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Sens - Les Regrets d'Isidore D.

It took me a little while to warm up to Sens, but once I did, I found myself listening over and over again. The first thing a listener notices about the band is the dramatic singing of Pascal...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Serge Blenner - Ars Oratoria

Serge Blenner was born in France in 1955 and studied composition at Mulhouse Conservatory. He moved to Germany in 1975 and has been recording independently since 1980. This fourteenth album of his...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2000-10-01)

Smoking the Century Away - Smoking the Century Away

More like Smoking Some Afternoons Away in an Amsterdam Hash Bar. Mexican musicians Jorge Beltran and Victor Basurto from Loch Ness and Humus recorded this sonic exploration in Mexico City...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2000-10-01)

Species Being - Orgone Therapy

For those not yet tuned in to these guys, Species Being is a San Francisco based quartet led by drummer Frank Grau. The sound here, as on the debut release, Yonilicious, is a seemingly...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Spring Heel Jack - Treader

You might think that the modern sounds of drum & bass are not the territory of Exposé writers, that there is no cross-reference point. Shouldn't we put head into the sand...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Steve Howe - Homebrew 2

Yes guitarist Steve Howe continues to group together fully developed solo tracks used in different contexts in the second in his homebrewed series. It’s nearly impossible to fault Howe for...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Steve Morse - Major Impacts

A unique theme to this release: Magna Carta gave Steve Morse carte blanche to come up with tunes based on styles derived from his choice of influential guitarists. Eleven tracks in all make the...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-10-01)

Steve Roach - Midnight Moon

Steve Roach has never hesitated in risk-taking, stepping off the beaten path and putting it all on the line, but this new release is easily his biggest risk to date. While Roach has gained much...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

Stinkhorn - Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn is a Seattle jazz group with more than a little rock in their stylistic bag. Not quite as much as Kilgore Trout (

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Synkopy & Oldřich Veselý - Sluneční Hodiny

Energetic symphonic prog from Czechoslovakia, the land that gave us the first and still best Pilsener beer. Synkopy's six members were fronted by Modry Efekt's keyboardist, Oldřich...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2000-10-01)

Tales - Marco Polo - A Life for a Dream

For his fourth concept album, French sysnthesist Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot turns his attention from outer space to Earthly history, presenting almost an hour of music inspired by the story of...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Teknikolor - LNA's Dream

Although the liner notes list four musicians as being in the band, Teknikolor is primarily Patrick Chartol. In addition to composing all of the material on LNA’s Dream, Chartol (who...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2000-10-01)

The Alchemysts & Simeon - The Alchemysts & Simeon

Recorded in September '98, this is probably Simeon's last recording before 'the accident' (see our Silver Apples feature in issue #17). The genesis of the collaboration dates to the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

The Foundation - Departure

Tepid 80s symphonic rock certainly doesn’t do a lot of head turning in the pages of Exposé, and Swiss group The Foundation may not do anything to change one’s mind. The...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

The Quiet Room - Introspect

This takes me back to 1987! Long live big hair! Introspect by The Quiet Room is a teasingly good CD. Sans the reference to 80s-style grooming, "teasingly good" is a serious...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2000-10-01)

The Residents - Four East Side Digital Releases

These re-releases comprise the bulk of The Residents’ early to mid 80s output, starting around the tail end of the “Mole Trilogy” era and ending with a triumphant live tour in...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 2000-10-01)

The Science Group - A Mere Coincidence

Yugoslavian composer Stevan Tickmayer has worked extensively in the fields of 20th Century music (both composed and improvised) and jazz. For this project, he takes a collection of texts by Chris...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

The Trey Gunn Band - The Joy of Molybdenum

For those fortunate enough to see the Trey Gunn Band live in January 1998, most of these tracks by this power trio will be familiar. Initial sessions for the album were just prior to the same time...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

The Underground Railroad - Through and Through

Kurt Rongey has finally found a group outlet for his advanced Canterbury and symphonic based ideas. Much like early Echolyn with Holdsworthian guitar blasts or similar to jazz inflected Scott...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

The Underground Railroad - Through and Through

While this debut is impressive for its compositional savvy and great arrangements, one needs to remember that two of the main movers in this four-piece unit are guitarist Bill Pohl and keys-man...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)