Gathering - Almost A DanceThe Gathering is a Dutch alternative rock band founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and Ren Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits. The early incarnation of the band featured a much more death and doom metal based style than the more atmospheric rock and experimental music which they became known for over the years, having enjoyed a highly successful career globally to date. The band recorded 2 demos initially before making their studio debut with 'Always'

the atmospheric suite Kevät ('Spring')

1 single and 'The Ties That Bind' and 'We Should Be Together' US Country Top 5 hits

The band's ninth studio album

one could hear fireworks of limpid sonorities: for four hours the pinpeat orchestra with it's crystalline gongs joined in the training of the royal dancers or by itself rehearsed music for a coming ceremony

Johnny Mince-cl & as

It all brought me back to the Tom Waits I'd begun to see an outline of as a young man

is the result of many years of rehearsals

looking to purchase needed munitions

After a dizzy stork mistakenly delivers a baby panda to a grumpy bear

But it's hard to imagine what form anybody listening in space will take and what their intelligence could be like

for piano & orchestra

The extra-terrestrial is back with some groovy reggae which creates a bridge between dub