Welcome to The Gates Of Delirium

Christopher Ambler presents "The Gates of Delirium", a two-hour excursion into progressive, electronic and the occasional eclectic offering. From a leaning towards the classic keyboard-oriented tunes by Yes and Genesis to the sometimes-abstract synthesis put forth by the Italian masters like PFM and Banco, to modern tunes by Spock's Beard and Ayreon, the whole spectrum is covered. Solo work from Wakeman to Emerson to Okumoto as well as the sources of much of the electronic influences like Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, and lesser-known electronic ancestors. Featuring the weekly serial "Steinberg's," the story of the world's most slack-filled restaurant (and its equally slack-filled employees and customers). Your suggestions, feedback, and even criticism are more than welcome!

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It's surprising, I went to find songs with "friend" and "enemy" in the title, and I found plenty for "friend," but almost none with the opposite theme. This, of course, suggests that progressive, electronic and eclectic musicians are just, in general, great people!

• Jellyfish - He's My Best Friend
• Camel - Friendship
• Kansas - Everybody's My Friend
• Dream Theater - Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding
• Rush - Take a Friend
• Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
• Information Society - Are Friends Electric? 2.0
• Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)
• Genesis - For Present Friend
• Happy Rhodes - Friend You'll Be
• Electric Light Orchestra - Hello My Old Friend
• Steinberg's Episode 3: Friends and Enemies
• Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
• Gentle Giant - Friends
• Jon and Vangelis - Be a Good Friend of Mine
• Moody Blues - Remember Me, My Friend
• Porcupine Tree - So Called Friend
• Yes - Friend of a Friend
• Queen - Friends Will Be Friends
• Queen - You're My Best Friend
• The Beatles - With a Little Help from My Friends
• They Might Be Giants - Your Racist Friend
• Rush - Enemy Within
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Enemy God

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This week, our theme is "Revision." Songs that are either revisions of previous versions or remakes of other artists' pieces. And in this week's episode of Steinberg's, Starling decides that a revision to the menu is needed.

Playlist:

• Christopher Ambler - Gates of Delirium Show Intro
• Super_Deformed_Robot - Contact
• The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
• Monsoon - Tomorrow Never Knows
• Our Lady Peace - Tomorrow Never Knows
• Phil Collins - Tomorrow Never Knows
• Dave Stewart, Barbara Gaskin - 8 Miles High
• Transatlantic - Go the Way You Go - Live
• Bill Bruford - Mood for a Day
• Steinberg's Episode 2 - Revision
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition - A. Promenade
• Isao Tomita - Promenade
• Tangerine Dream - Pictures at an Exhibition
• California Guitar Trio - Pictures at an Exhibition
• Styx - Little Fugue in "G"
• Echolyn - A Little Nonsense
• Barry Gray - Space 1999 1st Season
• Rocket Scientists - Space: 1999
• Styx - I Am the Walrus
• California_Guitar_Trio_With_To - Heart of the Sunrise
• Spock's Beard - Space Truckin'/Soul Sacrifice
• Dream Theater - Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare for the Common Man
• Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
• Yes - America (Single Version)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - America

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This week, I debut the first attempt at a comedy serial, "Steinberg's." Steinberg runs a restaurant where he prefers to just relax, watch bad movies on TV, and let the place run itself. Unfortunately, he rarely gets that luxury, especially when his troublesome waitress, Starling is around.

This week's episode is "Fire," and we explore that word in progressive and electronic, as well as some mandatory Italian prog and a little diversion through Israel and Ireland.

Playlist -

• New Trolls - Allegro
• Storia di un Minuto - Impressioni di Settembre
• Museo Rosenbach - Dell'Eterno Ritorno
• Ofra Haza - Galbi [The Sehoog Mix]
• Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man)
• Dead Can Dance - Saltarello
• Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High
• Steinberg's: Episode 1 - Fire!
• Ayreon - August Fire
• Camel - Firefall
• Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Fist of Fire
• Happy Rhodes - Feed the Fire
• Starcastle - To the Fire Wind
• Iq - Frost and Fire
• Spock's Beard - Waste Away/Fire
• Queen - Put Out the Fire
• Rush - Cold Fire
• Mike Oldfield - Fire Fly
• Kansas - Fight Fire with Fire
• Genesis - Feeding the Fire
• Erik Norlander - The Fire of Change
• Izz - Crossfire

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It's true, no DJ in this episode, as I discover that my microphone pre-amp is dead. Gave up the ghost - or the smoke, as it were.

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Another Fine Episode!