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Bong-Ra, the Jazzy Doom Metal project of Jason Kohnen from Celestial Season and The Answer Lies In The Black Void will release its sophomore album “Meditations” on August 5th once again via Tartarus Records. Meditations by Bong-Ra Returning with the follow-up to the 2021’s gargantuan debut album “Antediluvian”, Bong-Ra unveils yet another inventive and colossal blend of Doom Metal, Free-Jazz, and […]
Progressive, jazzy, fusion, and heavy rock-infused, BARON CRÂNE’s new album “Les Beaux Jours” and its daring associations it is highly surprising. Bold, smart, mastered… This record showcases the band’s most relevant skills and some excellent guests choices. The first single off ‘Larry’s Journey’ boasts a contagious groove, somewhere between dub, jazz, and […]
Raw, free and festive, three adjectives to describe Edredon Sensible’s music. Edredon Sensible was formed in 2016 in Toulouse (France), from the initiative of four musicians. They gathered around their attraction for the trance phenomenon, the experimentation of the sensory limits of music, and the research of raw and hypnotic sound. […]
French proggy jazz rockers Bend The Future reveal a new video for the title track ‘Without Notice’ from their new album. Founded in January 2019, Bend The Future is a progressive rock band from Grenoble, France. The band is most notable for its odd-time signature melodies that incorporate elements of 70s prog rock, jazz, funk, and Eastern European music into […]
Hans Hjelm studied jazz guitar at the University of North Texas in the nineties and has spent the last ten years performing and releasing music with psych-rock bands Kungens Män and Automatism, who recently released an album on Tonzonen Records. The music could be described as Depeche Mode meets Michael Rother. Guitars and synthesizers trade off in playing the most […]
Founded in January 2019, Bend The Future is a progressive rock band from Grenoble, France. The band is most notable for its odd-time signature melodies that incorporate elements of 70s prog rock, jazz, funk, and Eastern European music into its sound. Bend The Future was founded by Can Yıldırım (guitars/vocals), Rémi Pouchain (bass), Pierre-Jean Ménabé […]
Needlepoint is a Norwegian group based in Oslo that straddles the border between jazz and prog in a unique and timeless way. Based around the renowned guitarist Bjørn Klakegg, the band is rounded out by a veritable who’s-who of the Nordic jazz and rock scene, including members of Elephant9, Møster!, […]
Swiss jazz grindcore collective Convulsif has just unveiled a music video for a brand new track from their forthcoming new album “Extinct”, which is set for release on October 23rd via Hummus Records. Recorded live at Blend Studio, the follow-up to their fourth album “IV” sees the group comprised of Jamasp Jhabvala (violin/electronics), Christian Muller (clarinet/electronics), Loïc Grobéty (bass), and Maxime […]
Noir-experimental London crooner Brudini shares a couple of single tracks ahead of the album release on Apollon Records on October 9th. Debut ‘From Darkness, Light‘ is armed with guts, a piano, guitars, analog synths, and a jazz rhythm section. ‘From Darkness, Light’ is a poetic odyssey, unlike anything you’ve heard. It is the […]
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