Garry Havrillay has been prolific this year as he responds to a chaotic world suddenly calmed by the global crisis. On his fifth solo album “Gravity,” the third Blu-ray edition of his work to be released this year, he considers the title in all of its meanings. This instrumental release ranges stylistically from rock to Turkish mash-ups, bubbling with electronic grooves, all while diving into the vast world of the ambient genre. Across the album Havrillay employs samplers, synthesizers, electric guitars, and zither. Guest musician Chris Basile adds e-bow guitar solos on the title track. For hi-res enthusiasts and surround aficionados the album has been released on Blu-ray featuring 5.1 PCM… Continue Reading

For many in the 1970’s it was Gong that introduced them to true psychedelia. Taking one hit of the band’s music certainly could send one on an illustrious journey that could take a while to return from. Now a 13 disc / 127 track deluxe box set brings back those daze from their Virgin years featuring tongs of rare and previously unreleased content. Remastered for the very first time from the original Virgin masters by original engineer Simon Heyworth and Mike Howlett from the band and curated by Steve Hillage. For surround enthusiasts, the gem that is buried in this deluxe set is the previously Unreleased quad mixes of the band’s 1974 album “You.” Both the Pye and Westlake mixes of side one… Continue Reading

Stepping into the atmospheric wetlands that cross between the improvised and avant-garde genres, two brilliant musicians come together making a unique mark with their timeless effort. On this 2020 album “Music of Our Times,” Pianist Gary Husband renders a discrete sonic experience alongside touch guitarist Markus Reuter as they take an impromptu journey that is both uplifting and relaxing. Fans of Brian Eno’s “Thursday Afternoon” and the various Frippertronics releases will easily fall into the spell of this multi-phase superb sounding release Produced by Markus Reuter and Leonardo Pavkovic Born out of their temporary stranding after performing only one show in Japan, with the remainder of… Continue Reading

Mary Fahl gained initial widespread recognition during the brief three-year lifespan of October Project, a four piece group that released two albums in the early 1990’s. The progressive new age leaning music was embellished with her soaring and sweeping melodies that was sprinkled with influences of the alternative movement from that era. Over a decade later in 2006, Mary Fahl took a journey when she recorded From the Dark Side of the Moon (FTDSOM), a unique reimagination of the complete Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd. Fahl’s inspired interpretation was brilliantly mixed by Bob Clearmountain, who has mixed literally every album he has worked on since 2001 in both stereo and… Continue Reading