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Clepsydra - Fears

Swiss quintet Clepsydra sport your typical neo-prog lineup of vocals/guitar/bass/keys and drums and on Fears they hold true to the neo-prog sound. Early Marillion comes to mind, especially on the...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Crises - Broken Glass

OK, another CD from Angular, yet another German Dream Theater clone. I thought the Germans liked Saga but I guess that was the good old days. Broken Glass covers all the requisite bases: James La...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

David Garland - Control Songs

David Garland is one of a rather small group of experimental singer/song writers. They are not cut from same bolt of cloth as, say, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell or James Taylor. Instead, Garland,...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 1999-01-01)

Den Fule - Quake

A two-on-one CD, featuring Swedish Grammy winner Lugumleik and latest Skalv, it's obvious we're dealing with veterans here (the musicians here primarily hail from the...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Die Anarchistiche Abendunterhaltung - We Need New Animals

Under this rather long and cryptic (!) name [Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung] is hidden a Belgian band operating in the same areas as Cro Magnon, Maximalist!, Ensemble Nimbus, Miriodor or Palo...  » Read more
(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-01-01)

Die Knödel - Panorama

Well I thought the RIO movement was going trad. on us when L'Ensmeble Rayé's last CD hit the shelves, but now they really have gone and done it. Here is something you would expect to...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Edgar Froese - Ages

I know what you may be thinking: Froese's parent group hit the skids ten years ago. But have no fear as Ages is a 1978 classic-TD-era release. So where's all the rejoicing? I feel...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Eleanor Hovda - Coastal Traces

Hovda is an important, yet little known composer who has been active on the contemporary music scene for over twenty years, mostly through live performances, scores for dance companies (of which...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Electrum - Frames of Mind

Here are three guys who love Rush and decided to record an album together of songs influenced by the Canadian trio. It's a scenario I've seen played out over and over (see Afterlife in...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Elka Atanasova - Winds of the Rhodopes

Back in the early 90s, when the Bulgarian Women's Choir was making the rounds, a diminutive but fire-breathing 19-year-old violinist from the same country released this promising debut work....

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Faith & Disease - Insularia

The new Faith & Disease album is a continuation of the sound set forth on the Livesongs: Third Body album. That is slow, dreamy music, more similar in style to Mazzy Star than Dead Can Dance....

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Five-O-One AM - 21st Century Dream

Somewhere between Marillion (Season's End) and the SI label bands Lies Five-O-One AM. That is, song oriented pop with elements of prog. Combine that with WMMS's reputation and...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Fred Frith - The Previous Evening

Fred Frith has always been a very highly respected innovator and collaborator in various new music endeavors, and lately his talents have been sought out more and more for an ever broadening array...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1999-01-01)

G.P. Hall - Marks on the Air

This recording serves two masters. First, it presents soundscape artist G.P. Hall live on stage, and secondly, it demonstrates the binaural recording process. Binaural recording places two small...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Gentle Giant - Out of the Fire - The BBC Concerts

English archive label Hux Records is slowly building an excellent reputation for having the best BBC tapes for re-release. Out of the Fire fits in nicely into their archive plans...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

Gerard - Meridian

One of Japan's longest lived symphonic bands, Gerard has produced a long string of albums beginning with their eponymous debut in 1984, featuring an expanded six-piece lineup, which by the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Gerardo Nuñez - Calima

Calima is a collection of mostly guitar-led tracks in the flamenco style. The twist on this record is that there is a considerable amount of jazz influence as well. Nuñez is...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1999-01-01)

Grobschnitt - Grobschnitt

Prog fans have been enjoying a renaissance of vintage prog re-issues. Albums that either never made it to CD or were transferred poorly to begin with are being released for your pleasure. Premier...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Grok - Bubbles

Grok is a rather interesting product of the ever-interesting New Zealand music scene. My first reaction to this album was that it reminded me of Sonic Youth (one of my all time favorite bands), but...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-01-01)

Ground Zero - Consume Red

One could say without stretching the truth too far, that Consume Red (part one of the three part Project Consume) is basically an hour of pure thrash / noise experimentation,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)