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Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

Available online from Issue 15

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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Steve Gorn, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta - From the Caves of the Iron Mountain

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Take a woodwind player and the early 80s rhythm section for Peter Gabriel (circa Security), put them together in a cave and you'd be surprised what they come up with! The second...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Stips - Egotrip

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Originally I thought this album was a throwaway, but a shrewd scheme unfolds after a few passes through the disc. You see, it's interesting how far people stray (or evolve) from seventies roots...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Surge - For the Time Being

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Why is European mainland jazz ignored or worse yet, simply prejudiced as being lesser than US contemporaries? And does jazz have to be black to be good? These questions have been asked by reviewers...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Teru's Symphonia - Do Androids Dream of Electric Camel

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Teru's Symphonia is a Japanese band lead by guitarist and composer Terutsugu Hirayama, but it's the vocals of Megumi Tokuhisa that get your attention. She's a great singer. On...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-07-01)

The Dark Aether Project - The Dark Aether Project

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Dark is right, but not in a conventional sense. This trio of Stick, guitars, and drums plays a very direct and oft-times sparse music that seems to be vaguely under the influence of 80s King...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-07-01)

The Enid - White Goddess

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The Enid’s unique brand of impressionist symphonics, coming off more like an orchestra than a rock band, has been the pillar of their sound for well over twenty years now, and it’s one...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-07-01)

The Enid - White Goddess

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Longtime observers have seen Robert John Godfrey and his crew go from strength to strength, in a career studded with artistic merit of which this is another jewel. White Goddess welcomes...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1998-07-01)

The Enid - White Goddess

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The Enid is a band who have had more than their shares of music-business trials and tribulations (see Mike Ezzo's

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 1998-07-01)

The Reptile Palace Orchestra - Hwy X

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An unusual fusion of musics from across a wide variety of influences, The Reptile Palace Orchestra seem an anomaly for an American band. They draw their repertoire of melodies and stylisms from...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-07-01)

Various Artists - Area 51 - The Roswell Incident

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Cleopatra keeps churning out these space compilations — they are getting a lot of mileage out of their acts and property. Area 51 features all the same bands you've seen the...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-07-01)

Various Artists - Giant for a Life - A Tribute to Gentle Giant

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The second of two tributes to rock's most misunderstood progressive band is another hodgepodge of tracks from the Gentle Giant catalog. Most bands seem to adopt the policy of covering the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

Various Artists - Zarathustra's Revenge

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I was really looking forward to this one, and when I laid my eyes on the cover, a collage of artwork from various Italian rock albums, the first thing I though was, "Cool, Semiramis...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-07-01)

Virgil Moorefield - The Temperature in Hell Is over Three Thousand Degrees

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Forget that you ever heard of Virgil's last Cuneiform outing Distracions on the Way to the King's Party, because this album simply has nothing to do with that whatsoever. Virgil is...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1998-07-01)

White Willow - Ex Tenebris

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Although it didn't leave me with a very strong initial impression, White Willow's latest, Ex Tenebris, is the kind of album which takes some time to warm up to. Not because...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1998-07-01)

White Willow - Ex Tenebris

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My first exposure to White Willow was as an opening act for day one at Progfest 95 in Los Angeles. They seemed to be a band with a weak female vocalist and an acoustic-folk style probably unsuited...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

White Willow - Ex Tenebris

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After their Progfest 1996 performance, Jacob Holm-Lupo, the creative force behind White Willow, decided it was out of control, and dissolved the band.

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1998-07-01)

Yes - Something's Coming & Beyond and Before - BBC Recordings 1969-1970

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Early Yes has always been a mystery to most fans. Who would've imagined that this hodgepodge of psychedelia, jazz, and vocal pop would become the leading English progressive band of the 70s?...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

You Are Here - You Are Here

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You Are Here are a new band out of Toronto with this eponymous EP as their debut. First off, I should point out that while a keyboard player is present, this quintet have a much newer and younger...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 1998-07-01)
 

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