Tag: experimental electronica

I was recently made aware of Radium88, in part because of my recent Song of the Day entry for 80s/90s new wave band The Free Zone from Liverpool. Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Tim Thwaites is making music from Nottingham nowadays with Jema Davies as Radium88, and Bad Faith is a brand-new collection of 4 songs. Turns out they’ve been creating together since the 1990s, but I only found out about them in recent months. While there are similarities to The Free Zone (electronic-based alternative music), the new project doesn’t sound anything like the former.… Continued →

Geoff Mann was a fairly well-known prog rock artist in the UK, but unfortunately his renown didn’t quite make it across the Atlantic. Having been the vocalist in an early incarnation of famed UK prog rock band Twelfth Night, he effectively left the band when they moved to London and he decided to remain in Manchester. Sometime in the early 80s, Geoff became a Christian through a “deep and lasting Christian conversion” (for more info, check out this article). At this point Geoff begins making very creative, even experimental prog rock.… Continued →