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Farflung - The Belief Module

Legend has it that Tommy Grenas (keyboards, vocals) was abducted by aliens when a small boy on an Irish potato farm. Though that would certainly explain some of his more questionable terrestrial...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 1999-11-01)

Final Tragedy - Trial of Tears

Once upon a time there was a French thrash metal band called Etheric Soul which included among its original members multi-instrumentalist Jean-Luc Millot. Then one day, singer Delphine Cochand...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 1999-11-01)

Five Fifteen - Six Dimensions of the Electric Camembert

For their fourth album (the first I’ve heard), Finland’s Five Fifteen continue their tradition of long psychedelic titles. Gong fans don’t be fooled, the mention of the French...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

Fläsket Brinner - Fläsket Brinner

This Swedish instrumental five-piece features organ, sax, drums, bass and guitar, and delivers a solid jam based groove with a slight jazz-rock influence, all in a live setting. The bottom end is...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

Fonya - Upper Level Open Space

Instrumental but powerful, this album has the punch of Steve Howe’s Turbulence but more varied and less riff driven. At times it’s very reminiscent of Steve Hackett, especially...

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(Posted by Willow Polson 1999-11-01)

Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Doh No Kembai

Geinoh Yamashirogumi, also known as the Yamashiro Group, is a Japanese choral group made up of amateur musicians who are a remarkable ensemble and perform the distinctive, compelling, and fantastic...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-11-01)

Gerard - Live in Marseilles - Battle Triangle

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts before pressing PLAY. Live in Marseilles - Battle Triangle captures the band live in France on the fourth of June, 1998. Gerard deliver...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-11-01)

Gnidrolog - ...In Spite of Harry's Toenail

While Yes, King Crimson, ELP, and Genesis went on to considerable fame, there were a good number of English bands that didn’t fare so well as far as output goes, but were equally as...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Happy the Man - Happy the Man & Crafty Hands

Readers of Exposé will be more than familiar with this seminal American quintet, as we have given them lavish coverage in these pages. Having been available only intermittently on...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Hawkwind - Golden Void 1969-1979

Hey look, it's another Hawkwind compilation! I hope they got paid for this one. For your information, the band is as unhappy as the fans about the crop of Hawkwind reissue albums that pop up,...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-11-01)

Hawkwind - The Elf and the Hawk

This is a must have, Hawkfans. The Elf & the Hawk is a reissue of Brian Tawn’s fanzine Hawkfan (No. 12 to be precise) from 1986 plus a few bonus tracks. Hawkfan...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1999-11-01)

Hedningarna - Karelia Visa

The Heathens’ fifth album continues their vivid interpretation of Scandinavian folk delivered with a contemporary edge, yet without betraying the deep antiquity of its musical roots. The...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Henry Cow - Unrest

While the late 80s reissue of Henry Cow’s second album was not accompanied by a large dose of irregular remixing (as had been the case for the first and third), it still suffered from some...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

Hugh Hopper & Kramer - Huge

Ex-Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper’s second album with ex-Bongwater Kramer is quite different than their last collaborative disc. Whereas A Remake You Made (1995) focussed on...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Hugh Hopper Band - Alive!

After his glory days with Soft Machine, Hugh Hopper went through some lean times (musically at least), until the mid to late 80s, when he hooked up with a crew of Dutch musicians for a number of tours...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

Hughscore - Delta Flora

Delta Flora is the third project from the marriage of Hugh Hopper with Pacific Northwest group Caveman Shoestore recorded in both Canterbury and Seattle last year. Across the previous two...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

I.E.M. - I.E.M.

The Incredible Expanding Mindf*ck is one of Steven Wilson’s (Porcupine Tree, No-Man) side projects. The goal of the original IEM album from 1996 was to do an anonymous Krautrock project. The...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1999-11-01)

Ian McDonald - Drivers Eyes

Let us take a long journey back through the ether to advent of progressive rock. Who do you see lurking around in the shadows? Well one person was Ian McDonald whose group, King Crimson, was a...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1999-11-01)

Jeff Greinke - Lost Terrain

This is one of Jeff Greinke’s best releases to date and definitely worth the words “an ambient music classic.” Greinke’s inspiration comes from both Brian Eno and Jon...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

John Tavener - Eternity's Sunrise

The British composer John Tavener has struck a chord with a significant cross-over audience. Like Arvo Pärt, Tavener creates a sumptuously gorgeous music infused with his belief in God and a...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-11-01)