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Lydia Domancich - Regard

Lydia Domancich is a pianist whom most zeuhl fans around the world should be acquainted with. Sister of Sophia Domancich (who leads an intimate post-Coltranian jazz trio), Lydia formed this quartet...

Magma - Kompila

Kompila. Why? When a band’s catalog has so many great entry points for the newcomer — Magma Live, Retrospektiw I & II, even Üdü...

Mani Neumeier - Privat

Guru Guru drummer Mani is still going strong, to which two recent Japan visits will attest. Through the 80s and 90s he has kept busy with projects such as L.S. Bearforce, and Tiere de Nacht. This...

Mats / Morgan - The Music or the Money...

This Swedish duo may be known to some for their featured participation in the 1991 Zappa's Universe performance. On this new 2CD set, Mats Öberg, on keyboards, and Morgan Ågren, on...

Michael Rother - Chronicles 1

Now here we have a CD in response to whose appearance I feel obliged to bellow out an exasperated, "It's about time!" Guitarist Rother is probably well-known enough by now as the...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - Remixed: Star Rise

Prior to Khan’s death last year, several artists were at work remixing several groundbreaking pieces that Khan and Brook together had recorded on their last successful album from 1996,...

Offering - Paris Théâtre Déjazet 1987

Back where we began... Back at the time when this special band led by the now legendary drummer of Magma, Christian Vander, produced a beautiful music made of percussions, strange obsessing voices,...

Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn

Another new Ozrics CD, another trippy, synthy, space-rock groove fiesta. Some of the names may be new; I recognize Ed, John and Zia but Seaweed and Rad seem new to the fold, or at least to my...

Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn

Ozric Tentacles is:

1. An amazing band making fantastic music
2. A group who are at times "stuck in a rut"
3. Primarily a vehicle for guitarist Ed...

Ozric Tentacles - Curious Corn

For the first time in who knows how long, the Ozrics really surprised me with this one. While still undeniably Ozric in every way, they have pushed further into territories they have always hinted...

Pauline Oliveros - Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop

Born in 1932, accordionist / musical philosopher / teacher Oliveros has been hailed a champion of the avant garde in America, ever since instigating the field of meditative music. Founding the Deep...

Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground & Balaklava

A slice of the past, but certainly one that shouldn’t be overlooked. Pearls Before Swine was essentially the vehicle of guitarist / composer / poet / singer Tom Rapp, which over the course of...

Popol Vuh - Shepherd's Symphony

Those of us who grew up listening to Popol Vuh in the 70s recall a sound that was at times haunting and other times shimmering and uplifting. Regardless of the album, Popol Vuh created atmospheres...

Porcupine Tree - Staircase Infinities

According to the liner notes, this CD EP is a companion release to the Tree's second album, Up the Downstair, and contains further music taken from the same recording sessions in...

Quarkspace - Spacefolds 3

Space-rockers from Columbus, Ohio, Quarkspace are back with volume three in their Spacefolds series. This four track EP, while rooted in traditional space rock a-la Hawkwind nevertheless...

Rapoon - The Fires of the Borderlands

Take a simple repeating ascending pattern of three notes and run it through a dense whirlwind of heavy processing, changing patterns and directions from time to time, and one might get a rough idea...

Rudess Morgenstein Project - Rudess Morgenstein Project

Original Dixie Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein and new Dregs keyboardist Jordan Rudess have teamed up to produce this album of all-instrumental music exclusively using keyboards and drums. ...

Sabah Habas Mustapha - Jalan Kopo - The Sunda Sessions

Sabah Habas Mustapha is (so the story goes) the Western-educated younger brother of the more famous (at least within Indonesia) 3 Mustaphas 3. He’s basically a singer / guitarist / songwriter...

Silver Apples - Decatur

Could this be the soundtrack for an alien abduction? Last year the Apples bounced back with original leader Simeon after almost 30 years, with a new disc Beacon, an album of songs, some...

Soft Machine - Virtually

The classic four-piece lineup that recorded Third and 4 is captured here live in concert from March 1971 in Bremen, Germany, only weeks before drummer / vocalist Robert Wyatt...