Merging Cluster is a new Italian Progressive Rock Generation born during a cold month in Florence in 2010. It’s a certain kind of rock that takes shape from the union of Gabriele Marconcini (Biofonia) vocals, Marco Casalini (Trigono, Profilo, Underskin) drums, Gianfilippo Innocenti (Chaos Venture) guitars, Emiliano Galli (Esterhazy, Biofonia) keyboards, and Roberto Manzani bass. Merging Cluster is a dormant cell of alternative prog-rock that can awaken in peaks of ephemeral light. It emerges in 2024 with the album “Peak of Ephemeral Light”, with songs born in a state of intermittent writing for more than a decade. The sound of Merging Cluster intercepts the intensity of the best British neo-prog (we could mention Marillion with Fish, IQ, Pallas) and the tensions of the first Queensryche’s album…. It is an excellent technical and compositional band, with the brilliant vocals of Gabriele Marconcini (also Raven Sad) to enhance the melodies and interpretations.

Flame Drop comes from Zürich, Switzerland, and is composed of two experienced musicians. In September 2022, Roland Hegi and Felix Waldepuehl began creating ideas for a progressive rock long track in Roland’s recording studio. After the two musicians had previously worked together in the instrumental prog rock band “Fors” and Roland had contributed to some of Felix’s pieces, the idea of a new project came up. The two musicians draw on their creative resources, which are influenced by dozens of bands and artists from the history of progressive rock. The name Flame Drop is synonymous with two protagonists. Roland also acts as a music producer and designs the visual implementation of the compositions. In 2023, the band released their first album, “Flow”. Now, in 2025, this amazing Duo returned with a new album, “Beyond Cosmic Infinity”, composed of seven tracks of a pure instrumental delight, full of atmosferic and mistic space trips, a purely instrumental music. Listen to yourself and feel the incredible atmosphere created by these talented musicians. For the lovers of seventies and modern Progressive Rock, you bet your life that Flame Drop has not set any limits for the compositions. The Line-up consists of Felix Waldispuehl – drums, piano, keyboards, djembe, trombone; and Roland Hegi – Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Drums Programming, Recording/Mixing/Mastering, Producer, Visualization.

Atomic Time is a Brazilian progressive and alternative rock band based in the Small City of Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017 by Gabriel D’Incao and Pedro D’Incao, with Roger Lopes on vocals since the first formation. The band seeks a balance between heaviness and experimentation, moving between progressive and alternative rock without being tied to conventional formats. In 2019, they released the album “Out of the Loop” on double vinyl, which stood out for how the band created immersive and hypnotic atmospheres. In 2025, Atomic Time returned to the scene and released their second album titled “Subsounds”, expanding this approach further with a more experimental and alternative bias. The album was recorded at Valetes Records, in the interior of São Paulo, with piano sessions recorded at Master Chord Studio, in London, and additional recordings of Fender Rhodes and Yamaha CS-80 at RAK Studios, also in London. “Subsounds” was mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Although they are heavily influenced by bands like King Crimson, Radiohead, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, you recognize that they have their own identity. Atomic Time continues to explore new possibilities within experimentalism and alternative rock, always prioritizing creative freedom and the search for new soundscapes.