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Available online from Issue 18

November 1999

80 Pages

Nearfest '99, The Residents, Richard Pinhas & Maurice Dantec, 5th International Progressive Music Festival - San Francisco 99, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Iconoclasta, Atavism of Twilight, Michael Stearns, Steve Hahn, Tempano, Architectural Metaphor, Mirage Label

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Terra Firma - Earthbound

Cover art Climbing out the morass of thrash bands and Pearl Jam clones ascends a new Seattle area group with its feet rooted in Terra Firma and its head in the cosmos. Forget your preconceived notions of space...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 1999-11-01)

The Dark Aether Project - Feed the Silence

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Featuring an inviting Canterbury-meets-80s-Crimson sound, The Dark Aether Project has produced a competent if unspectacular second outing. Both the 8-string Warr Guitar (the kind brought into the...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1999-11-01)

The Dark Aether Project - Feed the Silence

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The Dark Aether Project is a collective group of musicians led by Warr guitarist Adam Levin. They are representative of modern American groups like Djam Karet, who approach their rock...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

The Dark Aether Project - Feed the Silence

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The second release by this Maryland-based quartet is a major leap forward from their debut; first of all, they now live up to the ‘dark’ in their name — most of this stuff is...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

The Reptile Palace Orchestra - Iguana Iguana

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With the same globe-hopping disregard for genre exhibited by labelmates Boiled in Lead, Reptile Palace Orchestra...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

The Tunnel Singer - Inner Runes, Ravens in Moonlight & Water Birth

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The Tunnel Singer is Lee Ellen Shoemaker, a vocal improviser who has been actively performing in the San Francisco area for almost a decade, singing in tunnels, stairwells, parking garages, and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1999-11-01)

Threshold - Clone

Cover art Given that this is a Karl Groom project, and that it's on the GEP label, and that the first tune is called "Freaks," you would be pretty safe to assume this is another tired and unwanted neo-prog...  » Read more
(Posted by Dan Casey 1999-11-01)

Tortoise - TNT

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A friend who has the broadest range of musical passions, from classical to reggae, from progressive rock to Brazilian music and beyond, thinks of Tortoise as one of the most progressive groups...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 1999-11-01)

Various Artists - A Cat-Shaped Hole in My Heart

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I love cats, and this compilation CD led by Black Tape for a Blue Girl member Sam Rosenthal is a very nice tribute to the feline species. With the help of some of his friends, Rosenthal creates a...

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(Posted by Carol Hammett 1999-11-01)

Various Artists - A Homage to Neu!

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There have been far too many of these tribute albums over the past five years or so. Many of them have featured no-name bands performing pale imitations of their heroes from the days of old. After...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1999-11-01)

Various Artists - Desde el Otro Lado & Eleanor Hovda - Ariadne Music

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These two released by the witty label OO Disc are good representatives of the label's overall sound directions. The compilation begins with an ‘electroacoustic samba’ which puts in...

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(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-11-01)

Vidna Obmana - Landscape in Obscurity & The Shape of Solitude

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Vidna Obmana has been prolific this year, collaborating with various musicians and continuing to reissue his early albums on the Memories Compiled series. The two titles here are recent...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

Zapotec - Alpha Centuri

Cover art When I first listened to this disc, I quickly categorized it as jamming space rock. The first track builds from quiet ambience to a throbbing jazzy thrash, consisting almost entirely of an...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

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