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Available online from Issue 20

October 2000

92 Pages

NEARfest 2000, Yes Masterworks Tour, Moe. in Portland, Annbjorg Lien, Amy Denio, Peter Hammill, Rascal Reporters, Vidna Obmana, Thierry Zaboitzeff, Brainworks Label, The Golden Age of Eurock

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Chameleon - Luminous Morning

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Chameleon is a sort of side project from two thirds of Kundalini, a Swedish jazz-psych-prog-ethnic group which released a CD in 1997 (also on Mellow). Guitars, bass, and keyboards are handled by...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Chaos Code - A Tapestry of Afterthoughts

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When I first saw the cover of this CD, with its hazmat suited figure amid a grim orange cloud, nuclear plants in the background, I guessed I was in for some gloomy harsh stuff. Then I saw the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Christian Vander Quartet - Au Sunset

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The setting is the Sunset Jazz Club, and the date is early January of 1999. The crowd is busy chatting while the quartet eases into John Coltrane’s “Brazilia.” The tenor player...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Clearlight - Les Contes du Singe Fou

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Finally, after almost a quarter-century, a reissue of the Clearlight classic! And make no mistake, this is a classic. Whether it be Cyrille Verdeaux’s rumbling piano work or Didier...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2000-10-01)

Clockwork - Surface Tension

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So far it seems that Sensory (Laser's Edge) has found a rich deposit of quality progressive metal bands; enter Clockwork. This New Jersey band is very much from the Dream Theater school. I hate...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2000-10-01)

Coyle & Sharpe - Audio Visionaries

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Radical radio had its fruition in the 60s where Mal Sharpe and Jim Coyle had a format of witticism and enlightenment. The duo had worked on local KGO radio and branched out onto the street...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

David Hastings - Electric Café

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Hastings' debut album is released on Biff Johnson's Broad Vista label, although Hastings' style is quite a bit different than the tribal ambient style of Johnson's two albums. It...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

David Sylvian - Approaching Silence

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After a decade of “ambient” silence, Virgin subsidiary label Shakti has released a set of mysterious instrumental pieces by composer David Sylvian. This is the artist’s third...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple, Book of Taliesin & Deep Purple

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While most are familiar with songs like “Smoke on the Water,” “Woman from Tokyo,” and “Highway Star,” those hits were produced by the second edition of the band;...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Delay Tactics - Any Questions?

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Any Questions? is the second of two albums released by Delay Tactics, a proto-electronica trio that pretty much captured the quirky electronic pop spirit of the early 80s. Walter Whitney...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Delired Cameleon Family - Musique du Film "Visa de Censure N°X" de Pierre Clementi

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This reissue from 1975 is a collection of six improvisational pieces that are compositions by Clearlight composer and keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux and guitarist Yvan Coaquette. More than a dozen...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2000-10-01)

Deyss - The Dragonfly from the Sun

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Let's be honest. Deyss's debut At King (1985) and their follow-up double concept album Vision in the Dark (1987) are widely considered to be among the most embarrassing...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 2000-10-01)

Dixie Dregs - California Screamin'

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After a six-year hiatus, the Dregs have returned with a 25th anniversary live “reunion” album of sorts. In addition to the five-piece band that released 1994's Full Circle,...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2000-10-01)

Djabe - Lay-A-Loya

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Djabe has released their second recording (that I am familiar with), and it differs greatly from their previous work. The four-man ensemble consists basically of a guitarist, bassist, saxophonist,...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-10-01)

Emily Bezar - Grandmother's Tea Leaves, Moon in Grenadine & Four Walls Bending

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I read a review of Moon in Grenadine some time ago which described it as what you might get if Sarah McLachlan’s band indulged itself in a King Crimson fetish, so of course I had to have...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

Eulenspygel - 2

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Inside one of the most tasteless album covers I've ever seen is Krautrock of the gnarly, freaky variety. Eulenspygel delivers the stereotypical elements one would expect: a sometimes...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2000-10-01)

Forever Einstein - Down with Gravity

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Forever Einstein’s outstanding 1998 release, One Thing After Another was a groundbreaking effort that brought the band to an entirely new plane musically. Down with Gravity...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2000-10-01)

Frágil - Avenida Larco

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Peru’s entry into the symphonic rock genre came in 1981, when Frágil (named for some obscure British prog album) made their recorded debut, now reissued by Rock Symphony....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-10-01)

François Cahen - Great Winds

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This reissue, of one of the ex-Zao co-leader's early solo albums, is the inauguration of yet another Musea sub label, Great Winds. This release is notable for its guests — Miroslav...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

Gavin Lurssen - Restless

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Restless is Gavin Lurssen's first major effort as a solo acoustic guitarist. Originally from South Africa, he came to the Americas when he was sixteen. He attended Berklee College of...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2000-10-01)

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