League Of Lights - Dreamers Don't Come Down (Album Review)

March 12, 2021 by David Vousden in Album Reviews, Electronic, Pop, Progressive Rock

Farrah and Richard West (Threshold/AudioPlastik) aka League Of Lights refused to let the pandemic stunt their musical growth. Their 2019 album ‘In The In Between’ had received positive reviews and they planned to tour the record in 2020…Needless to say, a rethink was required and the unexpected result is ‘Dreamers Don’t Come Down’ a terrific record that artfully blends elements of 80s pop-rock, electronica and progressive/art rock without missing a beat. The reason I say unexpected is ‘In The In Between’ emerged eight years after their debut album, a gap of Def Leppardian proportions, so League of Lights are seemingly on a creative roll and keen to make up for lost time.

OGRE and Dallas Campbell - All Hallows' II (Album Review)

January 21, 2019 by David Vousden in Album Reviews, Electronic, Soundtrack

Growing up in the late 70s/early 80s a trip to the cinema was always an adventure. The movies my friends and I wanted to see often carried the dreaded X rating (this was replaced by the 18 certificate in November of 1982) which made them an even bigger draw for the average teenager. We were desperate to see these films drawn in by the advertising and that hint of danger, but as we were still at school this presented a problem. Luckily, I was tall for my age, so I’d hide my school uniform and, very nervously, gain admission to the likes of Sean S. Cunningham’s ‘Friday the 13th and a string of dodgy slasher movies made by guys all hoping to be the next John Carpenter.

Vangelis - Delectus (Album Review / Box Set)

February 09, 2017 by David Vousden in Album Reviews, Ambient, Instrumental, Progressive Rock, Soundtrack, Electronic, Box Set

For those of us who only associate Greek composer Vangelis with his soundtrack music, most notably the Oscar winning ‘Chariots Of Fire’ (included here) and ‘Blade Runner’ then ‘Delectus’ is a bit of an eye opener. This thirteen CD box set brings together his recorded output for the Polydor and Vertigo labels over a twelve year period 1973-1985 and really does a great job of highlighting the range and diversity of the prolific composer.