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Oho - Ecce

This album wraps up the Oho reissue series —or at least Little Wing is approaching the bottom of the barrel. Oho's leftovers are better than many bands' studio albums, and this...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

Olov Johansson - Storsvarten

Olov Johansson plays an ancient instrument called a nyckelharpa, which is related to the violin and hurdy-gurdy, and is traditional is Sweden, though not much played in the current day. It looks...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-01-01)

Outer Limits - Misty Moon

Musea continues to unearth the most unknown and rare albums from the annals of obscure progrock history. Outer Limits was a pretty original Japanese band from one of the darkest times in prog...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Pelt - Técheöd

Here we have three ambient tracks from a not-so-dark trio on the indie VHF label. According to the label website, the title of this album is pronounced "Tay-hoood," but I'm still not certain what...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

Pink Filth - Seventeen Bubblegum Smashes!

Um. This is not Pink Floyd, it is Pink Filth. The name is not only a clever pun to fool high school stoners into buying the album (if they could find it in any store on this planet) but it also is...

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(Posted by Robert Norwood 1999-01-01)

Praise Space Electric - Mushroom Jazz

This is progressive rock with a groove. The title Mushroom Jazz is actually a pretty apt name, as this is not too stylistically far away from Acid Jazz. Weird analog synth sounds, funky...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 1999-01-01)

Robert Fripp - The Gates of Paradise

Here is the next installment in Robert Fripp’s ongoing Soundscapes series, except this one is surprisingly dull. Here we have a full length disc on which Fripp explores precisely one (1)...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Ruins - Vrresto

Vrresto is classic Ruins as we’ve come to know them over the last eight or so releases, a high intensity power duo of drums, bass and operatic vocals that is often compared to Magma...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura - South Wind, Looking out the Window & A Song for Jyaki

Pianist Satoko Fujii and her husband, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, belong to a new genertaion of jazz performers and composers whose holistic approach to music seeks to expand the technical resources...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1999-01-01)

Saviour Machine - Legend Part 1

I first glimpsed a newsletter by this band at Progfest 95 (or was it '96?), and to be honest I thought it was some form of hate group and didn't give it another glance. The singer was bald,...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Sensitiva Immagine - E Tutto Comincio Cosi...

Here is one that Edison Records (RIP) of Japan spared no laudatory word on when it was first reissued by them back in the early 90s. Marquee's encyclopedia claims its origins as a cassette release...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Serah - Senegal Moon

Serah is an American born composer and singer who has lived in both Africa and France. Her material straddles the boundaries of new-age, world music, and pop, and this is her fourth release. The...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Shigekazu Kamaki - Magatama

Some may remember Kamaki from his days as the finger-blistering axeman in Mr.Sirius, others from his own jazz-rock band Kehell — still together and gigging fairly regularly. Magatama...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

Spirit - 1984

Be warned, this is not an authorized release — not even close. What we have here is (a) one track ("1984") recorded live in Bremen in 1969 (no further details...), (b) the entire...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-01-01)

ST 37 - Spaceage

From somewhere between deep space and Austin, Texas comes ST 37. The band is Dave Cameron, Carlton Crutcher, Joel Crutcher, Cisco Ryder G, and Scott Telles. They remind me of Space Ritual...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-01-01)

Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

Steve Howe is the only Yes member who has yet to deliver a duff solo album. His last effort (excluding live and archive releases), The Grand Scheme of Things, was the pinnacle of his solo...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-01-01)

Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

Steve Howe's solo albums are always a showcase of different guitars, styles, and instrumental dexterity. The man's career has been predicated as such with Yes, and Quantum Guitar...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-01-01)

Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

Steve Howe has always been a guitarist's guitarist, never flashy enough to stand in the public's eye as much as some of his peers from the 70s and yet revered by guitarists worldwide for...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-01-01)

Steve Roach - On This Planet

The last time I had the pleasure of seeing a Steve Roach live show was late in 1996 in Sacramento. Steve's continuous two-hour long set was one of his finest moments for me; the finale of the...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-01-01)

STS - Système Solaire

Jannick is back... The monstrous and legendary bassist of the 1973, 1974 and 1976 Magmas issues his first solo effort, after years of session-work with variety singers and composing film scores....

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(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-01-01)