The Tangent
British progressive rock group
The Tangent is a British progressive rock group formed in 2002, led by keyboardist and singer Andy Tillison.
History
Formation
The band was formed in 2002 by Parallel or 90 Degrees keyboardists Andy Tillison and Sam Baine and multi-instrumentalist Guy Manning; The Flower Kings' guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, and drummer Zoltan Csörsz; plus saxophonist David Jackson of Van der Graaf Generator. The band was scheduled only to be a "one-off" side project but has produced 13 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. Andy Tillison also performs in a duo with Matt Stevens of The Fierce and the Dead.
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.
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