Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Sep 9: Sanctuary I - IV

Sanctuary is a music project by the multi-instrumentalist Robert Reed. In it, he explores similar themes, instrumental combinations and progressions that are influenced by the music of Mike Oldfield.

It's a pastiche of Mike Oldfield's music, but isn't Mike's music. It's played by one person, with the addition of vocals from singers including 

The most recent edition was released in 2025.

For me, the 2nd album is perhaps the most successful in tone and themes.

Listen to this section of one of the Sanctuary albums, and if you are a fan of Mike Oldfield then check them out. Sanctuary no. 1 is on Spotify, but the other albums aren't currently. 

They can be bought from Robert's Bandcamp page. He and other musicians, including Les Penning have reimagined quite a lot of Mike's music.


A recent album revisited similar themes... here's the Swan Feathered Girl...

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