The Tangent — Proxy, InsideOutMusic (CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand / Label: InsideOutMusic / Sony Music
• Artist: The Tangent
• Catalogue No.: IOMSECD 518
• Release Year: 2018
• UPC: 190758960623
• Genre: Progressive Rock
• Style: Modern symphonic / jazz-tinged prog

Product Features

• Format: CD
• Tracks: 6 (incl. bonus "Excerpts from Exo-Oceans")
• Lineup: Andy Tillison, Jonas Reingold, Theo Travis, Steve Roberts, Luke Machin & Göran Edman
• Made in the E.U.
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

Proxy is a typically ambitious album from The Tangent, the project led by keyboardist and writer Andy Tillison — modern progressive rock with a sharp political and social conscience, described on the sleeve as "a protest, a reflection, a couple of love songs and a rant."

The musicianship is top-tier prog: Theo Travis's sax and flute, Jonas Reingold's bass, Luke Machin's guitar, and Tillison's keyboards driving long, multi-part suites. The title piece and "The Adulthood Lie" unfold across several movements, while "The Melting Andalusian Skies" stretches out into jazzier territory. A bonus, "Excerpts from Exo-Oceans," closes the disc.

For fans of contemporary prog who like substance and bite alongside the chops, Proxy delivers.

Interesting Facts

• The Tangent is led by Andy Tillison, who writes the music and lyrics and plays keyboards.
• The lineup on Proxy includes Swedish bassist Jonas Reingold and saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis (also of Soft Machine and Steven Wilson's band).
• Vocalist Göran Edman is known for his work with Yngwie Malmsteen among others.
• The album's lyrics tackle contemporary political and social themes with characteristic directness.
• It was released on InsideOutMusic, a leading label for modern progressive rock.

Track Listing

1. Proxy (i. The Art of The Deal / ii. Proxy Part 1 / iii. On The Level / iv. Brain Salad Burglary / v. Prime Time Catastrophe / vi. Proxy Part 2)
2. The Melting Andalusian Skies
3. A Case Of Misplaced Optimism
4. The Adulthood Lie (six parts)
5. Supper's Off (i. My Child's a Stranger... / ii. Like He's Looking Back On The Good Old Bands / iii. By The Time We Got To Woodstock)
6. Excerpts from Exo-Oceans (bonus)

Publishers

Released by InsideOutMusic / Century Media in 2018 (catalogue IOMSECD 518). Made in the E.U.

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