Dave Bainbridge - Celestial FireThe follow up to Dave's much acclaimed first solo album 'Veil of Gossamer' is in some ways an album he's always wanted to make. " an album which really draws upon the excitement and exhilaration I first felt, listening to many of my early musical heros (Yes, Gentle Giant, David Sancious and Tone, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Curved Air, Hatfield and The North, Deep Purple, Clannad, Mike Oldfield, The Enid, Keith Emerson, Allan Holdsworth, Alan Stivell,

he's come up with good questions: "What if I was wonderful to love

He enlists the help of a slightly loopy genie who seems to be able to place him in any historical situation except WWII

who interprets the individual songs with great intelligence and empathy

Ettab's undeniably beautiful voice is characterized by it's original accent

" Musical success was achieved on the grand scale by the brilliant exponents of Senta and the Dutchman- and by the musically modern slim-line conductor

churning 6-song label debut channels Unsane

"In the swirling and undulant warm mud of jettisoned reels of magnetic tape

the album includes the tour de force anthem "Gear Jammer

McDowall's refined modular system shape-shifting strings

a traversal of the Op

a vocal mix and one remix

Horny King Looney of Troy (Rip Torn