All posts tagged "Hammond"

  • Daal – Dodecahedron

    Imagine if you took one of Pink Floyd’s instrumentals, extended it to full album length, and then crossed it with a band of traveling gypsies...

  • Sanguine Hum – The Weight Of The World

    Sanguine Hum are now on their second album, and the first to be recorded under the Esoteric Antenna wing. Their debut, the rather fine Diving Bell was...

  • Tangerine Dream – Sorcerer

    Progressive rock seems to have a connection with horror films. Goblin wrote the haunting soundtrack for Dario Argento’s Suspiria, and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist was...

  • Tangerine Dream – Tangram

    It’s no secret that the 1980′s had a pretty harsh effect on the artistic success of many of the progressive rock bands. While the early...

  • Tangerine Dream – Cyclone

    “Cyclone” is, in some respects, a continuation of the increasingly streamlined sound of “Stratosfear”. Although Tangerine Dream were holding strong to their electronic roots, there...

  • Tangerine Dream – Zeit

    “Zeit” is an album with the sort of legacy that genuinely interests me. Unlike most ‘classic’ albums where listeners are ultimately able to come to...

  • Tangerine Dream – Stratosfear

    With “Rubycon”, it is this reviewer’s opinion that Tangerine Dream finally tapped into the true potential of their sound. Vast, mysterious, and even downright creepy...

  • Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure

    Listening to “Force Majeure”, I find myself with a new appreciation for Tangerine Dream’s best work. From where I’m standing, that’s in reference to ambient...

  • Premiata Forneria Marconi – Chocolate Kings

    In the early 70′s, Premiata Forneria Marconi quickly made an indelible mark on the Italian prog rock scene with a handful of albums that have...

  • Premiata Forneria Marconi – Photos of Ghosts

    In the Italian progressive rock scene, there are few grails as holy as PFM’s ‘Per Un Amico’, an album which has since gone on to...