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Susanna Lindeborg's Mwendo Dawa - Enter the Outloop

Swedish band Mwendo Dawa inhabit the spacey jazz realm that also serves as home to Weather Report and Earthworks. Saxophonist Ove Johansson is the primary composer, and it is his sound on the tenor...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-01-01)

Swåp - Swåp

This meeting of two Swedes and two Brits (as the blurb goes) is the most traditional act I've heard on NorthSide, one of those accordion and fiddle acts that reproduce straight folk songs. And...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Synergy - Electronic Realizations, Sequencer, Cords, Games & Audion

Synergy is, of course the name of the ongoing electronic music project of keyboardist / engineer / producer Larry Fast, also known for his work with Peter Gabriel, Nektar, and numerous other bands...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Synthetic Block - Synthetic Block

Synthetic Block is not a group, but a cleverly-monikered front name for one-man Connecticut synth battalion Jonathan Block. And quite frankly, this is one of the most exciting one-man homemade...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 1999-01-01)

Tapani Varis - Munniharppuuna (Jews Harp)

Cool. Bring on the Jews Harps! One might not have given much thought to how much music can be built around a little one-note instrument that goes “boing boing.” They come in all flavors...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Tatsuya Yoshida & Ron Anderson - A Is for Accident

This duo of Yoshida on drums and vocals and Anderson on guitar and vocals, is rather in the style of Ruins, the group which Yoshida a led, along with various bassists, and occasional guitarists....

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 1999-01-01)

The Feck - The Feck

The Feck is a four-piece from Milwaukee, and while no instruments are listed with the names per se, it sounds like we have two (or three) guitars, bass, and drums/percussion operating in that...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

The Flower Kings - Scanning the Greenhouse

The second best band at Progfest 97 is back with their first full-fledged stateside release, a compilation of their best work over the last three years. This collection includes two re-recorded...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

The Gathering - Mandylion

I've heard this group mentioned in the same breath as The Third and the Mortal, so I decided to check out one of their releases. Hailing from the Netherlands, The Gathering is Rene Rutten...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

The Hosemobile - Six Foot Hater

This heretofore unknown four-piece from Cookeville, Tennessee, employs sophisticated (brilliantly so) rock driven compositions with plenty of mood shifts, meter changes, and insanely clever...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

The Spacious Mind - Garden of a Well Fed Head

Good things are supposed to come to those who wait, and that is certainly the case with this, the fifth release from Sweden's Spacious Mind. Originally recorded in 1996, this LP-only issue...

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(Posted by Chris Snow 1999-01-01)

Thinking Plague - In Extremis

Thinking Plague is yet another stunning product of the prolific revolving cast of characters that have brought us the 5uu's, U Totem, and other projects. This particular configuration is led by...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-01-01)

Thinking Plague - In Extremis

It's been way too long since we've heard a CD from this group, although, fortunately, we get them in bits and pieces from other groups in the 5uu's circle. In This Life was one...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Thinking Plague - In Extremis

Nine years since their last album, Thinking Plague is back with a vengeance. Their music is angular, drives hard and is laden with a complex and brilliant precision, one that combines the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Thinking Plague - In Extremis

In this album, where one can find all the ingredients of the American new rock and free jazz scenes, we also discover the musical embodiment of an exceptional label, Cuneiform. This large line-up...

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(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-01-01)

Tim Hodgkinson - Pragma

This is a disc of difficult music since the listener must have the discipline to hear the "big picture" and not get caught in a scattering of perceived dissonant ideas. In the composer's own words:...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

Tony Conrad - Early Minimalism Volume One

Though La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass have earned their place in the pantheon of the Minimalist composers, they were by no means alone. Recently, some of their...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-01-01)

Tony Geballe - Native of the Rain

I was lucky enough to catch Geballe in his opening slot on the recent California Guitar Trio tour. Just one man and his twelve string guitar, an abundance of creativity and invention, and some...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Triakel - Triakel

Triakel is a three-piece side-project featuring Kjell-Erik Eriksson (fiddle) and Janne Strömstedt (harmonium) from the band Hoven Droven, and singer Emma Härdelin of Garmarna, playing a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Troka - Troka

Another NorthSide folkie, and one of their more traditional outfits; between fiddler Matti Makela and violin / viola player Ville Ojamen there are sure a lot of bowed instruments here. The music...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)