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Remy - The Art of Imagination

The Art of Imagination is a series of six musical images in the European electronic tradition. The first is in a melodic, minor key with shakuhachi-like patches intoning over some deeper...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Robert Carty - The Inexplicable

Robert Carty is an independent musician who runs his own label and releases several CDRs a year in a variety of electronic styles. He has an enormous back catalog that I have only begun to tap, but...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Russ Tolman - New Quadrophonic Highway

Tolman is a singer-songwriter with a half-talking / half-singing Lou Reed style of vocalization. In other words, he’s got the vocal range of about five half-steps. This is not necessarily a...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2001-03-01)

Sabah Habas Mustapha & The Jugala All Stars - So La Li

Most progressive rock fans know him as Colin Bass, bassist for Camel since the late 70s, but in Indonesia he is Sabah Habas Mustapha, the youngest brother of the famous 3Mustaphas3, an incredibly...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-03-01)

Scenic - Spheres

I haven’t heard Scenic’s previous releases, but from the descriptions I found on the net (“Ennio Morricone meets modern chamber music and Middle Eastern influences”), this CD EP is atypical....  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Sigmund Snopek III - Trinity Seas Seize Sees (Long Version)

Though best known these days as the keyboardist for the Violent Femmes, Sigmund Snopek’s first and greatest accomplishments have been in progressive rock. A three-act rock opera written in...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Similares y Conexos - De Flora y Fauna

Of the Mexican progressive groups I’ve heard, none attempts to integrate the traditional music of their country as much as Similares y Conexos. The five-pieces ranges from tunes a bit like...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Solaris - Back to the Roots - Solaris Archive 1

Shot right out of the cosmos to earth by the stories of Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke is the Hungarian formation Solaris. Hungary is not the friendliest of places to release music that tries to...

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(Posted by Roel Steverink 2001-03-01)

Spirogyra - Burn the Bridges: The Demo Tapes 70-71

Not to be confused with a similarly-named 80s fusion act, this British band released three undisputed classics of progressive / psychedelic folk back in the 70s: St. Radigunds, Old...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Spring Heel Jack - Oddities

Underground darlings Spring Heel Jack is the duo of Coxon and Wales from the UK. Oddities is their last segment in a trio of recordings the composers created, which has a consistent set of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Star People - ...Are Coming

Anyone who’s seen the Ozrics on their last couple US tours may have caught these folks inadvertently as their opening act. Yes, these are those bizarre guys in tuxes that look like some kind...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-03-01)

Stephane Vaillant - Crazy Stuff

Okay, let’s get one thing straight; this guy can play guitar. It’s obvious he can play circles around any of these modern thrashy guitar heroes. Stéphane Vaillant has got very...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2001-03-01)

Steve Hackett - Feedback 86

It just doesn’t get much worse than "Prizefighters." I remember when GTR introduced this song during their only tour, I disliked it then and this version is worse. Take one guitar...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2001-03-01)

Steve MacLean Ensemble - The Opposite of War

Maclean is the guitarist / composer who leads this instrumental quartet, which also includes keys, bass, and drums. Interlocking melodies and rhythms are the focus of the sound, with no one...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 2001-03-01)

Supersister - M.A.N. - Memories Are New

After a silence of 27 years the illustrious Dutch psychedelic group is back, not with a new album, but with treasurable memories. The first four albums, Present from Nancy (1970), To...

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(Posted by Roel Steverink 2001-03-01)

Suzanne Lewis - Suzanne Lewis

Vocalist Susanne Lewis finally steps out into her first true solo album, nearly fourteen years after her most notable stint as lead singer for Colorado’s Thinking Plague. She’s also...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Sviraj - Ciganine

Omnium’s primary mission is releasing “folk music that rocks,” and they turn slightly aside from that with this disc. Though Sviraj (pronounced “svee-rye”) have energy...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Tara Vanflower - This Womb Like Liquid Honey

Miss Vanflower is the vocalist for Lycia, another Projekt band. My favorite tracks on the Lycia I reviewed were the instrumentals, none of those here. Tara “plays” all the instruments:...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2001-03-01)

Tempest - Live at the Philadelphia Folk Festival

It’s about time that these Bay Area Celtic rockers released a live CD! Impressive as Tempest’s studio releases have been, they’ve never come close to the essence of the...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Tempus Fugit - Official Bootleg Feb.98

This live album is listed as “The concert before the Rio ArtRock Festival ‘98” and is the original Tempus Fugit line-up. The bass player would leave shortly after this. Tempus...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2001-03-01)