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LAURIE ANDERSON - Lou Reed's widow on dealing with his legacy

The makers of "The RCA & Arista Album Collection" have shown an exemplary approach to the re-release of the Lou Reeds work: So the CDs offer a clearly improved sound as well as sound elements, which one did not hear on early vinyl and CD Pressungen. For example in groundbreaking works such as "Transformer", "Berlin", "Metal Machine Music" or "Street Hassle", with which Lewis Allan Reed earned himself a reputation as an unconventional thinker and total denier, and in some cases created sound art so far ahead of its time that nobody understood it at first.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - In a press briefing with "The Boss

Eighteen studio albums, numerous live recordings, compilations and box sets - 67-year-old US superstar Bruce Springsteen looks back on an extensive oeuvre and an eventful career. How does such a man tick, who grew up in New Jersey in simple circumstances? In "Born To Run" (review on the book page of this issue) Springsteen gives sincere and profound insights.

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JEAN-MICHEL JARRE - "Oxygène" for the third time

Floating synthesizer sounds, a Moog purrs and squeaks, and slowly a melody emerges. After about eight minutes, a bass begins and interrupts the atmosphere slightly stepping away. Meanwhile, the synthi fires nervously in the background like rockets. And above all hovers a soothing, constantly repeating melody. An ethereal melodic intermezzo finally leads to what is today one of the most popular electronic pieces of all time: "Oxygène 4". This simple melody in combination with bubbling synths could even be played in a disco - that was new.

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THE NEAL MORSE BAND - Cleaning Thunderstorm

The name "The Neal Morse Band" implies it: With drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboarder Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette the namesake has meanwhile established a fixed line-up and allows other influences. We talked to Neal Morse and his eternal companion Mike Portnoy.

eclipsed: Neal, let's first look back at your performance with Spockʼs Beard at this year's "Night Of The Prog" festival. How did you experience the gig?

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WOLF PEOPLE - Risen from Ruins

In 2005 singer and guitarist Jack Sharp had the idea for Wolf People. Together with the second guitarist Jon Hollick, drummer Tom Watt and bassist Dan Davies they went on their musical journey, where they were compared with all kinds of rock and folk heroes - from Jethro Tull to Fairport Convention to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Sharp explains why the band is in such a good mood right now.

eclipsed: First, a question of understanding. Even though I haven't discovered any stringent concepts: Is "Ruins" a concept album?

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THE ROLLING STONES - Blue lips should be kissed

Chicago blues is, according to the lexical definition, a variation from the first half of the 20th century that is based on the flight of impoverished black farm workers from the southern states to the midwest of the USA. Through him, the "classical blues" and the country blues were brought together into a more urban variant: more jazz oriented and more technically sophisticated. Not only the guitar, but also the piano was a formative stylistic element.

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We shall overcome - SUZANNE VEGA puts Carson McCullers´ demands on resubmission

The times when the Californian-born Manhattan resident stood for folk pop hits like "Luka", "Marlene On The Wall" or "Tom's Diner" are finally over. Today, at 57, the superstar of the 80s is at home in the world of art and theatre - as a director, scriptwriter and composer. Which is why her current project "Lover, Beloved" also proves to be a mixture of a studio album and her now second stage play about the US writer Carson McCullers (1917-1967).

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Music From Time And Space Vol. 63

THE NEAL MORSE BAND - Slave To Your Mind (6:26)
Album: The Similitude Of A Dream (2CD, 2016)
Label/Distribution: Radiant/Metal Blade/Sony

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PHIL COLLINS - The Return of the Hit Supplier

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.

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

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.

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