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    Posted: July 16 2008 at 19:19
I was surfing the site today when I noticed that The Tangent's bio is hideously out of date, and it refers to the band as only having one album. If that's open for change I'd be happy to take some time and rewrite it! It's not credited to anyone so I'm not sure if it's a PA original either because the first album came out before 2004 which is when I'm under the impression that the site was started.

I'd be happy to update this if someone gives the me go-ahead! Big%20smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2008 at 12:05
uuuuh, *bump*
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2008 at 12:13
Post it here and I'll upload it.
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2008 at 12:22
Cool! I'll get on that
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2008 at 01:45
THE TANGENT is a project originally formed by Andy Tillison, Guy Manning and Sam Baine of PARALLEL OR 90 DEGREES [Po90] as well as half of THE FLOWER KINGS including Jonas Reingold, Zoltan Csorsz and guitar virtuoso and former KAIPA member Roine Stolt. Of course to put further icing on the cake David Jackson of VAN DER GRAFF GENERATOR would lend his legendary sax to the band for their debut album. This started out as a mere project and was actually intended to be a Tillison solo effort before it became a full fledged band as Tillison felt the need to produce something more typically 'prog' than he'd been doing in Po90. Of course it has to be noted that this really is Andy Tillison's affair since over the years the entire roster (spare Tillison and Manning) has been changed due to many different circumstances, which has really not affected the supergroup as many would expect. Often asked about his changing line up, Tillison responds by saying that it's all part of a prog band's life and fans of the genre know all about line-up changes by now. THE TANGENT is quite a dynamic band in terms of line up even now as they recruit several members of BEARDFISH onto their team, having been impressed by them on the "Not As Good As The Book" tour. This does make for a very dynamic sound which leaves the band with a fresh angle for each album. Often touted as a 'retro' band thanks to their old school sound, the band does have a very 'classic' prog feel to them with Tillison's prominent synths. THE TANGENT has often been compared to YES and KING CRIMSON in style because of the mixture of Light and Dark with Stolt and Tillison (respectively) at the helm of the project. Highly melodic and very inclined to write sprawling epics THE TANGENT should satisfy the tastes of any prog listener who wants to go back to the roots of the genre while maintaining a contemporary message and feel.

Their music is often cynical as Tillison has often been seen as 'the dark horse' of the modern progressive scene, his lyrics often poking fun at modern music and tendencies as shown in every one of their albums, but especially "The Music That Died Alone" and their newest effort to date, "Not As Good As The Book", which is a largely sarcastic and cynical look at the world that turned out to be not as good as we thought it would be. Their second effort, "The World That We Drive Through" continued the band's approach as on their first one but without the help of David Jackson on the sax. The first two albums can easily be seen to work in connection with each other even in naming conventions and the similar, striking artwork that graces both albums. If there's one thing that the second album did that really made it different from the first was establish that this was more than just a mere project, making cohesive suits (as opposed to split) and even changing their sound slightly (this one often seen as more jazz oriented) while keeping the general tone of the debut. "A Place In The Queue" remains a modern prog essential and proved that Tillison would be able to continue the band without the Flower King (Roine Stolt) on the roster.

This band is highly recommended to anyone who is a fan of THE FLOWER KINGS and anyone who wants to hear what's new in the prog scene. This is music by prog fans for prog fans as Tillison himself proves to be just as big as a prog freak as any of us would expect him to be and seems to know just how to quench the progressive thirst.

Bio Written by King By-Tor, Canada

Discography:
The Music That Died Alone (2003)
The World That We Drive Through (2004)
Pyramids and Stars [Live] (2004)
A Place In The Queue (2006)
Going Off On One [Live DVD] (2007)
Not As Good As The Book (2008)
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Here you go guys! Hope that fits the bill


Edited by King By-Tor - July 19 2008 at 02:01
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2008 at 11:32
Done. Good work!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2008 at 00:16

Good bio,but you didn't even mention their second album The World That We Drive Through.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2008 at 01:52
You're right... I wasn't sure that all the albums should be mentioned in a discography so small when it says "make mention of their best releases", being that the second release is their lowest rated.

However! I wouldn't be opposed to updating that if Tuz doesn't mind posting it on the band's page again
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2008 at 02:02
Jody, I updated the bio (here anyways) to include the second album (the segment of which is temporarily italicized). What do you think?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2008 at 14:37
Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

However! I wouldn't be opposed to updating that if Tuz doesn't mind posting it on the band's page again


No, I don't mind. The bio is updated. Thanks. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2008 at 20:25
Cheers Tuz, you're the best!
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