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Rappelkiste - IRMIN SCHMIDT looks back on his life's work in the form of the box "Electro Violet

The composer and keyboarder Irmin Schmidt, who lives in southern France, is one of the most influential musical personalities Germany has produced in the twentieth century. First and foremost, his name is associated with the Cologne band CAN, but he has also created numerous solo albums, soundtracks and even an opera. One year before his eightieth birthday, a box entitled "Electro Violet" with the retrospective of his complete works appeared. With a not insignificant limitation.

eclipsed: Irmin, why this retrospective now?

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The Art Of Sysyphus Vol. 87

SANTANA - Blues Magic (4:25)
Album: Santana IV (2016)
Label/Distributor: Santana IV/Thirty Tigers/Alive
www.santana.com

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Our "beautiful new world" sends its greetings - HUXLEY WOULD APPROVE breathe the great Pink-Floyd spirit

The output of Pink Floyd & Co was and is limited, but there are always new bands for lovers of this special style, which closely follow the original. So also the project Huxley Would Approve...

eclipsed: Could you explain where you came from? For our readers you are still a blank page.

Joe Bolieiro: Hi, I'm Joe Bolieiro from Toronto, Canada.

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Horizontal skewness - HORIZONTAL ASCENSION traces a fusion of the 21st century

The band project Horizontal Ascension unites musicians of the bands Flaming Bess (one of the oldest German prog rock bands) and Marquette (modern melodic prog). The multi-instrumentalists Achim Wierschem (also known under the alias Mindmovie) and Markus Roth join forces with US singer Mike Hartmann. The result is an ambitious album with many longtracks that clearly points to the future of progressive music. Classical prog, harder prog metal and jazzy elements are condensed into a kind of fusion of the 21st century.

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YES - preservation of historical monuments on a piecework basis

The records "Fragile" and "Drama" were milestones in the long career of Prog-Urgestein Yes in very different ways. While with "Fragile" Keyboardass Rick Wakeman joined the group and gave it from now on decisive impulses, it was nine years later with Geoff Downes again a virtuoso keyman, who provided for a certain reorientation of the exceptional group with "Drama". Now Yes perform exactly these groundbreaking works in a double pack.

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MOTORPSYCHO - Beyond Imagination

Bent Sæther is a very friendly contemporary who speaks clearly and articulately about his band Motorpsycho and their philosophy. The praise with which we introduce the interview actually makes him a little embarrassed. Unlike many other artists, he is not afraid to speak openly about doubts about his own work. But he doesn't even need to have that, because "Here Be Monsters" is also another milestone in the motor psycho saga, a work that comes along with quieter tones, but nevertheless, to use Sæther's words, sounds sublime.

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CAMEL - Andy Latimer over 40 years of "Moonmadness"

Camel mastermind Andy Latimer, the only remaining founding member, still raves today when he tells the story of the creation of the masterpiece "Moonmadness", which was released forty years ago: "This record is a milestone in Camel's long history", says the 66-year-old Briton, "some of the most beautiful songs Camel has ever created can be heard on it"

eclipsed: What memories do you have of the process of creating "Moonmadness"?

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JOE BONAMASSA - No Desperation Act

Anyone who only knows 38-year-old Joe Bonamassa from his concerts will be surprised how casually the American backstage is dressed. The stage suit ("because it's good blues tradition to dress decently on stage") looks American through and through with baseball cap, jeans and T-shirt. But there's one thing about him that isn't ami-typical at all: Joe rarely gets lost in niceness phrases. "Have a nice day" and "I'm fine" do not belong to the standard vocabulary of the exceptional guitarist.

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EDGAR FROESE - past and future of Tangerine Dream

"There is no death. Just a change of cosmic address." This was Edgar Froese's lifelong credo, with which he philosophically tricked the reaper. His wife Bianca Froese-Acquaye organized a special event in honor of the cosmologist in Froese's hometown Berlin: a mixture of art show, reading and music. The foyer in the "Haus der Berliner Festspiele" is a suitable place, as the founder of Tangerine Dream received a scholarship from the "Berliner Akademie der Künste" in the early sixties. Friends, long-time fans and media representatives have now paid their respects to him.

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LAZULI - Shy of blinders

Lazuli were founded in 1998 by the brothers Claude and Dominique Leonetti. After several personnel changes they seem to be a consolidated unit since their album "Tant Que L'herbe Est Grasse" (2014), released two years ago. Singer and guitarist Dominique Leonetti explains how her new recording "No Âmes Saoules" came into being and what lies behind the lyrics.

eclipsed: "No Âmes Saoules" is very sensual, sometimes even a little claustrophobic. What inspired and influenced the record before and during its creation?

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