Berlin’s Zahn like to have their cake and eat it. As hard as the boney incisor they named themselves after (Zahn means tooth in German and is pronounced with a “s” rather than a “z” sound), they are the purest distillation of the instrumental power trio, but also an experimental electronic outfit at the same […]
Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet spent his childhood in the Loire Valley in central-western France: a stunning, rural region defined by its series of sky-piercing castles. So it really shouldn’t be a surprise that he grew up to be the multi-instrumentalist of a historical prog/folk collective. “As a child, I was quite introverted and surrounded by these mediaeval […]
Genuinely eclectic combination of jazz rock and art pop from multinational quartet Bands that claim to play without musical boundaries very rarely follow through on such claims. But one group of musicians that seems to buck the trend are Amsterdam-based quartet Jerboah. Indeed a live set by the band feels like a trip through the […]
“The thing I’m admiring most in other bands and musicians, and striving to achieve myself, is an acute attention to composition and how albums function as wholes and not merely as collections of independent songs,” vocalist and main composer Gustav Jørgen Pedersen explains after //Prog// asks what sets Norwegian instrumental post-rock collective Spurv apart from […]
The worst thing that can happen when sending a speculative mail is reading the word “no”, but fortunately for Dutch singer Sanne Rambags the answer was in the affirmative. Approaching seasoned jazz drummer Joost Lijbaart and experienced guitarist Bram Stadhouders to work with, the two musicians readily agreed. “Eight years ago, she was selected by […]