SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION – 1990’S AND ONWARDS TO FOLLOW SOON…
I’ve been creating music since the 1970s, with albums released worldwide across a wide variety of genres, including electronic, synth rock, progressive rock, jazz, medieval, pop and orchestral soundtrack music.
During the 1980s, I was part of the underground UK electronic music scene, releasing nine albums on my own Eye Tapes label. Alongside my wife Linda, I also performed live at several electronic music festivals.
By the 1990s, my music had begun to move more towards progressive rock. In 1993, I was signed to Cyclops Records, who subsequently released four of my solo albums.
In 2005, I signed to Chicago based Dreamfast Records, who released my album The World Over. The album featured the London Symphony Orchestra’s lead flautist, Gareth Davies, and renowned saxophonist Iain Ballamy.
I was also a member of the Shrewsbury based instrumental progressive rock band Ra, whose albums Wake (2007) and Ra Rising (2009) were both released on the Cyclops Records label.
With the addition of vocalist Richard Benjamin, the band evolved into Ra Rising. We subsequently released Seize the Day in 2014 and Race Against Time in 2022.
I’ve collaborated with Greek synthesiser maestro Thaneco and to date we have released three albums: Empyreal (2017), Call of the Ancients (2019) and Time Vortex (2024).
From 2018 to 2022 I collaborated with songstress Sally Oldfield (Mike’s sister) in creating videos for her YouTube channel.
One of my ongoing projects is THE TRANCE DIMENSIONALS, a space rock band I formed in 2016 with the legendary Nik Turner, founding member of Hawkwind. In addition to Nik, Dave Anderson, whose musical credits include Amon Düül II and the Groundhogs, and who had also played bass on Hawkwind’s In Search of Space, agreed to become involved. We were also joined by Angel Flame of Nik Turner’s Space Ritual and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Our debut album, Synchronicity, was released by the Italian label Black Widow Records in 2022. Our second album, Space Angels, followed in 2025. Both also featured a guest appearance by Mr Dibs on vocals. We are currently completing our third album, titled XIN.
Another of my current projects is collaborating with lyricist and drummer Dave Rees. Together, we have released three albums Live For Today (2015), There’s Always Tomorrow (2021) and Looking Forward to the Past (2024) featuring a variety of established vocalists, and we are now working on our fourth, The Time Has Come to be released in 2027.
Links:
Steve’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/steve.hillman.79
The Trance Dimensionals: www.facebook.com/thetrancedimensionals
To purchase Steve’s music: https://stevehillman.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@EthericSound