Exposé print issues (1993-2011)
July 1998
80 Pages
Baja Prog '98, Yes, Sound Resources Studio, XII Alfonso, Benoit Widemann, Michael Brook, Cloud Chamber, Stan Whitaker on the Happy The Man reunion, Doctor Nerve Interview w/Nick Didkovsky, Mickey Simmonds, Kraftwerk, Patrick Forgas
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The first WOMAD (World Of Music Art and Dance) festival was in 1982, inspired in large part by Peter Gabriel’s love of music from around the world. Since then, there have been festivals in various locations in Europe, Africa, and Asia on a regular basis, but aside from a short tour of one-day mini-festivals in 1993, WOMAD has never gained a foothold in North America. The festival has finally found an American home in Redmond, Washington at Marymoor Park, not far from Seattle. 1998’s WOMAD USA is the first of many projected annual festivals, and if they can all be as interesting and varied as this one, I wish them a long and healthy life. One of the things that sets WOMAD apart from other festivals is the chance to interact with the artists in workshops, discussions and interviews.
» Read moreThis is a four track EP, and is basically a Tom Newman album. It's confusing, I know. This is some of that stuff you know Oldfield and Co. did for laughs (when perhaps beer and worse entered the...
» Read moreA couple of years ago, 5uu's put out Hunger's Teeth, an album which really took a lot of people...
» Read moreFor only three guys, 5uu’s sure makes a lot of noise, and plenty of hard-driving complex rock music which is at once innovative and accessible. The core band membership of Bob Drake (vocals,...
» Read moreI bet vocalist Bob Drake gets sick of being compared to Jon Anderson, but dammit he does sound like the guy! Crisis in Clay is the overdue follow-up to the excellent
Luz is the instrumental solo project of keyboardist Alejandro Lomelin, of the Mexican band Caja De Pandora. For the most part this is a work of simpler repetitive piano figures and...
» Read moreThis thing sure came out in a hurry. Formerly known as Still, and also known as three-fifths of the American 90s landmark Echolyn, God Pounds His Fist is a quick but important step beyond...
» Read moreFor quick reference you might call this "Gothic Ambient". Amber Asylum is Kris Force (Swans), Martha Burns, and Annabel Lee, but Force is the major songwriter. Several other musicians...
» Read moreThe strains of an acoustic guitar, a soft vocal, then comes the barrage. If I were to contain this review to only word, it would be: Metallica. Ancient Curse do not appear to make any claims at...
» Read moreRecorded one night in Cozmoz, Sweden in 1996, this short EP is a solid testament to the raw power Anekdoten exude in the live setting. Four tunes are included: "Nucleus," "The...
» Read moreRecorded over two nights of the band's recent trip to Japan, this double-CD live set captures perfectly the confident and relentlessly energetic live sound Anekdoten has developed. The set...
» Read moreThis live performance is from way back in June of 1990 and was part of Central TV's (UK) batch of live video-tapings which has also given us sets from Steve Hackett, Caravan, and Rick Wakeman,...
» Read moreI lost count of the Banco albums around the mid-70s and was only recently interested when they re-recorded their first two albums in a highly modernized format earlier in the decade. Banco is a...
» Read moreThis new 2CD set from perhaps the best and most influential of the classic Italian bands offers a variety of treats for longtime fans. Though the first disc starts off with the edgy, aggressive...
» Read moreWhen Bill Bruford is on break from his drum duties with King Crimson, what would you expect him to do? Should he go on vacation or work in another less hectic, but rewarding mode? If Summer Had...
» Read moreWhile nothing in the liner notes specifies an exact recording date for these sessions other than a very general timeframe of 1975-76, the music seems to bear this out, presenting a five-piece...
» Read moreUpper Extremities serves as one of the new Crimson off-shoot projects while the next incarnation literally plays its way into existence. Bill Bruford and Tony Levin have conceived and executed a...
» Read moreYou really have to ask yourself: what kind of credible artist wears a Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket on his head and a Friday the 13th mask? Most people would think he must be somewhat of...
» Read moreCaravan’s legacy as a key Canterbury band is well noted in their extensive catalog ranging from 1969 to present day. What has been seriously lacking is the live-in-studio BBC recordings which...
» Read moreYou know I don't really like this vocalist — his delivery lacks distinctiveness, it's like listening to Fish without feeling. When there are this many lyrics, you have to have a...
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