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Not just outside the box, but denying the existence of boxes.
Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

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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Jeff Aug - Before Then After

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Jeff Aug’s vision here is that of the solo electric guitar instrumentalist, aided by reverb, fuzz distortion, phase shifting, flanging, delays, and various other effects, rendering a full...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Jeff Greinke, Anisa Romero & Radio Chongching

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Jeff Greinke is a synthesist and composer who's been branching out into many different endeavors on his own Seattle label, Firstworld. Among his continued solo album work, there are his seminal...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Jim Matheos - Away with Words

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This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first solo outing for Matheos, who is the guitarist and chief songwriter for progressive metal act Fates Warning. The style of that band is completely...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2000-10-01)

John Hackett & Steve Hackett - Sketches of Satie

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A full CD of the music of Erik Satie comes as no surprise to those familiar with Steve Hackett’s acoustic classical recordings. Even in his work with Genesis and his solo career Hackett has...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2000-10-01)

John Tchicai - Life Overflowing & Love Letters from the Madhouse

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Tenor saxophonist John Tchicai is the leader or co-leader on two recent independent jazz releases. Life Overflowing is a quintet project, while the other is spoken word prose backed by...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere

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Everything on this highly anticipated reunion (of sorts) was composed by Kerry Livgren. And while not strictly a concept album, there are thematic references to America's experience in World...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-10-01)

Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere

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Believe it or not, for the first time in 20 years, all the members of the original Kansas band have reunited! Despite having several “new” releases during the last 10 years, the group...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2000-10-01)

Kansas - Somewhere to Elsewhere

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I have to admit it's been quite awhile since I spent time listening to any new music by Kansas. The group had literally been one of the first US prog bands to cross over into pop upon the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-10-01)

Kedama - Live at Sunrise Studios

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Keyboard lovin’ progsters will want to search this one out. Kedama, a trio of keyboards, including the mighty Hammond B3, the beloved Mellotron, Mini Moog synthesizer, a period instrument if...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 2000-10-01)

Ken Field - Pictures of Motion

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The number of albums in the field of rock and / or jazz that feature no conventional chordal rhythm section instruments (i.e. — keyboards, guitars or guitar-like stringed instruments)...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 2000-10-01)

Kit Watkins - The Unseen

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It’s been a while since Watkins’ last one, but well worth the wait. Now that the keyboardist / composer has discovered MP3.com, he promises there will be lots more to come. On this...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Kitty Brazelton's Dadadah - Love Not Love Lust Not Lust

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Kitty Brazelton’s latest effort is an aural exploration into her own world of love and soul-searching sensuality. It is aptly titled Love Not Love Lust Not Lust. She calls her band...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2000-10-01)

Kopecky - Serpentine Kaleidoscope

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This one snuck up. Seems like just yesterday these pages were reviewing the debut by this Wisconsin based trio. No sophomore slump here, in fact this second effort is surprisingly strong. The band...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Kromlech - La Soledad de las Sombras

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The performance by this four-piece from Mexico City was one of the surprises and highlights of BajaProg 2000. This debut album, recorded about eight months prior, contains what is essentially one...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Kubusschnitt - The Cube

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If you are still searching for the near-perfect modern equivalent to Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze from their peak form in the 70s, you may find something tantalizingly close with this stellar...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2000-10-01)

Kurt Rongey - That Was Propaganda

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After receiving lots of material for review in Exposé, it is easy to overlook something unless it comes right out and stares you in the face, saying “This is something...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-10-01)

L'Ange Vert - Tempête et Châtiments

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This French band’s web-site lists them as “Celtic rock,” a description as apt as any. The band personnel is made up of the standard rock instrumentation, with the addition of a...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2000-10-01)

La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux - Expériences de Survie

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A full throttle sonic assault on the ears, this is (I believe) the second full length release by STPO (La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux), a French sextet of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2000-10-01)

Loren Nerell - The Venerable Dark Cloud

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For those who don't know, the Italian label Amplexus is a specialized ambient label that was originally based on the photography of Stefano Gentile, and their main line of 3” CDs comes in...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

Machiavel - Virtual Sun

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I'm not even a big fan of Machiavel in their "classic" phase, circa Mechanical Moonbeams. Even then the group's proto-neo-progressive / mainstream symphonic rock style...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2000-10-01)

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