Tangerine Dream – Rubycon (Virgin Records, 1975/2019 reissue) Rubycon is part of the reissue set of classic Tangerine Dream electronic music albums. Rubycon was Tangerine…
View More Rubycon, Berlin School MasteryAuthor: Angel Romero
Angel Romero has been writing about progressive music and world music for many years. Publications include Eurock (USA), Marquee (Japan), and Nuevas Músicas (Spain). He founded the websites progressiverockcentral.com and worldmusiccentral.org. Angel also produced Musica NA, a music show for TVE (Spain) featuring fusion, avant-garde, world music, new age and electronic artists.
Snarky Puppy, Unrivaled Masters of Funk and Fusion
Snarky Puppy – Immigrance (GroundUp Music, 2019) Snarky Puppy, the finest funk jazz band in the current scene is back with a superb album titled…
View More Snarky Puppy, Unrivaled Masters of Funk and FusionArtist Profiles: Eddie Jobson
Eddie Jobson was born April 28, 1955 in Billingham, United Kingdom. As a piano and violin prodigy, he was awarded a Diploma of Distinction by…
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Djam Karet was founded in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Henry J. Osborne, and drummer Chuck Oken, Jr. They chose as…
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Sverre Knut Johansen’s Spellbinding, Deep Sonic Landscapes
Sverre Knut Johansen with Robert Rich – Precambrian (Spotted Peccary, 2019) Norwegian electronic music instrumentalist and composer Sverre Knut Johansen takes the listener on a…
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Rhy Dongju, Korean Guitar Hero
Rhy Dongju – Lions’den II: Essence (Lions’den Records, 2019) Lions’den II: Essence is a set of superb instrumental electric guitar pieces from Korean guitar virtuoso…
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A Whirlwind of Progressive Psychedelia
Quantum Fantay – Yemaya Orisha (Progressive Promotion Records, 2019) Belgian band Quantum Fantay has gradually become one of the most exciting psychedelic progressive rock acts…
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Phaedra: Groundbreaking Electronica
Tangerine Dream – Phaedra (Virgin Records/Universal International, 2019 reissue) Phaedra was Tangerine Dream’s fifth studio album, recorded in 1973. This was a groundbreaking German electronic…
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Charming Keyboards of Trojka
Trojka – Tre Ut (Apollon, 2019) The beautiful city of Bergen in Norway has become a fertile breeding ground for young progressive rock acts. Trojka…
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Expressing Loss Through Creative Music
Frédéric L’Épée – The Empty Room (2019) French guitarist and composer Frédéric L’Épée explores various genres within the context of progressive music, ranging from classic…
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