Steve Hogarth + Richard Barbieri Arc Light (CD, KScope Records, 2013) ***
Genre: Prog rock
Places I remember: Fopp (London)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: A Cat With Seven Souls
Gear costume: Oil
Active compensatory factors: Steve Hogarth is the lead singer in the prog rock band Marillion, while Richard Barbieri was the keyboard player in Japan, and more recently - Porcupine Tree.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: A Cat With Seven Souls
Gear costume: Oil
Together they produce some unique music outside of those other bands. It's a perfect combo in many ways - Hogarth sings and provides lyrics while Barbieri provides the music. So they work with each other's strengths.
It's a textured series of soundscapes on Not The Weapon but the Hand and Arc Light (the first and second of three albums with Barbieri) which float by without leaving a lasting impression. Perfect late-night music!
Where do they all belong? A nice sidebar to their day jobs.
Where do they all belong? A nice sidebar to their day jobs.
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