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Sweeney Straddles the Sun - Tarantula

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Sweeney Straddles the Sun is the solo project of Glaswegian artist Jason Sweeney. A very strange performing name as straddling the sun can be extremely dangerous, plus I do not fully appreciate how...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-01-24)

Vectrexcentricity - Lifelike Boy Android

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Seeing the names on the cover of this release might very well lead to confusion — at least for those familiar with any of them. To fans of progressive rock, Michael Manring is most likely the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2017-01-23)

Zhongyu - Zhongyu Is Chinese for Finally

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What first hits me as a listener on the album opener “Apple of My Mind’s Eye 2” is the strong Chinese influence, in the instrumentation, scales and percussion used, which should...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2017-01-22)

Various Artists - A New Career in a New Town: More Songs by David Bowie

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For the Fruits de Mer Member’s Club annual freebie last year, Keith Jones produced an exclusive CD of David Bowie covers titled

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-01-22)

Slapp Happy - Acnalbasac Noom

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After recording Sort Of, a second album emerged but Polydor pulled the plug and Uwe Nettelbeck signed both Faust and Slapp Happy to the burgeoning Virgin label in the UK. They re-recorded...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-01-21)

UTU - Pieces of the Unknown

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And while we’re on the subject of inventive combinations of acoustic and electric instruments (see

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2017-01-20)

Mantaray - Numinous Island

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Mantaray is the duo of Susumu Yokota and DJ Ray. Yokota is a prolific Japanese trance and ambient composer; DJ Ray hails from New Zealand and he predominantly DJs at parties in Australasia. Yokota...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-01-19)

Alio Die & Zeit - Raag Drone Theory

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I find the collaboration of Alio Die and Zeit to be one of ambient music's most fruitful, and Raag Drone Theory could be their finest combined effort. From a lineage perspective, this...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2017-01-19)

Sam Coulson - Electric Classical

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The YouTube guitar star who was drafted to replace Steve Howe in Asia has his own album, totally solo, electric guitars only (mostly Stratocasters, with some multi-tracking, of course) covering a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2017-01-18)

Slapp Happy - Sort Of

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In the early 70s Anthony Moore was exploring different avant garde musical techniques, working in Uwe Nettlebeck’s studio in Wümme. Anthony recorded and released two experimental albums...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2017-01-17)

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