"quirky arrangements, replete with twists and turns, fabulous playing from the entire gang, hilarious lyrical content expressed by a “like it or not” vocal delivery and foraging though a jungle of moods and swings that just cannot disappoint....."
The new album by the Tangent... AVAILABLE NOW
Two years after the release of A Place In The Queue, the Tangent return to studio output with the release of their highly ambitious "Not As Good As The Book".
Recorded between 2006 and 2007 in France, Sweden and England the album is the band's first double studio CD, and the special edition of the package includes an illustrated short NOVEL written by Andy Tillison and illustrated by young french artist Antoine Ettori.
"It's a book based on the album" says Andy, "Not the other way around. The album was made quite independently like most albums, with its own themes and concepts. At the same time I was writing this story, and writing about the same things in a different way. Some of the lyrics in the music are retold in the prose of the book" Read Andy's thoughts on the new album here
The album itself features the work of guitarist Jakko M Jakszyk, erstwhile guitarist of The 21st Century Schizoid Band, Level 42 and Dave Stewart/Barbara Gaskin. It's also the first Tangent album without founder member Sam Baine who has been present in all Andy Tillison's recordings since Po90 kicked off in 1996.
The lineup of the band for this album is as follows
Andy Tillison Diskdrive - keyboards/vocals
Guy Manning - acoustic instruments/vocals
Jonas Reingold - bass guitar
Jaime Salazar - drums
Jakko M Jakszyk - electric guitar/vocals
Theo Travis - sax/flute
Hear a track from the new album HERE
Jakko M Jakszyk, former singer/guitarist with the 21st Century Schizoid Band, Rapid Eye Movement (with Dave Stewart/Pip Pyle), Level 42, Warren Harry (punk/pop band who Andy used to like when he was a student) Stewart/Gaskin and many others. New face in THE TANGENT. Jakko's solo album is available from our shop and features a whole host of amazing musicians including Bob Fripp, Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), Dave Stewart, Clive Brooks, Mark King, blah blah blah. He is more famous than the rest of the Tangent. Jakkos Site Here
Andy In Paris
Andy Tillison has recently been in Paris for a Tangent press day to answer questions about the new album and book. He talked to an assortment of different media, including the magazine XRoads, the classic French Koid9 progzine, and Radio France International, Amarok Prog and many others.
The first of the interviews to appear is now on our FRENCH PAGE
FOG - The first real Andy Tillison Solo Album
In answer to the "Andy Tillison Can't Sing" thread on the Progressive Ears forum... and similar threads which disapprove of political lyrics in Prog.... Andy's first solo album is all instrumental!!!! (That had nothing to do with it of course!!)
This is an album of atmospheric and electronic music which fuses Electronic soundscapes a la Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Micheal Hoenig etc together with prog, jazz and other forms. For those of you who have enjoyed the Tangent bonus tracks "Exponenzgesatz" and "Kartoffelnsalat in Unterseeboot"... this is an album NOT to be missed.
Available to order exclusively here
Hear a 5 minute excerpt here
NEW!!!
LUFT - a 17 minute ep by Andy Tillison FREE to download with graphics HERE. Very much in the same style as "Fog", this is a track that Andy has constructed recently in England.
Double Talk
Latest CD from THEO TRAVIS
Theo's latest album shows off his versatility magnificently. Based around an Organ/Drums/Guitar unit, Theo's saxes and flutes wind around some serious grooves taking in everything from Blues to Psychedelia on the way. There's also some collaboration on the album from King Crimson legend Robert Fripp. The band are seemingly on a never ending tour at the moment... more about the band can be found at Theo's Site
Theo and Robert Fripp
The Tangent's DVD was released in 2007, along with a double CD of concerts recorded in the UK and The USA. "Going Off On One" has been generally well received and described by one over enthusiastic reviewer as being the "best prog live album since Yessongs". 'Ahem' is all we have to say to that, but thanks for the nice thoughts! Here's a snippet.....
YOUTUBE video does not reflect picture or sound quality of DVD
The live set "Going Off On One" was released by Inside Out at the end of June.... and comes in TWO flavours..... but the Limited Digipack Edition sold out in the first 24 hours of release. Inside Out have now produced a DVD only edition... and release dates are as follows:
1. DVD Edition ORDER here
Recorded in the UK at Southend on Sea in Sept 2006.
tracklist:
1. GPS CULTURE
2. THE WINNING GAME
3. IN EARNEST
4. FORSAKEN CATHEDRALS
5. THE MUSIC THAT DIED ALONE
6. LOST IN LONDON
7. IN DARKEST DREAMS PART ONE
8. AFTER RUBYCON
9. IN DARKEST DREAMS PART TWO
2. DOUBLE CD EDITION - AVAILABLE NOW Buy it HERE
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. GPS CULTURE
2. THE WINNING GAME
3. IN EARNEST
4. FORSAKEN CATHEDRALS
5. THE MUSIC THAT DIED ALONE
6. LOST IN LONDON
CD 2
1 IN DARKEST DREAMS PART ONE
2 AFTER RUBYCON
3 IN DARKEST DREAMS PART TWO
4. THE WORLD WE DRIVE THROUGH (ROSFEST USA 2005)
5. SKIPPING THE DISTANCE (ROSFEST USA 2005)
6. FUN WITH THE AUDIENCE (ROSFEST USA 2005) *not a song
7. 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN (ROSFEST USA 2005)
8. AMERICA (GERMANY 2004)
3. LIMITED SPECIAL EDITION - SOLD OUT
This included the DVD, both the audio CDs, a deluxe digipack cover with enhanced artwork and extended booklet. Artwork is by ED UNITSKY with some contributions from Martin Kornick. As mentioned before, the entire production run sold out by the end of the day of release. You may find copies still for sale if you look. However, PROGJAM has some attractive offers involving the DVD, CD at our ordering page
The Tangent to join forces with BEARDFISH:
The Tangent
is undergoing a large change. After four studio albums plus 2 live CDs
and a DVD, the group is about to take a new step forward.
Andy Tillison will remain at the band's helm, along with founder member
Guy Manning, Theo Travis and the more recently recruited Jakko M Jakszyk.
However, the association with the Malmo based trio of Jonas Reingold,
Jaime Salazar and Krister Jonsson is now over and The Tangent will return
in effect to its more project based rooting. The replacement musicians
are well known to many of you and are the whole of the young and enthusiastic
quartet "Beardfish" from Sweden. The new project band will make
its live debut at The Summer's End Festival in the UK on the 28th September.
Plans are afoot for the commencement of recording of the next Tangent
album, which it is hoped will use the lineup to maximum effect.
"it feels like we're doing what The Band did with Bob Dylan back in the sixties, haha!" joked Rikard in his recent statement on the Beardfish forum
"at last the Tangent have a good singer" commented one wag on the Progressive Ears website
All statements on the changes are to be found here
BEARDFISH - a superb band in their own right and now also collaborators with The Tangent.
L-R - Rikard Sjoblom, (keyboards/vocals/guitar) David Zackrisson,(guitar) Magnus Ostgren,(drums) Robert Hansen (bass)
Some Interviews....
Andy T's interview with Joe Farmer at Radio France International is now available to hear here . In French, with plenty of clips from the new album
English Radio Interview with Delicious Agony HERE
English Printed Interview for Prog Nose is HERE
Progressia Net (French) is HERE
Two interview clips from Morow.com in English below:
The Tangent (NEW lineup - see above) to play Summer's End Festival in the UK on Sept 28 this year. See the GIGS Page
The Critics Speak......
FFrom Progressive Rock specialist websites in Holland to Hungarian metal sites, German Hard rock sites, UK mainstream rock mags, French Webzines, Polish radio stations, American discussion groups, Spanish, Portugese etc etc... the view is overwhelmingly positive. Just a week after release, the new album by The Tangent, a slew of high scoring and reviews is appearing from every corner of the globe. Not just the professional sites, but User sites - The Progressive Rock Fan Review site progarchives.com took 13 customer assessments/reviews in the past 7 days only one giving less than 4 stars out of five. Five star ratings are currently in the majority on Amazon sites .com, .co.uk, .de, .fr and yet more professional reviews roll in every day with the Italians being the latest to comment:
"Per NAGATB si può usare la parola “capolavoro”, un termine spesso abusato, ma che credo sia pienamente meritato in questa occasione."
(For Not as Good as the Book you can apply the term "Masterpiece", an often misused term but totally deserved on this occasion)
"Remarkable.... intensely personal.....outstanding" 8-10
I might not have the vocabulary to do the album justice 9.5/10
"this is an exceptional release demonstrating prog at its finest." 9/10
"En tout cas ce double album s’approche de cette perfection", 18/20
"die legitimen Erben von Genesis, Caravan, Van der Graaf" - 8/10
"Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio (www.deliciousagony.com) premiered the new CD for the American market on Monday 3 March with a long interview and a play through of nearly the whole album. A audio file of the interview will soon be available
AURAL MOON listeners voted the Tangent's Live album "Going off on one" at number 10 in their best of 2007 poll. It was the highest placing for a live album, and the poll was topped by Porcupine Tree for their amazing "Fear of A Blank Planet" album. Many thanks to all who voted for the Tangent in this poll.
Reviews of new album start to arrive. with mainly very positive reactions.
"another stunningly good release from The Tangent"
Read the latest reviews of NAGATB here
NEW to order our music and new merchandise range:
Songs from the Bilston House
New CD from MANNING
The new CD from Guy Manning's crew is based on the stories rooms have to tell, in a derelict house that Guy spotted in Bilston in the West Midlands of England while on tour. Already the subject of Rave Reviews, this album is the pinnacle of this 9 year old project's career, and an ideal point for beginners to jump into the vastly underrated history.
Produced for the first time by Andy Tillison, the album features a similar lineup to last year's Anser's Tree... but the album's style is vastly different, which in itself is a hallmark of the Manning Band's philosophy. All of us here at Tangent.org recommend this as crucial listening. Within 4 weeks of release it had already gained the number one position in a personal chart for "best album of the year"... so let's hope this is an early indication of the album's success. More at the Manning Website