The ONE (NETHERLANDS) Lighter Than Air

Second album for this veteran crew (lots of mature proggers expressing themselves lately from Holland, must be the water), the debut dutifully anointed with meritorious praise. Might as well name them all, beginning with vocalist Max Gilkes , Edwin in ‘t Veld on...

The GIFT (UK) Seven Seasons

Here is another one of my pet favourite bands, Mike Morton being an example of the more talented vocalists available in Progland, with a series of albums that were of very high calibre and exemplary ratings to match, though the previous “Antenna” (2019) was a step...

SKINNER PROJECT (BRAZIL) From Earth, With Love

Keyboardist, bassist, and vocalist Leo Skinner is the man behind this lavish endeavour, and his three band mates add all the firepower one would hope for, a new discovery which garnered my initial attention, in lieu of the rather attractive cover art, and the fact...

GRANDSTAND (SWEDEN) In the Middle, On the Edge

Seemingly dismissed by some as nothing more than unfinished Genesis-style demos, this 1998 debut from Swedish band Grandstand deserves, at the very least, a little deeper analysis that will lead to eventual outright respect. Had the nay-sayers spent a little effort in...

EM/FM (NEW ZEALAND) Pocket Dimensions

I never though that my past reviews of obscure French electronic bands would ever cause me to receive a wonderful review request from faraway New Zealand (only that distant because East Coast Canada would be the antipode of the Maori homeland). Touched by the gesture...

NEMRUD (TURKIYE) At the End of the Day

 Another stellar band that I have neglected to review, even though I own all their four albums, each one of consistently high quality and oozing creative space prog, led by the mercurial Mert Gocay. He renders raucous guitar riffs that scour the wild blue yonder,...