Danny Bonte

Art Rock Show – Discipline – Breadcrumbs (Week 48)

Discipline is een progressieve rockband uit Detroit, bekend om hun dramatische live-optredens, complexe composities en donkere, verhalende songs. Sinds de vroege jaren ’90 bouwt de band — onder leiding van zanger, toetsenist en componist Matthew Parmenter — aan een unieke mix van symfonische rock, art-rock en avant-prog.

Mel Allen van The Progressive Aspect (TPA): “Formed in Detroit during 1987, they have recorded five studio albums before this one, each made with such care and attention proving that quality is often better than quantity. Now the band have returned with this new album, eight years after their last. Was it worth the wait? Oh yes in my opinion it is, they have delivered an excellent example of modern progressive music with a sound that is recognisable as Discipline – oozing quality, beauty, restrained tension, superbly played and presented throughout demonstrating their time between releases has been put to great use.… Read more...

Rock On! Wednesday, 26 November 2025 – Blue Effect, Jazz Q, Flamengo, Energit & Miroslav Vitouš

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Dan’s pick of the week: Blue Effect, (Svitanie), Jazz Q (Symbiosis), Flamengo (Kure V Hodinkách), Energit (Energit) & Miroslav Vitouš (Purple).

Blue Effect was een Tsjechische rockband die sinds hun oprichting in 1968 ook opereerde onder de namen M. Efekt, Modrý efekt of Special Blue Effect. Het belangrijkste en enige vaste lid van de band, van de oprichting tot aan zijn overlijden in 2016, was gitarist Radim Hladík, voorheen lid van The Matadors. Blue Effect veranderde verschillende keren van muziekstijl, variërend van bluesrock en jazzfusion tot artrock.

Mike McLatchey Exposé Online: “But while all of these covered a great amount of territory, it was really Svitanie that started the progressive rock version of the group by the addition of Synkopy’s Oldrich Vesely, who could cover the funky electric piano material while also adding Arp Solina and solo synths.… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Finally George – Painter (Week 47)

Finally George is het muzikale project rond singer-songwriter en multi-instrumentalist Georg Hahn, waarin persoonlijke verhalen, rijke melodieën en knappe arrangementen samenkomen. Met een sound die laveert tussen progressieve rock, sfeervolle pop en filmische elementen, creëert Georg een intieme maar groots klinkende wereld.

Prog Archives review: “Now (Finally Georg!), I am eagerly enthused to write my first review of this supremely talented artist. I fell in love with 7-minute gems tracks such as “She”, “Remember Me”, “I’ll Be There”, and “Life is A Killer” off that delicious first album, astounded by the massive melodic content, profoundly drenched in melancholic reflection, the impeccable vocals and the first-rate instrumental backing, obviously an undeniable sense of Genesis, a dab of Supertramp , as well as recent sonic offerings by Drifting Sun, Believe, Riversea, Mystery, RPWL, Sylvan, etc?… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Numen – The Outsider (Week 46)

De Spaanse progressieve rockband Numen werd in 1992 opgericht in Alicante door Víctor Arques (bas/vocals), Manuel Mas (keyboards) en Gaspar Martínez (drums). Al vroeg zette de groep zich neer als een ambitieuze formatie, met een sterke focus op melodie, uitgebreide instrumentale arrangementen én emotioneel geladen teksten. Met het project The Outsider – een rockopera – bewijst Numen dat ze blijven streven naar vernieuwing binnen het progressieve genre.

Prog Archives review: “Numen’s fourth release represents a departure from “Cyclothymia.” That album followed a very melodic neo-prog vein, albeit with a certain fondness for the British symphonic sounds of the 1970s.
“The Outsider” is a very distinctive album. In this nearly two-hour rock opera, through its main character, Paul, he tells us about a less spiritual and more materialistic human being, who fills his empty life with momentary and superficial satisfactions.… Read more...