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No, not a tribute to the lead single from Electrix Six’s classic 2003 album ‘Fire’ – that’s next week – but a miscellany of music from bands who performed at this weekend’s High Voltage festival in Victoria Park in London. Expect a smattering of straight-down-the-line rock and metal as well as the usual progressive fayre!

Also, a ‘debrief’ from the excellent Black Bonzo gig at the Lumiere in Kilburn last Friday, with their special guest being the inestimable Mr. Declan Burke. A great night out!

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The third and final part of Progyears ‘75 this week – albums of the year from Steve Hackett and Hatfield and the North, together with sizeable slabs of Jethro Tull and Brian Eno, and a bit of a walk on the wild side with the likes of Henry Cow, Neu! and Amon Duul II.

I’m not going to be doing any more seventies Progyears for a while. I’ll probably return to them after a break, but for the time being I’ve got some other, more recent years I’d like to do. Stay tuned for ‘2001 – A Europrog Odyssey’, which will follow in due course

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2010 is half-way through, and it’s already been a bumper year for progressive rock. In this episode of The European Perspective Huw and I take a break-neck tour through the progressive sounds of the year so far, including – for the very first time on the show – some music originating outside Europe or the UK.

Included in the show, and hot off the press, are three tracks from Godsticks’ debut album ‘Spiral Vendetta’. Godsticks are a band from Wales, old friends of TEP, and very much worth supporting for their unique brand of quality music – their album is now available from the band website at http://www.godsticks.co.uk/ and is well-worth a purchase. You certainly won’t regret it!

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A whizz around Europe this month with new albums from Hawkwind (UK), Fourteen Twentysix (Netherlands), Eris Pluvia (Italy), Conqueror (Italy), The Black Noodle Project (France), Ciccada (Greece) and Fonderia (Italy again!). The somewhat cosmopolitan theme is maintained throughout, with Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Romania and Germany also represented – hardly anything British, in fact, apart from some classic Wishbone Ash and a track from Strangefish’s first album.

The records by Fourteen Twentysix and byron are both available for download free of charge – check out the links for more information.