Unknown Flow are a young progressive rock group from Oxford, England, drawing influences from bands like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rush, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Cynic, Steve Hackett,, Frank Zappa, Porcupine Tree and King Crimson. Their music can be found at www.myspace.com/unknownflow.
Maschine are a young English progressive rock band formed by Luke Machin at Brighton Institute of Modern Music in 2008 and are signed to the German progressive rock label Inside Out. Machin (who's surname the band is a version of) has worked and shared stages with, Francis Dunnery, Robert Plant, Bernie Marsden and Jeff Beck; plus he and bassist Daniel Mashal are both former members of The Tangent. Their debut album 'Rubidium' was released in July 2013. The band's current line-up is: Luke Machin - Vocals/Guitars
There are at least 14 bands named Mirage. 1) Mirage released numerous cover version megamixes of current pop hits during the eighties. Many of them were produced by Nigel Wright, sometimes together with Nigel Stock, John Davies & Robin Sellars. Mirage also had three vocalists that posed on the record-covers: Kiki Billy, Nicos Griffiths & Carlos Griffiths. 2) A cult hungarian new/darkwave band from the '80s.
There is more than one artist with this name: a rock group and a trance DJ. 1) GTR was a supergroup founded in 1986 by ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe. Other members included vocalist (and former milkman) Max Bacon (ex-Moby Dick, Nightwing, Bronz), bassist Phil Spalding (ex-Bernie Torme, Toyah, Mike Oldfield, Original Mirrors), and American drummer Jonathan Mover (ex-Marillion, later of Steve Vai fame).
Let’s Tea Party “A fusion of kazoos, woodblocks and dirty bass teamed with catchy vocals and a wardrobe your grandpa might well be proud of”
- NME “Your next favourite band”
- BBC Radio 1 Let’s Tea Party have been heavily tipped as the next big thing from Bristol by everyone from BBC Radio Bristol to NME magazine. The trio infuse catchy pop gems with a vast array of instruments and a riotous performance. Pop bounce…
Lapis Lazuli are a band from Canterbury, UK formed in late 2009 they are 5 people unified by a concept of music unbound by the limits of pigeon-holing, and brought together by the willingness to fuse and transverse genres from across time and place.
Bombastic beats and global grooves are combined with a rich tapestry of texture and melody created by the twin guitars, synth, flute, trumpet and digeredoo sounds, telling ancient stories from the vault of their collective influences.
Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1973 to begin a solo career (though his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group). Allen explored his quirky, folky take on rock throughout the '70s and '80s on albums like 1976's Good Morning and 1983's Alien In New York.
A new sound taking the UK apart at the molecular level. Debut album 'Talk Is Ending' - recorded at Toy Box Studios in Bristol - has just been released on Rapeseed Records and the band are embarking on full-time promotion of the album throughout 2010. Bristol's Venue Magazine described TNR as, "...purveyors of an extraordinary sound... the most exhilarating thing we've heard all week.. engagingly unique... a meld of soaring, volatile voice and fret-vaulting guitarwork."
Birmingham UK based Progressive Rock/Metal Band.
"Fans of Dream Theater will feel right at home"
"Newcomers HookahTheFuzz bridge the gap between Zappa and Metallica"
" To say it is an impressive debut album is something of an understatement" Members: Si Jefferies, Alex Louis, Harwood Shing, Roj Ash, Ross Hawkins Just as these bands created a culture in the Midlands all those years ago, HookahTheFuzz wish to do the same, combining new influences from other genres and modern culture to make a powerful new statement.
J. Barreto - guitar, vocals
Zachary Veltheim - bass
Chad Voight - drums