Prog Notes: Spotlight

In this episode, we chat with Arjen Lucassen about his new Star One album, “Revel in Time”! We discuss how Star One differs from his many other projects, how he finds the inspiration for his grande concepts, and how it feels reuniting with Ed Warby and Jef Bertels for this release! Get ready to revel in music on this episode of Spotlight!

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Arjen Lucassen!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

This week we are talking with Simon Fleury from City Weezle about their most recent album “No. 2”! We chat about the liberty of performing without backing tracks, not limiting themselves to what instruments are available to them on stage while recording, and how Simon finds the different characters represented through his voice. Definitely check these guys out!

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City Weezle

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

We have on Steve from Be’lakor to chat about their new album, “Coherence”. We discuss how they analyze their music based on what makes them excited in the moment instead of trying to fit within a certain sound, the dynamic twists they use to keep long tracks feeling fresh, and how they decide where to put vocals or when not to use them. Come dive into the Australian progressive death metal scene with us!

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Be'lakor!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

Today, we have Dan Muller on from Wilderun to chat about their new album “Epigone”. We discuss the structure of the album and how some of the themes influenced it, what they look for in the artwork for their albums, and what theme the gifts are supposed to be for a 10th anniversary! A lot to look forward to on this episode!

Wilderun!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

This time ‘round we have Alric from Tauk to talk about “Chaos Companion”. We get into the link between video games and their influence on popular music, their collaboration with many other musicians of various musical backgrounds, and how plastic space suits feel on a hot July day in Brooklyn! Enjoy!

TAUK!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

Happy New Year! We kick off the year with Shelby and Joey from KYROS chatting about their recent cover album, “Recover”! We talk about the process of rebuilding the tracks to fit the KYROS sound, how the album has chronicled Shelby’s journey through her transition, and what inspired them to make a prog cover album in the first place. Take a listen, and we wish you all a great new year!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

On this special holiday episode, we chat with Chris David from Majestica about their December 2020 release, “A Christmas Carol.” We discuss the best ways to go about celebrating Christmas in the summer, the rules about bringing snow machines into live venues, and his favorite Swedish Christmas carol. Please enjoy, and have a wonderful holiday season!

Majestica!

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**Prog Notes: Spotlight is a fireside chat with your favourite up-and-coming or long-established prog artists! Hear straight from the Tarkus' mouth what inspired the music, their creative process, the history of the groups, and much more! An offshoot of The Prog Notes Podcast, your host, Rogan McAndrews, brings in the best in the genre connecting fans to the masters behind the music.

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