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Kurgan's Bane - The Future Lies Broken

If you ever wondered what Rush might have sounded like with a female vocalist, wonder no more. Baltimore-based four-piece Kurgan's Bane is a band that obviously idolizes Rush, especially the...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

L'Ange Vert - Vol de Nuit

Following quickly on the heels of Tempête et châtiments (reviewed in #20), l’Ange Vert’s fourth CD showcases live material from their 1999 tour. This French...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Laraaji / Roger Eno - Islands

First of all, this album is not a collaboration between Laraaji and Roger Eno. It is a split live album with separate performances from the two, recorded at the Lanzarote Music Festival in 1989....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Lester Palocsay - Baby Data Drop

The music on this disc was originally recorded from 1984 to 1990. Nothing is provided in the way of musician credits, but judging from the sound of it, Palocsay worked on his own. Most of the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Lol Coxhill / Morgan Fisher - Slow Music

Lol Coxhill and Morgan Fisher are two musicians whom you wouldn’t think had crossed paths before. Coxhill’s resume consists of an early stint with Kevin Ayers and Mike Oldfield in The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Mashu - Elephants in Your Head?

Hugh Hopper’s penchant to seek the unobtrusive collaboration results in another crystal of a project. This improvising trio is based on your typical guitar, bass and percussion scenario,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Micro-Ritmia - Micro-Ritmia

Despite the supposed 1986 release date on this, it must have languished in total obscurity for several years. The first this writer ever heard of this duo was on the Margen sampler, reviewed a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-03-01)

Mongol - Doppler 444

How this one was missed by Exposé’s radar when it first came out is still a mystery to me, having only been brought to our attention earlier this year. The six tracks herein...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-03-01)

Morgan Fisher - Hybrid Kids 1 & 2 + Miniatures

In the middle of his work as a keyboard player (with Queen, Mott the Hoople, and others) and as a producer (Allan Holdsworth), Morgan Fisher came up with two albums worth of oddities called...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Music from the Future - Mind Trips

Music from the Future is the recording name of Marcel Peelen, a Dutch native who now resides in the United States. A certified therapeutic recreation specialist who seeks to use synthesized sounds...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Mythology Bullfinch - The Age of Chivalry & Songs from the Age of Fable

This oddly entitled outfit seems to get their influences as much from classic and psychedelic rock as progressive rock. The Age of Chivalry is mostly a guitar, bass, and drums affair, with...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites - Unis & The Cereal Killer

NLC is a project led by one Julien Ash, who has apparently been at this for some time, although these two releases were my first exposure to his work Their relative anonymity may not last, as they...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2001-03-01)

Out of Focus - Not Too Late

Cosmic Egg is one of the recent CD labels of Audion magazine’s Alan and Steve Freeman, acting sort of as a offshoot to their Auricle cassette line that they have run since the 80s. The...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Peter Banks - Can I Play You Something?

Guitarist Peter Banks continues to dig deep into his roots and comes up another winner with his latest disc. This one is of keen interest to collectors of the psychedelic era, since that’s...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Peter Frohmader - 2001

Pounding beats, throbbing bass, swirling electronics. Is this latest acid house, acid techno, electro-techno (whatever label you choose) sensation from Germany? No, surprisingly it is a foray into...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2001-03-01)

Peter Frohmader - Kanaan Live 1975

Peter Frohmader was in a number of groups in the early 70s that predated his tenure with the moniker “Nekropolis.” Kanaan is one of these groups, presented here live in concert in 1975....

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Peter Frohmader & Fuchs-Gamböck - Das Ist Alles

German rock journalist Michael Fuchs-Gamböck and Peter Frohmader met at a Faust concert in 1997. Their mutual interest in Krautrock and experimental music led to a lasting friendship and now a...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2001-03-01)

Peter Ulrich - Pathways and Dawns

To me, at first this sounds a heck of a lot like Robert Wyatt vocally and Dead Can Dance (or other similar 4AD artists) musically. Ulrich has a thin, plaintive tenor voice that, like Wyatt’s,...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 2001-03-01)

Preston Reed - Handwritten Notes

If you think that the acoustic guitar is a conventional instrument then you haven’t heard Preston Reed play it. Combining a tapping approach that is considerably evolved from the style of the...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2001-03-01)

Radiohead - Kid A

OK Computer showed a rock band reaching beyond the conventions of commercial music, yet somehow managing to remain commercial, selling millions of albums and impressing a lot of...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)