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Dogstar Poets - Off-Planet

After three excellent albums on Vertigo, and sessions completed for a fourth, the original Jade Warrior (which had grown from a trio to a five-piece) was dumped by their label, and split in 1973....

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Entrance - Entrance & En la Tierra

This has to be one of the only progressive rock bands to come out of Chile, though it seems that the style is sweeping across the entire South American continent these days. Both of these albums...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2003-08-01)

Erik Hinds - Khonsay

Hinds is a Georgia-based composer and instrumentalist, whose primary instrument is the H’arpeggione, an 18 string instrument (6 fretted and 12 sympathetic resonating strings running through...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Erik Wøllo - Emotional Landscapes

In his early work, Eric Wøllo struck me as a Norwegian version of Steve Tibbetts. Today he’s less acoustic and more synthesized, though the atmospheres that so vividly conjure up...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2003-08-01)

Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors & Internal Exile

Ex-Marillion lead vocalist Fish has spent much time floating from label to label after departing his old band for good. Voiceprint took the singer’s back catalog and has done a second...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Focus - Focus 8

Leave it to Thijs Van Leer to recognize the timely need for Focus to return to active duty. Within the past three years he encountered a Focus tribute act in his Dutch homeland and was so impressed...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Fred Frith - Prints (Snapshots, Postcards, Messages and Miniatures 1987-2001)

Prints is the third of three ReR issues of essential recordings from Fred Frith. This is a collection of twelve pieces that serve as brief communication vehicles across a fourteen year...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Frijid Pink - Hibernated

After forming around 1967 in the fertile garage/psych scene of Detroit, Frijid Pink gigged heavily and built up a regional following before stepping into a recording studio. Their first two singles...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-08-01)

Gayan Uttajak Orchestra / László Hortobágyi - Krótka Historia GUO

Musical projects that use Indian music either as samples for texture (Lucia Hwong), or as the music’s compositional basis (Jonas Hellborg), are profligate nowadays. Hortobagyi is yet another...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2003-08-01)

Gjallarhorn - Grimborg

Gjallarhorn’s last album, Sjofn (reviewed in #21), was one of my top CDs of 2000. The combination of thunderous drums, droning didgeridoo, and female vocals made for a unique sound that...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-08-01)

Gongzilla - East Village Sessions

For their fourth release, Gongzilla has moved in a slightly different direction than might have been anticipated from their Live album. That aggressive dual guitar attack has shifted to a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Groove Unlimited 2002-2003 Releases

The Netherlands’ Groove label, perhaps the premiere label for sequencer-heavy electronic music, has been on quite the roll lately, releasing and distributing a number of albums by newcomers...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2003-08-01)

Hellborg - Icon

Hellborg came to notice in the 80s as a member of Mahavishnu Orchestra, and since then has released a number of solo albums. It sounds as if he and guitarist Shawn Lane have been listening to...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2003-08-01)

Howard Riley & Keith Tippett - Interchange

A rare live duet performance from December 1993 was captured on tape between two of the foremost jazz pianists and improvisers in the world. Riley and Tippett had collaborated twice before, taking...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Hugh Hopper - Jazzloops

The musical adventures of Hugh Hopper turn again towards the influences of Terry Riley with modern ambient and techno slants on Jazzloops, part of Burning Shed’s new CDR mail order...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

Illegal Teenage Bikini - I Am Not Job

Patrick Ogle (also of Goth outfit Thanatos — not the death-metal Thanatos), leader and chief performer on this project, claims to have come across the three words of its name in an internet...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2003-08-01)

Jackhammer Trio - Sonarchy and Synergy

Seattle’s answer to the NY Downtown jazz scene is part fusion and jamming entourage, but also a tight trio too. Rik Wright is the guitarist in these ten work-outs, and his style reminds me of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2003-08-01)

John Surman / Jack DeJohnette / London Brass - Free and Equal

No strangers to collaboration, both of these ECM giants have worked together in the past on some outstanding releases. Free and Equal is the second of their cooperative works that I know...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2003-08-01)

Kaolin - 2001

This Swiss five-piece has been around in one form or another for over eight years, but this five track 28 minute CD is their first release. Why it’s titled 2001 is a mystery, perhaps...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2003-08-01)

Karda Estra - Constellations

Exposé reviewed the first three Karda Estra...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2003-08-01)