Navigator are Tony Anderson, Kent Eskildsen and Jens Peschke from Kubusschnitt. So what we get here is certainly born from retro influences but with a decent dollop of their own inventiveness at the same time. Also involved as guests are two more of the Kubusschnitt boys, Ruud Heij who appears on almost half of the album plus Tom Coppens on the fifteen minute 'Leaves on the Line'. Indeed on this track you get effectively three quarters of Kubusschnitt.
Phantom Navigator is the seventeenth album by jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, that was released on Columbia in 1987.
This trio was formed in the summer of 1998. The mission has to fill the void, evident in prog-genre niche, by creating a "true" retro-progressive sound. Marc Perrcelli on keyboards/synths and lead vocals, Rob Thurman on drums & lead vocals, Michael Soro on guitars and vocals. Influences of the band include ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes and so on from 70-s era. Their first CD "reEvolution" (vol. 1), a concept piece, was released in 2002. Great stuff… Alas, Marc has left the group some time ago. Nevertheless, Navigator goes on.
Symbian is a duo of 2 artists: Peter De Backer and Johan Van den Abeele. Although they both have a completely different musical background (Peter’s great example is the work of Vangelis and Johan is more a classical/jazz type of person), their combined efforts as a group have yielded some spectacular results. Fans of 90's Vangelis will certainly enjoy this album. The music is pleasant enough for repeated listening and would do well as a soundtrack for a nature or cultural documentary.