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Akinetón Retard - Akinetón Retard

Originally released as Viaje a Erlebnis, the debut album by Akinetón Retard is now available as an eponymous CD on which the band’s five members are listed using assumed...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2002-04-01)

Alio Die & Amelia Cuni - Apsaras

It can be pretty difficult tracking down all of Stefano Musso’s (aka Alio Die) work, especially in such a prolific year, so it’s nice to see at least one of these on a higher profile...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

Arkham - Arkham

Arkham was an early 70s Belgian trio featuring keyboardist Jean-Luc Manderlier (later of Magma) and drummer Daniel Denis (later of Univers Zero and more recently Art Zoyd), and (through ’71)...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-04-01)

Bill Laswell - Points of Order

Bill Laswell seems to have never heard a style of music he can’t try his hand at, and this latest album is notable for fusing together the world of underground hip-hop (courtesy of the Anti...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2002-04-01)

Billy Currie - Stand up and Walk

The second solo album by violinist and composer Billy Currie (ex Ultravox, Visage) traces a narrow path down a lush musical side road. Having completed his tenure with those bands, moving into a...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Bob Drake - The Skull Mailbox

A new solo release from Bob Drake is like receiving a cool shrunken head as a sincere gift: you think it's bizarre, but secretly you learn to cherish it. The Skull Mailbox is a set of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Bob Drake - The Skull Mailbox

I’m familiar with Bob Drake from Thinking Plague and 5uus, but this is my first encounter with one of his solo albums. I am somewhat at a loss for words in trying to describe The Skull...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2002-04-01)

Bz Bz Ueu - Uhozmerigotz

I’ll admit a slight prejudice against bands with unpronounceable (or questionably pronounceable) names, but a brief review is probably not the time to get into a discussion of the philosophy...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Chris Brown - Talking Drum

There is no way I could ever describe this CD better than its author has already done on the liner notes, so allow me some duty-shirking here, to give it to you as clearly as will ever be done....

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2002-04-01)

Claire Hamill - Voices

Claire Hamill's notoriety as a female vocalist in the singer-songwriter genre is unfortunately not widespread. Possibly her most recognizable contribution was carrying the lead vocal for Steve...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Curlew - Meet the Curlews!

George Cartwright’s Curlew has seen many a change in his ensemble’s 20-year history. Meet the Curlews! initiates another soirée with veteran bassist Fred Chalenor...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Cyrille Verdeaux - Piano for the Third Ear

Most people know Verdeaux from his work with Clearlight back in the 70s. He later did some great collaborative albums with Bernard Xolotl in electronic music, during the years before “New...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2002-04-01)

David Parsons - Parikrama

David Parsons, a veteran in space-ambient music, is a traveler at heart. All the magic places he traveled to have inspired him to make some very fine, deep-sounding ambient music. He works his way...

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(Posted by Roel Steverink 2002-04-01)

Dean de Benedictis - A Lone Reply

Every once in a while, a CD comes seemingly out of nowhere and just blows me away. De Benedictis has done solid music before, generally in modern ambient and experimental electronic styles. But...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2002-04-01)

Djivan Gasparyan - Moon Shines at Night

The duduk is an amazingly expressive instrument, sounding like a cross between a flute and an androgynous human voice, sometimes with reedy clarinet or oboe tones, and Djivan Gasparyan is a master...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Eskalation - Different Music for Bassoon, Wind Synthesizer and Sampled Percussion

First the cheap shot: My initial reaction to this music was, “Different.” I’ve heard a fair amount of electronic music, and none of it sounded much like this. There are elements...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Evergrey - In Search of Truth

I’m no expert on prog-metal. I’ve heard a bit of Dream Theater, Amorphis, and Ayreon, and I can enjoy them if the music is well-played and not too silly (except in the case of Ayreon,...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

French TV - #7 The Case Against Art

You have to hand it to Mike Sary and Co. — every French TV seems an improvement on the last, a feat impressive considering the strength of 1999's The Violence of Amateurs. Album...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

French TV - #7 The Case Against Art

Led by founder Mike Sary, French TV cranks out clever, intricate, and engaging post-Canterbury prog. With all manner of woodwinds and brass, violin, even a narrator, plus the complement of rock...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 2002-04-01)

French TV - #7 The Case Against Art

Mike Sary has come a long way since his humble anti-establishment ideas created the best English equivalent of Canterbury music: French TV. The slow development with the group has a lot to do with...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)