Light Year Reveal The Fantastic

A good ten years after the first archival album was published in the mid-1970s, jazz rocker Light Year, who was active in California, was somewhat surprisingly released in autumn 2020 by a second collection with historical recordings of the formation. "Hypernauts of the Absolute Elsewhere" was released like "Reveal The Fantastic" by Green Tree Records from Berlin.
The material to be found on "Hypernauts of the Absolute Elsewhere" is probably the rest of the demo material that the band recorded at the time (or another part - who knows what else is there somewhere; a live cut maybe?). The sound is very good, so it can be assumed that the recordings were made in a recording studio under thoroughly professional conditions…

Constantly creative, Marc Almond releases his brand new album Chaos and a Dancing Star. The album was made in collaboration with producer, songwriter and pianist Chris Braide, who also worked on The Velvet Trail. An Ivor Novello winner and a Grammy nominee, Braide’s many high profile credits include work with artists such as Sia, Lana Del Rey and Halsey. The duo started writing for the album three years ago, their initial plan for a prog rock album evolving into something leaning more towards strident pop melodies. The title informs many of the album’s themes, and impermanence is also a recurring topic. It emerges in various forms: mortality in Black Sunrise and Dust, as well as saying farewell and leaving a legacy in Cherry Tree and When The Stars Are Gone. The jaunty Slow Burn Love provides light amongst the darkness, with its hope of finding an ever-lasting love rather than one that’s “over before you blink your eyes” - a counterpoint to Marc’s common premise that love inevitably proves to be a disappointment.