Crimson Worlds

Travis & Fripp - All Saints Church, Broad Chalke, United Kingdom - May 21, 2009 (2009) {DGM Official Digital Download}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44kHz - Official Digital Download (dgmlive.com) -> 245 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 124 Mb | Artwork (pdf+jpg) | 5% repair rar
© 2009 Travis & Fripp / Discipline Global Mobile / King Crimson / DGMlive.com
Soundscapes / Rock / Avant-Garde / Experimental / Ambient / Art Rock

Following on from the previous evening’s performance at Wimborne Minster, Travis & Fripp decamp to Broad Chalke. Around 50 or so people gratefully exchanged the sweltering heat outdoors for All Saints’ cool stone walls and lofty wooden rafters. Working in a productive mixture of agreed areas (such as a key or a “feel”) and complete improvisation, the performance is a delicately tightrope walk between two worlds. Perhaps due to differences of venues, times and the occasion (this was ostensibly a fund-raiser for the local school), the music seemed lighter in tone compared to the more sombre mood struck the previous evening.

This is Shroom Productions best release so far. HANDS were an American band, founded by members from PRISM, who were active between 1977 and 1980. They never released an album back then, but this CD is put together with material from that period. The sound quality is overall very good with a few exceptions. - Their music is a mix between medieval music and progressive rock, mostly instrumental. HANDS have strong compositions and intriguing arrangements and they're reminiscent to GENTLE GIANT, JETHRO TULL, KING CRIMSON, MIRTHRANDIR, PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI, and YES.

The masters of progressive rock return for their darkest and possibly most thrilling album to date! 13 haunting original tracks featuring the likes of Billy Idol axeman Steve Stevens, Deep Purple legend Steve Morse, King Crimson violinist David Cross, GnR guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, and The Moody Blues's Patrick Moraz plus members of Weather Report, Utopia, Angel, Soft Machine, Gong and more! Once again, famed Yes bassist and producer Billy Sherwood leads this supergroup, writing all of the songs and directing the superb performances from each contributor!

Fire Merchants - Landlords of Atlantis (1994)
EAC | FLAC tracks +CUE +LOG +600 dpi Full Scans = 444 Mb | RAR 3% | RS
Genre: Progressive Rock/Fusion | Label: Renaissance | Catalog Number: RCD1007

"Landlords of Atlantis" by the Fire Merchants is one of the most powerful instrumental rock albums ever recorded. The trio features guitarist John Goodsall, bassist Doug Lunn, and drummer Toss Panos who perform in a dazzling manner throughout. The music (composed by Lunn and Goodsall) combines the complexity of King Crimson and the Mahavishnu Orchestra with a huge stadium rock sound and attack. Music written like Stravinski and delivered like Led Zeppelin or the Who.
One of the best ever.