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Cheryl Gunn - The Sun at Midnight

Liner notes which throw phrases around like “an immensely personal journey towards self-discovery” and “this powerful message of personal redemption” are all warning signs:...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2000-05-01)

Chrome - Chrome Flashback / Chrome Live / The Best Of

When I first heard Chrome back in the early 80s, my initial reaction was “Ouch!” All I heard was a wall of distortion and mangled vocals – their brand of art-punk was too much punk and too...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Cipher - No Ordinary Man

Ambient music, like any other genre, has many sounds, from purely electronic soundscapes, to cut-and-paste pointillism, to environmental collage. Cipher presents a jazzy take on the quiet side of...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Coyote Oldman - House Made of Dawn

This duo of flautists, Michael Graham Allen and Barry Stramp, creates a music far beyond that of the acoustic instrument. Processed through a myriad of effects, the tones of the flute create music...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-05-01)

David Bagsby - Transphoria

From Tulsa Oklahoma, Bagsby has been around for a few years doing his thing; he had a fairly interesting release with keyboardist Kurt Rongey as Xen a few years back. On this latest release Bagsby...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

David Helpling - Sleeping on the Edge of the World

On Sleeping on the Edge of the World, synthesist David Helpling has conjured up 11 portraits of the subconscious, a soundtrack to your dreams if you will. This collection sits well beside...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2000-05-01)

Discus - 1st

Progressive rock from unlikely places: Indonesia. Sure, we’ve covered a lot of Gamelan influenced music like the recent Mani Nuemeier releases, Gamelan Pacifica, and even the home-grown...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Djam Karet - Suspension and Displacement & Burning the Hard City

Originally released simultaneously as two separate albums in 1991, these offerings represent the evolution of the sounds explored on 1989’s Reflections from the Firepool into its two...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 2000-05-01)

Dün - Eros

Zeuhl alert! One of the best, yet little known zeuhl gems has re-surfaced thanks to the specialty label Soleil Atreides, the same folks who recently gave us Archaia. Dün is rather more in the...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 2000-05-01)

Dystopia - The Second Dawn

Most of the time, when I listen to music, I don’t actively think about the intentions of the musicians. I just listen and judge the sounds on their own terms. Only later do I sometimes wonder...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Eclat - En Concert - Marseille Tokyo

Recorded in both France and Japan, En Concert is a snapshot of the band on two nights in the summer of 1998. Much of Eclat’s music could be categorized as jazz-fusion, but they...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2000-05-01)

Epidaurus - Earthly Paradise & Endangered

Earthy Paradise is a short five-song album originally released in 1977 that should fulfill any analog purist with its dual-keys-driven, Mellotron-and-organ-heavy sound. In some ways it is...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-05-01)

Erik Wøllo - Guitar Nova

This is Wøllo’s latest, essentially an acoustic guitar driven album with a number of other instruments featured judiciously, track depending, and with the exception of the solo guitar...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Erik Wøllo - Where It All Begins

If all you’ve known of Wøllo is his later ambient / synth oriented Images of Light period material, you are in for a real treat with this, a reissue of his very first album from 1982....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Escapade - Due to a Faulty Premonition

First the correction. Despite the 1999 date on the backtray, I’m reasonably certain that this disc was not available until the early weeks of 2000. And why is that a big deal? This one would...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Fifty Foot Hose - Sing Like Scaffold

Fifty Foot Hose occupy that most rare of places, avant garde psychedelia, a mix very few bands have even attempted, let alone pulled off. The fact that they first honed their craft with their debut...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 2000-05-01)

Forgas Band Phenomena - Extra-Lucide

French drummer/composer Patrick Forgas supplied us with the missing link between Canterbury and zeuhl with his outstanding 1997 release, Roue Libre. Forgas Band Phenomena returns two years...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2000-05-01)

Foxtrot Zulu - Frozen in Time

Foxtrot Zulu is a Rhode Island group who should be finding a quick path onto the roots radio wave still prevalent across the US. One of the things that sets the seven piece apart from other roots...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Fred Thelonious Baker - Missing Link

For those of you wondering who in the world is Fred Baker with the familiar middle name, please allow me to provide background on the educated virtuoso. He’s a Birmingham College of Music...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

French TV - The Violence of Amateurs

Any new French TV album is always a load of fun and great playing, but with this one (what is this now, the sixth? They used to number them...), the band seems to have taken a big step forward,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)