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Available online from Issue 32

September 2005

92 Pages

Hugh Banton of VDGG, Pocket Orchestra, Asturias, Oophoi, Udi Koomran, Nearfest 2005, Pat Thomas & Mushroom, Charming Hostess, Cuneiform sampler CD

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Halloween, Alaska - Halloween, Alaska

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I try to maintain a certain openness about the various musical genres, feeling that quality is a factor only marginally related to style, so I’m happy to find something good where it’s...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Herbie Kritzer - The Tree Lizard

Cover art Californian Herbie Kritzer is clearly someone who enjoys having fun with music. Even his name sounds a bit cartoon-ish, and there’s certainly a streak of sly wit and boy-ish playfulness to many of...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

Inquire - Melancholia

Cover art The second CD on this 2-disk set is devoted to a lively and entertaining rendition of Louis Verne’s 3rd Organ Symphony. Fans of Keith Emerson’s various classical interpretations, or...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

Jack Bruce - Out of the Storm

Cover art Continuing further into the back catalog of bassist, singer and composer Jack Bruce, Out of the Storm offers up a creditable Mark Powell sound update from 30 year old studio sessions in LA....  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Jasun Martz - The Pillory - The Battle

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This 2-CD set is supposed to be a sequel to Martz’s original Pillory album, which I have not heard (anyone want to send me a copy?). This ambitious undertaking, split into the CDs...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2005-09-01)

Jasun Martz - The Pillory - The Battle

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Ex-Zappa sideman and painter Jasun Martz is also a semi-classical electro-acoustic composer who has been operating under your popular music radar for sometime. His initial recording, The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Jasun Martz - The Pillory - The Battle

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Some 28 years ago Martz released his first epic, The Pillory, to great critical acclaim, with its massed Mellotrons and dreamy atmospherics, and then he drifted off the screen for all this...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2005-09-01)

Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius - Live Wires

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Count me as a supporter of the proposition that the world needs more hot electric violinists playing jazz-rock fusion. Jean-Luc Ponty has moved on to other things, and someone has to take up the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Kinzokuebisu - Momijigari

Cover art When one band traverses a wide variety of styles, there’s always the danger that diversity will dissolve into chaos, leaving the listener more confused than intrigued. This Japanese band inhabits...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Kit Watkins - World Fiction

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This may be one of Kit Watkins’ most sensual efforts to date. The creative foundation for most of the album’s 12 tracks is a percussion and synth track or groove that Watkins then solos...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

Luminos - Seize the Day

Cover art Seize the Day is the debut from this quartet from northeastern England. Musically, they fall roughly into the same realm of symphonic- and neo-prog-lite as Guy Manning or Mostly Autumn (sans...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

Marty Walker - Dancing on Water

Cover art Marty Walker has been a contributing member to the Cold Blue catalog for several years. Appearing as the label clarinetist he has added the occasional melodic interval here and there to recordings by...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2005-09-01)

Marvin Ayres - Cellosphere

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Marvin Ayres is a string player (cello and violin here) who specializes in using electrified instruments to build ambient clouds of sound (see

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Marvin Ayres / Pete Gomes - Neptune & Sensory

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Marvin Ayres has a different approach to ambient music, using electric violin, viola, and cello instead of keyboards (with the exception of a bit of organ on one track). I suppose it’s a bit...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Matraz - Tiempo

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By now I guess it’s safe to say more people know Matraz from their second album (Gritaré, reviewed...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Mindgames - International Daylight

Cover art Mindgames is yet another new neo-prog band from the Low Countries, Belgium in this case. This is their first full album, following a 1999 demo release (a new release is supposedly on the way). The...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

N.R. Hills - Strange, Like a Scented Stone

Cover art This is English musician N. R. Hills’ 4th album by my reckoning, and it seems to be along the same lines as previous releases. He’s a tough cookie to track down and his label has no web site so...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)

Nicholas Greenwood - Cold Cuts

Cover art Nicholas Greenwood’s name, if it is known at all, is remembered from the credits of albums by Khan and Arthur Brown’s Crazy World, where he played bass. Until this reissue arrived, I had no idea...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

Nyl - Nyl

Cover art This prog rock quartet from Russia aims at two often hefty contrasting concepts: commercialism and ingenuity. It’s amazing how a complex structure flows out in a sing-song refrain. You can’t...  » Read more
(Posted by Roel Steverink 2005-09-01)

Opeth - Lamentations - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003

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This concert focuses mostly on Opeth’s “mellow” album Damnation. For the first set, it is performed in its entirety in order (with one other song interpolated). Then they...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2005-09-01)

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