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Not very often, but some new surprises come from faraway Australia. Ambient Den is the project of multi-instrumentalist Ben Craven, keyboardist and vocalist Tim Bennetts (Seven Day Mask, Sub Inc) and drummer Dean Povey (Frankenfido). Tim met Ben in 2017 and, after a couple of informal jam sessions, they decided to start this project dedicated to bands of the past like Yes, Genesis, and Pink Floyd, with related science fiction themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name Ambient Den is actually an anagram of “Tim”, “Ben”, and “Dean”, although Tim and Ben originally performed under the name Progaustrali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmbient Den\u201d is a concept album with a cover designed by Dean Povey, which tells the story of humanity’s search for a new home among the stars, culminating in the creation of a new, distant, and habitable world.
It starts with \u201cFuture History Part 1\u201d, the Pink Floyd-style intro that leads to \u201cFor All Mankind\u201d, an eight-minute track where the keyboards describe airy and spatial settings in which the band expresses both past and present feelings. The care for catchy melodies is marked, to the advantage of an enjoyable listening experience, especially during the chorus. The instrumental passages show three prepared artists, engaged in technical solos that are never too long. The sound is enveloping, supported by well-crafted arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The instrumental track \u201cProvenance\u201d raises the bar and continues the cosmic journey through even more markedly Pink Floyd-style late-period sounds, thanks to Craven’s electric guitar, which is the real protagonist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEarthrise\u201d is a mini-suite of over nine minutes where the slide guitar once again enriches the atmospheres in a marked way. The Earth is on the horizon, and when the acoustic guitar solo starts, it becomes pure magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTerraforming\u201d brings out all the band’s arsenal, through sixteen minutes of intriguing Crossover Prog where the soul is involved in an emotional rollercoaster. If you love David Gilmour, Ambient Den knows how to pamper you. Mood and rhythm changes, epic moments alternate with psychedelic passages of keyboards and slide guitar in \u201cOne Of These Days\u201d mode, for a result that I rank among the most enjoyable of the entire album. If you’re not into these sounds, you can stop reading here.
\u201cFuture History Part 2\u201d raises the pace and closes the album, while the following four tracks are just single edits of \u201cFor All Mankind\u201d, \u201cEarthrise\u201d, \u201cTerraforming\u201d, and \u201cFuture History Part 2\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion, \u201cAmbient Den\u201d is a very enjoyable album, rich in beautiful sound ideas where the past is researched but presented with a modern twist, where you just need to close your eyes to let yourself be transported to unseen places, for the joy of those who love listening to music\u2026 the real one. MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Non molto spesso, ma alcune nuove sorprese arrivano anche dall’Australia. Ambient Den \u00e8 il progetto del polistrumentista Ben Craven, del tastierista e cantante Tim Bennetts (Seven Day Mask, Sub Inc) e del batterista Dean Povey (Frankenfido). Tim incontra Ben nel 2017 e, dopo un paio di jam informali, decidono di mettere in piedi questo progetto dedicato a band del passato come Yes, Genesis e Pink Floyd, con annesse tematiche fantascientifiche.
Il nome Ambient Den \u00e8 in realt\u00e0 un anagramma di “Tim”, “Ben” e “Dean”, sebbene Tim e Ben si fossero originariamente esibiti con il nome Progaustrali.
\u201cAmbient Den\u201d \u00e8 un concept album con la copertina disegnata da Dean Povey, che racconta la storia della ricerca dell’umanit\u00e0 di una nuova casa tra le stelle, la quale culmina nella creazione di un nuovo mondo lontano e abitabile.
Si inizia con \u201cFuture History Part 1\u201d, l’intro in stile Pink Floyd che conduce a \u201cFor All Mankind\u201d, otto minuti in cui le tastiere descrivono ambientazioni ariose e spaziali in cui la band esprime sensazioni sia passate che odierne. La cura per le melodie orecchiabili \u00e8 marcata, a vantaggio di un ascolto fruibile, specialmente durante il ritornello. Le fughe strumentali mostrano tre artisti preparati, impegnati in assolo tecnici mai prolissi. Il suono \u00e8 avvolgente, supportato da arrangiamenti ben congeniati.
La strumentale \u201cProvenance\u201d alza il tiro e prosegue il viaggio cosmico attraverso arie ancor pi\u00f9 marcatamente in stile Pink Floyd ultimo periodo, grazie alla chitarra elettrica di Craven, vera e propria protagonista.
\u201cEarthrise\u201d \u00e8 una mini suite di nove minuti abbondanti dove ancora una volta la chitarra slide arricchisce le atmosfere in maniera marcata. All\u2019orizzonte la terra, e quando inizia il solo di chitarra acustica diventa tutto pura magia.
\u201cTerraforming\u201d mette sul piatto tutte le armi a disposizione della band, attraverso sedici minuti di intrigante Crossover Prog in cui l\u2019animo \u00e8 coinvolto in un’altalena di emozioni. Se amate David Gilmour, gli Ambient Den sanno come coccolarvi. Cambi umorali e di ritmo, frangenti epici si alternano a passaggi psichedelici di tastiere e chitarra slide in modalit\u00e0 \u201cOne Of These Days\u201d per un risultato che annovero fra i pi\u00f9 gradevoli dell\u2019intero album.
\u201cFuture History Part 2\u201d alza il ritmo e chiude l\u2019album, mentre i seguenti altri quattro brani non sono altro che i single edit di \u201cFor All Mankind\u201d, \u201cEarthrise\u201d, \u201cTerraforming\u201d e \u201cFuture History Part 2\u201d.
In conclusione, \u201cAmbient Den\u201d \u00e8 un album gradevolissimo, ricco di bei spunti sonori in cui il passato \u00e8 ricercato ma esposto con un abito moderno, dove basta chiudere gli occhi per lasciarsi trasportare in luoghi mai visti, per la gioia di chi ama ascoltare la musica\u2026 quella vera. MS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/nonsoloprogrock.blogspot.com\/2025\/08\/ambient-den.html Translation: Not very often, but some new surprises come from faraway Australia. Ambient Den is the project of multi-instrumentalist Ben Craven, keyboardist and vocalist Tim Bennetts (Seven Day Mask, Sub Inc) and drummer Dean Povey (Frankenfido). Tim met Ben in 2017 and, after a couple of informal jam sessions, they decided to start this… Read More »2025-08-27 – Non Solo Prog Rock (Review)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}