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No future?
What will the future of prog look like, assuming there's still life on earth...?

garethsprogblog
Sep 5, 20177 min read


The Fender Rhodes
The desire for the authentic sounds of the 70s harboured by some modern prog bands has led to a quiet revolution in digital samples. The...

garethsprogblog
Apr 25, 20165 min read


The magic flute
Back in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...

garethsprogblog
Jan 31, 20156 min read


Time to dream
Edgar Froese, the founder member of Tangerine Dream died unexpectedly last week from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70. Edgar Froese...

garethsprogblog
Jan 25, 20156 min read


The instruments of Prog: the Mellotron and the mini-Moog
I’ve been lucky enough to play around on a Mellotron but I didn’t have the foresight to buy the Beast. The instrument was in a music shop...

garethsprogblog
Jul 12, 20147 min read


Lean years for prog (part 2)
Citizen Smith At the start of the third year Jim and I went to see Barbara Thompson at the Tramshed and, to Jim’s surprise, he knew the...

garethsprogblog
Aug 24, 20137 min read

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