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Roving reporter, album/concert reviewer, promoter, and trying to be a better photographer.
Available for freelance work.
Works voluntary for Background Magazine, ISKC Rock Radio, Proglodytes and Progarchy.
Progressive rock fan.
Vinylfreak. Musician.
Living in the Netherlands.
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Top 5 no-man albums by Iris
An underappreciated album: Steven Wilson – Insurgentes (2008)
When someone says "What do you think about Steven Wilson's solo albums?", you will probably hear conversations about the albums Hand.Cannot.Erase, Grace For Drowning, or The Raven That Refused To Sing… But, there's also another solo album from sir Wilson, named Insurgentes. His first "sort of" solo album, that was released a year before Porcupine Tree's last album The Incident, which is the year 2008. Continue reading
Date 2 November 2016
Tags Album, Gavin Harrison, Insurgentes, Personal Blog, Porcupine Tree, Progressive Rock, Sand Snowman, Steven Wilson, Theo Travis, Vinyl
Porcupine Tree – Stupid Dream (1999)
Yes, I know… Another review of an old Porcupine Tree album, but I just couldn't resist! Released back in the year 1999, the album that came out three years later after my favourite album Signify. Continue reading
Tags Album Review, CD, Music, Personal Blog, Porcupine Tree, Progressive Rock, Rock, Steven Wilson, Stupid Dream, Vinyl, Youtube
Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun (2000)
One of my favourite Porcupine Tree albums which I spin regularly. It was the last album with Chris Maitland on drums before Gavin Harrison took over his place. This album is not as dark as Siginify, but not as poppy as Stupid Dream. I just love the album sleeve of this album, it's beautifully done and really represents the album title. Continue reading
Date 9 June 2016
Tags Album Review, CD, Chris Maitland, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Lightbulb Sun, Music, Porcupine Tree, Progressive Rock, Steven Wilson, Vinyl
Due to high demand: My introduction to… Steven Wilson!
First, a big THANK YOU to all for reading my blog posts "My introduction to Porcupine Tree Part I and Part II" (if you havent read them, click here for Part I and here for Part II). A lot of people have read and commented on it (mostly via Facebook), and there were some people asking me for my personal story/opinion about Steven Wilson's solo music… So here it is! Continue reading
Date 21 May 2016
Tags Catalogue/Preserve/Amass, CD, Craig Blundell, Deform To Form A Star, Frost*, Grace For Drowning, Hand.Cannot.Erase, Insurgentes, Introduction, Marco Minnemann, Nick Beggs, Porcupine Tree, Progressive Rock, Raider II, Steven Wilson, Vinyl
Keep the Prog in Christmas! (Aka: A big thank you message to all the lovely people I've met and/or helped me standing where I am now)
I know, I'm waaaaaayyyy too early with this one… But still, better too early than late! Continue reading
Date 11 November 2015
Tags Background Magazine, Christmas, House of Prog, Personal Blog, Progressive Rock, Record Store, Sint Nicolaas, Sinterklaas, Thank You, Vinyl