The Tangent

The Tangent is a progressive rock group formed in 2002.

History

Formation 2002

Originally formed by keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine of Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Flower Kings' guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, and drummer Zoltan Csörsz. The septet was completed by renowned saxophonist David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator and multi-instrumentalist Guy Manning. The band was scheduled only to be a "one-off" project but has produced seven official studio albums and a number of live albums since.

The Tangent has had numerous changes in personnel resulting in Tillison being the only member to have been on all the recordings.

Live performances

Since 2003 the band in its various forms has played concerts and festivals in the US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and France. Members of the band also occasionally appear as special guests on stage with other artists. On 13 February 2012 guitarist Luke Machin joined Pain of Salvation on stage at The Garage in London, England, playing on the song Kingdom of Loss.^[1]

Cover art

The band had much of their cover art done by artist Ed Unitsky, who worked closely with the band when designing their album artwork. Ed has completed five album covers for The Tangent.

Cover artwork for the album Not as Good as the Book (2008) was created by French artist Antoine Ettori, for Down and Out in Paris and London (2009) by mbl graphics.

Personnel

Current members

Studio band for most recent release "A Spark in the Aether" 2015

• Andy Tillison (keyboards, guitars, vocals)
• Theo Travis (saxophones, flutes, clarinet)
• Luke Machin (guitar, vocals)
• Jonas Reingold (bass guitar, vocals)
• Morgan Ågren (drums)

Live band for touring in 2014

• Andy Tillison (keyboards, guitars, vocals)
• Lalle Larsson (keyboards)
• Luke Machin (guitar, vocals)
• Jonas Reingold (bass guitar, vocals)
• Morgan Ågren (drums)
• Goran Edman (vocals)

Former members

• Roine Stolt (guitars, vocals)
• David Jackson (saxophone, flute)
• Sam Baine (keyboards, piano, vocals)
• Zoltan Csörsz (drums)
• Krister Jonsson (guitars)
• Jaime Salazar (drums)
• Rikard Sjöblom (keyboards, vocals)
• David Zackrisson (guitars)
• Robert Hansen (bass guitar)
• Magnus Östgren (drums)
• Guy Manning (acoustic guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, keyboards, vocals)
• Paul Burgess (drums)
• Michael Gilbourne (drums)
• Jonathan Barrett (bass guitar, vocals)
• Nick Rickwood (drums)
• Tony "Funkytoe" Latham (drums)
• Dan Mash (bass guitar, vocals)
• Dave Albone (drums)
• Simon Albone (bass guitar)
• Lindsay Frost (keyboards)
• David Million (guitar)
• Dan Watts (guitar)
• Julie King (vocals)
• Gavin Harrison (drums)
• David Longdon (vocals)

Discography

Studio albums

• The Music That Died Alone (2003)
• The World That We Drive Through (2004)
• A Place in the Queue (2006)
• Not as Good as the Book (2008)
• Down and Out in Paris and London (2009)
• A Place On The Shelf (2009)
• COMM (2011)
• Le Sacre du Travail (2013)
• L'Etagère du Travail (2013)
• A Spark in the Aether (2015)

Live albums

• Pyramids and Stars (2005)
• Going Off On One (2007)
• Going Off On Two (2010)
• London or Paris, Berlin or Southend-on-Sea (2012)

References

External links

• The Tangent official band site
• Beardfish official band site
• Manning official band site
• Artist Ed Unitsky official homepage
• Audio interview with Andy Tillison, June 2013.
• 2010 interview with Andy Tillison - part 1
• 2010 interview with Andy Tillison and Jonathan Barrett - part 2
• The Tangent at progressiverockbr.com