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STAR RATING Heading In August 2017, Steven Wilson told Jess Thompson of Discogs that Tangerine Dream’s 1972 album Zeit is, ‘The original and greatest ambient record, years before the notion of ambient music existed. It’s music without melody, rhythm or structure, but listening to it is like filling the room with the most beautiful and …
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Tuesday 7 April 2026 Band on the Wall, Manchester ★★★★★ Soft Machine launch their new album Thirteen and revisit some classics Soft Machine: John Etheridge, Theo Travis, Fred Baker, Asaf Sirkis Last time I saw Soft Machine's Theo Travis onstage was nearly a year ago, at a much larger venue, the London Palladium, guesting for …
***** Soft Machine return with a new line-up, and their thirteenth studio album, sixty years since the band was formed. The number thirteen is unlucky for some, but the latest version of Soft Machine obviously don't think so. In some cultures, the number is considered a symbol of change, regeneration or growth. Thirteen is the …
This is an analysis of the second half, and title track, of Steven Wilson's eighth solo album, The Overview. For an introduction to the album, click here. For an analysis of the first half of the album, 'Objects Outlive Us', click here. The Earth Seen from Apollo 17. Source: Wikimedia Commons THE OVERVIEW Perspective Perspective …
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Sunday 1 December 2024 The Fiddler’s Elbow, Camden, London An excitingly eclectic mix of prog bands perform to raise funds for an environmental charity On a wet Sunday afternoon in early December, intrepid prog rock fans and supporters travelled from South London to North London... and also from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium - and …