The debut solo album “Ends” by Giancarlo Erra embarks on a myriad of contemporary classical ambient styled pieces that clearly demonstrate his masterful gift for producing timelessly intimate and profound music. It may seem odd to start one’s solo career with an album named “Ends,” yet he decided to name it as such because each end is in actuality the possible start for something new. He says, “This isn't always easy to accept, and it’s something I often struggle with. “ The album comprises of a suite of eight thematically linked instrumentals, employing sparse piano patterns, synth textures, an eerily beautiful string quartet, underpinned by subtle electronic pulses, all blended to create… Continue Reading

Genesis founding member Anthony Phillips’ 2019 album “Strings of Light” features many of his beautiful and rare guitars from his collection spanning across 2 CD’s of new material. This lovely new album is released on Esoteric Antenna and contains an NTSC region free DVD with 5.1 surround mixes by Anthony Phillips and James Collins. Long-time fans like myself have been waiting seven years for this next release, and here we find twenty-four compositions, spanning two CDs, undoubtably making “Strings of Light” one of his finest instrumental guitar albums of his long and acclaimed career. After his lengthy absence of releasing new recorded work, “Strings of Light” is a delightful return and a… Continue Reading

Stormwatch Force 10 Edition is the final album in a series of Jethro Tull deluxe anniversary editions to feature the group’s classic late-1970s lineup. Steven Wilson once again is back at the helm twisting and twirling the knobs for all new stereo and 5.1 mixes of the original album plus 13 associated recordings that are available in a 4 CD, 2 DVD box set package in a casebound book just like the others in the series. The new surround mixes are encoded as DTS 96k / 24-bit and AC3 Dolby Digital, along with LPCM stereo 96k / 24-bit versions of the new mix and a flat transfer of THE original mix. Also found on the DVD are - 15 associated recordings mixed to 96/24 LPCM stereo and five original… Continue Reading