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Soft Machine - Backwards

Woo-hoo! More genuine artifacts from the Soft Machine vaults, and what a treat this one is. Six tracks, and most of what we have here is Third era, either by the four-piece of Wyatt,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-09-01)

Spirits Burning - Reflections in a Radio Shower

Spaceheads take note. For the second Gazul label release, Don Falcone has assembled sixteen tracks featuring an impressive list of musicians from the neo psych and space-rock camps, including...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-09-01)

SS Puft Quartet with Dave Rempis - Live at Earthshaking Music

Four Athens natives + one collectively channel their improvisational demons with this two disc set on the independent Solponticello label. Saxophonist Dave Rempis (on loan from Vandermark 5) runs...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-09-01)

Stealing the Fire - Hot Ice and Wondrous Strange Snow

Not really a sequel, but certainly a long time coming. Anyone recall the Earthstone album Seed? At the time it was receiving some good reviews, actually people were raving about it; I know...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 2002-09-01)

Stephen Phillips - Cycles 4

There is ambient, and then there is ambient. This is true ambient, for fans of completely tuneless, minimalist drones and occasional other sounds electronic. For example, after a couple of minutes,...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2002-09-01)

Steve Jansen / Claudio Chianura - Kinoapparatom

Writing about music is often difficult, trying to find words to describe what is essentially a non-verbal experience. When the music tends toward the ambient realm, this problem is intensified. Former...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-09-01)

Stinkhorn - Altered Takes

In anticipation of their appearance at the Progman festival in Seattle this summer, Stinkhorn have put together this little teaser of a CD. It contains early versions of two of the highlights of...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-09-01)

Storm at Sunrise - The Suffering

Storm at Sunrise’s debut was a faithful, if slightly amusing, Southern-bred retread of the classic 70s rock sound of Deep Purple, ZZ Top, and Kansas. But even with Black Oak Arkansas veteran...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2002-09-01)

T-Bass UK - The Fabulous Neutrinos

This disc opens in very upbeat, rocking fashion, as electronic music meets rock anthem. “Know Fear,” despite the name, is a bright, lighthearted affair, a dead ringer for the stronger melodic...  » Read more
(Posted by Phil Derby 2002-09-01)

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - New Tricks

Comedy troupes recording albums for the rock and roll audience stem from such acts as the Firesign Theater and England's Monty Python (with Eric Idle and John Cleese). Voiceprint has been keen...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-09-01)

The Dark Aether Project - The Gentle Art of Firewalking

This is the third release from Adam Levin’s ever-changing Dark Aether Project. How much is it changing? Well, Levin is the only member returning from 1999’s Feed the Silence,...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2002-09-01)

The Dark Aether Project - The Gentle Art of Firewalking

All too often progressive influenced bands are earmarked for the airplay abyss, just on the edge of anonymity as in the case of Adam Levin’s group, The Dark Aether Project. The five-piece...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-09-01)

The Muffins - Bandwidth

The Muffins are back! Really?! Yes, after 17 years of dead silence, they are back from the grave. I’m curious what changes will have taken place. Only few bands are capable of recreating that...

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(Posted by Roel Steverink 2002-09-01)

The Muffins - Bandwidth

Many bands from the 70s and 80s that reform do so for strictly financial reasons. They might hit the concert circuit to cash in, and the results can range from pleasantly nostalgic to downright...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2002-09-01)

The Muffins - Bandwidth

The Muffins were one of those seminal East Coast US groups who started life entrenched in one style (Canterbury / ReR influenced rock jazz) before migrating into a variant style (experimental free...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-09-01)

The Residents - Demons Dance Alone

The last studio album from the Residents was Wormwood, back in 1998. In my review of that album (in #17) I remarked that parts of it were relatively accessible, at least from a Residents...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-09-01)

Tone Ghost Ether - Condor Sail Curve, The White Space & Hydrogen 2 Oxygen

Tone Ghost Ether is an improvisational ensemble collaboration between Kit Watkins, John Tlusty, and Brad Allen. Their music is all performed in real time with no overdubs, capturing the magic of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-09-01)

Tony Levin - Pieces of the Sun

Tony Levin’s newest release is a true band effort, the direct result of touring after his previous CD, Waters of Eden (

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-09-01)

Tungsten 74 - Await Further Instructions

As it turns out, I’ve lately come across a number of CDs that feature a lot of guitar feedback. Luckily, there’s a fair amount of variety in the bunch. Tungsten 74’s take on feedback is an...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-09-01)

Various Artists - Collection 1: Opening

This disc does what all great compilations do, it makes you hunger for more from each artist presented. A globally diverse cross-section of talent is assembled, beginning with one of my current...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2002-09-01)