progressive rock – The Sound Projector

04/01/2023 Ed Pinsent

Le Bain de Cristal

Another lovely package of lively and colourful music from Jason Berry, who sent us records by Nubdug Ensemble and Vacuum

30/12/2022 nausika

Ode to the Bearer of Good News: overblown symphonic rock kitsch and dreamy space ambient electronics in Olympic Games music soundtrack

Edward Artemyev, Ode to the Bearer of Good News, USSR, Melodiya, C60 21277 005 vinyl LP (recorded 1980, released 1984)

18/11/2022 nausika

Albat Alawi Op.99: 20th-century Arab classical orchestral music meets DIY invention

El Khat, Albat Alawi Op.99, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GBCD 121 (2022) Led by Eyal el Wahab, a self-taught Israeli musician

04/11/2022 Steve Pescott

Progtasmagoria

Zolder Ellipsis Entropy Override ITALY LIZARD RECORDS LIZARD CD0176 C.D. (2022) Initially released as Zolder Ellipsis by U.S. keyboardist/composer/producer Tom

26/10/2022 nausika

Light Became Light: noisy cosmic space rock … with no strings attached

Puppies in the Sun, Light Became Light, Peru, Buh Records, BR166 limited edition vinyl LP (2022) Founded by two musicians

07/10/2022 nausika

Heavy Rocks (2022): putting 1970s hard rock and metal through the wringer of Boris-style experimentation

Boris, Heavy Rocks (2022), United States, Relapse Records, RR7526, CD / vinyl LP (2022) Celebrating 30 years (and a humongous

29/08/2022 nausika

Red Heaven: a powerful style of depressive black metal / post-BM beauty

Ebola, Red Heaven, Japan, Zero Dimensional Records, ZDR083 CD (2022) The front cover artwork of Ebola’s “Red Heaven” album featuring

09/08/2022 nausika

Celestial Woods: a paradox of rich and lush yet icy and harsh atmospheric / post-black metal / ambient soundscape immersion

Raat, Celestial Woods, Italy, Flowing Downwards, Flow044, CD (2022) Following after second album “Raison d’Etre”, released in late 2020, and

17/05/2022 nausika

W: a work of calm and serenity through deep, immersive soundscapes

Boris, W, United States, Sacred Bones Records, SBR287 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Into their 30th year together as Boris,

01/04/2022 nausika

The Long Defeat: a veteran French blackened death occult act at its most accessible

Deathspell Omega, The Long Defeat, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED056 CD digipak / 12″ vinyl LP (2022) Into their third