Asta Diankha: Time To Shine (2019)

Asta Diankha: Time To Shine (2019)

I always look forward to each issue of Acid Dragon, as not only do I enjoy the content contained within one of the world’s longest running physical progressive fanzines, but it is not unusual for Thierry to also include some CDs which he think I may enjoy (and...
Erzatz: Meian (2017)

Erzatz: Meian (2017)

Here we have another CD sent to me by Thierry Sportouche from France, and this time around it is a Lyon-based duo, Erzatz, and their 2017 album, ‘Meian’. I have tried to do some digging on the band, and I believe they were originally called r:zatz, formed by Céline...
Gridfailure: Perpendicular To The Living Ones (2022)

Gridfailure: Perpendicular To The Living Ones (2022)

This is the first fully solo album from David Brenner since the Covid-lockdown-released ‘Epicenter MMXX: Quarantine Instrumentals’, and it finds him back at his unadulterated best. This is music so uncompromising that very few will even describe it as such, yet the...
Outshape: Enter The Bubble (2017)

Outshape: Enter The Bubble (2017)

Another CD from Thierry, another older release (2017), and yet another band which appears to have released something and then disappeared without trace. I did manage to track down an old Soundcloud page for the guys, but none of their links work anymore, while the...
Richard Gorman: Ship of Fools (2019)

Richard Gorman: Ship of Fools (2019)

Living on the other side of the world, and therefore not being impacted by Brexit or any UK politics whatsoever means I am not the target audience for this album, which is a collection of left wing political numbers by Richard Gorman who accompanies himself on...