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In the Present, Tense —
The Roger Trigaux Interview 1998

Guitarist/composer Roger Trigaux has been recording and performing his stormy brand of modern gothic sounds as leader of Present since 1980. Like many a young player coming of age during the late 60s, the Brussels native was weaned on the style of Cream and Jimi Hendrix. His first experience with international exposure came via his tenure in a masterfully innovative Belgian ensemble, whom Roger co-founded in 1973 with Daniel Denis and Guy Segers. At the time known as Necronomicon — that infamous tome of blasphemy in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos — it would one year later evolve into Univers Zero, named after a novel by Belgian supernatural fantasist, Jacques Strenberg.  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1998-02-01)

0.720 Aleación - 0.720 Aleación (AKA Unidos Mexicanos)

Mexico in the mid-80s was a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of new and unusual progressive music; bands like Iconoclasta, Nazca, Banda Elastica, Nirgal Vallis, Decibel, Delirium, and others...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)

Alan Stivell - Zoom 70/95

Thanks a lot — trying to sum up Alan Stivell's career in a paragraph is like summing up World War II in a book — there’s too much to say and where do you start? I have all...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-02-01)

Alien Planetscapes - Life on Earth

Alien Planetscapes proudly proclaim to be the oldest space rock band in America. An admirable distinction that at 17 years I certainly can't discount. The only argument I might present is that...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 1998-02-01)

Alpes - Patrice Moullet - En Attendant Noe

With a signature sound almost indescribable, Patrice Moullet is back with another Alpes release. Imagine a mad scientist living alone in the mountains, inventing, designing, and constructing his...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1998-02-01)

Anthony Phillips - Dragonfly Dreams & The Meadows of Englewood

The most artistically inclined and prolific of all Genesis members past or present is (how ironic) also the least popular. Nevertheless Phillips has neither given up nor given in, as these two...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1998-02-01)

Arcana - Cantar de Procella

Cold rock, biting wind. Hooded figures traveling through dark caverns by torchlight. These are the images that come to mind as you listen to "The Opening of the Wound," the other kind of...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-02-01)

Ashra - Sunrain - The Virgin Years

And what great years they were. Never heard any Ashra? Buy this! Sorry, I am biased, this is great stuff. If you don't know, Ash Ra is Manuel Göttsching, a phenomenal guitar player and...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-02-01)

Autumn Tears - Love Poems for Dying Children​, Act 2: The Garden of Crystalline Dreams

A Gothic Opera? This is some trippy stuff, my friends. Autumn Tears is Erika and Ted; Erika sings, Ted plays keyboards. Being an opera of sorts, there is a story with several characters. Erika is a...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-02-01)

Brian Hopper with Beggars Farm - Brian Hopper with Beggars Farm

Here's one of the latest of the Canterbury music resurrections. Brian Hopper, brother of former Soft Machine bassist Hugh, was a key member of the "original" Canterbury band, The...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1998-02-01)

Cast - Angels and Demons

I've been reading about Cast for a while in Exposé, but the arrival of this disc marks the first time I've actually heard them. So going into it, I knew they were a...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1998-02-01)

Cyril Achard - Confusion

This is one of those albums that nobody ever seems to know anything about. Presuming that to be the case with most of our readership, the best thing to do would be just to describe the music. From...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1998-02-01)

David Cross - Exiles

Treading on the remnants of your Crimson past can be a vain attempt to recapture or rejuvenate interest in your modern endeavors. Happily I can relate David Cross' new solo work, Exiles...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-02-01)

Escapade - Inner Translucence

In the long line of Space Rock groups that have been covered in detail in Exposé, Escapade belong to the latter day psychotropic explorers such as Ozric Tentacles, Architectural...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-02-01)

Faith & Disease - Fortune His Sleep & Livesongs: Third Body

These being two of the three albums to date by this Seattle-based duo. The band is Dara Rosenwasser, vocals / lyrics and Eric Cooley, bass / lyrics. Both albums have several additional musicians to...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-02-01)

Farflung - So Many Minds, So Little Time

Space rock devotees listen up! After their performance at the Strange Daze festival I was hot to pick up something by this band and this new album actually exceeds my expectations. There are...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 1998-02-01)

Flux - Protoplasmic

Flux is the brainchild of industrial / experimental guitarist Jim Plotkin, who is joined here by lyricist / vocalist Ruth Collins. Plotkin may be better known for his collaborative efforts with...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)

French TV - Live: Yoo Hoo

French TV is a real American anachronism: a complex unit (with their unique brand of improvisation) based in the heart of country music land: Louisville. Live they play their own refined style,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-02-01)

Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh

I hate to admit it, but this is one English import LP I just plain loved for the album cover alone, an amusing rock 'n roll version of the children's game Snakes and Ladders (e.g.—...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-02-01)

Guru Guru - Moshi Moshi

Krautrock lives! Original drummer Mani Neumeier is joined in a four piece configuration by longtime sax player Roland Schaeffer, returning bassist Peter Kuhmstedt, and guitarist Luigi Archetti,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)