Synthagma is an impressive revelation coming from Leichlingen, closely situated to Cologne in Germany. The foundation of the group goes back to late 2021. The idea for Synthagma matured in the silence of the fading pandemic and became a creative new beginning for two experienced musicians. But, In the middle of the pandemic when drummer Thomas (Ex-Trespass) and organ/keyboard player Ropp (Ex-Kampai, Ex-Emarald-Edge) met again after some years and decided to form a new band and searched for suitable group members. Both musicians were former founding members of Inquire in 1996 (disbanded in 2003 – temporarily reunited for a shot interval in 2009). They played together on four highly recommended Inquire albums before their ways split for some years but they continuously stayed in loose touch. In 2023, After an intensive and careful search for suitable fellow musicians, guitarist Roland Eichler-Hungerbach joined the band 2023 – an exceptional instrumentalist with an unmistakable style. In 2024 bass player Thomas joined and completed the band. Composed by legendary and talented musicians, Synthagma presents its compositions in the tradition of legendary 1970s bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, or Ekseption. Synthagma’s debut album “Radical Animal” is available on all major streaming platforms. The physical CD can be ordered for only 10€ plus shipping.

The Tibet band was born in Werdohl in the German Sauerland founded in 1970/71, and was active throughout the 70s. However, their self-titled album from late 1978 on Bellaphon (now available as a CD from Musea, Belle Antique, Sireena, and others). The tracks for the album were recorded in three separate sessions dating from December 1976 to September 1978. On July 13, 1975, they performed at the Goethe open-air stage in Barkhausen, which now belongs to Porta Westfalica, an artificial structure created by the planners in 1973. The performance was professionally recorded and has now been remastered by Eroc. Only the last track comes from another source. The sound of this new release is flawless. Tibet played progressive rock in the style of the seventies. Worth mentioning: Only one track of the performance (‘Fight Back’) is known from the Tibet LP. The 48-page LP booklet contains, among other things, a very readable review by Jürgen Krutzsch of his time with Tibet. The Bellaphon LP by Tibet is well known. Here is only a video with some important tracks from 1975 in top sound quality. Tibet deserves recognition for having been a small part of the progressive music scene with their extensive live performance history throughout the seventies, and for the eclectic and ambitious style of music for which they were known by their small but persistent fan base.

Wilson Project is a young Italian progressive rock band. The four members, on average 21 years old, have met over the years until they arrived at their current project. In addition to working on original music, the link with Italian prog music was tightened from the start. They began studying and performing songs taken from the first two albums of Premiata Forneria Marconi, a band of great influence, which led them to have the opportunity to perform with Giorgio “Fico” Piazza, the historical bassist and founder of the band. In August 2022, they opened the concert of the New Trolls, one of the most famous Italian progressive rock bands. In September 2022, they won the Critics Award at the PEM festival. Later, in March 2023, they won the Intervallo…Prog contest, in September 2023, participated as an opening band at the 2Days Prog + 1 Festival in Veruno, one of the most important progressive rock festivals on the international scene. In February 2024, they performed as the opening act for Le Orme, another major pillar of Italian prog. Their debut album “Il Viaggio Da Farsi,” was released in July 2022 by Ma.Ra.Cash Records, is inspired by Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy launch and narrates a woman’s journey to Mars, exploring the dichotomy between reality and its replication. the journey not only physical but also psychological, an inner struggle between nostalgia and enthusiasm for the new. Atto Primo, their second album, released in 2025, was born from the desire to pay homage to opera and bring it to the center of musical narration, considering it a living element. Each piece is inspired by a famous work and composer, not only as a dedication but to restore the original theatricality in a new guise. The sounds and expressive freedoms of progressive rock intertwine with the dramatic atmospheres and emotional tensions of a theater, building a sound world in which words and music move in symbiosis. Wilson Project is composed by Stefano Rapetti – bass guitar, vocals; Annalisa Ghiazza – vocals, aerophone; Andrea Protopapa – keyboards, vocals, and Mattia Pastorino – drums, vocals.