February 2018

RITCHIE BLACKMORE - Back in black

Ritchie Blackmore will be seventy-three on the fourteenth of April. He is then on tour with Rainbow: five concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Berlin and Prague. The British master guitarist has regained his enjoyment of rock music. And this basic satisfaction can also be seen in the interview. Blackmore has always been attached to the image of the capricious contemporary. In the five interviews I have conducted with him since 1985, however, he was always friendly, courteous and willing to provide information.

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YES - The countdown has started

After reporting on the Yes splinter group under the aegis of Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman in December, Steve Howe, who presides over the "official" Yes with Alan White, Geoff Downes, Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison, now has his say. The last sign of life of his band was the concert recording "Topographic Drama - Live Across America". It was released in November 2017, two months after Yes had to cancel the pending concerts of the "Yestival" tour due to the sudden death of Howe's youngest son. Since then the visionary guitarist had retired.

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MARK HOLLIS - The Greta Garbo of Pop

The history of the band Talk Talk, which is above all the history of Mark Hollis, reflects one of the most unusual developments in rock music. Started in the early eighties as a synth-pop act in the spirit of the New Romantics, the first album "The Party's Over" was still a child of its time. The following "It's My Life" was a huge success in Germany; the single "Such A Shame" climbed to second place in the charts. The songs were catchy, but at the same time strange, different.

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Mat Sinner and Bernhard Wünsch invite again to ROCK MEETS CLASSIC and rely on Saga, Supertramp, Status Quo and Gotthard in XXL-Format

For the eleventh time it's "Rock meets Classic". Since 2010, bassist Mat Sinner has been the musical director and boss of the rock band, which, together with a large orchestra under the direction of Bernhard Wünsch, invites rock celebrities to celebrate their rock classics on a grand scale. This year's guest list includes Francis Rossi of Status Quo, Sagas Michael Sadler, Leo Leoni and Nic Maeder of Gotthard, Eric Bazilian of the Hooters and the Supertramp duo John Helliwell and Jesse Siebenberg. eclipsed spoke with Sinner and Sadler about the new edition.

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US band CALEXICO paints the desert in unusual dark colours

In the current music landscape there are hardly any more active figures than Joey Burns and John Convertino. They started as the rhythm section of Giant Sand and the Friends Of Dean Martinez, strengthened the backs of such different musicians as Amparanoia, Barbara Manning, De Pedro, Iron & Wine or Neko Case and defined Calexico as a gentle but committed desert rock. Twenty years after their foundation, they are taking a new step.

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THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT say goodbye to Rock'n'Roll illusions and strike a more serene note

It's been two years since Phil Campbell sat at the Ramones Museum in Berlin and swaggered about his band's new album. In December 2017 the scenery seems to be exactly the same. Apart from the fact that the Ramones pilgrimage site has moved to another address - from the expensive centre to the more suitable party neighbourhood at Oberbaumbrücke - and that The Temperance Movement have now completed a new, third album.

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ART ZOYD - The legend of rock In opposition released an opulent box

"44½: Live & Unreleased Works" is the title of the 12-CD-2-DVD box Art Zoyd released at the end of 2017. This is not an exhibition of the countless albums of the French avant-garde band founded in 1968. Instead, the box gathers unpublished recordings and various live material. A battle of material, which gives deep insights into the secrets and the essence of this legend of the Rock In Opposition movement.

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SEVEN THAT SPELLS - Death and Resurrection of the Krautrock

The death and resurrection of Krautrock: The Croatian psychedelic band Seven That Spells concludes their trilogy "The Death And Resurrection Of Krautrock" with the third part "Omega". A great litter, even a masterpiece like mastermind Niko Potocnjak finds.

eclipsed: Are you a Krautrock fan?

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Music From Time And Space Vol. 67

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