Saturday, June 4, 2022

Unifaun

Steve Hackett - Parker Playhouse
Nad Sylvan, 2015 (on tour with Steve Hackett)

 Unifaun, the Swedish duo of Nad Sylvan, progs perennial late bloomer, and Bon Amici (né Christian Tordin), released their only album in 2008, opening doors for Sylvan, who has worked for Steve Hackett ever since, as the album is a pastiche of classic Genesis (and even some solo).  The founder of the indie label Progress Records, Hansi Cross, passed on some time ago and his family closed down the label, so the rights would likely be going back to Sylvan and Bon Amici.  It should be on Sylvans current label Inside Out/Century Media, now an autonomous subsidiary of Sony Music.  I have an autographed CD that I bought from his website, but now an LP could be cut.  I'm also waiting for reissues of Agents of Mercy, his band with Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Kaipa and the Tangent, but Stolt told me he's working on that, so we'll just have to wait for those as well.

UPDATE: Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records shall reissue Unifaun on 30 June 2023.  If only it were a month earlier and also on vinyl, but you can't win 'em all!

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