Roger Powell - Fossil Poets
Many listeners will be most familiar with keyboardist Roger Powell from his days with Utopia. While he’s been relatively silent in terms of releases, Powell has been active, doing everything from developing early software sequencers to consulting for Apple’s pro audio area.
Fossil Poets, Powell’s latest solo CD, finds him paired up with producer Gary Tanin [...]
Wobbler - Hinterland
Grandious, over-the-top, out-of-date, overblown and synfully fun, Wobbler’s Hinterland is a massive slice of prog-rock that will come as a godsend to fans of 70’s bands like Yes, ELP and Gentle Giant.
Wobbler is a Norwegian group that plays prog music in the traditional style, with no real attempt to update it for the new millenium. [...]
Thirty years ago, before most of the genres of popular electronic music had evolved, there were only a few musicians that incorporated electronic instruments into their music. One of those early pioneers was Rick Wakeman. Wakeman pioneered the use of synthesizers in the world of progressive art-rock. The Six Wives of Henry VIII is one [...]
Van and Borner - Miracles
This CD arrived in an unimpressive package - a hand-labeled CDR in a blank CD case and a floppy disk with the cover art on it.
The music, though, was a welcome surprise. Van and Borner is a duo of electronic musicians out of Poland. The band, made up of Barbara Zielinska Van & Sabina Borner, [...]
White Willow - Signal to Noise
White Willow is doing its best to keep the progressive rock torch burning with its latest release, Signal to Noise.
On this album, White Willow moves from a more traditional prog-rock sound to a more modern sound, with a bit of a goth metal edge. The group, made up of, Trude Eidtang (vocals), Lars Fredrik Frøislie [...]
Synergy
Larry Fast recorded under the name Synergy in the 70’s and 80’s and created some influential rock/pop electronica. His album “Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra” was released in 1975, and featured staples of 70’s electronica: Moog, Mellotron, Oberheim, and sequencers.




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