Steve Petch

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It’s all about the bass about the Bass!

  Camel bass man Colin Bass is busy in the studio recording a new album. Ensconced in his studio somewhere in rural Wales Colin is beavering away with his arsenal of instruments creating a new piece of work for our delectation. recording independently as many musicians know is an expensive business. Being a life long …

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Quantum Jump | Barracuda / Esoteric reissue

Following the myriad of remastered and reissued albums of late by Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, et al i was starting to suffer a little from overkill. However, when i got wind that Esoteric Recordings were about to release one of my favourite seventies albums 24-bit digital remastering of Quantum Jump’s eponymous album Barracuda i …

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Steve Hackett | Wolflight update

STEVE HACKETT REVEALS NEW BASS/12 STRING PLAYER   Prog visionary Steve Hackett has announced the addition of multi-talented guitarist Roine Stolt to his tour line-up. Stolt, known as leading light of the Flower Kings and for his association with Transatlantic, will play bass and twelve string, occasionally also joining Steve on guitar. The legendary ex-Genesis …

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Glacier | Ashes For The Monarch

Ever been in a club and a band has taken to the stage which makes you put down your drink and sit in amazement? Or been to watch a major band and been blown away by the support act?  Well, Glacier are one such band. It was so many years ago now that i first …

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Theo | The Game Of Ouroboros

  During the down time of Progmeister i we received a few albums for review that could not for technical reasons be reported on, This allowed more time than normal to listen to those albums that are to make it onto the review page. The one one that became the most addictive is The Game Of …

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Malware, terrorists and WordPress

  Hi all. Well as you can see Progmeister is now back online. Scary times we live in and the images posted by the hacker and Isis sympathizer really brought it home how worrying the situation is. However, i was as frustrated with the hosting company as i was with the the hacker. Well over …

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R.I.P. Edgar Froese

  In a truly sad bit of news Progmeister reports that Edgar Froese, the legendary founder of German electronic music pioneers Tangerine Dream, has passed away after suffering a pulmonary embolism, He was 70 years old. News of the musician’s death was shared via the group’s Facebook page today (January 23), with the post confirming …

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Steve Rothery | Ghosts Of Pripyat

  Marillion Axe man Steve Rothery seems to have developed something of a magic touch putting together as he has a formidable group of musicians that make up his live band. Having written an album of purely musical pieces what better thing to do than to get an already road tested band to help record …

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