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Trembling Strain - Anthem to Raise the Dead

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Hiroyuki Shimada, a.k.a. Pneuma, now reappears in the 90s in completely different guise. He now fronts Trembling Strain,...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1996-03-01)

Urban Sax - Urban Sax à Jakarta

Cover art For those unfamiliar with Urban Sax, check out the reviews of their earlier albums in issue #5 for all the background information. This four-track mini-CD (eighteen minutes total) captures a live...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - 70's West Japanese Rock Scene

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Apart from the Tokyo scene in the 70s, there were many progressive bands operating in the Kansai region, outside of Tokyo and in the west of Japan, in places like Osaka, Kyoto, and elsewhere....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - A Saucerful of Pink

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With all of these recent tribute releases, there seem to be three types of covers: those which stay true to the original (or at least attempt to), those who take the original concept and try to...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Eyewitness - A Tribute to VdGG

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This one made it in just under the wire, finding release in the fading days of December. The fact that (at least in the USA) Van der Graaf Generator is not the household word that, say Genesis,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Lost Years in Labyrinth

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This album was just what the doctor ordered back in 1991. Finally someone saw fit to start focusing on other styles besides the symphonic rock that the eighties were glutted with. Featured here are...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Lost Years in Labyrinth II

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Unlike volume one, there is no theme governing this one other than the fact that all the groups record for Belle Antique. They have intended it as a sort of beginner's guide. All the songs are...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Pick & Mix

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Whether it's Delerium, Musea, Cuneiform, SI, Kinesis, or whatever label, a sampler CD is probably the best way to get familiar with a lot of new artists in short order. Typically, these CDs are...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Progfest '94: Variety Arts Center - Los Angeles

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When it finally appeared at Progfest '95, the ink was still drying on the booklet of this two-CD retrospective of the show a year before. Each of the nine featured bands (Halloween, Kalaban,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1996-03-01)

Various Artists - Space Daze

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This is the compilation/companion to the Cleopatra book of the same name. In my opinion, this (and the music herein) speaks for Space Rock a lot more effectively than the book, as when it comes to...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1996-03-01)
 

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