09 January 2024: Melodic Revolution Records Presents A Year in the Revolution 2023

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Every year since 2012 we have released a series of various artist's compilation albums and this year is no exception. We are thrilled to announce the release of our Twelfth Edition simply titled “A Year In The Revolution 2023” 

Every year since 2012 we have released a series of various artist's compilation albums and this year is no exception. We are thrilled to announce the release of our Twelfth Edition simply titled “A Year In The Revolution 2023”

The new album is the most comprehensive and diverse compilation we have released in years featuring a staggering 30 artists and tracks clocking in at over 2.5 hours of genre-bending ear candy and “music you didn’t know you would love”.

“A Year In The Revolution 2023” features music by Bands and solo Artists from both Melodic Revolution and PeacockSunrise Records released in 2022. That said…we always feel this may be our best and most diverse annual sampler to date, but we let you be the judge.

On behalf of our artists at Melodic Revolution and PeacockSunrise Records family, thank you for your continued support.

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released January 5, 2024

Artitst Bandcamp Links below:

 Aethellis
aethellis.bandcamp.com

Babal
babalmrrartist.bandcamp.com

Ellsworth Hall
ellsworthhall.bandcamp.com

Distressed
distressedfinland.bandcamp.com

Steve Bonino
thesteveboninoprojects.bandcamp.com

The Steve Bonino Project
thesteveboninoprojects.bandcamp.com

Stanislav and The Lion
stanislavandthelion.bandcamp.com

Colouratura
colouraturamrrartist.bandcamp.com

Gayle Ellett & The Electromags
gayleelletttheelectromags.bandcamp.com

Terry Newman Project
terrynewmanproject.bandcamp.com

Days Before Tomorrow
daysbeforetomorrow.bandcamp.com

T. A. P
tapprog.bandcamp.com

Colin Carter
colinflashcarter.bandcamp.com

Tony Romero's Vortex
tonyromerosvortex.bandcamp.com

Atom Stone
atomstone.bandcamp.com

Forever Twelve
forevertwelve.bandcamp.com

Edison Suit
edisonsuit.bandcamp.com

The Gardening Club
thegardeningclub.bandcamp.com

Kurt Michaels
kurtmichaels.bandcamp.com

RED32
red32.bandcamp.com

Ten Jinn
tenjinn.bandcamp.com

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius
joedeninzonstratospheerius.bandcamp.com

Leon Alvarado
leonalvarado.bandcamp.com

Ifsounds
ifsounds.bandcamp.com/album/mmxx

Kinetic Element
kineticelement.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-lesser-light

Don Mularz
donmularz.bandcamp.com

Album layout by Nick Katona
For more information about these and other fine artists visit us at: mrrmusic.com
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05 May 2023: BANDCAMP FRIDAY!

 Today is Bandcamp Friday when Bandcamp waives all seller fees so artists receive full payment for the music you purchase.

A good place to start your Bandcamp journey would be my personal Bandcamp page where you will find many of the releases and musicians featured on FreeForm Radio.

FreeForm Radio Program on Indefinite Hiatus

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, my local public radio station facility is restricted to essential paid staff, so, as a volunteer, I am unable to do my regularly scheduled show.


I recommend that you join the KMXT FreeForm Radio Facebook group for the latest news on the show and frequent links to free downloads of all genres of progressive music.

You can also follow me on Bandcamp and search my collection for music played on past programs.  Many of the selections I have featured are available as free or low cost downloads.

Stay home, practice social distancing, and wash your hands frequently.  I look forward to playing music for you when this crisis subsides.

In the meantime, here is a great video of Van der Graaf Generator, recorded live in 1972.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os53WaA_N2g

26 December 2017: Grails and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

 

AllMusic Review by Paul Simpson  [-]

Chalice Hymnal is the first proper full-length from Grails since 2011's remarkable Deep Politics, although a second collection of their exploratory Black Tar Prophecies EP series arrived in between. As with every Grails album, the group continues to push its sound further, incorporating new influences, instruments, and production techniques. As clichéd as the genre name "post-rock" has become, the musical progression of the Grails catalog embodies the term perfectly, as the band has continually moved far beyond convention into something truly unique and indefinable. Chalice Hymnal easily seems like their least "rock" album yet; while they haven't entirely abandoned blazing psych-rock guitars (just check the sludgy yet funky "New Prague"), they're certainly less present here, and many of the guitars that appear are acoustic. There's a much greater presence of electronics and dark, nearly trip-hop grooves on this album, especially on "Tough Guy." It almost seems like Chalice Hymnal could be billed as a joint release between Grails and Lilacs & Champagne, the sample-heavy instrumental hip-hop side project formed by Grails members Alex John Hall and Emil Amos. One of L&C's other members, Ash Black Bufflo, contributes percolating synthesizers to the album's second track, "Pelham," suggesting Giorgio Moroder as a possible influence along with soundtrack composers such as Ennio Morricone and Hugo Montenegro. The acoustic instrumentation throughout the album is lush and engrossing, with several tracks augmented by majestic string arrangements courtesy of Timba Harris, and dusky saxophone from Niklas Kraft or Daniel Fisher-Lochhead. Some of the album's pieces are sequels to selections from Grails' previous album. "Deeper Politics" is, appropriately enough, more tense than the prior release's title track, and while it seems gray and rainy at first, its resplendent strings ultimately signal hope for a glorious rebirth. "Deep Snow II," however, bends Deep Politics' knotty yet dreamy finale into something significantly more distraught. In the midst of all of this, the group finds time for a slow jam, "Rebecca," which buries "In the Air Tonight"-esque drum machine pulsations with sunset-like guitar wisps and serene synth pads. "The Moth & the Flame" is even more ethereal, with forests of echo surrounding smooth fretless bass and saxophone, before David Axelrod-worthy cavernous drums boom in during the track's second half. All of this culminates in the ten-minute "After the Funeral," which features perhaps the most grandiose arrangement of Grails' entire career. Not only is Chalice Hymnal well worth the wait, it makes it even harder to choose which album is the pinnacle of Grails' ever-fascinating discography.

	1.	Chalice Hymnal 04:22
	2.	Pelham 02:48
	3.	Empty Chamber 02:32
	4.	New Prague 04:50
	5.	Deeper Politics 03:48
	6.	Tough Guy 03:56
	7.	Rebecca 03:47
	8.	Deep Snow II 05:47
	9.	The Moth & The Flame 04:07
	10.	Thorns II 03:59
	11.	After The Funeral 10:18

Live is a live album by Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin recorded in Switzerland in 2002 and first released on the Tonus Music label.

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos called it "compelling, commanding, well worth a close listen, and a prelude for things to be heard stateside. This may be a difficult recording to acquire, but worth the search".^[2] On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "When listening to Live, it becomes clear that, while the feeling of improvisation, of taking off, of winging it, is very strong, where it is happening is frustratingly unclear".

Track listing

All compositions by Nik Bärtsch.

	1.	Modul 14 13:52
	2.	Modul 17 09:17
	3.	Modul 11 12:15
	4.	Modul 16 11:37
	5.	Modul 8_9 15:49
	6.	Modul 15 15:09

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released May 1, 2006

Nik Bärtsch: Piano, Fender Rhodes, DX-7
Kaspar Rast: Drums
Björn Meyer: Bass
Andi Pupato: Percussion