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Thinking Plague - In Extremis

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Nine years since their last album, Thinking Plague is back with a vengeance. Their music is angular, drives hard and is laden with a complex and brilliant precision, one that combines the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Thinking Plague - In Extremis

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In this album, where one can find all the ingredients of the American new rock and free jazz scenes, we also discover the musical embodiment of an exceptional label, Cuneiform. This large line-up...

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(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-01-01)

Tim Hodgkinson - Pragma

Cover art This is a disc of difficult music since the listener must have the discipline to hear the "big picture" and not get caught in a scattering of perceived dissonant ideas. In the composer's own words:...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

Tony Conrad - Early Minimalism Volume One

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Though La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass have earned their place in the pantheon of the Minimalist composers, they were by no means alone. Recently, some of their...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-01-01)

Tony Geballe - Native of the Rain

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I was lucky enough to catch Geballe in his opening slot on the recent California Guitar Trio tour. Just one man and his twelve string guitar, an abundance of creativity and invention, and some...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Triakel - Triakel

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Triakel is a three-piece side-project featuring Kjell-Erik Eriksson (fiddle) and Janne Strömstedt (harmonium) from the band Hoven Droven, and singer Emma Härdelin of Garmarna, playing a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Troka - Troka

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Another NorthSide folkie, and one of their more traditional outfits; between fiddler Matti Makela and violin / viola player Ville Ojamen there are sure a lot of bowed instruments here. The music...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Various Artists - A Bead to a Small Mouth

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Each track on this compilation integrates spoken text and sound manipulation, with results both mysterious and captivating. On "A New Dress" Nurse with Wound layers shifting, hypnotic metallic...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Various Artists - Electroacoustic Music Vol.1 - Russia 1997, Disc 1 & 2

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Interestingly enough, this excellent – what should be a 2CD set – is packaged as two separate discs with almost identical covers. Only the careful eye will note the small red "Disc...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Various Artists - Nordic Roots

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A sticker on the front of this 78-minute sampler of NorthSide artists proudly trumpets “Cheaper Than Food.” Indeed, if the recommended $2.99 price tag is heeded by store owners,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)
 

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