Wilderness October 2019

On his stellar debut LP for Mute, NIN keyboardist and formidable solo artist, Alessandro Cortini taps into a poignantly melodic yet ascetic vein of his prized, gauzy style. 'Volume Massimo,' combines his fondness for melody with the rigour of experimental practice that follows on from 2017's universally acclaimed album ‘Avanti. 8 tracks of deftly arranged synthesizers saturated with sonic artefacts and luscious pop sensibilities.

Nightwish, one of the best metal bands out there, with one of the best singers in the world right now, performing a setlist of songs from across their career in front of a South American audience that goes insane in the way that only South American audiences do (and the energy of that crowd comes across on the CD as well as the DVD). There's a lot of pre-2005 material here, and Floor rises to the challenge, makes those songs her own, and truly impresses. There are moments of terror as you feel she's setting up a high note she has no chance of hitting - and then she does, spectacularly, laying to rest the ghost of Tarja once and for all. The whole band rise to the occasion behind her, and create one of the best live albums/DVDs of the decade!

Recorded live at Koseinenkin Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo on October 23, 1978. After quitting DEEP PURPLE 1973 IAN GILLAN spent quite a while in a musical wilderness before forming IAN GILLAN BAND in late 1975. This part of his career has been well documented on other Angel Air releases. Ian Gillan Band released three studio albums and were set to record a fourth when Ian had a change of heart, he sensed that the reaction to the group's complicated jazz-rock style was in danger of alienating his core audience. Ian decided to disband IGB and to form a new band - GILLAN. As IGB had a large and very loyal fan base in Japan and as the band at that time had no record deal then it was only natural that GILLAN toured Japan.