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Pere Ubu - New Picnic Time

The third album in the Pere Ubu canon is one where the group appears to be in a more playful mode rather than on their acclaimed sophomore album, Dub Housing (1978). They had matured a bit...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Phil Manzanera / 801 - Live at Manchester University

801, lead by guitarist Phil Manzanera, deserve a pretty lofty place in the Prog hall of fame. The band was a veritable supergroup, fronted by Phil and Brian Eno, blending quirky pop songs with...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2000-05-01)

Philharmonie - Le Dernier Mot - The Last Word

Philharmonie has been around since the late 80s, this being the band’s fifth and sadly, final album. The booklet notes make no bones about it – this is the end; a conscious decision by...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Quarkspace - The Hidden Moon & Spacefolds 5

The Hidden Moon finds Quarkspace dropping some of the hippie sound so prominent in Live at Orion. Instead the band play a lot more “electronica” i.e. rave type music....

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2000-05-01)

Radio Massacre International - Borrowed Atoms

If you like Berlin school 1970s electronics, then this 2CD set is an absolute must-have. It is a feast of scorching sequencers and synthesizers, laced with searing guitars over lots of cool outer...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2000-05-01)

Richard Johnson and Jud Martindale - Creatures of Habit

For those interested with tracking down the roots of master acoustic fret bender, Richard Leo Johnson, look no further! Uncovered from the independent release catacombs is a 1993 gem from Johnson and...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor

Richard Thompson’s latest album for Capitol Records (his longest stay on any major label) follows a three-tiered study of songs: The first five on the disk follow a “Metroland”...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Rick Wakeman - The Masters

Between 1982 and 1995 Wakeman released a staggering 35 recordings! None of these are known to more than a few people (I have only seen about four of them myself), so the convenience of this...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-05-01)

Roger Eno & Lol Hammond - Damage

Roger Eno’s new collaboration with Lol Hammond (ex-Drum Club) is an intelligent mixture of ambient subtlety, slow rhythm tracks, and space music. In fact, it’s surprising how subdued...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Roy Harper - The Unknown Soldier

Typically Roy Harper doesn't fall into a progressive rock vein, preferring to create an English version of Bob Dylan's never ending hippie dream. But in 1980 he amassed several friends...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Ruphus - Ranshart

Regarding Ranshart:

The Norwegian group Ruphus suffered a drastic lineup shift after their 1973 debut, New Born Day, which resulted in the loss of, among...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 2000-05-01)

Saturnia - Saturnia

From Portugal comes Saturnia and their mischievous dose of psychedelia. Stripped down to base elements, Saturnia is a guitar / synth duo (Luís Simões / M. Strange) who perform over...

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(Posted by David Falcone 2000-05-01)

Smokstik - Bugs

Smokstik is the Massachusetts based duo of John Kiehne (Chapman Stick, vocals) and Hillary Koogler (drums, vocals). Although it sounds like a pretty lean arrangement on paper, these two get a very...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-05-01)

Soft Machine - Noisette

Steve Feigenbaum (founder of Cuneiform Records) continues to expand the breadth of the Soft Machine legacy by finding gold in long forgotten tapes. His latest audio treasure spotlights a brief...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Sorten Muld - Mark II

Sorten Muld exist in the same milieu as Hedningarna, Garmarna, and Afro Celt Sound System, bringing modern sounds and techniques to traditional music, in this case that of Denmark. They are masters...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Steve Roach - Atmospheric Conditions

Atmospheric Conditions is the third CD-length, deep ambient piece on Roach’s Timeroom label, following up on the recent

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-05-01)

Steve Roach - Light Fantastic

Steve Roach has been fairly quiet in his output this year after a prolific 1998. Light Fantastic seems both a culmination of and an evolution on some of Roach’s recent...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-05-01)

Sugarwood - Catch a Breeze and Fly & Love, Loss & Carparks

Sugarwood have been kicking around parts of the UK for a few years now, and seem to have gathered a following (if internet activity is any indication). They fit in more or less with the current...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Swans - Cop/Young God, Greed/Holy Money

For those of you unfamiliar with this ensemble on this reissue two disc set, Swans is an artsy cult band who blazed a trail of punishing punk metal which is fairly popular in certain circles. The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Syrius - Rock Koncertek A Magyar Radio Archivumabol

As best I can tell (my Hungarian is a little rusty) this release is an archive recording from 1975 that was originally a Hungarian radio broadcast. The band has a "big band" line-up,...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2000-05-01)