October 2016

PHIL COLLINS - The Return of the Hit Supplier

26. October 2016

The start of the Remaster series of his solo work, "Take A Look At Me Now", brought Phil Collins back into the public consciousness. The reason for his absence from the media, apart from health problems (hearing loss in the left ear, numbness in the hands due to problems with the spine, and finally alcohol abuse) and his withdrawal into private life, was probably also the image that the media had drawn of him, which he saw as skewed. Reason enough to ask him questions about his life, infamous Twitter rumours and his future.

RICHARD PINHAS - France's Fripp, France's Froese

26. October 2016

Richard Pinhas

The significance of Richard Pinhas in France corresponds to that of Edgar Froese and Klaus Schulze in Germany: he is the founder, the father figure of electronic music. In contrast to Jean-Michel Jarre, he never gave himself to commerce, never allowed himself to be seduced by theatrical gestures, always remained true to his spirit of research. Since the early seventies he acquired an enormous reputation with his bands Schizo and Heldon and later with countless solo albums.

PINK FLOYD - The early years

26. October 2016

The Pink Floyd

Roger "Syd" Barrett, Radovan "Bob" Klose, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright probably gave each other the name The Pink Floyd Sound in January 1965 at a dance on the grounds of the Royal Air Force in Uxbridge (West London). And that in the middle of the performance, because the quintet, originally announced as The Tea Set, was sharpening its grip on the fact that another band, which also played that evening, was trading under the same name.

GROBSCHNITT - Rockpalastrevolte

26. October 2016

Grobschnitt

After the big retrospective with the album box "79:10" the three founding members Lupo, Eroc and Willi Wildschwein are still working on the adventurous story of the band. After all, Grobschnitt have immensely enriched German rock music with records like "Solar Music Live", "Rockpommel's Land" and "Illegal". Guitarist Lupo and soundhexer Eroc give eclipsed information about how the "Solar Movie"-Box came into being, why 1978 was such a special year for the group and how it goes on with rough editing.

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - Stars in the ring

26. October 2016

Emerson Lake & Palmer ELP

By 1973, Emerson, Lake & Palmer had become established superstars. The three respected musicians had earned their first spurs at a very young age with The Nice, King Crimson and Atomic Rooster. As a band their star had risen three years earlier at the Isle-Of-Wight-Festival. From then on, ELPs, which were preceded by their reputation as the first supergroup, were really hyped, even if they were extremely polarized.

GONG - Order from the very top

26. October 2016

Gong

Guitarist/vocalist Kavus Torabi has played a big part in the success of the new gong record. He is now the bandleader and also feels very comfortable in this role. He is one of the most sought-after guitarists of the English music scene. In 2014 he joined Gong, where he initially replaced Daevid Allen, who had cancer, on tour. But the musician with Persian roots could not have dreamed that he would lead the band soon afterwards. The re-strengthened gong line-up can be heard on "Rejoice! I'm Dead! in impressive form - a work of which Torabi can be justifiably proud.

STEVE HILLAGE - "I'm radical"

26. October 2016

Steve Hillage

Grinning, Steve Hillage sits on the sofa in the office of his London label Snapper. Today, the guitarist, famous for decades for his radical innovative frenzy, doesn't want to conjure anything new out of his hat. His face is sunbathed in the triumphant satisfaction of the last day of summer, which is nevertheless like the zenith of midsummer. That's how the guitarist feels. In front of him lies a thick black monolith with the inscription "Searching For The Spark". A treasure chest with 22 CDs, many of them unpublished, two books, two small brochures and lots of bonus material.

BRAND X - Where is Phil?

26. October 2016

Brand X

Whenever and wherever the name Brand X is mentioned, the name Phil Collins comes first. This is not surprising, because the Genesis drummer and later adult popper was the most prominent member of the band, which was at the same time antithesis to all his other activities and fully emphasized his qualities as a drummer. But Collins' time in the formation, which was subject to permanent changes of instrumentation, should be relatively short.

RIVERSIDE - Fear of Silence

26. October 2016

Riverside

Mariusz Duda is no longer the same person that he was on Easter Monday 2014 though. How could he? One of his best friends passed away. At 44. Asleep. The sensitive artist dealt with the loss among other things with the ballad "Towards The Blue Horizon", for which his band Riverside recently won a prog award. Last February, Piotr Grudzińskis's death shook the group to its foundations, and in May Duda also lost his father. Excerpts from a very personal conversation.

THE BREW - Next attempt

26. October 2016

The Brew

Tim Smith and his son Kurtis Smith have been working on bass and drums for eleven years, providing the rhythmic basis for frontman Jason Barwick to really let off steam. They manage to do this live at almost every concert, so that Brew novices stagger happily out of the club and are happy to have discovered a contemporary blues rock-soaked band. A band that has created something very lively on the sound basis of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Led Zeppelin. Less euphoric is the view of their results in the studio.

PHIL COLLINS - The Return of the Hit Supplier

RICHARD PINHAS - France's Fripp, France's Froese

PINK FLOYD - The early years

GROBSCHNITT - Rockpalastrevolte

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - Stars in the ring

GONG - Order from the very top

STEVE HILLAGE - "I'm radical"

BRAND X - Where is Phil?

RIVERSIDE - Fear of Silence

THE BREW - Next attempt

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