B´side - music / Marek Arnold SN, Germany
saxophonist / keyboardist / composer Marek Arnold - of different (prog )bands (ssttgd, Toxic Smile, Stern Meissen, Cyril, Manuel Schmid, Flaming Row, Damanek, UPF, Samurai of Prog...) - works as musician / producer (‚b‘side-music‘), is part of albums with Steve Hackett (Genesis) & Jon Anderson (Yes) & musicians of Shadow Gallery, Spock’s Beard, The Tangent, Subsignal or RPWL…feat. on >60 albums… ... more
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I received this as a surprise present by the band for pre-ordering the upcoming album, so thanks a lot to you, too :-)) As could be expected by Pat Sanders & Co, highly melodic prog that should, for instance, appeal too friends of Fish-era Marillion (although Uncle Fish would never have reached those high notes ;-) ) and some instrumentals (from beautiful miniatures like Bubbles to the more epic Last Supper). Among many other fine things offered here, I especially love Pat's piano playing!
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The Likes Of Us (24-bit HD audio)
by Big Big Train
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The revived Big Big Train shows that you can't keep a good band down for long with a fairly easy listening, non confrontational selection of songs both traditionally long and catchingly short. if at times the acoustic guitars and sharp keyboard breaks are reminiscent of early Genesis then this is fully intended and respectful to the likes of Messrs Rutherford, Banks and Phillips. Vocal harmonies are, as expected, a delight to the ear and the whole is a big step forward from Welcome To The Planet
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Beaucoup plus riche, bien plus complexe que son prédécesseur. Nous avons là un album qui est au plus près de la perfection, parmi ce qui existe de plus beau dans le prog "grand public" (je veux dire par là: sans parenté avec le metal).
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The Art Of Losing
by The Anchoress
The second release from Welsh artist The Anchoress is a devastating and powerful meditation on loss.
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Super Connected (2023)
by Tim Arnold
Tim Arnold's latest album of lushly detailed art-pop explores the insidious ways tech surveillance has become a part of our lives.
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Coordinate Plan 2018
by 天聲 Tation
Tation天聲樂隊 are a post-rock band from Tibet, whose expansive songs are meant to replicate the feel of a sprawling landscape.
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The World is Flat ...and other alternative facts
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I like "Beyond the Seventh Wave" pretty much - but it's follow-up album "The World is Flat" is even better, in my opinion. There's not a single song I need to skip, the tracks are balanced very well musically, and even the longer tracks are largely free of unnecessary twiddly bits. Basically, the music is typical Dutch symphonic rock à la "Kayak" with a wonderfully melodic e-guitar and lots of vintage keyboard sounds like hammond organ, mellotron, and Yamaha CP-style e-piano, but with some nice extras, brought in by the violin, flute, and french horn used in some of the arrangements. Since the band is not inclined to disclose its more contemporary prog influences, I'll make a guess: "Big Big Train"? Well, sometimes I'm reminded of this first-class band while listening to this album...
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