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“Aura” is exactly what I wanted to hear
Review by Jason Spencer – 8th May 2020 10 STAR REVIEW (9,5/10) In a progressive community that often favors technical achievement over melodic inspiration, it …
I can only encourage those who don’t know the band to find out what they’ve been missing.
VELVET THUNDER – WEBZINE Review by Paul Whimpenny – 3rd May 2020 IO Earth have once again managed to produce a powerful and emotionally moving album that will be a strong candidate for the best progressive album of the year How to describe the music of IO Earth? Many bands …
‘Aura’ stands very proudly
Review by Pete Flodden – 26th April 2020 5 STAR REVIEW (5/5) I first encountered IO Earth on their second album ‘Moments‘. From the start I was struck by their creativity, musicianship and of course their music. The key word I would also add at that stage of their journey …
This album is all that I hoped for…
Review by Mark Priestly – 16th April 2020 5 STAR REVIEW (5/5) This album is all that I hoped for after hearing about the new project from IO Earth at their Christmas party gig. It was described by guitarist Dave Cureton as the softer side of IO Earth, and there …
IO Earth Embraces You, Surrounds You And Never Lets You Go Again
By Michel Stolk (Edited by Tracy van Os van den Abeelen) IO Earth is a band from the United Kingdom. They have made three albums to date, namely IO Earth from 2009 (see review), Moments from 2012 (see review) and New World from 2015 (see review). As you can read …
It Will Leave You Delighted, Thrilled And Almost Certainly Emotionally Wrung Out
Midlands prog masters enter darker territory By Rachel Mann A new IO Earth album is always a matter for rejoicing. Not only have they produced symphonic prog of the highest order for the best part of 10 years, but they’ve built a fan base that’s more like a family than …
An Electric Album With Extensive Orchestrations and Cinematic Flairs
There is nothing I enjoy more than a band that has their own particular sound, and especially a sound that is almost indescribable. It just exists. IO Earth is one of those bands, and their music has always been at its best when they have clung tightly to their own …
Crescendo Festival in France 2016
By Stuart Smith IO-Earth hit the stage next and we’d already had a good chat with their leader and guitarist Dave Cureton and a beer with their engineer in the nearby Skooby Doo bar. The band is from the UK and have three studio and a live album to their …
A New World Symphony From the Midlands Masters
By Rachel Mann Some albums are worth clearing your diary for, and IO Earth’s third studio offering is one of them. Over nearly 100 minutes of symphonic goodness, New World reminds us that taking time to climax is the key to pleasure. It’s their first studio release since 2012’s Moments …
This is Another Magnum Opus
By Zachary Nathanson It’s been a good while since I’ve heard some excellent music from the sounds of IO Earth. After hearing their first two albums (their sole self-titled debut and Moments), which I’ve championed back in 2011 and 2012, I always thought to myself, “what am I to expect …
Genre Defying
By Robert Brady ‘Genre Defying’ as the band IO Earth places upon themselves is a total understatement. I would go on record now to say they ‘Genre Shattering’. I was as if a mirror were broken and the total sum of its shattered pieces represented many its influential parts. This band has deliberately made sure …
Great Success!
By Abaddon (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) Three years after the remarkable and noticed “Moments”, the English IOEarth remember our good memories. Given the excellent impression left by the previous album, it’s an understatement to say that this “New World” was watched eagerly, …
"New World" is a Great Listening Experience
(Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) Since 2009 the UK (Birmingham) based IO-Earth are residing progland. As with their first opus, IO-Earth indulges us once more with a double album as their 2015 cuvee. Showing above all a band taking itself album by album …
One of The Musical Highlights of 2015
By Henri Strik (Edited by Robert James Pashman) The British band IO Earth made with their eponymous album (see review) for me personally the most impressive album of 2009. On this release you could hear a blend of different musical styles made by two friends who seemingly write music with …
Symphonic Prog Incorporating Many Other Styles
By Jean-Christophe Le Brun It is thanks to the initial programming of the 2015 edition of Prog South Io Earth caught my attention. English female voice with progressive, usually I like. So I interested in their latest production, their third studio album, New World. This one is a double album …
Melodic Progressive Rock, As You Want It
By Thomas Kohlruß (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) The second album of the British formation IOEarth – “Moments” – has me pretty excited at that time unexpectedly. The band had yet to offer a pretty private and idiosyncratic mix and in the range …
Almost a Symphony in the True Sense of the Word
By Shane Pinnegar A grand and epic conceptual work spanning two discs and led by the staggeringly talented musicianship of Dave Cureton and Adam Gough, IO Earth’s New World is a tour de force of symphonic prog rock. Not that you could exactly call this a rock n’ roll album: …
A Perfect Workmanship
By Artur Chachlowski (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) Great album. Despite the significant disruption personnel (including the forced absence from the previous vocalist Claire Malin, whose serious illness prevented from continuing career) and, generally speaking, not the best situation for this type of …
A Crossover Prog That Cuts Like a Knife
By Thomas Szirmay IO Earth has released two celebrated studio albums that made some serious waves within the prog community, supplying a modern curve to the well-travelled neo-prog rock genre by infusing some quite brilliant vocals, such as those by Steve Balsamo, who also participated on the Rob Reed (Magenta) …
This Is What Progressive Rock Means to Me
By Thomas Szirmay IO Earth has released two celebrated studio albums that made some serious waves within the prog community, supplying a modern curve to the well-travelled neo-prog rock genre by infusing some quite brilliant vocals, such as those by Steve Balsamo, who also participated on the Rob Reed (Magenta) …
Live review of the 'IO Earth and the Orchestra of Sound & Emotion' show on 23rd May 2015
By Rachel Mann Birmingham’s come a long way since the days when it was all spaghetti junctions and concrete waste. Brindleyplace is the Venice of the Midlands and the Bullring outdoes Milan. Some things never change, though. Give brummies a chance to go to a quality prog gig and they’ll …
Live Review Peel
By Richard Thompson While they have always merited praise in the past, tonight IOEarth really do sound like the real deal. Their spacious and sendory-grabbing atmospherics become almost spiritual on a certain level, like the staggering title track of their latest album, “Moments”, the equally impressive “Drifting” and “Cinta Indah”, …
Classic Rock Live Review Peel
Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine Live Review Peel by Richard Thompson There’s a genuine buzz around IOEarth at the moment and it’s easy to see why this Birmingham-based band, led by guitarist Dave Cureton and keyboardist Adam Gough, are gaining such high praise. Tonight’s set is dazzling, cultivating a wonderful …
Redefining The Genre
By Ross Muir Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. Belonging or connected to one particular person, place, or thing. Particularly remarkable, special, or unusual. Along with genius, the word unique tends to be over-used, especially in the world of musical or artistic creativity. It’s also, more …
Excellent Musicianship And Fantastic Sound
By Russell Elliot The British progressive band IOEarth’s one hour and twenty minute set at the 2012 RoSFest has been captured on a richly produced full length album entitled IOEarth Live In The USA (IOEarth Music (UK) 0 632963 465185, 2013. With tracks that span the band’s two studio recordings, …
Musical Creativity, Innovation and Diversity of Influences
By Ross Muir Even in this day and age of instantly available or accessible live material (not all of it official, sadly) and options to pick, choose and download recently performed sets from many an artist, it may seem strange to release a live album after only two studio releases. …
Live In The USA is a Perfect Entrance into The World of IO Earth
By John OBoyle So, RoSfest is a very prodigious festival that has hosted many great bands, being probably THE American prog festival to play. IOEarth can now lay claim to having played that festival and to mark the occasion the band recorded the show, which is presented here as Live …
A Well-Organized Band With a Stable Composition
By Artur Chachlowski (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) As I write this text takes a long weekend in May. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg festival starts just RoSfest 2013 (May 4 occurred on our Believe It). This …
Well a New Prog Kid is Now on The Block
IOEarth’s debut was arguably one of the biggest surprises in recent progressive music, totally blowing away this seasoned reviewer, along with most of my PA colleagues, with an unexpectedly charming 2 CD set, too much material being an atypical circumstance that rarely succeeds. It did and in spades. The review …
IO EARTH combines original melodies and sophisticated architecture
(Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) If you are looking for an album that goes beyond the usual, you’re right page. “Moments” of IOEARTH is the perfect album to take on this role. As for the combo, it is the brainchild of guitarist Dave …
IO Earth Have Finally Come In Full Swing
By Zachary Nathanson Since they launched into the prog scene back in 2009 and considered by Classic Rock Presents Prog as “Best New / Unsigned Band” in 2010, IO Earth have finally come in full swing since the launch of their sole self-titled debut album, it became clear that their …
I Need To Play It Again…. And Again….. And Again!!!
By Rob (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) IOEarth is a project of multi-instrumentalists Dave Cureton and Adam Gough. Releasing their second album after the 2009 same titled successfully debut By many chosen to be best new band/ Best debut album in 2009. Opening …
This Band Stands Out From The Crowd With a Remarkably Eclectic Approach
By: Eigen Beheer (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) Two years ago, did it come from Birmingham IOEarth the prog world surprised with their very ambitious, eponymous debut: two CDs full of symphonic and spacey prog rock with a modern groove. Successor ‘Moments’ now …
A Simply Incredible Performance
IOEarth’s self titled debut was a massive highlight of 2009, a sprawling epic of a work which gave the project founded by Dave Cureton & Adam Gough an excellent start to what I hope will be a long and fruitful recording career. Now, three years later, we have the “difficult” …
Moments Is a Truly Remarkable Recording, a Creative Work
By Mike Flavin There has been a lot of buzz about the UK’s IOEarth over the past year or so, and listening to their second release it’s easy to see why; Moments is a truly remarkable recording, a creative work that draws the listener in for a musical journey through …
RoSfest USA Performance 2012
By Thomas Arena I knew NOTHING about this band, never heard a note of their music before, and now I’m left wondering why, what a surprising show! I was expecting something between a neo and symphonic act, still more song based than anything. Instead we got some pure, symphonic bliss, …
"Moments" Is a Very Enjoyable Album
By Artur Chachlowski (Please note that this review has been translated using an online translator) The British group IO Earth, and of the two albums – “IO Earth” (2009) and “Moments” (2012) a lot of (good) recently read and heard, but until recently I had the opportunity to listen to …
IOEarth have delivered a progressive masterwork
By Russell Elliot (10 March 2012) In the creation of their second IOEarth album, Dave Cureton and Adam Gough decided that it shouldn’t be a follow-up to their debut. Entitled Moments (IOEarth (UK), 2012), the hour-long nine-track progressive masterwork embodies the sound of the debut but has continued to evolve …
A Fulfilling, Inspirational, Joyous Album
By Malcolm Dome IO Earth “Moments” Quote “In an era when there is so much inventive and challenging music, it says much about IO Earth’s quality that ‘Moment’s still stands out as a fulfilling, inspirational, joyous album, full of assertive, breathtaking music.”
Excellent Album
By: Henri Strik (edited by Peter Willemsen) I received many CD-releases in 2009, but none of them sounded as impressive as the debut album of IO Earth. This duo consists of Dave Cureton and Adam Cough, two musicians from Birmingham (U.K.). They have been friends since the age of twelve. …
This Is Special
By BL A couple times this issue I have come across use of the flugle horn on an album and it occurs to me that this Is a new dimension that many bands and musicians could make good use of. The instrument is used along side trumpet on an atmospheric …
A Plot That Sustains The Structure of The Album
By Eduard Antoniu Dave Cureton and Adam Gough have known each other for a long time and started writing songs together early. They planned for their debut album about five years ago. They may have accumulated enough material, for it turns out to be a double album debut. This may …
IOEarth Have Delivered a Remarkable First Project
By: Russel Elliot IOEarth is a rapidly emerging progressive British rock band. Central figures Dave Cureton and Adam Gough have been good friends since they met in school at age twelve. Being two of a very small class of just four music students in their year, they worked together a …
An Eclectic Blend of Sound and Emotion
By Paul Jerome Smith I first became aware of this eclectic blend of sound and emotion over a year ago, but I have only recently made the (overdue) purchase that allows me to provide this review. IO EARTH is the creation of two British guys (Dave Cureton and Adam Gough) …
IOEarth Crossover Prog
By Rivertree This music has much of a cinematic vibe, like composed as a soundtrack for a movie. Well – the overall length with more than 90 minutes nearly matches. The album shows a relaxed flow basically – but is provided with several twists and turns including heavy excursions nevertheless. …
This Is An Absolutely Remarkable Album
By – Ken Truman IOEarth is the brainchild of Dave Cureton (guitars) and Adam Gough (keyboards) two school friends from the 90’s who have worked together on many projects with others over the years, but who always had a dream of working together on something that, quote ” was fresh …
Get a Copy of This Debut ASAP!
By: Ron Fuchs IO Earth is a brand new progressive rock band from the UK. The core members are Dave Cureton (guitars, etc) and Adam Gough (keyboards etc), who have been friends since the 90’s. Joining them are Richard Cureton (drums & percussion), Marc Williams (bass), Claire Malin, Louise Brabbins …
Album of the Year
IOEarth’s Dave Cureton and Adam Gough have crafted a ecological progressive masterpiece with their debut double album. Its running time of over 100 minutes takes you on a journey like no other through three different movements Water,Earth and finally Air. Impossible to pigeon hole and pin down to a particular …
This is Serious, Occasionally Mind-Blowing, Stuff
By: Michael Popke In case you haven’t heard, the self-titled debut from the UK duo IOEarth was nominated for “Best Debut Record” in Italy’s 2009 Prog Awards. That honor recognizes the sheer variety of and ambition behind the music on these two CDs, which spans more than 90 minutes. Dave …