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Carl Weingarten - Slide of Hand (Remastered & Expanded)

On his early recordings, many in collaboration with the likes of synthesists Gale Ormiston and Walter Whitney, percussionist Joe Venegoni, and others, Carl Weingarten’s work could be...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-05-23)

Gabriela Martina - Homage to Grämlis & States

A few weeks ago I reviewed Guardians by Chinese-born jazz singer Annie Chen, an album that brings...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2024-05-22)

Ruins - Brain Flakes (The Lost Combo Recordings)

Ruins. No, not that Ruins, not the Japanese duo featuring drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, this is the Italian Ruins formed by Alessandro Pizzin in 1978, who had a very successful single...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-05-21)

Wally Waller - Kitchen Rock

Singer-songwriter, bassist, and and multi-instrumentalist Wally Waller was recruited by Phil May to join The Pretty Things on bass in 1967, where he made significant contributions to the...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2024-05-20)

Cymbalic Encounters - Incandescent Spirits, Electricus & Eclipsis

Now that Brand X is no longer a going concern, fans of their unique style can take some comfort in the music of Mark Murdock’s Cymbalic Encounters. After releasing two albums in 2022 (

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2024-05-19)

Kevin Kastning / Mark Wingfield - Rubicon II

Borne of the same sessions that begat Rubicon I in August 2018 (released in March 2021), listeners will finally get a chance to hear the rest of the music that went down between...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-05-18)

Ches Smith - Interpret It Well & Laugh Ash

Drummer Ches Smith’s two most recent releases feature entirely different personnel, but there are definitely some stylistic factors in common. Interpret It Well (2022) features Bill...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2024-05-17)

Dark Sky Alliance - Interdwell

New on Spotted Peccary Music, Dark Sky Alliance is something of an ambient / electronic supergroup made up of veteran musicians, and Interdwell is their debut release. The one musician...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2024-05-16)