The third and final album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience masterfully combined funk and psychedelic sounds with blues as its adhesive. This created one of the best rock albums of the era, sending him on to become the legendary maker of the hippest dope music. “Electric Ladyland” cranks up his genius with songs that far surpass as a mere backdrop for chemical intake. Audio engineer Eddie Kramer took Hendrix's auditory visions by giving it the wildest of context, employing odd recording techniques that incorporated echo, backward tapes, flanging, and chorusing, all which were new in that era, specifically in the way they're used here. Now, 50 years on, we find a truly engaging deluxe edition… Continue Reading

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Eye in the Sky, Legacy Recordings has released a super deluxe edition of the Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 platinum masterpiece. The box set features rare and unreleased material, but reviewed here is the 5.1 remix of this classic progressive Alan Parsons Project album available on stand alone Blu-ray. Alan Parsons created this multi-layered aural tapestry as a conceptual musical meditation covering a range of surveillance systems, such as casino cameras, satellites circling the earth and the all-seeing eye of the Egyptian God Horus. Truly proving to be both timely and timeless, Eye in the Sky has become a remarkably forward view of art, religion, politics… Continue Reading

From their psychedelic roots, progressive edge, and blazing fusion, Soft Machine has traversed the past 50 years engaging fans all around the world. Their latest album, “Hidden Details,” find them dropping Legacy at the tail of their name, reverting back to their 60’s and 70’s origins while introducing several new songs into their already large canon of music. Recorded at Temple Studio in Surrey, England during December 2017, the album has been released in North America on MoonJune Records, while in UK/Europe fans can find it on John Etheridge's Dyan Records label, and in the Japanese market on Vivid Records. The band is comprised of three members from their 70’s incarnation, famed electric… Continue Reading