – ‘Transmutation’
The acclaimed Swedish progressive rock band Karmakanic is back with their highly anticipated sixth studio album, ‘Transmutation’. Produced by the band’s founder and visionary leader Jonas Reingold, The album has been mixed by five-time Grammy Award winner Chris Lord-Alge, renowned for his work with legends such as Muse, Tina Turner, and Bruce Springsteen. For this…
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Review – Sherinian/Phillips – Live – by John Wenlock-Smith
Derek Sherinian is a fine creative and accomplished keyboard player who’s CV includes stints with Kiss, Alice Cooper and Billy Idol, to name but three. He was also a member of Dream Theater and has made eight solo albums, which are usually made in tandem with Simon Phillips, who has an even more impressive CV,…
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Derek Sherinian and Simon Phillips to release SHERINIAN/PHILLIPS LIVE?
First single Aurora Australis (Live)? out now! SHERINIAN/PHILLIPS is the musical alliance of Derek Sherinian and Simon Phillips, whose parallel reputations in virtuosic sonic inventions combine on the backdrop of instrumental genre fusion. Though the two had written and recorded together in the past, commitments to other projects had kept them busy in their own circles…
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Review – Derek Sherinian – Vortex – by John Wenlock-Smith
Derek Sherinian is very much a keyboard player of the new millennium. Born in California in Laguna Beach in 1966, he has worked with many of the world’s finest progressive and metal groups, either as a member or a touring musician. His latest venture being with the progressive metal super group Sons Of Apollo, where,…
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Review – Sanctuary III – Robert Reed – by James R Turner
Since Robert took some time out of the day job to release his first homage to Mike Oldfield back in 2014, his own little sub-genre has grown, with two full length sequels (‘Sanctuary II’ in 2016) as well as numerous EPs including variations on David Bedford and his own alternative take on the Doctor Who…
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Review – Robert Reed – Sanctuary II – by Kevin Thompson
So let’s get this out of the way, this is not Mike Oldfield! What we have here is the very talented multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Robert Reed, (of Magenta fame) with his follow up to the excellent ‘Sanctuary’ from 2014, on Tigermoth Records. Produced, mixed and engineered by Rob, and once again joined by the…