Exposé Online banner

Exposé Online

Not just outside the box, but denying the existence of boxes.
Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

Available online from Issue 11

February 1997

72 Pages

Prog Day 1996, Eclectic Electric Event, Stockholm Progressive Rock Festival 96, Magma, Dead Can Dance, Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe, moe., Yolk, Medeski Martin & Wood, Phish, Shockra, Happy The Man megafeature, Boud Deun, Hiro Kawahara (Heretic), Shub Niggurath, Progressive Rock Worldwide Label, Spotted Peccary update

« Previous

Next »

Showing items 41 to 60 of 225

Bellaphon - Firefly

Cover art

Bellaphon are a four-piece from Japan, consisting of the standard guitar / bass / keys / drums lineup. Their arrangements are heavy on the keyboards, with Camel-like guitar breaks providing the...

 » Read more
(Posted by Steve Robey 1997-02-01)

Benjamin Grant DePauw - Monkey Village

Cover art

Can an album be too diverse? Monkey Village opens with two minutes of beautiful ambient angelic voices, then kicks into the six minute title track, a funky pop tune in a very commercial...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Blezqi Zatsaz - Rise and Fall of Passionate Sanity

Cover art

Perhaps Progressive Rock Worldwide's first really strong release was this, the debut by keyboard-progsters Blezqi Zatsaz. Though consisting of the classic guitar / bass / keyboards / drums...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ohman 1997-02-01)

Bon - To the Bone

Cover art

Bon Lozaga's latest moves further into the heavy guitar driven jazz realms, a place only hinted at on his previous, Full Circle. There's plenty of variety herein, from punchy rock...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Bon - To the Bone

Cover art

Lots of guitar on this one, naturally. This is mainly a guitar album and to this effect, Bon Lozaga delves in gracefully, supported by fellows Hansford Rowe on bass, Vic Stevens on drums plus the...

 » Read more
(Posted by Alain Lachapelle 1997-02-01)

Bon - To the Bone

Cover art

Bon Lozaga is a talented guitarist related to the Gong axis tenuously through the Pierre Moerlen side. This is his new album, joined by guests like David Torn and other Moerlen's Gong...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-02-01)

Bondage Fruit - Bondage Fruit II

Cover art

Bondage Fruit has produced another disc of full-throttle over-the-top world-influenced zeuhl-rock with their own unique Japanese avant-garde twist. For anyone won over by last year's powerful...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Buckethead - The Day of the Robot

Cover art

Out of the floating ambient textures that open the first track, a grisly mechanical metal monster arises, destroying everything within ear's reach; there is, of course no escape, until it...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Cast - Beyond Reality

Cover art

Can a band really improve exponentially? Cast proves that it may just be possible. I found it hard to believe that they could do much better than their last album, Endless Signs, but their...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ohman 1997-02-01)

Cast - Beyond Reality

Cover art

Cast has released some of the more interesting neo-progressive music in the past few years. In many ways, Beyond Reality is similar to last year's Endless Sings. The strong...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-02-01)

Cast - Beyond Reality

Cover art

If anything, Cast are at least one of the best when it comes to promoting and marketing their music. A hundred "progressive" bands could learn a lot from the way they do things as...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-02-01)

Chris Cutler / Zeena Parkins - Shark!

Cover art

Cutler (drums, percussion, electronics) and Parkins (harp, melodica, electrification) are both seasoned veterans of the Recommended axis. This project contains two lengthy live improvisations that...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Circle of Fairies - As the Years Go By

Cover art

One thing this Italian band has going for it is the keyboardist's impressive array of analog instruments, which gets quite a lot of use over this, their debut album. In fact, it's the...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ohman 1997-02-01)

Cloud Chamber - Live Demo

Cover art

A purely improvisational ensemble, Cloud Chamber features four musicians who have all made their mark on the new music scene as individuals: Barry Cleveland, on guitar and e-bow, has several...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Curved Air - Live at the BBC

Cover art

Something I hear often regarding Curved Air is complaints about the band's lack of focus and the unevenness of many of their studio recordings. This may be due to the fact that the only...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

Darling - Darling

Cover art

From Omaha, Nebraska, Darling is Hal Darling on drums, piano, keyboards, and sequencing, and sibling Bryce Darling on ancillary percussion and keyboards. No vocals, sorry! No guitars either, but...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

David Helpling - Between Green and Blue

Cover art

The dreamlike textures and flowing moods offered on Between Green and Blue give this a slightly different feel than many of the SPM releases before it. There is a lot of territory explored...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

David Shaw-Parker - The Lemming Chronicles

Cover art

If you had to summarize, you could call this book a critical appreciation of the albums and concerts of Van der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill as seen through the eyes of a fan who calls himself...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-02-01)

David Thomas & Ronnie Gunn - The Giants Dance

Cover art

I guess at some point anyone even remotely connected with Genesis will come out of the woodwork to market their offerings. Case in point. David Thomas and Ronnie Gunn were two musicians who...

 » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-02-01)

De Ros - Ad Dei Gloriam

Cover art

De Ros is a three-piece (guitar / bass / drums) South American group led by guitarist Marcos V. de Ros. Their all instrumental album is a blazing shredfest! If Ad Dei Gloriam was released...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-02-01)

« Previous

Next »

 

What's new

These are the most recent changes made to artists, releases, and articles.