“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there“
A ‘historical spoken word’ progumentary for boomers
In October 2025 Aurelia-Records released E.D.O.’s first solo album named “The Past Is A Foreign Country”. It’s a concept album on the western post war history (1945-2025): seven retro instrumental prog tracks. The one-time limited edition is available as CD (including two bonus tracks) and as download stream on Bandcamp (not available on Spotify or similar platforms). The CD edition is out of print and not available at Aurelia Records anymore but please visit our ‘shop’ page with details about stores that have the CD in stock.
1. Wannsee (1933-1945)
2. Stettin (1945-1963)
3. Houston (1962-1974)
4. Port Stanley (1974-1982)
5. Chernobyl (1983-1989)
6. Schengen (1989-2022)
7. Mariupol (2022-?)
Accompanied by this album there are digital liner notes to be found on this website. Please click here to visit this page for historical background information, the full transcriptions of the speeches and quotations used and the justification regarding the copyright of these audio fragments.
“Edo has succeeded to present a very melodic, harmonic and accessible concept album with a good balance between the pleasantly arranged symphonic rock compositions, and voices and sound effects that epitomize the historical facts and atmosphere. He has delivered strong arrangements on his first solo effort, it never sounds too dramatic or too fragmentic. This is Dutch prog on an international level, highly recommended, wow!” (Erik Neuteboom Background Magazine)
Any profits of this album will be donated to the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR
