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Moe! Staiano - The Non-Study of First Impressions

Mr. Moe likes to bang on metals, and just about anything else he can get to sit still long enough in a room with him. There was a guy named Z’ev back in the 80s who perpetrated similar...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2001-07-01)

moe. - Dither

moe. returns to the studio to find a new collection of tunes, rejuvenation and even a notch forward into jam stardom. 1999 saw the band extend the grooves of their live stage persona about as far...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)

Mujician & The Georgian Ensemble - The Bristol Concert

Flashback to 1989: KeithTippett had traveled to the remains of the Soviet Union to recruit some local talent for the prestigious Bath International Music Festival. Little did he expect at the time...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)

Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi no Koe

After working in fields as diverse as minimalism (on the Reich Remixed album), jazz, and techno, Nobukazu Takemura presents an album of music that fuses a wide range of styles into something...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Paradox One - Reality Quake

Scotland’s Phil Jackson is the man behind Paradox One, and this initial release has been crafted over a number of years, based mostly on themes from science fiction. He starts out with...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Paul Dunmall Octet - Great Divide

Tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall has followed his acclaimed release from 1999, Bebop Stardust, with the next logical step, Great Divide. As a jazz composer, it's a challenge to...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)

Paul Ellis - Appears to Vanish

This is the first solo effort by Paul Ellis, one of the two brains behind Dweller at the Threshold. It’s immediately clear that this is a professional musician who knows what he’s doing...

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(Posted by Roel Steverink 2001-07-01)

Phil Miller - In Cahoots - Out of the Blue

Guitarist Miller, no doubt best known for his tenure with Hatfield and National Health, continues his mission with his band “In Cahoots,” represented here by two distinctly different...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-07-01)

Plus - The Seven Deadly Sins

One look at the cover and it should be clear that producers Simon Napier Bell and Ray Singer (who also penned about six of the tracks here) were trying to capitalize on the look and feel of...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Polite Force - Canterbury Knights

Mark Hewins’s longtime jamming project released a disc in 1996 after many years of existence in local obscurity. The band had a floating set of players as wide ranging as Richard Sinclair and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)

Rainbow Serpent - Voices of the First Day

Rainbow Serpent has really caught on among Teutonic enthusiasts, and it’s easy to see why on their latest release, a great blend of pinpoint sequencing and strong melodies. Bright piano is...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2001-07-01)

Rick Ray - Guitarsenal & Living in an Insane World

When I first put on a Rick Ray CD (I don’t remember which one of these it was), my first reaction was, “Do I have to listen to the whole thing?” An endless series of fairly stock...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Sorten Muld - III

Back in 1999 I fell in love with Sorten Muld’s first NorthSide release, Mark II (reviewed in...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Spaced Out - Spaced Out

Spaced out. Space rock or psychedelic music, right? WRONG! Fooled this writer also... What we have here is an instrumental trio from Quebec playing some very inspired fusion of the highest order....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-07-01)

Steve Baltes / Harald Grosskopf / Axel Manrico Heilhecker - Viermal Drei (4 x 3)

Having been associated with the likes of Ashra and Klaus Schulze, these three guys decided to venture out on their own and see what they could come up with. The result forms a highly successful...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2001-07-01)

Talvin Singh - Ha

The emerging electronica scene has been a source of many innovative and progressive talents, such as Squarepusher and Aphex Twin, and one of the highlights of this scene would have to be Talvin...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2001-07-01)

The Jeremy Cubert Project - From A to B

Back in Exposé #18, I reviewed the first Psycho-Audible release, Alpha Centauri by Zapotec....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

Tranquility - Core

The release of Frank Makowski’s latest work under the Tranquillity moniker was originally anticipated last year. It was worth the wait until spring. Makowski presents a vast array of...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2001-07-01)

Valinor's Tree - ...And Then There Is Silence

Sweden's Valinor's Tree has come a long way since their last album, Kingdom of Sadness which I reviewed in #19. The quartet still walks a high wire between balls-out modern hard...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)

Van der Graaf Generator - The Box

I've been wading through this four CD monster for months, marveling at the scope of an English band that has never been readily accessible. Most certainly this group was not a kindred spirit to...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-07-01)