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Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

Available online from Issue 23

December 2001

88 Pages

Estradasphere, Dennis Rea, Prog Day 2001, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, New Sun, Ozrics, Neil Sadler, Robert Carty + Dweller at the Threshold, Indonesian Prog Festival, Rob Ayling (of Voiceprint), King Crimson w/Tool

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Spacecraft - Cybersphere

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As recently as our interview with the band last year, Spacecraft was a four-piece (then up from a three-piece on their earliest recordings). Now they are five, adding electric cellist Josie Phelan...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-12-01)

Spaced Out - Eponymus II

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Zeuhl rules on the second outing from this quartet from Quebec. Bassist Antoine Fafard composed, arranged, and produced all of the music and he plays in a throbbing Jannick Top / Bernard Paganotti...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2001-12-01)

Spaced Out - Eponymus II

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Like their debut, Eponymus II is a blazing display on instrumental chops. They play two speeds...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2001-12-01)

Spaced Out - Eponymus II

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About a minute into this and you would swear Jannick Top has relocated to Canada and gotten a new band together. To say this release comes as a pleasant surprise is an understatement. Spaced Out is...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2001-12-01)

Spring Heel Jack / The Blue Series Continuum - Masses

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John Coxon and Ashley Wales take advantage of their Thirsty Ear jazzy label mates by diving head first into a maze of grooves, pulse and mood. But don’t expect a clever ambient dub from these...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-12-01)

Tea for Two - 101

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Neo-progressive act Tea for Two’s first album is appropriately titled 101 since this work is very much a freshman endeavor. The core of the group stems from vocalist Stephan Weber...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-12-01)

Teru's Symphonia - Clockworked Earth & Fable on the Seven Pillows

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Fable on the Seven Pillows is a Musea re-release of a 1990 album by Japan’s Teru’s Symphonia. Having followed this bands career backwards I can finally state that this sounds...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2001-12-01)

The Blue Effect - Meditace

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This 1970 release from Czechoslovakia's rocking Blue Effect (later to become Modrý Efekt) wears its date amusingly on its disc sleeve, with the very youthful band draped in comically...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2001-12-01)

The Fucking Champs - IV

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The Champs are an unusual trio of twin lead guitars plus drums that cranks out a heavy uptempo rock sound with plenty of meaty riffs. On many tunes they sound like an instrumental version of Thin...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2001-12-01)

The Red Masque - Death of the Red Masque

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The Red Masque is a five-piece of guitars, bass, drums/percussion, keyboard+harp, and lead voice. Their promo package proclaims “...An intense and angular blend of avant rock...” and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-12-01)

The Residents - Icky Flix DVD & Soundtrack

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Since the mid 70s, the Residents have put out a succession of bizarre albums featuring their own take on popular culture and music. In addition to those musical releases, the band has from the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-12-01)

The Underground Railroad - Through and Through

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The Underground Railroad was formed with the express intent of playing music in the style of Genesis, but they have luckily strayed from the strict observance of that intention. There is a remnant...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-12-01)

Trap - Insurrection

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Led by Gary Parra, the former Cartoon and PFS percussionist and composer, along with Warren Dale on “hammers” (keyboards, one assumes) and winds, and Chris Smith, guitars and other...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 2001-12-01)

Trap - Insurrection

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I wasn't as impressed with Insurrection as I was hoping I'd be. The keyboards really lead the show, drawing upon various European influences from the last 20 years: Zamla, Henry...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2001-12-01)

Trap - Insurrection

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Gary Parra has been listening to a bit of Kit Watkins (keyboard god from Happy the Man). That seems like a safe bet given the opening track on Trap's sophomore release, Insurrection,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-12-01)

Triakel - Vintorvisor (Wintersongs)

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Triakel is a three-piece consisting of Garmarna’s Emma Härdelin singing with Hoven Droven’s fiddler Kjell-Erik Eriksson, along with Janne Strömstedt on harmonium. They stick...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-12-01)

Tyrannosaurus Rex - Early reissues

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Here we have the long-awaited reissue of Marc Bolan’s earliest recordings, back when Tyrannosaurus was spelled out in full and electric guitars were unusual coloring rather than the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-12-01)

Univers Zéro - Crawling Wind

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The final installment in the Univers Zéro reissue program is Crawling Wind, originally a 12” EP released in a limited edition by Recommended Japan. For the reissue, Cuneiform...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2001-12-01)

Various Artists - Music for Films III

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The All Saints label began as a veritable home for the electronic, ambient inclined artist who needed a new vehicle to deliver a powerful message. Music for Films III is a sampler of these...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-12-01)

Various Artists - Soupsongs Live: The Music of Robert Wyatt

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The label has chosen to list this disc under “Various Artists” but that’s an inaccuracy. All the tracks are in fact by the same band: a rhythm section of Liam Genocky and Steve...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-12-01)

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