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Available online from Issue 13

October 1997

80 Pages

Victoriaville 1997, Fifty Foot Hose & Silver Apples, Boud Deun, The Grand Parade, Progfest '97, Prog-Est '97), Exposé Concert Series, Hawkwind - 25 Years On, Spirit and Randy California, Cast, Carl Weingarten, Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme, Peter Banks, Dave Brock, Simon House

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Fish - Sunsets on Empire

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Fish’s fourth studio solo album is out (as an import, domestically available sometime in July along with the new Marillion as well) and this is the one he has promised his fans for a long...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1997-10-01)

Five Fifteen - Psychedelic Singalongs for Stadiums

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Scandinavia continues to be a fertile breeding ground for outstanding musical endeavors and talented musicians. Last issue we brought you The Last James'

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Forrest Fang - The Blind Messenger

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Forrest Fang is a musician who's been around for a while releasing albums that vary in focus, yet rarely in quality. His newest shows him moving in a much more esoteric direction than before,...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Fred Frith Guitar Quartet - Ayaya Moses

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The quartet of Frith, René Lussier, Nick Didkovsky, and Mark Stewart is one of high interest to the RIO enthusiast — all are big time players here. Lussier's old Quatuor...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Gerard - Pandora's Box

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Seems like just last issue we reviewed Gerard's latest, The Pendulum, and already there's a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Harold Budd - Luxa

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While the music is eminently recognizable as Budd’s, he has been pushing the boundaries of his narrow musical niche on his last few recordings and Luxa is no exception. Some pieces...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1997-10-01)

Hugh Hopper & Richard Sinclair - Somewhere in France

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Voiceprint is still hard at work unearthing half completed projects and one off collaborations of which Somewhere in France fits nicely. Caravan and Hatfield vocalist and bassist Richard...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Humus - Malleus Crease

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Mainly the work of Jorge Beltran on guitars, phantom guitar, keys, flute, bass, and percussion, and Enrique Curiel on keys, flute and voice, Malleus Crease proposes an inventive music that...

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(Posted by Alain Lachapelle 1997-10-01)

Ian Crichton Band (H3O+) - Welcome to the Boom Boom Room

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Long time guitarist and founding member of Saga, Ian Crichton finally steps out on his own and the results seriously rock! Take note: if you’re a long time fan, you probably already guessed...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Imagin'Aria - In un Altro Quando

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Imagin'Aria's style is comparable to that of other contemporary Italian heavy-prog acts, featuring a dramatic, heavy-metal inspired symphonic sound drawing on bands like Queensrÿche in...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1997-10-01)

Iona - Heaven's Bright Sun - Live

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Iona have lately been receiving a lot of attention from the prog community, particularly due to their association with such luminaries as Robert Fripp and Rick Wakeman. But that is not to say that...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1997-10-01)

July - July

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1967: a year for flower children and fledgling bands to gather together, smoke a bag, and experiment with new musical ideas, albeit sometimes sappy, but fun. Tony Duhig and Jon Field were two of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Kerrs Pink - Art of Complex Simplicity

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I used to really like this band in their early days, both of their first two albums are great Scandinavian Camel-like rock albums with great melodic guitar. I was quite disappointed with their...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Koenjihyakkei - Viva Koenji!

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This tight Japanese zeuhl band is led by none other than Yoshida Tatsuya (drums, keys, vocals), leader of the zeuhl punk band Ruins since the early 90s. I have to say that although Ruins invited...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1997-10-01)

Koenjihyakkei - Viva Koenji!

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Need to get rid of unwanted in-laws? Need to lose all the listeners of your radio show? Want to clear a party that's gone on too late? Enter Koenji Hyakkei, the royal family of bombast, the...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Koenjihyakkei - Viva Koenji!

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Tatsuya Yoshida is one busy dude. In addition to being one half of the constantly-touring constantly-releasing Ruins, working in several collaborative musical units, being the drummer for Japanese...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Lito Vitale - Un Dia Antes de Ayer (Recopilación)

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This is a compilation made largely redundant by the reissue of Vitale's first album, Sobre Miedos..., and although I'm not familiar with the bulk of Vitale's later work, the...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Lucifer Was - Underground and Beyond

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Out of seemingly nowhere came Lucifer Was, only a year ago completely unknown and this year one of the bands playing at the Stockholm Progressive Festival. A five piece of guitar, bass, drums, and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Magus - Traveller

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After the opening track, "You Know The Way," a rather commercial sounding Alan Parsons like song, this writer wasn't really expecting a whole lot from the rest of the disc by this...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Malicorne - L'Extraordinaire Tour de France d'Adélard Rousseau, En Public & Le Bestiare

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France's rich folk culture, much of it from the Breton (Brittany) province, has provided listeners with a seemingly unknown but vast treasure trove of incredible progressive Celtic music. This...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)
 

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