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Various Artists — Progressive Rock Side of Five Moons, Volume 5 cover artwork. A painting of a bearded man on his back looking into the sky.

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A Fifth Serving of Spanish Prog-Rock

Various Artists — Progressive Rock Side of Five Moons, Volume 5 (5 Lunas Producciones, 2025) The ambitious collection of Spanish progressive rock and related genres…

Juan Dahmen - Ecos Paralelos cover artwork. An abstract painting with hair-like angular patterns facing upwards.

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Juan Dahmen Tunes Into Reflection on Ecos Paralelos

Stefan Bruno April 13, 2026 No Comments Albacete ambient drone music electronic music Juan Dahmen minimalism

Juan Dahmen — Ecos Paralelos (self-released, 2026) Spanish electronic music sound designer Juan Dahmen has released his latest album, Ecos Paralelos, an engaging ambient project…

Dewa Budjana & Czech Symphony Orchestra - Praguenayama cover artwork. A photo of Dewa playing guitar, wearing traditional clothes, under a tree. He is surrounded by musicians playing instruments wearing traditional masks.

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Dewa Budjana Aligns Guitar, Orchestra, and Indonesian Traditions on Praguenayama

Angel Romero April 9, 2026 No Comments Czech Symphony Orchestra Dewa Budjana fusion jazz-rock Progressive rock world music

Dewa Budjana & Czech Symphony Orchestra — Praguenayama (Moonjune Records, 2026) Indonesian guitarist and composer Dewa Budjana returns with Praguenayama, a fabulous 2026 project recorded…

A close-up of thick blue rope intertwined with thinner white cord, showing frayed fibers. The background blends greens and oranges, while a soft circular overlay frames the center. The title TaboTago appears in a rounded font, with the subtitle The Neukölln Concert beneath it.

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TaboTago Finds Its Way Through Neukölln

Stefan Bruno April 8, 2026 No Comments ambient Andreas von Garnier Bernhard Wöstheinrich electronic music Leander Reininghaus Synthesizer TaboTago

TaboTago — The Neukölln Concert (2026) TaboTago has released The Neukölln Concert, a magnificent live recording from KulturCafé Neukölln in Berlin that captures the duo’s…

Jan Gunnar Hoff Group – Voyage cover artwork. A coastal landscape photo.

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Jan Gunnar Hoff Group’s Voyage: European Jazz-Rock At Its Most Elegant And Explosive

Angel Romero April 6, 2026 No Comments bass contemporary jazz drums European jazz fusion Gary Husband guitar improvisation instrumental music Jan Gunnar Hoff jazz fusion jazz-rock keyboards Kjersti Holst Losen Records Max Franosch Michael Hartung Morten Lund Nguyên Lê Norwegian jazz Odd Gjelsnes Per Mathisen piano progressive jazz Samuel Barber Synthesizer world music

Jan Gunnar Hoff Group – Voyage (Losen Records, 2025) Voyage by Jan Gunnar Hoff Group is a truly fantastic, beautifully-crafted jazz-rock fusion album that brings…

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Clearlight – Symphonies An Essential Return To French Progressive Rock Brilliance

Angel Romero April 4, 2026 No Comments art rock Cherry Red Records Clearlight Clearlight Symphony Cyrille Verdeaux David Cross Didier Lockwood Didier Malherbe experimental rock Forever Blowing Bubbles French Progressive Rock fusion Gong Impressionist Symphony jazz-rock King Crimson Les Contes du Singe Fou Magma new age Progressive rock psychedelic rock space rock Steve Hillage symphonic rock Symphonies – The Collected Recordings Tim Blake Virgin Records Visions

Clearlight – Symphonies: The Collected Recordings (Esoteric/Cherry Red, 2026) Symphonies: The Collected Recordings gathers essential Clearlight albums into one newly remastered clamshell box. Cherry Red’s…

Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel — Entering Elysium cover artwork. Blue misty mountains.

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Entering Elysium, Step Into Stillness and Let Beauty Restore You

Lyra Solstice March 30, 2026 No Comments ambient electronic music new age Serena Gabriel Steve Roach

Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel — Entering Elysium (Projekt, 2026) On Entering Elysium, Steve Roach and Serena Gabriel create a deeply intimate refuge, one grounded…

The illustration shows two hands cupping a circular disc with radiating lines, flanked by flame-like shapes.

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Memoria, a Tribute to Vesa Pasanen of Finnish Psych-Prog Masters Hadal Sherpa

Angel Romero March 28, 2026 No Comments electronic music Hadal Sherpa Progressive rock psychedelic progressive rock psychedelic rock symphonic rock

Hadal Sherpa — Memoria (self-release, 2025) Memoria is the third album by Hadal Sherpa, a Finnish instrumental psychedelic progressive rock band from Vantaa, Finland. Hadal…

A swirling, tunnel-like vortex of neon blues, purples, and pinks pulls the eye inward toward a bright center, where a lone silhouetted figure walks forward.

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35 Tapes Lift The Curtain On Tasteful Veil on Life

Kevin Baker March 26, 2026 No Comments 35 Tapes Andreas Eriksen Jarle Wangen Jo Wang Kai Lundewall Morten Lund Progressive rock symphonic rock

35 Tapes – Veil on Life (Apollon Records Prog ARP095, 2026) With Veil on Life, Norway’s 35 Tapes moves with a quick pulse. The songwriting…

Jake Breaks - Categorical Expansionism cover artwork. A wooden crate full of vinyl albums.

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Jake Breaks Goes Genre-Hopping On Categorical Expansionism

Charlie Melville March 20, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazz Jake Breaks rock

Jake Breaks – Categorical Expansionism (Wide Hive Records, 2025) Jake Breaks’ Categorical Expansionism is a galvanizing recording that fuses rock, instrumental hip hop, jazz, and…