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Sunshine and Music in Seattle —
Seaprog 2014 Review

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One couldn’t have asked for a better weekend in a city known for fog and rain. Arriving Friday afternoon, there wasn’t a lot of time to do much in the way of touristy things and sightseeing, plus I had already done that plenty my last couple visits to this jewel of the great Northwest (my last time being the first Progman Cometh festival so many years ago), my sole mission on this weekend was seeing this second edition of Seaprog, after sadly missing the inaugural event last summer.

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-07-09)

Still Not Chasing the Fan-Base —
The Djam Karet Interview

Cover art With 30 years of making music together and 17 studio releases behind them, the members of Djam Karet have much to be proud of. The band has received outstanding reviews from the music press and respect from great musicians all over the world, but still operate on the remote fringes of popularity – pretty much by choice. This lack of willingness to compromise their vision has earned them a unique place in the world of instrumental progressive rock. Exposé was able to catch up with several members of this enigmatic ensemble following the release of their latest studio album.  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-06-08)

From Canterbury with Love —
Meet Syd Arthur

Cover art It’s only been a few quick years since Syd Arthur emerged from obscurity to claim the mantle of heirs apparent to the legacy of revered progressive outfits such as Caravan, Soft Machine, and Gong. Their debut LP, On an On, was released in 2012, and its heady mixture of psych, jazz, blues, folk, and rock, made the band an instant hit on the sprawling UK festival scene. It didn’t take long for these four young lads from Canterbury to gain the attention of festival organizers across the pond and in 2013 they picked up new fans at SXSW and Coachella.  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2014-05-26)

Rock in Involuntary Opposition —
The Salim Ghazi Saeedi Interview

Cover art "Expect the unexpected" is a common phrase in English, a joke on some levels, sage advice on others. The music created by Iranian composer Salim Ghazi Saeedi is a case in point. What do you expect an electric guitarist from Iran to sound like? Do you expect that there are electric guitarists in Iran? He makes the music he hears in his head, and we call it progressive, RIO, chamber rock, and so on, but to him it is what's inside.  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2014-01-25)

Human Drumming & Machine Beats —
The Harald Grosskopf Interview

Cover art Harald Grosskopf has a long musical career starting as the drummer with Wallenstein in the early 70s and eventually venturing into electronic music via The Cosmic Jokers/Cosmic Couriers, Ash Ra, Klaus Schulze, his solo work, and most recently Sunya Beat.  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-01-06)

From our house to yours —
The 2013 Holiday Letter

Cover art Greetings, friends and family! This has been a busy year here at the Exposé household, so wrapping it up in a brief letter won't be easy. But we're determined to try, and maybe this will be the start of a new tradition. It seems like most web sites publish best-of lists at the end of every year, so we decided to buck the trend and write a letter.  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis, Peter Thelen, Henry Schneider, Paul Hightower 2014-01-03)

The Yaogun Diaries, Part 2 —
P.K. 14

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Like Re-TROS in my last installment, this band has its roots in Nanjing. They have continually played with their name, claiming it stands for various different things at different times. They have also been listed in "official" source sometimes as P.K.14, sometimes as The P.K. 14 (The Chinese language has no articles, so this is pretty common with band names). Plain old P.K. 14 seems to be the most common, so I'll go with that.

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-11-30)

Proving It Every Night —
The Jamison Smeltz Interview

Cover art These days Jamison Smeltz can mostly be found with an alto sax in his mouth, off to one side of the stage with miRthkon, one of the bright spots in American progressive music. Heavy guitars meet woodwinds in miRthkon's complex music, and they've graced stages in North America and Europe at festivals including RIO (Carmeaux, France) and Seaprog (Seattle) — and that's just 2013. But before joining miRthkon, Smeltz played with a wide variety of other artists in a dizzying array of styles. I sat down with him after their performance at Seaprog in June 2013.  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2013-11-24)

The Yaogun Diaries, Part 1 —
Rebuilding the Rights of Statues

Cover art This is one of very few Chinese bands which is available on CD in the US. Their first album, Cut Off!, was released by Tag Team Records, and they’ve toured in the US, including a spot at SXSW in 2007. Their first album lists their full name as Reestablishing the Rights of Statues – later items have called them Rebuilding the Rights of Statues. The Chinese version is 重塑雕像的权利 (chóngsù diāoxiàng de quánlì), which can be translated either way.  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-10-16)

The Virtue of Keeping It Small —
Seaprog 2013 from the Inside

Cover art Presenting a music festival in today's musical landscape is a daunting proposition. Rather than try to emulate the major music festivals like NEARfest or ProgDay, when my fellow organizers and I decided to put one together in Seattle, we made a conscious choice to keep it small and intimate. We selected a historic theater as a venue and a selection of mostly local artists. When the opportunity arose, we booked Thinking Plague and miRthkon to add some broader geographic appeal.  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2013-09-21)

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