The Tangent - Down And Out In Paris And Lond (CD)

Down And Out In London And Paris, their latest of five studio releases to date, sees prog rock band THE TANGENT concentrate more than ever before on their artistic expressiveness. Our new album is a 100 per cent musical project. Where the previous album, Not As Good As The Book, was this whole multimedia thing with illustrations and science fiction novel, this one is about five pieces of music on a single CD, keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Andy Tillison points out. In terms of format, its more like our very first album, kicking off with a 19-minute piece which I am sure fans of the bands prog stuff are going to like. Hopefully a lot!

There have been line-up changes again since the previous album, Not As Good As The Book: Jaime Jalazar and Jonas Reingold have left the fold, so now THE TANGENT consists, along with Tillison, guitarist Guy Manning and saxophonist/flutist Theo Travis, of drummer Paul Burgess and bassist Jonathan Barrett. For the first time since 2003, all the members of THE TANGENT are English, Tillison rejoices. I think thats an important thing, because one of the most defining things about THE TANGENTs sound has been a certain Englishness - an affinity with the roots of prog rock.