Paul Roland - The Anubis Engine (2026)

After the Italian premiere of my gothic ballet ‘Nosferatu’ I was looking for a new project that might prove suitable for the dancers. This electronic adventure is a ‘Stargate’ inspired ancient Egyptian-theme concept album. As before, I aimed for short melodic phrases and ‘orchestrated’ the tracks so that they wouldn’t meander into aimless ambient noodling. And the brief narrative segments hopefully evoke specific scenes so that it all comes together like a movie in the mind.

"The Anubis Engine" is an excursion in electronics. I expected maybe a piece of Tangerine Dream-esque Kosmiche, but 1st track "Sirius Rising" blends some soundtrack elements with nods to Dark Ambient and Neo-Folk…plus the spoken word passages are very reminiscent of Current 93's David Tibet. Later tracks do move more into the Kosmiche realm, but we also get cinematic beats and touches of Spacerock. [Gavin Hobson]

One of [Paul’s] most complete, interesting and mature works, with lots of pleasant surprises.It was like listening to a modern soundtrack with narration, really very "different" stuff…one of the masterpieces [Paul] would be most proud of…Amazing! ~Vangelis