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Available online from Issue 12

May 1997

72 Pages

Yes, Ash Ra Tempel, Camel, Exposure Concert Series,French TV, Earthlings, moe, Trance Mission, Renaissance Mark 1, Solstice/Andy Glass, Mona Lisa, Bill Forth of Ten Seconds, Martin Barre, Toshio Egawa of Gerard, Doane Perry

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Divæ - Determinazione

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Considering that the band has been around since the late 70s and this is their debut album, Determinazione is an apt title! Over the last few years, Divæ has played several live...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Doctor Nerve - Every Screaming Ear

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Guitarist / bandleader Nick Didkovsky's latest Dr. Nerve offering is something of a live retrospective of the band's various musical personalities. While many of the tracks on Every...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1997-05-01)

Dracma - A Fine Stormy Weather

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The second album by Dracma is a fairly straightforward neo-progressive symphonic release along the lines of bands like Cast, Pendragon, or Marillion. There a lots of alternating soft and loud...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Dream Child - Torn Between Two Worlds

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Dream Child would be a good progressive metal band if they had any progressive leanings. However, they seem quite content playing 240 bpm, wall of guitar and double bass drum, straight beat 4/4...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Ella Guru - Morbius

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Ella Guru is an Italian octet consisting of guitar, alto sax, trombone, bass, keyboards, and three (count 'em) drummers. They follow the Rock-in-Opposition (aka RIO) path pretty closely, and...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1997-05-01)

Enchant - Wounded

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Three years after their debut A Blueprint of the World hit the streets, Enchant is back. Wounded is a much more somber and mellow record than Blueprint, and shows the...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Erratica - Erratica

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Erratica is essentially the solo project of multi-instrumentalist David O'Neil, one third of San Jose trio Industrial Soup. Much of the madness of that band's Flagrant Display of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Escapade - Searching for the Elusive Rainbow

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One wouldn't think that music this trippy could come from the USA in the 90s; indeed, the references in Escapade's music go back to the experimental Krautrock of the earliest 70s —...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Fiaba - Il Cappello a Tre Punte

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Imagine "The Farmer in the Dell" transposed to a minor key, sung by a slightly crazed Italian operatic tenor, and played in the style of Metallica, and you have a pretty good idea of what...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1997-05-01)

Fred & Co. - Fred & Co.

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So who is this Fred guy, anyway? One glance at the cover and one can see the long list of French jazz-rock session men who worked on this release (most of whom are unknown to this writer...),...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Ganelin / Tarasov / Chekasin - Concerto Grosso

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My first impression of this Russian trio's single, long improvisation (nearly thirty-five minutes) was that this was some vile attempt to do an Irish jig, using recorders and ocarina to begin...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

Gary Windo - His Master's Bones

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60s jazz icon Gary Windo was a member of both the US and UK jazz scenes. This compilation of the tenor sax player's activities, produced by noted Canterbury musicologist Mike King, is a loving...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

Grimalkin - The Drifting Sailer

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A five-piece from the Naples area of Italy, Grimalkin offers an often spacy, heavily symphonic neo-progressive sound punctuated with grand eruptions of soaring tonal color provided by guitar, keys,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Grits - Rare Birds

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Until now, the only available recorded document of this popular Washington, D.C. band has been the commendable As the World Grits, released by Cuneiform in 1993. But that collection of...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1997-05-01)

GTR - King Biscuit Flower Hour

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1986: a transitional year when two frustrated but previously successful English guitarists decided they would pool their talents and start a new project. The focus for this group would be on two...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

Haco - Haco

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After an almost seven-year hiatus since Paradise of Replica (After Dinner's last, and only second full studio release), songstress and presumptive After Dinner leader, Haco resurfaces,...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-05-01)

Il Segno del Comando - Il Segno del Comando

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After a minute or so of chanting, wind-sounds, and church bells, the mighty Hammond organ casts its spell, followed by dual guitars, drums, and bass, marching onward into the title track (named...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Infinity - Infinity

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Infinity began as a mid-70s San Francisco Bay Area band that played some local live shows recorded several original songs that, until now, have not seen the light of day. The roots of the group...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Jacky Maestracci Symphonia - Kosen-Rufu

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As evidenced by the unusual (for Musea) catalog number, this release is not part of the primary offering (FGBG) series from Musea. When you hear it, you'll know why. This aptly-titled release...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1997-05-01)

Jane Siberry - Teenager

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Quirky Jane Siberry's eighth album is her first on her new label and a poignant introspective delving into the past via songs she wrote at age 16. This really is only her second completely solo...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

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