September 2017

STEVEN WILSON - The Pop Intermezzo

He's been keeping his private life under lock and key for years. Because Steven Wilson emphasises that his home is a refuge when it comes to tea with soy milk. Nevertheless, he invited eclipsed here. To a place where he could switch off, but also work in peace. What shouldn't be a problem on the estate, forty minutes by car north of Heathrow, should also not be a problem: a renovated farmhouse from the 16th century, with a huge garden, which his Japanese girlfriend takes care of, a pavilion and a winter garden with a panoramic view into the greenery.

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION - Ten years of creative resistance

It can be moored to the day: On 27 May 1967, the Muswell Hill Fairport Convention was founded in the London district of Muswell Hill, a formation that was to write history. In 1969 the group had delivered their very personal folk rock statements with the records three and four, "Unhalfbricking" and "Liege & Lief". The five musicians, all in their early twenties and under, dedusted the traditional English folklore by enriching it with pithy, sometimes with finely chiselled rock. A new genre was born!

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ELOY - Swords, battles and pyre

A two-part rock opera, a so-called spectacle musical and a novel - for the most ambitious project in the almost fifty-year history of the progressive rock band Eloy from Lower Saxony, its designer Frank Bornemann has bundled his strength. "The Vision, The Sword And The Pyre, Part I" is a massive work in every respect. It revolves around Saint Joan of Arc, who helped the royal troops of Charles VII to a victory over the English and Burgundy and thus decisively influenced the Hundred Years' War and ended at the stake in 1431 after a show trial.

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THE DREAM SYNDICATE - New Start in Psychedelic Jazz

It has been a long time since Dream Syndicate, with their special mixture of garage rock, country folk and psychedelic, not only provided the models for guitar bands like Sonic Youth or the Pixies, but also anticipated the whole field of tension from British Shoegaze to American Dreampop. Almost 30 years after their dissolution the Dream Syndicate is now back with the album "How Did I Find Myself Here?" and sounds better and more aggressive than ever. Serenity and strength have long ceased to be in harmony with poetry and an almost natural balance of all elements.

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THE TANGENT - Attack on the Ivory Tower

"The world has changed, but not the band" is the almost defiant motto with which The Tangent promote their new tenth studio album "The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery". And because that is the case, the English have also remained true to their prog roots. But the content of the sextet around mastermind Andy Tillison expresses itself politically like never before.

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Guitarist BJØRN RIIS also establishes himself as an exceptional artist apart from airbags

With his second solo album "Forever Comes To An End" Bjørn Riis has impressively emancipated himself from his main band Airbag. In an interview, the 40-year-old family man talks about stylistic boundaries, the new Roger Waters album and full nappies.

eclipsed: Bjørn, with the title track you put the hardest song at the beginning of your second solo album. A real statement!

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Rock Me Amadeus - Mozarteum graduate ANNA COOGAN moves in different worlds

The US songwriter Anna Coogan combines many different musical preferences. This can also be seen on her latest recording "The Lonely Cry Of Space & Time", where she juggles skilfully with scratchy indie rock, singer-songwriter folklore and opera. "I was lucky my parents were big singer-songwriter fans and I had to listen to Bob Dylan or Phil Ochs all the time." The extremely friendly musician lets her captivating laughter sound. "My mother also introduced me to Laura Nyro, whom I would call my greatest early inspiration."

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