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Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

Available online from Issue 29

April 2004

92 Pages

Gentle Giant megafeature, Barry Cleveland, Mark Powell, The Attila & Dave Project, Syzygy, Robert Wyatt interview, Paul Ellis, The Future of Music Downloading

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Michel Zenino - Dérive Gauche

Cover art Zenino is a double-bassist, bandleader and arranger, working through a set of French “chanson” pieces arranged for an instrumental jazz quartet (bass, drums, piano and sax). His credentials...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Neil Haverstick - If the Earth Was a Woman

Cover art Haverstick is a pioneering guitarist, known for his work in microtonal scales. The two previous releases we have reviewed in these pages —  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Oysterband - Rise Above

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Oysterband, né The Oyster Band, has been developing their own mixture of British Isles folk music and rock for more than ten years. Rather than rocking up trad tunes (for the most part...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream

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Pineapple Thief hasn’t changed much since 137, and that’s a good thing. A quartet of guitar / keys / bass / drums, the songs are all written by Bruce Soord, who also sings and...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2004-04-01)

Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream

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I have to admit to being behind the curve on Pineapple Thief, though they are clearly the “next big thing” on the prog scene. To my mind, however, they are following a bit too closely...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2004-04-01)

Richard Thompson - 1000 Years of Popular Music

Cover art When the end of the millennium started creeping up, lots of people started making lists. When it comes to the subject of popular music, most of us are only familiar with that of the 20th Century, with...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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Robert Wyatt’s first release of new songs in eight years is a milestone for the composer. From the outset there is a lyrical optimism overshadowed by his preoccupation with bleak world...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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With Cuckooland Robert Wyatt changes direction once again, this time toward jazz. Perhaps “Old Europe” is an early clue to the disc’s orientation, with its lyrical jazz...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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Robert Wyatt is so much an entity unto himself that comparisons to anyone else are more or less useless. Most listeners with a rock background would probably peg his music as jazz, though I suspect...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Rull's Royce - Rull's Choice

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From listening to the music, you would guess that the leader of the band is the guitarist. Not that there are screaming guitar solos all over the place, but guitar does play a significant role at...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

SanRenSei - Ceremony

Cover art Three players (keyboard synths + voices, guitar synths and hardware sequencer) contribute to the six pieces herein, which fall squarely into the low key floating ambient electro-acoustic zone. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Satoko Fujii Orchestra East - Before the Dawn

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Reviewing this CD for a magazine like Exposé is a bit of a challenge. On the one hand, it could be described as modern big-band jazz, and is certainly being marketed (if the term...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Satoru Wono - Sonata for Sine Wave and White Noise

Cover art Click. Shhhhhsshh. Bleep. The first minute of “Overture” sounds something like a couple of malfunctioning cell phones making random sounds. Then the beeps and hiss begin to take shape and find...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Sylvan - Artificial Paradise

Cover art There's lot of music in the land between mainstream and neo-prog, and this is another one. They hail from Germany and this is their third effort. The music is thoroughly composed and produced, still...  » Read more
(Posted by Roel Steverink 2004-04-01)

Tangerine Dream - Mota Atma

Cover art I suppose it goes without saying that since the early 70s Tangerine Dream has been through a lot of changes, both in style and personnel. The 2003 incarnation on this soundtrack features Edgar and...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

The Blue Series Continuum - The Sorcerer Sessions: Featuring the Music of Matthew Shipp

Cover art Collisions between jazz and semi-classical music structure is the format for this new collective set of twelve pieces. Each new project is based on lessons learned and best-known methods applied to an...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2004-04-01)

The Cheebacabra - Metamorphosis

Cover art An instrumental funk outfit from the U.S. west coast, The Cheebacabra is led by a drummer/keyboardist named Cheeba, who is joined by six other musicians on keys, guitar, sax, and percussion. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Jim Chokey 2004-04-01)

The Deserts of Träun - Part III: The Lilac Moon

Cover art The Deserts of Träun is the musical project of former Estradasphere drummer David Murray. The project name and initial story theme originated from a high school jazz band collaboration between Murray...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Grimes 2004-04-01)

Thriving Ivory - Thriving Ivory

Cover art It’s been quite sometime since a solo pianist was credited as an alternative rock band’s key instrument replacing loud, overdriven guitars. Such is the case for Thriving Ivory is a five-piece...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2004-04-01)

Väsen - Trio

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Väsen are one of today’s premier neo-folk ensembles from Sweden, though they offer their renditions of original and traditional songs with a twist. Breaking from their standard quartet...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2004-04-01)

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