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Available online from Issue 2

February 1994

20 Pages

Remembering Zappa, Tony Spada, Cuneiform label overview

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Aelian - The Watcher

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This is one of Musea's new releases, a label which for many years I considered infallible, but in the last few years they have occasionally proven me wrong with releases like Fancy Fluid's...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Agitation Free - Malesch

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Agitation Free was a most unique German band in the early 70s, in that their sound was heavily influenced by Turkish and Arabic themes, although never more so than on this, their first, from 1972....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Ain Soph - A Story of Mysterious Forest

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Breathtaking instrumental progressive from Japan. From the really short, Mahavishnu-type fusion rifferama of "Crossfire" which opens the album, you know you're in for an enjoyable...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 1994-02-01)

Alpes - Patrice Moullet - Rock sous la Dalle

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Haven't heard much from Patrice Moullet since he and singer Catherine Ribeiro fronted Alpes, the premier French underground band, in the late 60s and early 70s. Yet apparently he's been...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Amon Düül II - Surrounded by the Bars

Cover art Actually, this is not a true reissue, in that these remixed versions of the band's better songs from their classic early seventies period have never appeared together on a compilation before....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Ancient Future - Asian Fusion

Cover art Around 1980, Ancient Future released two excellent albums of acoustic world-music, the second of which (Natural Rhythms) remains a landmark of the genre, with its surreal eccentricity and...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Anekdoten - Vemod

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Anekdoten is a new four piece from Sweden. This album was recorded early this year, and from what I've heard, they have been highly revered by, among others, their countrymen...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1994-02-01)

Anthony R. Flynn - Angel's Breath

Cover art What first struck me as sort of a Spanish flavored acoustic guitar based fusion album in the mold of some of Al DiMeola's adventures or Strunz & Farah began to change midway through the album....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Apoteosi - Apoteosi

Cover art The Mellow label, run by Mauro Moroni, has probably released more discs in the last year and a half than Musea, Kinetic, Cuneiform and Syn-phonic put together. Dedicated to re-issuing long-lost...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Borella 1994-02-01)

Aquelarre - Brumas

Cover art South American reissues usually happen without too much fanfare, and such is the case with this, one of several albums by the 70s Argentinian band Aquelarre - yet this is one that definitely should...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Ars Nova - Fear and Anxiety

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Here is one of those albums that I hate at one listen, and love at the next. Ars Nova is a Japanese instrumental trio of mega-keyboards, bass, and drums, playing pretty much in the tired old...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Arti e Mestieri - Tilt & Giro di Valzer per Domani

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Much ink has been spilled about the drumming of Furio Chirico and for good reason: the guy is phenomenal. He is all over the place using all available musical space yet is never bombastic or...

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(Posted by Mike Taylor 1994-02-01)

Asgard - Imago Mundi

Cover art This, Asgard's fourth album, covers plenty of new territory, recaptures some of the lost ground from their original sound, and offers a quite a bit more accessibility - while maintaining a generally...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Atavism of Twilight - Atavism of Twilight

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[reviewing advance cassette - ed.]

Known best for opening at Djam Karet's most recent show, this is yet another band from the Los Angeles area making progressive music. An instrumental...

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(Posted by Mike Borella 1994-02-01)

Bubu - Anabelas

Cover art This is an excellent album, featuring mature composition, great group playing, and a very nice sense of dynamics and texture. There is an intensity to this music which is controlled beautifully over...  » Read more
(Posted by Rob Walker 1994-02-01)

Carmen - Fandangos in Space & Dancing on a Cold Wind

Cover art Do you like Jethro Tull? Curved Air? Flamenco dancing? Did you ever wish for a combination of the three? Your wish has come true, and its name is Carmen! And if you don't think they could pull off...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Ohman 1994-02-01)

Chainsaw Jazz - DisConcerto

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Using guitars, bass, synthesizer, violin, reeds and drums, this five-piece creates an extremely potent jazz rock with roots in the NY downtown free-jazz sound, the Canterbury scene, and perhaps the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Coco Roussel - Reaching Beyond

Cover art Roussel may be best known as the drummer for Happy the Man in their final phase, and the work he did with Kit Watkins on some of his first solo projects. This is his first album since Kit & Coco's...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-02-01)

Covenant - Nature's Divine Reflection

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It seems that the one-man band is making a comeback in the American mid-west. Whether this is a positive happening or not, I will leave to the individual listener. Covenant consists solely of one...

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(Posted by Mike Borella 1994-02-01)

Crack - Si Todo Hiciera Crack

Cover art While in countries like England, Italy and the United States, the outlook for progressive rock by the late seventies was practically at its bleakest; Spain's scene was at its most prolific stage. ...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1994-02-01)

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