National Health

1000 Autunni is the brilliant work of Italian keyboardist Paolo "Ske" Botta who is in the band Yugen and also appeared on French TV's "This Is What We Do". If you are even remotely interested in sophisticated and complex eclectic prog then you can not go wrong with this. Everything about this just evokes musical ecstasy like few others can. What we have here is an amalgamation of many influences seamlessly fused together to create some strange yet beautiful sonic bliss…

This DVD features the Whitesnake founding members performing Whitesnake’s greatest hits live! Guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody with bassist Neil Murray are joined by a host of well known guest musicians to perform all the classic songs that launched Whitesnake into the stadiums of the world. Their combined musical ability produce a phenomenal live show recorded in front of a sold-out audience in June 2004 at Mechanics in Burnley (UK).

From the remnants of Soft Machine, electric bass guitarist Hugh Hopper and saxophonist Elton Dean formed the quartet Soft Heap to further advance their progressive jazz-fusion oriented ideas. As keyboardist Mike Ratledge, multi-instrumentalist Karl Jenkins, and electric guitarist Allan Holdsworth took Soft Machine into a different, louder arena, Hopper and Dean were more intrigued with the intuitive creative improvised side of the music away from their initially strict Canterbury orientation…

"Here They Go Again" is the first album released by the English rock band The Company of Snakes. It is compiled of live recordings from concerts at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany (first disc) and in the Norwegian city of Trondheim (second disc). Because of the musical background of band leaders Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody, almost the entire set list consists of old Whitesnake songs. The album title "Here They Go Again" also refers to a famous Whitesnake song "Here I Go Again" (of which there has been two versions; one released on Saints and Sinners and one released on Whitesnake. The Company of Snakes focuses more on the original version). Of this album, "Kinda Wish You Would" is the only song that made it onto T.C.O.S.'s (only) studio album Burst The Bubble.

Anaid is composed of Emmanuelle Lionet (vocals), Jean-Max Delva (vibraphone), former Soft Machine member, (and Canterbury legend) Hugh Hopper (bass), Patrice Meyer (guitar), a keyboard player and a drummer. Their music has been compared to the first ZAO and to COS because of the powerful female vocalist, and sometimes to Gong (Expresso II period) because of the preponderance of vibraphone as well as the specific "tonal harmonies and melodies…

For a huge army of fans around the world, the classic line-up of Whitesnake which recorded albums such as 'Ready An' Willing', 'Live In The Heart Of The City' and 'Come An' Get it' was the definitive rock band of the late 70s and early 80s. There is something unique about the combination of musicians who built Whitesnake's success that cannot be replicated, and the songs that they wrote and recorded together are still incredibly popular.

Dirk Mont Campbell is a composer and performer with skills in a variety of non-Western ethnic traditions acquired after his time in pioneering progressive rock bands such as Uriel/Arzachel, Egg, National Health, as well as a large number of collaborations on different albums and audiovisual projects.
So, thirteen pieces of music in non-Western ethnic traditions which are, quite simply, an adventure and intellectually and culturally stimulating… An exceptional album, a modern classic by an experienced musician whose notes accompanying this album shine with the warmth of the best of humanity.

Low Budget doesn't have a narrative like Preservation or Soap Opera, but Ray Davies cleverly designed the album as a sly satire of the recession and oil crisis that gripped America in the late '70s – thereby satisfying his need to be a wry social commentator while giving American audiences a hook to identify with…