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Available online from Issue 3

May 1994

24 Pages

Ozric Tentacles, The New Italian Progressive Rock Scene, Part 1, Jade Warrior, Mail-Order sources, Part II

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Koniec - Silenci en Bla

Cover art Koniec is a Spanish instrumental four-piece of drums, keys, bass and saxes, whose music could best be described as free-jazz-rock, along the same axis as folks like Curlew, Doctor Nerve, and others....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Machiavel - Machiavel

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Here, finally, is the long awaited reissue of the first album by this renowned Belgian symphonic-rock band, who would go on to release two more excellent albums (Jester, Mechanical...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Manticore - Time to Fly

Cover art Manticore is a new outfit from Sweden and with that name a heavy Emerson, Lake and Palmer influence is bound to be present. The first track, "New Foundation," ripples with ELP right down to the main...  » Read more
(Posted by Alan Gunnison 1994-05-01)

Myrbein - Myrornas Krig

Cover art Myrbein's 1981 album Myrornas Krig is the latest re-release from the Swedish Ad Perpetuam Memoriam label, which also brought us Kultivator's Barndomens Stigar. Perhaps not...  » Read more
(Posted by Rob Walker 1994-05-01)

New Trolls - Tempi Dispari & L.I.V.E.N.T.

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The New Trolls always only seemed to flirt with the progressive genre, only in the early 70s and then not always consistently. To sum up their career with a mere description doesn't do them...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1994-05-01)

Omnia Opera - Omnia Opera

Cover art From the first few power chords at the beginning of "Space Bastard" it becomes fairly obvious that this British six-piece have Hawkwind as one of their major...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Paga Group - Gnosis

Cover art Paga today is: Bernard Paganotti, former monster-zeuhl bassist with Magma and Weidorje, Klaus Blasquiz, former Magma lead vocalist on all their best albums, Bertrand Lajudie on keyboards, and new...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Patrick Gauthier - Sur les Flots Verticaux

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It's been a while since we've heard from Patrick Gauthier (ex-Heldon, Weidorje, Magma) in a solo capacity, maybe ten years or more since he cut his now-legendary...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Percy Jones - Tunnels

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Jones, who is probably best known for his impeccable and highly energized fretless bass work in Brand X, brings that pedigree to this, his newest project band. Also featured in the lineup are...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

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Back in the heyday of symphonic rock, it was natural for Pink Floyd to take an occasional stab at "serious" composition, their most assiduous attempt being this 1970 album's daringly...

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(Posted by Michael Draine 1994-05-01)

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell

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Eight years since their last studio release, Floyd have come forward with another fine collection of songs, with no real surprises — their timeless style intact — this could just as...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Pink Floyd - Total Eclipse

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Sometime last year Pink Floyd released some sort of 25th anniversary collectors box set, the title eludes me at the moment, but the content does not: it was simply a bunch of their regular albums...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Poor Richard - Knees, Reins & Feet

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As the debate over the meaning of the word "progressive" (as it applies to rock music) continues, the loosest interpretations generally define it as anything that eschews the mainstream...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Realm - The Path

Cover art Realm is not a new band: well over ten years ago a nearly identical lineup produced an almost unlistenable (due to the muddy mix and horrible vocal arrangements) keyboard album under the name System,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Rebekka - Phoenix

Cover art Phoenix was the first release by the German band Rebekka, whose brand of progressive music featured tablas and tamboura besides the standard guitar, flute, sax, keyboards, bass, and...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 1994-05-01)

Richard Pinhas - Rhizosphere / Live, Paris 1982

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At last, a reissue of Pinhas' first and certainly most purely electronic album recorded under his own name. It also marks a time when this was the distinction between Pinhas' solo material...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Roots of Consciousness - Roots of Consciousness

Cover art On first listen I wasn't sure what to make of this debut release from Atlanta's Roots of Consciousness, a four piece of guitars, keys, bass and drums, with vocals by all. After a few listens those...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Sangiuliano - Take Off

Cover art An amazing album from 1978. Tony Sangiuliano was a one man keyboard show, assisted only by a drummer and female soprano; he could well be thought of as Italy's answer to Heaven and Hell...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Schwartzarbeit - James Gordon's Story

Cover art An entirely instrumental concept album about a burned out musician who spends his life indoors in boredom, and eventually works through it all with a fresh approach to his music. Not a very elaborate...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1994-05-01)

Shylock - Gialorgues

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Most prog bands that came out of France in the 70s had something stylistically in common: a minimalist approach. Not minimalist in the sense of Philip Glass, say, but rather a profound thematic...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1994-05-01)

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