“There was one troll who slagged it off, but I think he was a fan from the Fish years!” Marillion’s Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning took six years to make Gentō, an album that sounds like neither of their bands

Marillion's Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning.

Bioscope began as a vague idea for two musicians from very different parts of the prog world to jam together. It turned into an exciting electro-instrumental project, brought to fruition with debut album Gentō. Marillion’s Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning tell Prog about the long-gestating release.

Somewhere in Steve Rothery’s archive is a piece of electronic music that’s only ever been heard in public once, almost 40 years ago. It consists of sequenced keyboards with a dusting of guitar – a far cry from the sounds he’s best-known for as guitarist with Marillion.