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XII Alfonso - Under

Cover art Apparently taking a break from their three-part tribute to painter Claude Monet, this French band has put out this lush instrumental concept album. You might typically say that an instrumental concept...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Yang - Machines

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Some five or six years ago, French instrumental quartet Yang released their outstanding debut, A Complex Nature, on Cuneiform, then promptly disbanded before playing even a single concert....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Yūgen - Uova Fatali: Yugen Plays Leddi

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Yūgen is an Italian based chamber rock ensemble (nine members + numerous guests for this recording) led by guitarist Francesco Zago. Another member of the group is multi-instrumentalist  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Zao - Ethnic-3 Live

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Since the band was founded in the early 70s by ex-Magma members François Cahen (piano) and Yochk'o Seffer (saxes), theirs has been a constant evolutionary path, with no two consecutive...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Ancient Vision - Lost at Sea

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I'll hazard a guess that there aren't a lot of prog bands in Kansas City, Missouri, so that alone sets Ancient Vision in rarefied company. Their previous albums date from 1990 and 1995, so it's...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-01-01)

Sebkha-Chott - De la persistence & Niglah

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Sebkha-Chott is a band of wild and crazy young French musicians playing music that is so bizarre and unclassifiable that I do not know where to begin. I reviewed their second release...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-01-01)

Bill Bruford / Michiel Borstlap - In Two Minds

Cover art Drummer Bill Bruford’s desire to pursue an on-going dialog with pianist Michiel Borstlap continues with this live recording across four separate 2006 European gigs. Each piece is an improvisation...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2009-07-01)

33 Dao - Xunzhao Guowang

Cover art There has always been a kind of surreal appeal to the sound of carnival music, and it has managed to creep into a variety of genres, from Broadway musicals to Hamster Theatre. This Shanghai band (No....  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2009-07-01)

Alio Die & Martina Galvagni - Eleusian Lullaby

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Largely pelagic, the three pieces that comprise Eleusian Lullaby are suffused with slowly moving timbral shifts occurring inside an amoebic suspension of sources that now and then yield up...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2009-07-01)

Anoushka Shankar / Karsh Kale - Breathing under Water

Cover art Acclaimed sitar master Anoushka Shankar and ex-Tabla Beat Science techno beat master Karsh Kale teamed up for one of the surprise East-meets-West collaborations of last year. The two musicians are...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2009-07-01)

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