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Exposé Staff Picks —
The Best of 1996

We don't always do end of year "best of" lists, but when we do, you can bet they'll be diverse. Here's a look back at how our writers felt about the year 1996.

by Peter Thelen, Jeff Melton, Mike Ezzo, Dan Casey, Mike Grimes, Steve Robey, Mike McLatchey, Mac Beaulieu, Alain Lachapelle, Published 1997-02-01

Mike McLatchey

New Releases

1. Steve Roach — The Magnificent Void I
2. Deus Ex Machina — Diachronie Metronomiche
3. Bondage Fruit - II
4. Roach/Kent/Newby — Halcyon Days
5. Iona — Journey into the Morn
6. Miriodor — Jongleries Élastiques
7. Tipographica — God Says I Can’t Dance
8. Raison de Plus — Au Bout de Couloir

New Releases of Older Material

1. Ash Ra Tempel — The Private Tapes
2. Premiata Forneria Marconi — 10 Anni Live 1971-1981

Reissues

1. Malicorne — Live en Public aux Montréal
2. El Reloj — II
3. Shylock — Île de Fièvre
4. Arachnoïd — Arachnoïd
5. Malicorne — La Bestiere
6. John Coltrane — Friendship
7. Alas — Alas
8. Conventum — L’Affut d’un Complot
9. Agitation Free — 2nd
10. Magma — Inédits

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Dan Casey

New Releases

1. Tipographica — God Says I Can’t Dance
2. Deus Ex Machina — Diachronie Metronomiche
3. Miriodor — Jongleries Élastiques
4. Echolyn — When the Sweet Turns Sour
5. Anekdoten — Nucleus
6. Ars Nova — The Goddess of Darkness
7. Änglagård — Buried Alive
8. Kit Watkins — Beauty Drifting
9. Camel — Harbour of Tears

Reissues

1. Shylock — Île de Fièvre
2. Jean-Paul Prat — Masal
3. Area — Gioia e Rivoluzione
4. Island — Pictures

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Peter Thelen

New Releases

1. Dweller at the Threshold — No Boundary Condition
2. Miriodor — Jongleries Élastiques
3. Yun — Mobius Strip
4. Rattlemouth — Walking a Full Moon Dog
5. Bondage Fruit - II
6. Heretic — Yayoi Dream
7. Iona — Journey into the Morn
8. Dr. Folamour — Dr. Folamour
9. Attila & Dave Project — Songs of Innocence & Experience
10. Darling — Darling
11. J.Arif Verner — A Vision beyond Light

New Releases of Older Recordings

1. National Health — Missing Pieces
2. Various Artists — Supernatural Fairy Tales

Reissues

1. Frank Zappa — Läther
2. Riccardo Zappa — Celestion
3. French TV — After a Lengthy Silence
4. Rhesus O — Rhesus O
5. Finnforest — Finnforest / Lähtö Matkalle
6. Nirgal Vallis — Y Murio la Tarde
7. Rascal Reporters — Happy Accidents
8. 5uu’s — Point of Views
9. Už Jsme Doma — Uprosted Slov (In the Middle of Words)
10. Magma — Inédits

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Jeff Melton

New Releases

1. King Crimson — ThrakAttak
2. Richard Thompson — You? Me? Us?
3. Soundgarden — Down on the Upside
4. Yes — Keys to Ascension
5. Adrian Belew — Op Zop Too Wah
6. Peter Hammill — X My Heart
7. Altura — Mercy
8. Trance Mission — Head Light
9. Attila & Dave Project — Songs of Innocence & Experience
10. Rush — Test for Echo

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Steve Robey

New Releases

1. moe. — Meat
2. Änglagård — Buried Alive
3. Magma — Concert 1971 Bruxelles - Théâtre 140
4. Soft Machine — Spaced
5. Porcupine Tree — Signify
6. moe. — No Doy
7. Surrender to the Air — Surrender to the Air
8. Camel — Harbour of Tears
9. King Crimson — ThrakAttak
10. Rivendel — The Meaning

Reissues

1. Hampton Grease Band — Music to Eat
2. Jukka Tolonen — The Hook / Hysterica
3. Frank Zappa — Läther
4. Magma — Inédits
5. Muffins — <185>
6. Amon Düül II — Live in London
7. Red Krayola with Art & Language — Kangaroo?
8. Yochk'o Seffer / Neffesh Music — Ghilgoul
9. Agitation Free — 2nd
10. Espiritu — Espiritu

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Mike Grimes

New Releases

1. Už Jsme Doma — Pohádky Ze Zapotrebí
2. Ars Nova — The Goddess of Darkness
3. Cast — Beyond Reality
4. Deus Ex Machina — Diachronie Metronomiche
5. Finisterre — In Limine
6. Solaris — Live in Los Angeles
7. The 3rd & the Mortal — Painting on Glass
8. The Flower Kings — Retropolis
9. Allan Holdsworth — None Too Soon

New Releases of Older Recordings

1. National Health — Missing Pieces

Reissues

1. 5uu’s — Point of Views

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Mike Ezzo

New Releases

1. Art Zoyd — Faust
2. Present — Live!
3. King Crimson — ThrakAttak
4. Jon Anderson — Toltec
5. Jan Garbarek — Visible World
6. Gentle Giant — Out of the Woods - The BBC Sessions
7. Pustit Musíš (Iva Bittová / Dunaj / Pavel Fajt) — Pustit Musíš
8. Roedelius — Pink, Blue & Amber
9. Mike Oldfield — Voyager

Reissues

1. Frank Zappa — Läther
2. Maxophone — Maxophone
3. Popul Vuh — Aguirre
4. Bernard Xolotl — Last Wave
5. Roedelius — Selbsportrait I/II
6. Moebius / Plank / Neumeier — Zero Set
7. I Pooh — Un Po’ del Nostro Tempo Migliore
8. Anthony Phillips — New England
9. Cluster — Grosses Wasser
10. 5uu’s — Point of Views
11. Kansas — Audio Visions

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Alain Lachapelle

New Releases

1. Finisterre — In Limine
2. Philharmonie — Rage
3. Deus Ex Machina — Diachronie Metronomiche
4. Miriodor — Jongleries Élastiques
5. Dr. Folamour — Dr. Folamour
6. The Flower Kings — Retropolis
7. Exclusive Raja — Insubmersible
8. Änglagård — Buried Alive
9. Patrick Gauthier — Le Morse
10. Premiata Forneria Marconi — 10 Anni Live 1971-1981

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Filed under: New releases, Archives, Reissues, Issue 11

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