The Tangent
The Tangent began in 2002 as a project to record some compositions of the b… Read Full Bio ↴The Tangent began in 2002 as a project to record some compositions of the band's primary writer, Andy Tillison, with several members of The Flower Kings (Roine Stolt, Zoltan Csörsz, and Jonas Reingold), David Jackson and some of Andy's friends (Sam Baine, Guy Manning). During that first recording (which was going to become The music that died alone), many of the musicians never met in person. After some critical acclaim, another album was recorded (The world that we drive through). This was followed by successful live performances, during which the project--which was only intended as a single-album collaboration--became a band.

Roine Stolt and Zoltan Csörsz have since left the band and been replaced by Jaime Salazar and Krister Jonsson. At this point in time, The Tangent was a seven-member band spread across three countries and it continued to use technology to allow its members to collaborate despite their geographic separation and continuing commitments to other bands.

Ex- Van Der Graaf Generator star, David Jackson was also replaced by Theo Travis (sax/flute) in 2004.

In 2006, departure of founder member Sam Baine resulted in a period of chaos inside the band. Guitarist Jakko Jakszyk was recruited to play in the fourth studio album (Not as good as the Book) which was ultimately completed in 2008.

In 2008, Jaime Salazar and Jonas Reingold departed and were replaced by the whole young Swedish prog band Beardfish, featuring Rikard Sjöblom (keyboards/vocals/guitar), David Zackrisson (guitar), Magnus Ostgren (drums) and Robert Hansen (bass). Beardfish continued to perform in their own right.
After the collaboration, Jakko Jakszyk decided to leave the band.

Due to the busy schedule of Beardfish the 2009 album Down and out in Paris and London has seen yet another lineup change, with the addition of Jonathan Barrett (bass), and Paul Burgess (drums). Guitars in the album are played by Tillson, due to the difficulties in finding a new guitarist.
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The Tangent Lyrics


A Gap In the Night (In Darkest Dreams Part II) For Neal who found what he…
A Place In The Queue (Instrumental)…
A Sale Of Two Souls The sun is hanging low now and the nights are…
A Spark In The Aether Time’s not on our side The demons cry inside our heads We’…
Bat Out Of Basildon He's only as old as his helmet and no one…
Evening TV 1) Yours Is So Displaced 2) La Famille Bertillon (Chez Eu…
Everyman's Forgotten Monday The crimes of dying nations equimedia Hustles to raid again…
Follow Your Leaders Ten million people who all want to see the same…
GPS Culture Through seas of countless choices I'm chosen once again, To…
In Dark Dreams Watch this These are my confessions Just when I thought …
In Earnest In Earnest Words & Music: Andy Tillson I. The Radio Amat…
Lost In London Lost In London. A true story from 198? Words - Andy…
Muffled Epiphany It's 1972 again and I'm back at the top of…



Not As Good As The Book Called into life comes a man knuckled down, broken in,…
Paroxetine 20mg I'm stuck here right now in this rushing scene Buses cars…
Perdu Dans Paris The square's a picture postcard And it's just like on TV T…
Photosynthesis The Light falls so softly on the village's roofs Spreads in…
Shoot Them Down This town is dark, a thousand buildings falling down The dy…
Skipping the Distance Waiting in the afterglow. An aurora fading quickly in the s…
Tech Support Guy It took 15 seconds for the first call to come…
The canterbury sequence I) Cantermemorabilia I seem to spend my whole life shouti…
The Company Car Another soul dies in a tenement in England Takes his first…
The Ethernet As night comes to the city, she's working hard on…
The Mind's Eye In my mind's eye nothing's moving Life's unchanging, it's a…
The Music That Died Alone I) A SERENADE (Andy-piano) II) PLAYING ON (Andy Vocal) …
The Sun In My Eyes Let me tell you about a place I knew, Where the…
The Wiki Man i) Prologue ii) The Wiki Man All of our answers are he…
The Winning Game He's travelling the road that others have shown him He's fo…
The World We Drive Through There's a low and distant moonlit plain Where You And I…
Titanic Calls Carpathia I) The Millpond Ii) Titanic Calls Carpathia The airwav…
Where Are They Now? i prologue ii the losing game Caught in lights in the …


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