Nick Magnus: Avid advocate of physical music

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The last album from Nick Magnus is Catharsis. Here there are a fair amount of talented and well-known musicians. Steve Hackett (Genesis) – guitars, Tony Patterson (ReGenesis) – vocals, Amanda Lehmann (Steve Hackett) – vocals, Pete Hicks – vocals, Andy Neve – vocals, Steve Unruh (United Progressive Fraternity, Resistor, Samurai Of Prog) – violin. Composer, keyboardist and producer Nick Magnus started his career with renowned symphonic rock group The Enid, and later spent eleven years touring and recording with ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.  He is a keen protagonist of progressive rock, and an equally avid advocate of physical music media.

Magnus states about the new album, «Catharsis is a personal journey inspired by the landscape, history and legends of the Ariège region in the French Pyrénées. Its mountains, caves, stunning vistas and centuries of often turbulent history cry out to be translated into music. Each track marks a much loved place in the Ariège, or a time in its history, real or imagined». Magnus states about the new album, «Catharsis is a personal journey inspired by the landscape, history and legends of the Ariège region in the French Pyrénées. Its mountains, caves, stunning vistas and centuries of often turbulent history cry out to be translated into music. Each track marks a much loved place in the Ariège, or a time in its history, real or imagined». The track Catharsis, The Devil`s Bridge,

He talk about the past in his blog, «Forty-two years ago, four hopeful young prog musicians, collectively known as Autumn, went into an 8-track demo studio in Portsmouth to record a selection of tracks. Never once suspecting those tracks would be released, it wasn’t until 1999 that they were released as a limited run on CD to critical acclaim, much to surprise of the band. The album was called Oceanworld. Those musicians were Mark Easton, Robbie Dobson, Steve Hoff and some guy called Nick Magnus». Catharsis is the sixt solo album from Magnus.

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