RICK ARMSTRONG

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Chromosphere RICKARMSTRONG.BANDCAMP.COM Edison’s Children guitarist takes another small step into ambient electronica. On his third synth-oriented solo album in two years, Rick Armstrong once again demands the listener set the controls for the heart of, well, if not the sun, then somewhere a long way from Earth. That vision is sound-tracked from the opening chord of The Vast Unknown, inspired by the first images from the James Webb telescope, and from thereon in the piece drifts on dreamily, the only hints of drama coming from some shards of guitar from Big Big Train’s Dave Foster. Similarly dreamlike in feel are the 20 minutes of Artemis One, inspired by the NASA mission in Steve Rothery applies some November last year, until agreeably wistful licks to the final passage. And although Gabriel…

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