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• Clearlight Symphony (1975)

  

  by Simon Slator Having grown up in the eighties and nineties, when Richard Branson’s Virgin Empire was huge and omnipresent, it was hard to imagine a time when... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Breaking News: Guest Reviewing Troops Reinforce Swamped Writer

  

  Big announcement of a sort. I have invited three fine gentlemen to “guest review”, ie. contribute regularly, here. The reasons are obvious: I can’t handle the... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• IVAN ČKONJEVIĆ – Pastel (2013)

  

  Here is a submission that proves not only that the musical avant-garde is alive and well, but that the mine of contemporary “free” music is so rich, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• DANIEL CAVANAGH AND JOSEPH GERACI – The Passage (2013)

  

  Here’s a very interesting album that came my way through a newfound interest in the music of the band Anathema — quite recent interest, in fact. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• FIRE TEMPLE – Amytis Dawning (2014) Strings from Another World

  

  My, what a dramatic title for a review. You try titling things if you don’t like it! Anyway, it’s not actually that far from reality in this case, as you will... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• WATERPLEA – Rudimentary Oscillations (2013) Future Music from the New Russia

  

  One of the main reasons why I continue to review music so regularly and put so much effort into it is that not only do I get to hear a ton of great music, but... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• OLIVER LIEB – Inside Voices (2014) The New German School Remains

  

  This new release from the Psychonavigation label proves definitively that there is always life left in the specific sounds of a particular era, if those sounds... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• MATT STEVENS – Lucid (2014) Dazzling Displays of Avant Guitar

  

  Despite being a guitarist myself (and the word on my streets is I’m not actually half bad at it), I’m not the sort who would normally listen to or review an... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mix 7: Modern Progressive and Art Rock

  

  Here’s a special new mix of some of my favourite music. I’m a prog aficionado, and I love the newer as well as the classic seventies artists. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Summertime ’14 Blogger’s Reflections

  

  Almost two years into writing this music review blog all on my own, I reckon it’s time for a state of the union and some thoughts on the shapes of things these... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• 10 Great Post-2000 Progressive Rock Albums

  

  I will not under any circumstances engage in a debate about what progressive rock is. Though I briefly discussed it here. Anyway, around the millennium a new... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mix 6: Entering the Gateless Gate

  

  Hi friends: Back with a new mix. This is all by my act, The Gateless Gate, currently a duo with pianist Teri-Lynn Janveau. These tracks are from the first five... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• GAZPACHO – Demon (2014) An Evil Tale of Old Europe

  

  Gazpacho is, he said in his customary conversational tone, a band I must admit I’m trying out for the second time. Back in the middle of the first decade, I... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• July Netaudio Revue 1

  

  MYOT is on a summer submissions hiatus (very, very regretfully), but I’m using that time to catch up on the months of submissions or releases that I noticed... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Mix 5: Roundup n Revue Rawk

  

  This is a selection of songs, you know, with lyrics and everything, taken from review revues and roundups in the first two years of operation of this blog. I tr... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• (My) Best of RUSH: Canada’s Gift to Planet Earth

  

  Why the devil, I hear you ask, is this blogger who writes about obscure ambient music and Germans who go bleep in the night writing about Rush, every geek’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014

• Nnord – Nnord ##01 – Orbital (2014) Maximum Cosmic Synth

  

  It’s always nice to see a new label doing quality work. Yes, the internets are crowded with electronic music labels, but when a new one is putting out really... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014

• Make Your Own Taste Mix 4: Ten Netlabel Ambient Albums You Should Own

  

  Here’s a mix, divided in 2 for technical reasons, based on the popular posts, Ten Netlabel Ambient Albums You Should Own, parts 1 and 2. Read the posts for all... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014

• June Netaudio Revue

  

  I’ve got a ton of stuff to listen to, but I have managed to get to some lately and am starting to catch up! Here’s the pick of my recent listening. I do... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014

• An Interview with Moi

  

  The fabulous Headphonaught, a music enthusiast and all-around stand-up dude who has a fancy blog himself and also runs the fine We Are All Ghosts netlabel,... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014