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Roger Eno - The Flatlands

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In a 1990 Wire magazine interview, Brian Eno described a work in progress involving the performance of his synthesizer compositions by the Kreisler Orchestra. This intriguing idea never...

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(Posted by Michael Draine 1999-04-01)

Rova - Bingo

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For 20 years now, California's Rova Sax Quartet has been unrelentingly pursuing the ambitious task of inventing new music from the most traditional instrumental family in jazz history –...

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(Posted by Mike King 1999-04-01)

Sadhappy - Good Day Bad Dream

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Sadhappy has been one of Seattle’s quietly active units for the last few years. The group has undergone some famous personnel changes (in particular the departure of key saxophonist, Skerik...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-04-01)

Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Musta

Cover art With this release, Northside proves that their string of extraordinary CDs (see last issue’s overview) was no fluke. In addition, Musta proves that Sanna Kurki-Suonio is not just one of the...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-04-01)

Sea Level - Sea Level, Cats on the Coast, On the Edge & Long Walk on a Short Pier

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The Allman Brothers in their prime were no doubt one of the best American rock bands of the early 70s, covering a little bit of everything and doing it all extremely well — never a shortage...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-04-01)

Simon Goubert - Le Phare des Pierres Noires

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I was very impressed by this CD’s first track, “The Wind Will Come.” It tears right out of the speaker like classic Impulse Coltrane, a remarkable seven-minute piece that had me...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-04-01)

Steve Gordon & Deborah Martin - Ancient Power

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If track titles like “Wind of Spirits,” “Spirit of the Mountain,” and a page of the booklet dedicated to preserving the ancient traditions of Apache culture don’t clue...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-04-01)

Synergy - Computer Experiments Vol. 1 & The Jupiter Menace

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Here are two more re-releases from electronic composer Larry Fast’s extensive Synergy legacy (see Expose #16 for reviews of the first five Synergy albums). Computer Experiments Volume...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1999-04-01)

Synergy - Semiconductor, Release 2 & Metropolitan Suite

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In 1986, the first era of Synergy releases came to an end with Metropolitan Suite, which in some ways is the culmination of Larry Fast’s original musical vision. That does not make...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-04-01)

Ten Jinn - As On a Darkling Plain

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Finding a balance between the seemingly opposing forces of accessibility and progressivity is a task that many artists have attempted but few have mastered. Many hit the nail on the head for one or...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-04-01)

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