The best 2010 release so far for me is Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield, yes the new deluxe edition released in June 2010. I preordered the signed – limited to 250 copies – edition which is awesome (even if I wait for two months and this preorder was a huge epic fail as you can read here).
Anyway, it’s great toRead more
Spleen Arcana second album is currently being recorded, day by day, track by track. Some of you bought the first album on cd, some of you bought a digital version, some others bougth both versions. Many others prefered the free download. What will you choose for Spleen Arcana second album? This poll is yours… Feel free to explain your choiceRead more
July heavy rotation. Old music as always apart from Ayreon, IQ and Zoe Keating. Do you know Zoe Keating? I discovered her music at an Amanda Palmer gig and her new album, Into The Trees, is absolutely beautiful – layered cello – music. By the way, I think that Magma’s last album is about to become one my favouriteRead more
Eclectic playlist for June. As you can see, Transatlantic last album is still on heavy rotation and their gig in Paris in May just made me play it even more! I found Bat For Lashes Two Suns special edition which includes a documentary dvd. Such a beautiful voice and soulful artist, I can’t stop playing her two albums. Pendragon,Read more
Yesterday heavy metal lost one of its best voice, if not the best. I’ve been a fan of Dio’s voice for a long time as I’m one of those who think that he was Black Sabbath’s voice. I really like first Black Sabbath albums but for me there’s nothing like Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules, truly epic albums! MyRead more
I’m back from a little trip to London which was fantastic! Two days which was really inspiring… It was great to walk and cross the famous Abbey Road and see the famous recording studio. Musically speaking, Abbey Road reminds me more of Pink Floyd than the Beatles because of some of my fav pictures of the Floyd from this legendaryRead more
Time passes so fast… I’ve been busy enough with the revamping of spleenarcana.com which took me a lot of time, well approximately a month. As you guess, I listened to a lot of inspirational music. A visit to my previous recording place was truly fantastic and inspirational too, as you can see in the picture below, I found someRead more
Still into Transtlantic and Magma last album which are absolutely great. I bought Talk by Yes and if it’s not a masterpiece and I’m not really a fan of this era, “Endless Dream” is a great epic track.
I played for the first time 666 by Aphrodite’s Child from Spotify, great to find this album there, it’s an awesome album! IRead more
Still a lot of music to start 2010 in the best possible way! So as you can see, Transatlantic’s new album is still on “heavy rotation” here! Sure it’s maybe not as good as the first two albums but it’s still my favourite 2009 album and a great epic progressive rock opus. Crises by Mike Oldfield… I didn’t like itRead more
Obviously, heavy rotation of November is The Whirlwind by the giant Transatlantic and the new release by the mythic Magma called Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê. Easily two of the best albums of this year in my opinion. The Whirlwind is a huge epic prog party with a fantastic production (Pete Trewavas bass sound is excellent, as his playing of course), I had aRead more
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