Art Rock Show – Toki No Kaze (Week 25)

Bassist Marco Bernard, drummer Kimmo Pörsti en zanger, violist en fluitist Steve Unruh vormen de harde kern van The Samurai Of Prog, een band binnen ons geliefde genre. De één is een in Finland wonende Italiaan, de ander een rasechte Fin en nummer drie woont in de Verenigde Staten. Samen met een (groot) aantal gastmuzikanten maken ze symfonische rock in de stijl van de jaren zeventig.

Prog Archives review: “This album is truly magical and it’s an invitation for a fantastic musical journey, it’s so rich in visual soundscapes and has all the elements to be considered a masterpiece! The care and preoccupation of the band members for the visual effect and impact of the album is obvious! (…)

This album is a culmination of all the talents of it’s core members and all the musicians involved in this impressive project,are 200 % at their artistical skills! They deliver at maximum!! All the beauty and majesty of the vintage prog music is here,rich instrumentals and wonderful arrangements, great performances and superbe voices! The perfect balance between the instrumental compositions and the vocal tracks is just perfect! It’s absolutely impressive the marvelous combination between the vocal and instrumental tracks, the sensation of unity and cohesion is perfect!

What is even more sensational is the feeling thet the band seems to have an andless inspiration and an endless huge potential too, from the creative point of view! They are a body of work and they manage to deliver always excellent music, keeping the high standard of quality at the most elevate level! Without any hesitation,this is a 5 stars album and TSOP are definitelly one of the surest values of the actual vintage prog rock bands of our days! (…)”

Naast The Samurai of Prog met Toki No Kaze hebben we deze week: Glass Hammer (Chronomonaut), Steve Unruh (Challenging Gravity), Il Tempio delle Clessidre (alieNatura), Museo Rosenbach (Zarathustra) & Kansas (There’s Know Place Like Home).

Thursday/Donderdag 12.00 – 24.00
Friday/Vrijdag 12.00 – 24.00
Saturday/Zaterdag 12.00 – 18.00