Artists A-E

Band: 3.2 (Keith Emerson, Robert Berry)
Album: The Rules Have Changed
VÖ: 10.08.2018
Label: Frontiers Music/Soulfood

Band: AARON BROOKS 
Album: Homunculus
VÖ: 21.09.2018
Label: Gentle Art Of Music/Soulfood

Aaron Brooks, der Songwriter der bejubelten amerikanischen Psychedelic-Rockband Simeon Soul Charger kehrt mit diesem Album aus einer zweijährigen Abstinenz von der Musikszene zurück.

Rock Hard 8/10: "Zeitlos gute Ohrenstreichler-Musik mit fabelhaften Hooklines."

Slam 8/10

Good Times: "Brooks rechnet zynisch, messerscharf und gelungen ab."

Visions: "…ein unterhaltsames Solo-Debüt aus globalisiertem Allerlei und progressiver Western-Romantik."

Rocks: "Für die 13 Songs verkleidet er sich 13 Mal, ohne seine Identität zu verstecken…."

TOP RUHR: "Großartiges Solowerk… Ein Betörendes Album und Pflichtkauf!"

Empire: "Die druckvolle und transparente Produktion passt bestens zur Musik."

Classic Rock: "Rasiermesserscharfe Gesellschaftskritik… Prog-Psych-Noir"

Legacy 12/15: "…wie eine maximale Verdichtung ungeheuer vieler Ideen. Das Kunststück dabei? Die Protagonisten haben es geschafft, nahezu jedem Track einen Liedermacher-Charakter zu verleihen; die Songs funktionieren also prinzipiell sowohl im Radio als auch unterm Kopfhörer… es ist ein Ausnahmealbum in einem eigentlich undenkbaren Spannungsfeld aus Jahrmarkts- und Kammermusik, Singer/Songwriter-Kram sowie Rock"

Orkus: "Fast schon traurig wirken einige der Lieder, die mit Aarons glasklarer Stimme durch Mark und Bein gehen."

Break Out: "…sehr abwechslungsreich und überrascht durch seine Qualität. … Sehr schöne Sache, bin begeistert! Unbedingt anchecken!"

Westzeit: "…liefert er nun ein Album, das konzeptionell durchaus als Singer-Songwriter Opus durchgeht, stilistisch indes eher auf Grunge-Rock-Strukturen basiert – was insbesondere bei orchestralen oder balladesken Songs für interessante, überraschende, spannende und unterhaltsame Kontraste sorgt."

Band: AGUSA
Album: Agusa
VÖ: 27.10.2017
Label: Laser’s Edge/Alive

Swedish psychedelic/progressive rock alchemists AGUSA present their third full-length album, and second for Laser’s Edge, simply titled Agusa.

AGUSA‘s output invokes visions of nature and the cosmos, their ethereal passages meandering into realms of a possibly supernatural or parallel existence. While not an entirely instrumental act, backing vocal mantras only seep in through purposeful cracks in the construction of these immense hymns, adding an even more expansive sentiment to the proceedings.

The follow-up to 2015’s Agusa 2 (Två ) sees the AGUSA circle expanding their kaleidoscopic output which conjures images of nature and the cosmos, their extensive passages again leading the listener into fantastic realms of a possibly supernatural or parallel existence. While Agusa 2 (Två) engulfed forty minutes of music through two massive tracks, Agusa sees the band delivering their singular brand of, trance-inducing, folk-inspired, occult rock through more traditional track lengths, offering five songs which range from five to ten-and-a-half minutes in length and are a bit heavier than the album’s predecessors.

Agusa was recorded and mixed by Viktor Rinneby and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Bob Katz, and completed with art by Danilo Stankovic and design by Peter Wallgren.

In September 2016 AGUSA released their live disc Katarsis, which had been recorded in Athens, Greece six months before. Following that release the band had hectic schedule with gigs in Scandinavia, Poland, and back to Greece. This proved to be too much for organ player Jonas Berge who left the band in January 2017, while recording the new Agusa album, which caused the band to take a pause in order to complete the album and replace Berge. Finding a talented organ player who would also fit into the group proved to be a difficult task, but finally Danish organ player Jeppe Juul was picked as Berge’s successor. Juul is originally from Denmark but now lives in the deep woods of southern Sweden in primitive circumstances, where they must carry all water from a nearby well and occasionally get some electricity from some solar cells on the roof. He has previously played with many acts in different genres; Marcus Miller, Royal Danish Ballet, and Lili Haydn, among many others.

AGUSA has performed live throughout Europe, including the mighty Roadburn Festival and more. Preceding the new Agusa album, flute player Jenny Puertas gave birth to a daughter in May which saw the band performing sans-flute for several shows, and additionally, organist Jonas Berge rejoined the lineup for several performances, which saw them playing live with two organ players. As always, AGUSA performed vastly different versions of the new songs live compared to how they ended up on the album, continuing their ongoing mission of turning every concert into something unique.

Laser’s Edge will release AGUSA’s eponymous third LP on October 27th, 2017, which will be celebrated with release shows in Sweden and Denmark, after which the band will head east to play their first gigs on Russian soil.

TRACK LIST

1. Landet Längesen
2. Sorgenfri
3. Den Förtrollade Skogen
4. Sago från Saaris
5. Bortom Hemom

Band: AIRRACE 
Album:Untold Stories
VÖ: 10.08.2018
Label: Frontiers Music/Soulfood

Band: AKERCOCKE
Album: Renaissance In Extremis
VÖ: 25.08.2017
Label: Peaceville/Edel