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KEN SENIOR      I was working in the lab late one night, When my eyes beheld an eerie sight.... It was none other than Ken Senior, one of the last great English eccentrics. Ken's a little bit different to the rest of us mere mortals, as you'll see in the endearing video below, where he performs his own unique version of the Monster Mash for Halloween. It was a graveyard smash, originally recorded by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & the Crypt Kickers way back in 1962. Sadly, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett is no longer with us, having passed away in 2007, but you can still listen to him from beyond the grave, so to speak.  Smile

 4 stars 1996: Ken Senior - Evolution: The First Signs of Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAcEKeVPM1Y
 4 stars 2019: Ken Senior - Elspeth Meadow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzxTLc803IA



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SHADOWLAND    The grand wizard of prog strikes again! The omnipresent Clive Nolan is a man of many bands, having been a regular presence in Pendragon, Arena, Strangers on a Train, Caamora and Casino. In the magical realm of Neo Prog, you just know without a shadow of a doubt that any band Clive Nolan is involved with will be a surefire winner. Shadowland are no exception, so set phasers to stun for some outstanding keyboard wizardry from Clive as he delivers another masterclass of technical ecstasy and perfection Thumbs Up

 5 stars 1994: Shadowland - Through the Looking Glass 
 5 stars 1996: Shadowland - Mad as a Hatter

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SOLSTICE     A band of tree-hugging neo-pagan proggers from the New Town of Milton Keynes in central England. Milton Keynes is a town-planner's dream-come-true, made famous (or notorious) for its concrete cows and seemingly endless traffic circles, which may or may not have inspired storyteller Jon 'Christian' Anderson's Roundabout. Tongue

 4 stars 2022: Solstice - Live in Veruno - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6dRplzGuGM 




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SONIC TAPESTRY     Oh, what a tangled web we weave..... Why not explore the warp and the weft of Sonic Tapestry as they take us on a musical journey of discovery. Definitely not an album for the cloth-eared. Tongue




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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN    It's that man again. Yes, keyboard wizard Clive Nolan is back with another amazing band to entertain and delight. Strangers on a Train also includes Tracy Hitchings (of Landmarq) and Karl Groom (of Threshold), so what more could you ask for in a Neo Prog band!?? The name of the band is a reference to the classic Hitchcock thriller of 1951, although I'm glad to say no one ends up getting murdered in the band, so there's no blood on the tracks. If it's Action, Suspense & Drama you're looking for though, "The Key" trilogy of rolling stock is running on full locomotive power and with Clive Nolan involved, you can bet your bottom dollar there are no passengers on this train. The "trilogy" has the unusual distinction of being only two albums. A third album was planned and may still arrive at the station some time in the future - which will surely be a long train a-running - but sadly, it won't include Tracy Hitchings. Broken Heart

 5 stars 1990: Strangers on a Train - The Key, Part 1: The Prophecy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXoR8LJsW2w
 5 stars 1993: Strangers on a Train - The Key, Part 2: The Labyrinth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMT3wwtVa4
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 5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs

 3 stars 2013: Thieves' Kitchen - One for Sorrow, Two for Joy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYfHnQ8lI0A9YUMB0XUfztr
 3 stars 2015: Thieves' Kitchen - The Clockwork Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZDaiC7DXTiT35e6ZN7aRce

 4 stars 1982: Third Quadrant - Seeing Yourself as You Really Are - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNZn5Rhk7Q
 4 stars 1988: Third Quadrant - Layered

 5 stars 2017: This Winter Machine - The Man Who Never Was - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2rDKk0-Mo
 5 stars 2019: This Winter Machine - A Tower of Clocks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHI7qGLghA

 5 stars 2014: Tiger Moth Tales - Cocoon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6Yu9u24yg
 3 stars 2015: Tiger Moth Tales - Storytellers: Part One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvlf5y3ZFU
 4 stars 2017: Tiger Moth Tales - The Depths of Winter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8RYHiCLJs0
 4 stars 2018: Tiger Moth Tales - Storytellers: Part Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZEjljtYKI4

                  
 4 stars 2002: Tr3nity - The Cold Light of Darkness
 4 stars 2004: Tr3nity - Precious Seconds

 4 stars 1981: Twelfth Night - Live at the Target - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKcXR2QrY0IK5-FgDL1sSMm
 4 stars 2010: Twelfth Night - MMX: Twelfth Night Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIg0o4umc4SXsoKidVSVNX1
 4 stars 2012: Twelfth Night - A Night to Remember - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJxk0sTS0w3y0lu2K2dz6fa


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TAMARISK     The tamarisk is an ancient African tree mentioned in the Bible, representing hope and life and symbolizing new beginnings. The tamarisk tree is also noted for its ability to survive in harsh conditions and  is a symbol of strength and resilience, just like Tamarisk the band, who survived the first wave of British Neo Prog in the early 1980's and made a remarkable comeback forty years later with a new album, titled "Suspended Animation", appropriately enough. Their 2012 album, "Frozen in Time" is just what it says on the label too, a compilation harking back to Tamarisk's nascent beginnings in the early 1980's. Tamarisk aren't afraid to risk political controversy either, as their song "Total Coverage (The Battle of Bean Field)" details the events surrounding the massive clash between the police and New Age travellers at the ancient monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire in the summer of 1985, which still remains shrouded in controversy to this day. In fact, it's one of the most shocking events in British political history since we first discovered that Lib-Dem leader Paddy Pantsdown had had an extra-marital affair! Shocked 





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MICHAEL ALAN TAYLOR     "A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart!"...... And so it is with the beautiful music of Michael Alan Taylor, who's taking a break from Neo Prog band Nth Ascension to present this magnificent swords and sorcery epic of Arthurian legend, where gallant knights in white shining armour come to the rescue of fair maidens in distress. Surely the most epic tale since Rick Wakeman presented King Arthur on Ice, but at a fraction of the cost. Smile

5 stars 2018: Michael Alan Taylor - Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXkEL6wWKJh_UyirC6BwLqdd_2IAyJdUs




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THIRD QUADRANT     A multi-layered Neo Prog foursome with many stories to tell. It'd be a crime to skip them, just like crime in multi-storey car parks, which is wrong on so many different levels. Ouch

 4 stars 1982: Third Quadrant - Seeing Yourself as You Really Are - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNZn5Rhk7Q
 4 stars 1988: Third Quadrant - Layered

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THIEVES' KITCHEN    Not a den of iniquity, but an eclectic Neo Prog trio from Swindon. Thieves' Kitchen's albums are priced at around £12 on Amazon, which isn't exactly a steal, but it's not daylight robbery either. Smile

 3 stars 2013: Thieves' Kitchen - One for Sorrow, Two for Joy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYfHnQ8lI0A9YUMB0XUfztr
 3 stars 2015: Thieves' Kitchen - The Clockwork Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZDaiC7DXTiT35e6ZN7aRce
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THIS WINTER MACHINE     There's no need to wrap up warm as This Winter Machine will warm the cockles of your heart and leave you flying high as a Kite. Smile

 5 stars 2017: This Winter Machine - The Man Who Never Was - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY2rDKk0-Mo
 5 stars 2019: This Winter Machine - A Tower of Clocks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKHI7qGLghA


It's cold comfort for the Top Gear team though...



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TIGER MOTH TALES     Chocks awaaaay! It's time to take flight with Tiger Moth Tales, a squadron of Neo Prog aviators from the county of Nottinghamshire and captained by squadron leader Peter Jones - not the guy from Dragons' Den, but a blind singer and multi-instrumentalist who's probably best-remembered now for appearing in the 2015 remake of Steve Hackett's Spectral Mornings with David Longdon of Big Big Train and Christina Booth of Magenta, but if you don't recall that momentous event in the progosphere, then here's a timely reminder. Smile


 5 stars 2014: Tiger Moth Tales - Cocoon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6Yu9u24yg
 3 stars 2015: Tiger Moth Tales - Storytellers: Part One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvlf5y3ZFU
 4 stars 2017: Tiger Moth Tales - The Depths of Winter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8RYHiCLJs0
 4 stars 2018: Tiger Moth Tales - Storytellers: Part Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZEjljtYKI4



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TIME COLLIDER     If you've got the time, then they've got the music. Time Collider are loud and they're proud and they're on a collision course and taking no prisoners, so light the blue touch paper, stand well back and watch the fireworks as this fine band are ready to set the world alight. Then again, they could fizzle out like a damp squib. Will there be a second album? Only time will tell. Sorry, I know that's a tired old cliche, but on a level playing field, it can't always be avoided at the end of the day, but all's well that ends well. Tongue



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TR3NITY     The tremendous triumvirate of Tr3nity come triumphantly trotting along with two tantalizing treatises on the trials and tribulations of life in these troubling and trying times. If only Tr3nity had released one more album to make it a truly terrific Tr3nity, but then again, in the words of Meat Loaf, two out of three ain't bad, so let's just be thankful for Precious Seconds. Smile

 4 stars 2002: Tr3nity - The Cold Light of Darkness
 4 stars 2004: Tr3nity - Precious Seconds



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The album cover of the Tr3nity record looks like one of those early 3D tech demos.

It didn't age well.


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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

The album cover of the Tr3nity record looks like one of those early 3D tech demos.

It didn't age well.
It's a good thing the music contained within is much better than the uninspiring cover might suggest. I really like the cover of Tr3nity's second album though. If I was ever lucky enough to find that album in a second-hand record store, it may even prompt me to buy it out of curiosity. After all, it was the colorful album artwork of Roger Dean that first sparked my interest in YES, although ironically, the first YES album I ever bought was the album with the plain dull grey cover which was named after its catalog number. Smile
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The music is indeed great.
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

The music is indeed great.

I've seen much worse album covers than Tr3nity's debut though, like this cringe-worthy cover from Krautrock band Brainstorm for instance, although the Germans are well-known for being a little bit kinky. Smile




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TWELFTH NIGHT     "If music be the food of love, then play on." - Duke Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which later provided the inspiration for a Fleetwood Mac album. Separating Fact and Fiction now, it's a fact that Twelfth Night were one of the first Neo Prog bands with their first Live album recorded back in February 1981, which must have been A Night to Remember. They also released two studio albums in 1982 which preceded Marillion's first album by a whole year. Twelfth Night are masters of Art & Illusion with their masterpiece Sequences album destined to become a treasured Collectors Item. Smile

 4 stars 1981: Twelfth Night - Live at the Target - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKcXR2QrY0IK5-FgDL1sSMm
 4 stars 2010: Twelfth Night - MMX: Twelfth Night Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIg0o4umc4SXsoKidVSVNX1
 4 stars 2012: Twelfth Night - A Night to Remember - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJxk0sTS0w3y0lu2K2dz6fa
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 4 stars 1991: The Violet Hour - The Fire Sermon 
 



 4 stars 2004: Yak - Dark Side of the Duck - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbr0xWDM6k
 4 stars 2015: Yak - Quest for the Stones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YQQWx_rh4w




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