 >> This Week |
| Saturday, August 23rd, 2025 |
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We'll
track new music in our SECOND SET from the Cuneiform Records label in SWRM
and the new album titled Lights Out. This excellent new release that
features both Alec K. Redfearn and Matt McLaren of Alec K. Redfearn and
the Eyesores and Barnacled. Together they forge an alchemical blend of
psychedelic, progressive rock, space rock, minimal wave, and post-punk
beautifully. Alec and Matt have been collaborating since the early '90s,
and SWRM is the culmination of that lifelong collaboration, a
genre-melting project that channels their favorite music and literature
absorbed over the years, whether by design or osmosis. With a sound that�s
as volatile as it is immersive, SWRM is experimental, hypnotic, and always
evolving. We'll also track and excellent new release out of Melbourne,
Australia in the amazing project The Outernet and their new release titled
The Light And The Fury. This incredible independent release led by the
visionary keyboardist, producer and composer Phil Turcio, 'The Outernet'
stands as a testament to the boundless creativity that can flourish
when like-minded virtuosos come together. With Phil Turcio at the helm,
Pete Drummond on drums, Pete Mollica on bass, and the promising newcomer
Emilio Kormanic on guitar, the ensemble has woven an intricate tapestry of
sound that defies categorization. Just following your weekly installment of The Stargazer's Handbook, your guide to all the celestial events forthcoming in the skies this week including the latest astronomy news, we'll track new progressive metal out of Durham in the United Kingdom in the debut release from Erebor and their Infinitus Somnium that features three incredible extended pieces that floats between progressive technical metal & progressive rock. The new album release features the lineup of Valentine Rodriguez on vocals, brothers Will Unwin on bass & Tom Unwin on drums along with Jordan Giles on guitar & vocals and Mia Bennett on guitar as well. This week's Philadelphia Progressive Rock Concert Update looks at next weekend's legendary progressive rock festival at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the Labor Day weekend staple known and beloved as Progday. We'll track new music from Laser's Edge recording artists Edensong and their 2025 release titled Our Road To Dust. Our 4th Set Space Out
this week tracks incredible new spiritual jazz fusion from German/Korean
vocalist Song Yi Jeon and the Song Yi Jeon Nonet and their wonderful new
recording
independently released titled The Earthy Suites. The music of Song Yi Jeon
Nonet (Song Yi Jeon Nonet) is contemporary jazz inspired by the
traditional Korean percussion genre known as Samulnori. This purely
percussive music features four distinct instruments (Samul) played
together (Nori), creating a unique and dynamic sound. In 1978, four master
drummers Kim Duk Soo, Lee Gwang Soo, Choi Jong Sil, and Kang Min Seok
adapted and modernized this traditional form for stage performance, giving
rise to what is now recognized as Samulnori. While the core concept of
four percussion instruments performing in unison remai Our 5th and final set will feature the new archive release from Yard Stick Records that is in at number 8 in this week's WEEKLYTOP20 from the iconic Kraftwerk and their 1974 recording that aired on Frankfurt, Germany radio, spotlighting their performance at Hessicher Rundfunk HR1. As part of a festival of music happening then, the theme was to be various minimalist concepts under the title "Between Pop And Avantgarde", with Kraftwerk performing their set on the date of January 25th, 1974. At this point, Kraftwerk had released three albums of minimalist electronic music, one under the name Ralf & Florian, and two as Kraftwerk, and for this performance the core trio of Ralf H�tter, Florian Schneider and Wolfgang Fl�r were joined by Klaus R�der on electro-violin and guitar, making a unique line-up for this one concert. The band played pieces from their three albums, as well as one from the forthcoming and legendary album we know and love as Autobahn. As it was recorded for radio broadcast the sound quality remains excellent. This recording is of such historical importance that it deserves to be heard, as it features a line-up of the band which never made it to a recording studio. We'll also track music from the 2009 release from Mastodon and the Crack The Skye album as the sad news came down on August 20th, that former guitarist and co-founder of Mastodon in guitarist Brent Hinds, sadly passed in an unfortunate accident while riding his motorcycle on Wednesday. We'll
also celebrate the 50th anniversaries of releases from Canterbury legends
Gilgamesh and their 1975 self titled release, along with the 50th
anniversary of Harmonia's Deluxe. We'll also track the 50th anniversary of
the late great Klaus Schulze 1975 classic and personal favorite to the
radio program in his Brain Records release Timewind as well. We'll also
celebrate the 30th anniversary of what was the most requested new album
this week in 1995 in the Magna Carta Recor We'll
close out with what is our number one album in this week's WEEKLYTOP20
for now the 5th straight week in the amazing new release from the Laser's Edge Record label in Norwegian
project Agropelter and their amazing debut release titled The Book Of
Hours. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist & composer Kay Olsen
who joined us just recently on Program 1951 to talk in depth about the new
offering has to no surprise upon its 7/25 release date on Friday, debuted
at number one. Agropelter
is an astounding progressive rock project from Norway. The music lends as
much inspiration from the classic prog groups like Genesis, Camel, King
Crimson and Eloy, as it does from classic composers Rachmaninoff,
Beethoven, Bach along with Vangelis and Terje Rypdal. On the debut album you can expect lots of Mellotron, Hammond organs, ARP, cembalo, Minimoogs and Taurus bass pedals. Kay Olsen have played all guitars, bass, church organ, and keyboard leads. Also contributing is Jonas Reingold (Steve Hackett, The Flower Kings, Kaipa, Karmakanic) on fretless bass, Mattias Olsson (�nglag�rd, White Willow, Molesome) on percussion, vintage synth overdubs and atmosphere, Andreas Sj�en (Umpfel, V�DE, Sean Ashe) on drums along with lots of classical musicians on various strings and woodwinds. The record is mixed and mastered by the great Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow, Donner, Solstein) You can now check us out 24 hours a day at our new Gagliarchives Radio station at RadioKing. Visit us at https://play.radioking.com/radio/gagliarchives-radio where you can hear bits and pieces of recent programming and a special nod back to our spin-off radio program known as The Analogue Tapes Series! Stay tuned for more updates! Again we thank ALL of you for continuing on a daily basis to email us your suggestions, your lists, and ideas for future programming. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS SO MUCH FUN!! Our recent interviews with Jason Blake, Ice Age, ZOPP, Hedvig Mollestad, Percy Jones & Ray Loboda will be up on our http://youtube.com/gagliarchives in the upcoming weeks as well! Also
friends, North Thirteenth
Studios has launched the new Lost Satellite Records Bandcamp page to
celebrate the many unearthed recordings of Philadelphia jazz guitar legend
Sonny Troy who sadly left us this year. This prodigious and beloved
musician Visit the site at https://sonnytroy.bandcamp.com/ Sonny Troy - 1938-2021
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