Tom Penaguin - Tom Penaguin (2024) [Official Digital Download]

French based multi-instrumentalist and composer Tom Penaguin presents his spectacular self-titled debut album. The album showcases some of the most impressive Canterbury Scene progressive rock sounds since the genre’s inception in the 1970s. Tom (guitarist of Djiin and former keyboardist of Orgöne), began playing guitar at the age of 6 and later learnt how to play drums, piano and organ to a professional standard by the age of 15. Influenced by the likes of Frank Zappa and the Canterbury Scene, Tom set out to build an analog music studio in his house in 2020, where he recorded the entire album using a plethora of vintage studio hardware and equipment. The result is a masterful ode to bands like Egg and National Health. The songs are complex in structure, with Stravinsky-inspired patterns, glorious melodies, whilst allowing room for lengthy improvisations akin to the fusion scene of the early 70s.

"It's an unbelievable record, a fantastic piece of work very well produced. An ode to the Canterbury sound. The likes of National Health, Egg… But it's so organic. He plays all the keyboards, the drums, the bass and the guitar work is unbelievable. It's like some sort of John McLaughlin Marvishnu Orchestra fusion playing… So you should really check this out. I highly recommend it." (Ryan Stevenson, Zopp)

Tracklist:
01. The Stove Viewpoint Introduction 2:44
02. Housefly Leg 14:26
03. Aborted Long Piece No2 3:36
04. Arrival of the Great Hedgehog 9:16
05. The Stove Packed Up and Left 7:30


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