The beginning of stability in the Tangent Lineup - 4 out of five members of this band have been in place ever since. The album is a sequel to the debut album. It is a very "up" and quite rocky prog album and a favourite among band members
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys & Vocals)
Jonas Reingold (Bass )
Morgan Agren (Drums)
Luke Machin (Guitars & Vocals)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
TRACK LISTING A Spark In The Aether - Codpieces & Capes - Clearing The Attic - *AfterEugene - The Celluloid Road - A Spark In the Aether (Part 2)
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * which is heavily indebted to Careful With Tha Axe Eugene by Pink Floyd
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Insideout Music (CD/LP)2011
ARTWORK - Ed Unitsky
Fan release album originally from 2009 - features half of the unfinished album "The Rite Of Spring" which was to have been a full interpretation of Stravinsky's Meisterwerk - forbidden by Boosey & Hawkes . Also features some of the bands first forays into political music including the poignant "Live On Air". Highly regarded among Tangent fans, this album is a good place to start your expanded Tangent collection
TRACK LISTING
Le Massacre Du Printemps (Part 1) -Everyman's Forgotten Monday - I Wanna Be A Chick - Live On Air - Le Massacre Du Printemps (Part 2)
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on (CD) 2009 (SOLD OUT) and now available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison after Ed Unitsky
"Upon listening to this album, I can fairly say this is more than just your average album of extras. In fact this SHOULD have been made as a proper album. I feel this and Down And Out In Paris And London are companion pieces of the sorts. I’m really glad to have been able to hear the music because I would highly recommend those of us that missed out on the first pressing, to rejoice and get a copy of this reissue ASAP!" Ron Fuchs - Prognaut.com
With the split of the previous band the third album in the "age of chaos" was a massive orchestral concept album based around the working day. This saw Jakko Jakszyk and Jonas Reingold return and the collaboration of some big name guests.
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys, Guitars & Vocals)
Jonas Reingold (Bass )
Gavin Harrison (Drums)
Jakko Jakszyk (Guitars & Vocals)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
David Longdon (Vocals)
TRACK LISTING Coming Up On The Hour - Morning Journey & Arrival - Afternoon Malaise - A Voyage Through Rush Hour - Evening TV
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison & Paul Brow
RELEASED on Insideout Music (CD) 2013
ARTWORK - Martin Stephen
This is a Tangent FAN RELEASE and contains firstly a series of tracks recorded but not completed during the "Sacre Du Travail" sessions in 2012/2013. Included is the major track "The Iron Crows" which is another Tangent rendition of classical music, the piece in question being Debussy's "La Mer". Secondly there are some alternate mixes and versions of songs taken from the bands earlier career. For the completist! A PDF of the digipack art is included - there was never a tray card for this album, no jewel case edition ever happened.
TRACK LISTING
Monsanto - Lost In Ledston - The iron Crows -Build a New House With The Lego - Supper's Off (Original Version) -Dansant Dans Paris - Steve Wright In The Afternoon (Andy T Vocal) - A Voyage Through Rush Hour (Piano Duet) - The Ethernet (Jakko Mix/Vocal) - The Canterbury Sequence (Live in the USA)
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on (CD) 2013 Sold Out and now available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Martin Stephen
"L’Etagère Du Travail (‘The Work Shelf’) is a strong release in its own right. Standing out among the new material the raging Monsanto (a brutal attack on the arrogant multinational) and The Iron Crow, based on Debussy’s La Mer, allow the effusive Tillison free range to come on like a contemporary Keith Emerson.
The excellent Supper’s Off sees Tillison directing his well-aimed ire at the laziness of the middle-aged punter. The band revisit The Ethernet, originally from Not As Good As The Book, with Jakko Jakszyk on vocals and a searing guitar. A live version of The Canterbury Sequence evokes that scene’s wonderful sound and shows just what a skilled interpreter Tillison can be.."
Jerry Ewing :Prog Magazine
After Roine Stolt left the band in 2004 Andy wished to continue with the project and thus began the era of many lineup changes which lasted until 2014. "Queue" has always been a favourite and Andy Tillison has often referred to it as "the band's second debut album"
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys & Vocals)
Jonas Reingold (Bass )
Jaime Salazar (Drums)
Krister Jonsson (Guitars & Vox)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
Sam Baine (Piano, Keys, Vocals)
Guy Manning (Acoustic Instruments & Vocals)
TRACK LISTING In Earnest - Lost In London - *DIY Surgery - GPS Culture - Follow Your Leaders - The Sun In My Eyes - ** A Place In The Queue
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * by Theo Travis, ** by Andy Tillison/Theo Travis
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Insideout Music (CD) 2006 and by Music On Vinyl (LP) 2022
ARTWORK - Ed Unitsky
A Jazz Rock album (known better as "Multiplex" than its original title of "Electric Sinfonia No 2") is very much a "Tangent For One" album without (for 95 percent) vocals, For those who enjoy keyboard driven prog and fusion, this is a must. It's a total solo effort with Tillison playing all instruments from Drums to guitar. After this album Jazz fusion became a much larger part of the Tangent's working manifesto
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Drums, Guitars & Vocals)
TRACK LISTING Allegro - Andante (For Dorothy) - Ostinato (Shown) - Vivace - Con Brio
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED (CD) 2006
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"f as a lover of jazz rock and related styles and above all a fan of The Tangent, I did dig this album all the way! I can only complement the way this great musician did everything on his own and made Electric Sinfonia No. 2 sound like a band effort!
Henri Strik : Background Magazine
The Third Andy Tillison solo album is still influenced and tinged with Electronica but has many other sources. Recorded while recuperating from a heart attack the album is slightly scatty in terms of its focus. It isn't sure whether it's a full blown Prog Rock album, a Berlin School album or a dance album. A lot of the stylistic ideas for the Tangent's "The Adulthood Lie" first surfaced here, along with an ELP style workout based around a classical masterpiece, suitably smashed to bits with Hammond organs and synthesisers. Add to that a piece inspired by Camel's "The Snow Goose" and you have a highly confusing album which has no marketability at all. Except to people who like albums that have no marketability. That's you isn't it?
TRACK LISTING The Pursuit Of Oil - Machte Es Durch - Hood Of A Dodge - Gagarin (From The Steppes Of Central Asia) - Music inspired by Music Inspired By The Snow Goose
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (All instruments & Vocals) Theo Travis (Flutes)
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on CD 2004 (Sold Out) and now on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
There you have it! Andy Tillison’s Kellogg’s album. Very much of a variety pack of all musical styles and textures. I found this album very easy to listen to at night at low volume or with the wick turned up adding the tingle factor. Such is the diversity of tones and musical colours from track to track i never had the urge to switch disks during the playing of Machte Es Durch playing the album in it’s entirety at all times. get over to Tangent towers and bag yourself a copy. It’s Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat. Steve Petch - The Progmeister
This Tangent "Spin Off" project was recorded during the COVID pandemic and is a homage not just to the world of Italian 1970s Progressive Music (RPI) but also to one particular band who Andy Tillison met when he was 14 years old and never heard of again. They were called Allium. The full story can be found on the website for this project which you can find HERE The album is a full blooded Rock Progressivo Italiano album sung, powerfully by Roberto Tiranti in Italian, with Lyrics by Antonio De Sarno.
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Drums ) Jonas Reingold (Bass Guitar and Ellectric Guitars) Roberto Tiranti (Lead Vocals) with Ray Aichinger (Wind)
TRACK LISTING Mai Tornare - Nuevo Ordino - Nei Mome Di Dio
MUSIC by Andy Tillison
LYRICS by Antonio De Sarno
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison & Jonas Reingold (2 separate mixes of entire album included)
RELEASED on Reingold Records (CD) 2021 ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
“The feeling I get from the music is one of pure unfettered joy... Rock Progressivo Italiano vibe brought right up to date for our modern times but music to give you some relief from the complexity of modern life...Simple but perfectly formed and harking back to the days when music just put a smile on your face”
Martin Hutchinson. PROGRADAR.ORG
The Third Andy Tillison solo album is still influenced and tinged with Electronica but has many other sources. Recorded while recuperating from a heart attack the album is slightly scatty in terms of its focus. It isn't sure whether it's a full blown Prog Rock album, a Berlin School album or a dance album. A lot of the stylistic ideas for the Tangent's "The Adulthood Lie" first surfaced here, along with an ELP style workout based around a classical masterpiece, suitably smashed to bits with Hammond organs and synthesisers. Add to that a piece inspired by Camel's "The Snow Goose" and you have a highly confusing album which has no marketability at all. Except to people who like albums that have no marketability. That's you isn't it?
TRACK LISTING The Pursuit Of Oil - Machte Es Durch - Hood Of A Dodge - Gagarin (From The Steppes Of Central Asia) - Music inspired by Music Inspired By The Snow Goose
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (All instruments & Vocals) Theo Travis (Flutes)
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on CD 2004 (Sold Out) and now on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
There you have it! Andy Tillison’s Kellogg’s album. Very much of a variety pack of all musical styles and textures. I found this album very easy to listen to at night at low volume or with the wick turned up adding the tingle factor. Such is the diversity of tones and musical colours from track to track i never had the urge to switch disks during the playing of Machte Es Durch playing the album in it’s entirety at all times. get over to Tangent towers and bag yourself a copy. It’s Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat. Steve Petch - The Progmeister
Recorded in times of personal turmoil for band leader Tillison, this album came with a short novel he wrote that was based on the music. The album is often intensely personal and covers many subject areas from the breakdown of long term relationships, the process of aging, the media representation of War and old bikers!
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys & Vocals)
Jonas Reingold (Bass )
Jaime Salazar (Drums)
Jakko Jakszyk (Guitars & Vox)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
Guy Manning (Acoustic Instruments & Vocals)
TRACK LISTING A Crisis In Midlife - Lost In London (25 years later) - The Ethernet - Celebrity Purée - Not as Good As The Book - A Sale Of Two Souls - Bat Out Of Basildon - Four Egos, One War - The Full Gamut
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Insideout Music (2xCD/Book) 2008
ARTWORK - Antoine Ettori
Andy Tillison's (The Tangent) debut solo offering released more than 15 years ago now took an entirely different musical path from his work in The Tangent. Entirely Instrumental, this album sits alongside Tangerine Dream, Future Sound Of London and Floating Points as atmospheric, ambient music yet from time to time corsses into more familiar progressive rock and jazz fusion territory.
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals)
TRACK LISTING
Nebel (part 1) Dense Macabre - Nebel (part 2) Visibility Threshold -
Nebel (part 3) Slink - Nebel (part 4) Dandelion Clock - Ersatzgebaude - Abendspaziergangamrhein
MUSIC by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Insideout Music (2xCD/Book) 2008
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"Fans of the (largely German) style of electronic music will find a lot to enjoy on this album, even if they are not fans of typical progressive rock music. Others, largely one presumes fans of The Tangent, will not be disappointed by large sections of this release and it may even encourage them to seek out the music of bands they had otherwise not been aware of or had previously ignored. And that's the beauty of music, discovering the influences behind one's favourite pieces, expanding one's horizons into new territories and learning to appreciate just what can be done with the 12 notes of the chromatic scale. ."
Mark Hughes : DPRP.net
The personal turmoil became band turmoil by the 5th album and in an effort to rationalise the band financially (there was a crisis at the record label too) Andy switched the band to being a UK only group. This transitory album did produce two of the band's classics "Where are They Now?" and "Perdu Dans Paris"
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys, Guitars & Vocals)
Jonathan Barrett (Bass )
Paul Burgess (Drums)
Jakko Jakszyk (Paris Guitars)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
Guy Manning (Acoustic Instruments & Vocals)
TRACK LISTING Where Are They Now? - Paroxetine 20mg - Perdu Dans Paris - The Comapnay Car - Ethanol Hat Nail
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Insideout Music (CD) 2009
ARTWORK - Sal Collyer/Andy Tillison
The second of Andy Tillison's "ambient" albums features - like "Fog" many influences from the Berlin School of electronic music. Once again it varies into the world of Jazz fusion, mostly so on the track "Energize" which is the actual first ever recorded release to feature Luke Machin on guitar at the beginning of his long relationship with The Tangent.
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Guitar, Drums Luke Machin (Guitars)
TRACK LISTING
Axis Bold As Fish - Energize - Mysterious Swamp - Luft
MUSIC by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on (CD) 2009 SOLD OUT - available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Sal Collyer/Andy Tillison
"Duck chatter and spherical synth bubbling introduces the first track "axis bold as fish" (what a title!), before gentle sequencer patterns and floydy electro sounds introduce the more moving part. Flowing but gripping soundscapes of buzzing, shimmering synths, organ sounds and all kinds of effects unfold over electronic percussion. The track then surprises with a suddenly jazzy interlude, dominated by piano and acoustic guitar, which can even elicit a few flamenco tones to finally end gently pulsating. In between, Tillison also lets himself be carried away by a tangent memory organ solo, which seems curious and funny in this environment. That's already very entertaining. As I said, Tillison has a knack for presenting synthetic music in a very lively way. Above all, the vital drumming is remarkable"
Thomas Kohlruß: Babyblaueseiten
"Kalman Filter" is a name that Andy has now given to his ambient/electronica projects. So in effect this is the third in the series that brought "Fog" and "Murk" into the world. The album is a science fiction project in which the music is not intended to "go with" or "be inspired by" the concept. On this album, the music IS the fiction. The strange, beautiful and complex sounds of a planet far away
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Guitar, Drums Matt Stevens (Guitars)
TRACK LISTING
Karus - Veltorn - Jornakh
MUSIC by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on (CD) 2018 - available direct
ARTWORK - Sal Collyer/Andy Tillison
"After Tillison’s last Tangent album, THE SLOW RUST OF FORGOTTEN MACHINERY, there were a lot of hard feelings against his politics, at least in the United States. Certainly, several proggers refused to buy the album, and others felt so strongly that they swore off Tillison’s music, once and for all time. Yet, even those angry at Tillison recognized his music as pure genius. If you were one of the “Never Tillisons” after THE SLOW RUST, please reconsider. There’s not a single lyric on THE KALMAN FILTER, and he and Matt Stevens (as always; another brilliant musician and man) play their hearts out.
Tillison, whatever his political views, is a sheer genius. The KALMAN FILTER only reaffirms my love of all things Tillison. Ave, Mr. Diskdrive."
Brad Birzer: Progarchy
This "Covid Lockdown" project is possibly the most unknown of Andy's albums, and hasn't even managed a review anywhere. Andy rates it as "the most individual" of all his ambient music and the suite of 14 pieces based on each Moon delves into both the accessible "Oxygene" side of electronica but dares to explore the textures and sounds of really early Tangerine Dream, Klaus Sculze, Popol Vuh and Faust lovinglly transported into a new century
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Guitar, Drums)
TRACK LISTING Galatea - Psamathe - Despina - Proteus - Thalassa - Hippocamp - Nereid - Sao - Laomedeia - Halimede - Larissa - Neso - Naiad - Triton. // Bonus Orchestral Tone Poem
MUSIC by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on (CD) 2020 - available direct
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"No Reviews available
This is the first commercial release of one Andy Tillison Diskdrive. Recorded in 1987 at Lion Studios, spritual centre of the northern Anarcho-Punk/Metal movement, the album was released on Vinyl by Peaceville records who brought Opeth, Anathema and others to the fore. Chumbawamba were all somehow involved in the making of this record, be that playing or (oddly) babysitting - the whole concept of this proto prog band playing Anarcho gigs was totally off-the-scale weird and one day The Guardian might find time to do a story about a politically motivated band who at this point were singing about the injustices of the Berlin Wall and Apartheid which were both still in situ - and basically carried on ranting through music for the next 40 years, from Thatcher to Brexit, Trump, Putin and all points between. This album was the start of a band dynasty that never compromised on its music or its message. "We're gonna do progressive politics with Progressive Rock and not give a shit what the critics think"
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison, (Keyboards, Guitar) Guy Hatton, (Keyboards, Guitar) Jonathan Barrett, (Keyboards, bass & Acoustic Guitar) - plus guests Harry (drums), Boff, Dan, Mavis (bass) and a lot of other Chumbas doing a lot of things but no-one can remember what
TRACK LISTING Wallpaper - Loop The Loop - The African Dust - Churn - Airburst* - Orienteering - Butterside Downs - The Railway Children
MUSIC & Lyrics by Andy Tillison except * Guy Hatton
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison/Guy Hatton
RELEASED on (LP) Peaceville Records SOLD OUT - available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"No Reviews available
This is the first commercial release of one Andy Tillison Diskdrive. Recorded in 1987 at Lion Studios, spritual centre of the northern Anarcho-Punk/Metal movement, the album was released on Vinyl by Peaceville records who brought Opeth, Anathema and others to the fore. Chumbawamba were all somehow involved in the making of this record, be that playing or (oddly) babysitting - the whole concept of this proto prog band playing Anarcho gigs was totally off-the-scale weird and one day The Guardian might find time to do a story about a politically motivated band who at this point were singing about the injustices of the Berlin Wall and Apartheid which were both still in situ - and basically carried on ranting through music for the next 40 years, from Thatcher to Brexit, Trump, Putin and all points between. This album was the start of a band dynasty that never compromised on its music or its message. "We're gonna do progressive politics with Progressive Rock and not give a shit what the critics think"
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison, (Keyboards, Guitar) Guy Hatton, (Keyboards, Guitar) Jonathan Barrett, (Keyboards, bass & Acoustic Guitar) - plus guests Harry (drums), Boff, Dan, Mavis (bass) and a lot of other Chumbas doing a lot of things but no-one can remember what
TRACK LISTING Wallpaper - Loop The Loop - The African Dust - Churn - Airburst* - Orienteering - Butterside Downs - The Railway Children
MUSIC & Lyrics by Andy Tillison except * Guy Hatton
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison/Guy Hatton
RELEASED on (LP) Peaceville Records SOLD OUT - available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"No Reviews available
The Debut album by Po90 from 1996. Includes "The Third Person" which is almost certainly the first Mp3 ever to have been posted on the internet (before the release of the album and only hours after the software to make an mp3 had been released). The album was made entirely on a home desktop PC in the days before people did that type of thing. Each song required a whole hard disk to itself and in the case of "The Media Pirates" it needed two. The band only owned ONE hard disk at the time and therefore it all had to be backed up onto a tape drive every time they needed to work on a different song.This album must surely be one of the earliest recordings to feature a song ABOUT the internet.
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards, Guitar, Drums & Vocals) Sam Baine (Piano)
TRACK LISTING
The Third Person - Cloak & Dagger - Level Crossing - Samba In E - The Media Pirates - Soliloquy - The Genuine Article - Bedtime Routines - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack* - A Gap In The Night (feat. Hugh Banton - Organ)
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * The Nice
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Cyclops Records (CD) 1997 SOLD OUT - Now available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"there's two real standout tracks here - "Level Crossing", giving Tillison a chance to live out his Peter Hammill fantasy even better than he did on his actual Hammill tribute, and the short and sweet ballad "The Genuine Article", revealing Tillison as a one-of-a-kind lyricist with a tendency to wallow in a form of nostalgia that most of us can actually identify with.." "Jamool" No Ratings Provided
Although not the debut album by Po90, this was the debut release on Cyclops records in 1997. The track "Dead On A Carpark Floor" was a well loved stage fave for years and this track is part of the long "Afterlifecycle Sequence" which dominates the whole album. "ALC" was the first time the work of Andy Tillison registered on the ears of Progressive Music fans
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Jonathan Barrett (Bass Guitars) Lee Duncan (Drums) Graham Young (Electric Guitars & Vocals) Sam Baine (Keyboards)
TRACK LISTING The Afterlifecycle Sequence - I Think Therefore Nothing - Run In Rings - Coming Up Roses - Lifecycle - Flower King Of Flies* - The Third Person
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * The Nice
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Cyclops Records (CD) 1997 Now available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy & Dorothy Tillison
"here you can find many of the things you love about prog, such as diverse linked sections, fiery musicianship, well crafted melody lines and textures. and you've got your plus of synth effects, electronic percussion touches, that remind you that this is a very modern thing. I enjoy this record very much, not only for its contents, but for the band's ability to modernize the old sound without bastardizing it off its artsy roots. ”" Cesar Inca - prograchives.com :
The band's 11th album was the first time the band had ever made an album with the exact same lineup that made the preceding one. Includes what is possibly the bands most advanced single piece of music, the huge 30 minute epic "Lie Back and Think Of England"
BAND LINEUP:
Andy Tillison (Keys, Drums & Vocals)
Jonas Reingold (Bass )
Steve Roberts (Drums)
Luke Machin (Guitars & Vocals)
Theo Travis (Sax & Flute)
with Matt Ready (Uillean Pipes)
TRACK LISTING Life On Hold - Jinxed In Jersey - Under Your Spell - The Tower Of Babel - Lie Back and Think Of England - The Midas Touch
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Luke Machin
RELEASED on Insideout Music (CD/LP)2020
ARTWORK - Ed Unitsky (outside) Sara Mirabassi (inside gatefold)
The Third Po90 album from 1997! Inlcudes lyricised version of Bo Hansson's "The Sun - Parallel or 90 Degrees" which gave the band its name, plus the proto-Tangent track "The Single" and glorious flawed epic track...
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Jonathan Barrett (Bass Guitars) Lee Duncan (Drums) Gareth Harwood (Electric Guitars & Vocals) Sam Baine (Keyboards)
TRACK LISTING Fast Fwd - Encapsulated - Promises Of Life - Unforgiving Skies - The Sea (Parallel or 90 Degrees)* Blues For Lear - The Single - The Time Capsule - Aftertimecapsule**
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except *Bo Hansson/Andy Tillison and **Sam Baine
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Cyclops Records (CD) 1998 SOLD OUT Now available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
""Blues for Lear" brings the music in mellow style with piano as main rhythm section. It moves flawlessly to the next segment with vocal but it still in bluesy music. The epic "The Time Capsule" encapsulates the band's vision for their music. With 22 minute plus duration, this might be of interest to those who love classic prog songs that endure more than 20 minutes like in Van der Graaf's "Pawn Hearts" album.
Even though not every song contained in this album are excellent but, I'm inclined to give it a full four star album. ." Gatot - Progarchives.com
The fourth album in the Po90 band's canon, the first time the band used the PC as the complete recording system (i.e. the first main usage of virtual instruments). Use of EDM techniques, thrash metal, ultra proggy sections, high melodic content, the album contains much of the band's best material - although they often felt that the production was rather indistinct, over trebly and lacking in bottom end. You have been warned!
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Dan Watts (Guitars & Vocals) Ken Senior (Bass) Alex King (Drums) Sam Baine (Keyboards)
TRACK LISTING Gods Of Convenience - Migraine - Unbranded - Shoulder To Shoulder - Space Junk - An Autopsy In Artificial Light
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASEDCyclops records (CD) 2000 ALL SOLD OUT
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
The structure of the CD is to have 5 songs and a bonus track (25 minutes!). All are a basic rock or jazz/rock with prog elements. Because a feature of this music is the intellegence of the lyrics, it may requrie multiple listens before you are hooked on this wonderful music - - but it is sure worth the time invested. DB Silver - Prognosis
The last in the series of contiguous Po90 albums that began in 1996, this was the band at is most outreaching. Dan Watts and Andy Tillison's writing coupled with the forceful rhythm section and wall of sounds made an album that was brutal yet somehow tender. Probably the band's own favourite. Try "Petroleum Addicts" if you're not sure. The original CD (not available now) had an experimental content which included much of the band's back catalogue, unreleased tracks and a complete performance of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" - using a very rarely utilised method of adding computer CD Rom partitions to the disc. Hours of bonus material!
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Dan Watts (Guitars & Vocals) Ken Senior (Bass) Alex King (Drums) Sam Baine (Keyboards)
TRACK LISTING Impaled On Railing - A Man Of Thin Air* - Embalmed In Acid - The Heavy Metal Guillotine Approach - Drum One** - The One That Sounds Like Tangerine Dream - A Body I Free Drift - The Dream** - Petroleum Addicts
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * (Dan Watts/Andy Tillison) and ** (Dan Watts)
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison & Dan Watts
RELEASEDCyclops records (CD) 2001 ALL SOLD OUT. Available on Bandcamp
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"PO90's earlier albums were full of melancholic prog rock, with hypnotising spacy sounds and fusion elements. The new album is quite different. The song writing was more a group effort, and the recordings took place in a more spontaneous atmosphere, with less overdubbing. This has resulted in a less introvert album, with a live-in-the-studio atmosphere (and in fact some parts were recorded at live gigs).
The music on the new album is more aggressive and powerful (with often uncompromising sound eruptions), and also more guitar dominated. Still, most of the recognisable elements of earlier PO90 albums are present here.invested. Rob Michel: DPRP.net
Po90 re-united for a couple of years in 2009, did a fair few gigs and made this (currently) last album "Jitters". It was a particularly enjoyable iteration of the band and no less creative than its predecessors and this album shows a huge drive and energy which was sadly overlooked at the time. Without doubt the band deserved more attention, and Andy Tillison cites the Dan Watts composition "On The Death Of Jade" (lyrics by Andy) as "probably the best and most individual thing I was ever involved with in a whole career" A noisy, angry and totally forward thinking album lost in the mists of time
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Dan Watts (Guitars & Vocals) Matt Clark (Bass) Alex King (Drums)
TRACK LISTING Interlude - Standalone - Threesome* - Entry Level - Backup - Jitters - The Dock Of The Abyss - On The Death Of Jade*
MUSIC & LYRICS by Andy Tillison except * (Dan Watts/Andy Tillison) and ** (Dan Watts)
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison & Dan Watts
RELEASEDOmegatunez records (CD) 2009 Available Drect
ARTWORK - Andy Tillison
"Mastermind behind it all, Andy creates two imaginary worlds, one PO90, the other The Tangent. Never do these bleed into another. That’s a task seldom done in this age of clones. Jitters is an amazing album that modern progressive or rock fans will enjoy endlessly. One of the best modern prog albums to emerge in 2009. Highly recommended!
Reviewed by Ron Fuchs on December 1st, 2009.
This confusing album was released TWICE, under the names of two bands, firstly as Gold Frankincense & Diskdrive (GFDD) in 1991 (on cassette), and later as Po90 on CD in 1997. The track listing was added to and subtracted from for the CD release. Most of the pieces are composed by Peter Hammill, both solo and Van Der Graaf pieces are involved. There are a couple of self penned songs involved depending on which issue you have.
BAND LINEUP: Andy Tillison (Keyboards & Vocals) Guy Manning (Guitars & Vocals)
GFDD" TRACK LISTING Arrow - Roncevaux - Modern - Flight - Advance* - Evolutionary Status Quo**
"Po90" TRACK LISTING Arrow - Roncevaux - Modern - Flight - In the Black Room - Advance*
MUSIC & LYRICS by Peter Hammill except * by Andy Tillison and ** by Guy Manning
PRODUCED by Andy Tillison
RELEASED on Cassette 1991 Cyclops records (CD) 1999 ALL SOLD OUT
ARTWORK (both editions)- Andy Tillison
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