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Alrune Rod - Alrune Rod

This is the first of about seven albums by this Danish five-piece. Their sound at this early juncture is a mix of nimble heavy organ progressive rock and trippy spacy, sometimes plodding,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

André Andersen - Changing Skin

Anderson is the keyboardist of Royal Hunt, a progressive metal band from Denmark that released the album Paradox on Magna Carta a couple years ago (and four more on other labels before that)....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen / Seven Up & Join Inn / Starring Rosi

Here we have domestic releases of the consummate Krautrock band’s early albums. Though not as quotable to neo-Kraut hipsters as Can, Faust, Kraftwerk and Neu! — Ash Ra Tempel were...

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(Posted by Tom Hayes 1999-11-01)

Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera

It seems that a simple album doesn’t satisfy Arjen Anthony Lucassen. This, his second foray into “Ayreon,” is even grander than the first. As you might surmise, this is a concept...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-11-01)

Azigza - ...Whose Portals are Night and Day

Azigza was the big surprise of Progfest ‘99, playing an intense show in the lobby that attracted a lot of spectators. Their sound is typified by a fusion of progressive rock and Eastern world...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Beyond-O-Matic - Sonic Reclaimator

Sonic Reclaimator is the second release of improvised space music from San Francisco’s Beyond-O-Matic. They use a wide variety of instruments, both electric and acoustic, some of them...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

Chester Thompson - A Joyful Noise

Chester Thompson is a well-traveled drummer with a long list of high-profile bands. From Weather Report’s most fertile period (Black Market) to Frank Zappa (One Size Fits...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Corrosive Media - Speakeasy

Speakeasy is a maxi-CD single of three techno-house tracks from German duo Benedict Wyneken and Uwe Wienke. Tracks 1 and 3 clock in at just over fibe minutes each while the centerpiece,...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-11-01)

Daevid Allen's University of Errors - Money Doesn't Make It

I’ve had the privilege of seeing this new hybrid project live at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco a few months ago. I was surprised both then and now as to how fresh and vital the new...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Dave Weckl Band - The Rhythm of the Soul

Back when I was in college, Weckl was God to every star-struck drummer who ever picked up a pair of sticks. His years behind the kit in both of Chick Corea's bands allowed him ample opportunity to...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1999-11-01)

David Thomas - Mirror Man

From a dizzy blurring pastiche of commentary and cadence comes a curious project, extremely artsy with obscure socio-overtones. The former lead vocalist of Pere Ubu, David Thomas has assembled one of...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Deathwatch Beetle Repairman - Hollow Fishes

Debut albums from obtuse solo acts can be difficult to ascertain on the surface. The first few listens of this disc from the Toronto based artist sound very much like an alternative to some of the...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Deborah Martin - Deep Roots, Hidden Water

Spotted Peccary is a label that seems to have evolved its own sound, which consists of a slightly more accessible and melodic approach to ambient space music. Deborah Martin is a synthesist, like...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Delivery - Fool's Meeting

The roots of Canterbury lie in albums such as Fools Meeting, an LP which has been unavailable for many years only now surfacing on the Cuneiform label. The album is particularly notable...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Djam Karet - Live at Orion

With the band having recorded little and performed even less in the past five years or so, questions existed about the ability of Djam Karet to deliver the goods in concert. Those who were present...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 1999-11-01)

Drifting Sun - On the Rebound

For their second full length release this British quintet has shed some of their harder rock approach and gone for a more keyboard heavy neo-progressive style, not unlike bands like IQ and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

El Reloj - El Reloj & Second Album

El Reloj is an Argentine group influenced by the more harder rocking bands of the early 70s like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. Their sound on their first album is a dual-guitar rock that keeps a...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Energipsy - Tamborea

This one sounded quite promising... a mixture of flamenco and fusion? With a wonderful heritage of bands such as Iceberg, Triana, Guadalquivir, and Gotic the Spanish fusion scene has been extremely...  » Read more
(Posted by David Ashcraft 1999-11-01)

Ensemble Avantgarde - Steve Reich: Phase Patterns / Pendulum Music / Piano Phase / Four Organs

This recording is special for a couple of reasons: it features the first commercially released recording of "Pendulum Music" (in fact, there are three different versions herein), as well...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-11-01)

Ensemble Nimbus - Scapegoat

Ensemble Nimbus plays a sort of electric-acoustic chamber music. Percussionist Hasse Bruniusson of The Flower Kings and Sammla Mammas Manna is joined by Håkan Almkvist on guitar and other...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)