https://www.artrockin.comMusic Magazine for the Progressive Mindenhttps://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2022/01/the-sonic-sorcery-of-joscelyn-wynter-tom-riccioni/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2022/01/the-sonic-sorcery-of-joscelyn-wynter-tom-riccioni/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:06:17 +0000Joscelyn Wynter & Tom Riccioni performed at Ragtime Tavern in Preston, Melbourne on 16 Dec 2021. In the announcement they invited the audience to a "sonic sorcery". In my opinion you couldn’t find an…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2021/07/zoj-melbourne-recital-centre/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2021/07/zoj-melbourne-recital-centre/Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:15:37 +0000It is a rare occasion for a Kamancheh and Drums to cross paths and even more rare to happen in Australia. Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer are ZÖJ (meaning couple) and as a couple…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/moon-men-uncomfortable-space-probe-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/moon-men-uncomfortable-space-probe-2018-review/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:17:10 +0000First release ('Amazing Science Fiction Stories') was a limited-edition run of 300 silver-backed compact discs in a special 6-panel cover. Art and story (in comicc book form) by Bret Hart, as is their 2nd…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/sonar-live-at-moods-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/sonar-live-at-moods-2018-review/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:14:32 +0000The momentous mathematical polyrhythm tritone masters present you with a striking live show at Moods Jazz Club (Zurich, Switzerland) played on May 24, 2018. If you were bowled over with their last studio release…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/nova-cascade-above-all-else-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/nova-cascade-above-all-else-2018-review/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:10:20 +0000The front cover art by Paul Dews (How Far To Hitchin) visually describes this dynamic ethereal debut. A year and a half in the making, Nova Cascade present the world with their full length…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/flat-earth-society-untitled-0-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/flat-earth-society-untitled-0-2018-review/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:08:04 +0000An almost unbelievable 2018 double disc recording of a one of a kind, multi genre, ground breaking and incredible 'big band' founded by Peter Vermeersch in 1999. On this release, he composes 14 of…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/twelve-thousand-days-insect-silence-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/twelve-thousand-days-insect-silence-2018-review/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:05:00 +0000A long awaited and surprise fourth release by classic experimental ambient folk duo Martyn Bates (Eyeless In Gaza, solo and various collaborations) and Alan Trench (Nurse With Wound, Orchis, Howling Larsons, Temple Music among…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/the-muffins-secret-signals-2-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/the-muffins-secret-signals-2-2018-review/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:43:59 +0000Following the first of a scheduled three reissued/remastered collection of live and studio rarities performed 1974 thru 1975, from stalwart Canterbury/free jazz influenced American (specifically the state of Maryland) progressive music group, which were…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/rophonic-in-with-the-out-crowd-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/rophonic-in-with-the-out-crowd-2018-review/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:42:22 +0000A dreamy hybrid of fertile, floating, surreal, majestic, scattered folk ballad, early music explorations, and neo space atmosphere. The initial seconds are a ground zero take off, with Colin Blunstone-like cottony soft vocals, in…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/gryphon-reinvention-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/12/gryphon-reinvention-2018-review/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:40:03 +0000An ear to ear smile formed on my face when I first saw that an old favorite band of mine were putting out a new album, after 41 years of void. It should be…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/sterbus-real-estate-fake-inverno-2018/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/sterbus-real-estate-fake-inverno-2018/Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:36:06 +0000I feel like the luckiest person alive when I get possession of recordings like this. Simply one of the absolute best releases of 2018, and that is keeping company with a dozen or more…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/the-180-gs-singin-to-god-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/the-180-gs-singin-to-god-2018-review/Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:32:40 +0000With unlimited skill and patience, David Minnick, the man who created this imaginary a capella vocal group The 180 Gs (the name came from a composition from the band Negativland, called 'A Big 10-8…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/eclectic-maybe-band-the-blind-night-watchers-mysterious-landscapes-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/eclectic-maybe-band-the-blind-night-watchers-mysterious-landscapes-2018-review/Sun, 25 Nov 2018 13:18:31 +0000An outerlimits excursion by astro travelers and gifted musicians from several prized members (or former members) of Univers Zero, Pablo's Eye, The Wrong Object, Morton Fork Gang, and much more. You know this will…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/six-ring-circus-six-ring-circus-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/11/six-ring-circus-six-ring-circus-2018-review/Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:24:07 +0000From France, this highly inventive quintet has already spent three years in collaboration before releasing their debut recording. Winning prizes since 2015 (as best emerging band, best band in some events, etc), the group…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/syrinx-call-the-moon-on-a-stick-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/syrinx-call-the-moon-on-a-stick-2018-review/Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:21:45 +0000A gorgeous sophomore album by masters of expression Volker Kunke (who directed this project) and Jens Lueck (who did sound engineering and production). Both have worked together on many previous recordings other than Syrinx…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/soft-machine-hidden-details-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/soft-machine-hidden-details-2018-review/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:28:03 +0000An ambitious ascendancy by a superior revolving free jazz, avant jazz, quirky jazz rock, classical jazz fusion, whatever you call it, jazz infused progressive music praiseworthy group. Fifty years ago, the birth of this…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/dwiki-dharmawan-rumah-batu-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/dwiki-dharmawan-rumah-batu-2018-review/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:24:18 +0000From the initial moments, there is euphoric beauty with flute, piano, and floating percussion, followed by nimble eastern integration with a collision of Weather Report, Il Baricentro, Arti+Mestieri, and ECM polish. So tight, so…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/dialeto-live-with-david-cross-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/dialeto-live-with-david-cross-2018-review/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:21:00 +0000A Bartok/Crimson/Cross smorgasbord performance that must have made grown men cry, and now everyone can cry, with joy. A powerful live concert that was actually recorded in 2017 to promote Dialeto's 'Bartok in Rock'…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/bernadette-zeilinger-acoustic-solo-2018/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/bernadette-zeilinger-acoustic-solo-2018/Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:54:35 +0000Austrian born Bernadette Zeilinger creates pure magic with her techniques. This is the definitin of being inventive, in its highest form and on a most elevated plateau. This is a true to the word…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/paul-steel-carousel-kites-april-ii-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/paul-steel-carousel-kites-april-ii-2018-review/Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:58:22 +0000A monster eccentric propagative art pop opus!!. Actually set up as a sequel to his 2007 'April & I' release, which was his last offering to the world as a solo artist named Paul…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/marbin-israeli-jazz-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/10/marbin-israeli-jazz-2018-review/Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:56:02 +0000Great new fusion release from band presently based in Chicago. In 2007, Marbin was founded by saxophonist Danny Markovitch and guitarist Dani Rabin who were at the time, living in Israel (where they were…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/folknery-son-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/folknery-son-2018-review/Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:51:13 +0000This is the second full length recording from Ukrainian world ethnic fusion duo who are a sure love for Dead Can Dance fans and groups like Vas. The two are Yaryna Kvitka (vocals) and…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/crayola-lectern-happy-endings-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/crayola-lectern-happy-endings-2018-review/Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:29:20 +0000In the glorious fashion of late Cardiacs, like an aquatic ghost choir atop the golden German Baden-Band Organ at a predawn amusement park located in no man's land, comes the sophomore release from a…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/solju-odda-aigodat-new-times-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/09/solju-odda-aigodat-new-times-2018-review/Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:22:54 +0000Solju is the mother/daughter duo of Ulla Pirttijärvi - vocals, yoik, and Hildá Länsman - vocals, yoik along with members Samuli Laiho - programming, synths, guitar, piano, glockenspiel, and Teho Majamäki - percussion, vibes…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/garnotte-ep-i-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/garnotte-ep-i-2018-review/Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:31:06 +0000From Montreal, Quebec, (Canada) Garnotte is a 5 piece French Canadian band using 3 extra vocalists for harmonies on this debut release in the form of a 9 song EP. The surprising mixture of…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/grice-the-grey-of-granite-stone-2017-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/grice-the-grey-of-granite-stone-2017-review/Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:29:27 +0000Some musicians show the fans a large variety of their talents in styles over the years, but Grice has displayed the mastering of each niche he has covered. His inspiration for this Ep was…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/ben-levin-group-our-place-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/ben-levin-group-our-place-2018-review/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 22:18:44 +0000Herculean composer, guitarist, poet, vocalist, inventor, and great thinker, Ben Levin has a new release called 'Our Place' (2018). Trying to describe him as a musician is tough due to his prolific output and…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/aum-grand-ensemble-youve-never-listened-to-the-wind-2017-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/aum-grand-ensemble-youve-never-listened-to-the-wind-2017-review/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:49:33 +0000An opulant blend of poetry, theatre, classical chamber, gamelan, ambient, sacred and otherworldly glory that I have rarely heard in my lifetime. Such a mix of styles that sometimes surprises the senses, Aum Grand…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/nathan-era-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/08/nathan-era-2018-review/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:46:32 +0000This is an Italian progressive rock group who began as a tribute band of music from Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Supertramp. Their 2016 debut `Nebulosa' featured original songs all sung in Italian, and in…https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/07/mark-wingfield-tales-from-the-dreaming-city-2018-review/https://www.artrockin.com/reviews/2018/07/mark-wingfield-tales-from-the-dreaming-city-2018-review/Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:41:33 +0000A new Mark Wingfield album is always one to have both great anticipation and expectations for. 'Tales from the Dreaming City' is so exceptional it cannot be fully appreciated or taken in with one…