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Additional content on up-to-date media **** The recent release of a new song by Steven Wilson, Anyone But Me is an opportunity to review some of the recent bonus material and B-sides associated with his top 5 album THE FUTURE BITES™ Update - June 2021 - the Scottish rock-band have remixed Personal Shopper, turning it …
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Additional content on up-to-date media **** The recent release of a new song by Steven Wilson, Anyone But Me is an opportunity to review some of the recent bonus material and B-sides associated with his top 5 album THE FUTURE BITES™ Update - June 2021 - the Scottish rock-band have remixed Personal Shopper, turning it …
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No Man’s Land When No Man’s Land Studio finally gets the Blue Plaque it deserves in recognition of the artistic endeavour that took place there, the people who arrive to mount it on the wall it won’t find a palace like Paisley Park. They will find a suburban bungalow in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Unlike …
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A bold and accomplished debut from the Dutch duo **** Many lockdown albums will be released in the next few months. Some of the recent highlights include Richard Barbieri’s Under a Spell , and Steven Wilson’s The Future Bites, recorded before lockdown but released in January. Now Dutch musicians Remy de Wal and Karel Witte …
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A spell-binding journey through lockdown dreams ***** Image credit Kscope/Richard Barbieri It's a strange coincidence that all four members of the prog rock band Porcupine Tree have brought out solo albums during the past few months of lockdown in the UK; first drummer Gavin Harrison released Chemical Reactions (with Antoine Fafard); in January it was …
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An atmospheric debut from an international progressive rock ensemble **** Once Only by Eternal Return Eternal Return is a new prog rock band made up of five members, based around two duos who have worked together in the past; the Australian bass player Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree, No-Man, O.R.k.) who has often worked with the …
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Here is some electronic music that I wrote under the name Tangerine Trees a few years ago.... Track One... Track Two... Track Three... with thanks to Tangerine Dream for inspiration.
Steven Wilson bites back at the future ***** THE FUTURE BITES™ In the early years Steven Wilson's band, Porcupine Tree, were often compared to Pink Floyd and Steven himself admitted the importance of that musical influence although he later distanced himself from the Floyd, moving towards a more distinctive sound. It is not surprising that …
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***** Gavin Harrison and Antoine Fafard prove that fusing jazz, rock and classical music does work Graphic design by Antoine Fafard In music, the words 'fusion' or 'crossover' used to a warning for any sensible music lover to run for the hills. Very fast. Musical genres such as classical, rock, pop and jazz have worked …
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***** A deliciously dark Christmas treat Counting the Ghosts by iamthemorning is out on 4 December iamthemorning are a Russian chamber prog duo consisting of Gleb Kolyadin on piano and Marjana Semkina on vocals. According to their Bandcamp web page they specialise in writing songs about 'dead Victorian girls and premature burials'. Their last album …
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