Back Against the Wall is an album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with a number of (mostly) progressive rock artists as a tribute to Pink Floyd's album The Wall…
Third time around for Jess and the Ancient Ones sees them take a magical mystery trip to the dark side of the sixties as seen through the eyes of modern-day occult rock musicians. This time the band went for an organic and human approach and produced a very old fashioned album, 9 songs and 34 minutes, recorded and mixed together with their live sound engineer. Groovy, heavy, psychedelic beat music? Hard death rock? Occult head-exploding meltdown? All of them and more. “I cannot put a label on it, I just make it as it comes”, says band guitarist and composer Thomas Corpse, who also created the lysergic cover art to The Horse and Other Weird Tales.
On January 23, 1960, Jacques Piccard reached a place as far as the dark side of the moon: The Mariana Trench. Deepest Cut in the Ocean. Only 3 men have ever seen the so calles "Challenger Deep" with their own eyes. Jacques was the first; half of a century ago. This Helicon Wave album is dedicated to his great adventure. It features 2 longtracks. Imagine to go deep down into the pacific ocean while listening to the sound. Enjoy.