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Motorpsycho - Little Lucid Moments

This Norwegian trio has been releasing music for nearly two decades now. This writer was a relative latecomer to their work, first introduced via their Phanerothyme and Let Them Eat...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Murat Ses - Umami

Umami is Turkish musician Murat Ses’ seventh solo album. Umami is a Japanese word meaning savory, which this new release is, not too sweet, not too sour, tangy but just...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Mushroom with Eddie Gale - Joint Happening

After our feature interview with drummer Pat Thomas in issue #32, all readers should be at least be aware of Bay Area psychedelic jazz-rock improv ensemble Mushroom; trumpeter Eddie Gale is...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Netherworld - Mørketid

For some there seems an inseparable bond between sound and place. For the avant and drone practitioner this tie is usually realized through field recordings and subsequent signal re-coding –...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2008-10-01)

Nexus - Buenos Aires Free Experience 2

Nexus are a very strong rock quartet with standard guitar / keyboards / bass / drums instrumentation. The idea of the Buenos Aires Free Experience series is to place musicians in an...

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(Posted by Scott Steele 2008-10-01)

Oblivion Sun - Oblivion Sun

About fifteen seconds into the opening cut (or maybe even sooner), the astute listener will be reminded of the great Happy the Man, and for good reason – two of that band’s main...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Oho - Bricolage

Baltimore based Oho doesn’t put out a lot of product, but when they do, they do it right. Their latest offering is a combo CD+DVD covering material recorded over a 24-year period, although...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Onségen Ensemble - HottoïzzoH

They call it a Mini-CD, not because it’s smaller than a normal size CD, but because there is only about 15 minutes of music on it. But it’s among the coolest 15 minutes of 2007 releases...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Ozric Tentacles - Sunrise Festival

In years of late, at least for the studio recordings, Ozrics have been essentially the solo project of de-facto bandleader Ed Wynne (guitars and keys), with other players dropped in here and there on...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Øresund Space Collective - The Black Tomato

The Øresund Space Collective (ØSC), Sweden’s answer to Acid Mothers Temple, offers up a succulent three course culinary feast of improvised space rock on their third studio...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Pallas - Moment to Moment

Many bands who were part of the 80s neo-prog movement are facing the reality that even though their popularity is holding steady and it’s easier than ever to record albums and perform live,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Panic Room - Visionary Position

Panic Room is a new Welsh group featuring members from Karnataka, Mostly Autumn, and Fish’s band: Paul Davies (guitars), Jonathan Edwards (keys), Anne-Marie Helder (vocals), Gavin John...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Paolo Angeli - Plays Frith & Björk - Tessuti

To paraphrase Shakespeare, there are more musics in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your CD collection. Unless you have one of his previous releases, Paolo Angeli is probably an example of...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Planet X - Quantum

Is there anyone out there who does not know what to expect from a Planet X album? Insanely complex instrumental music that melds metal, prog, and fusion, played with precision that would put to...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Pre-Med - The Truth about Us

Pre-Med is a space rock band that formed in 2004 by Danny Faulkner and Hawkwind’s bassist Alan Davey. The Truth about Us is their second release and it features the talents of Eamon...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Qwaarn - Aberrations

Qwaarn is an extremely odd name for a band, and they provide no further explanation in the package. I think that Qwaarn is supposed to be an alien; and I guess it is his picture on the CD cover....

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Richard Leo Johnson and Gregg Bendian - Who Knew Charlie Shoe?

Guitarist Richard Leo Johnson has again created a mythical context for the material on this latest disc, a story about a young boy who was transfixed by an old guitar-playing hobo at a church...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - React

Space is the place for this live set – marking the 30th anniversary of Chuck van Zyl’s Star’s End. Synthesized voices overlap lap steel guitar phrases that sometimes...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2008-10-01)

Rotor - 3

Rotor is a power trio (drums, bass, and electric guitar) from Berlin who play aggressive hard-hitting instrumental music that is a mixture of Starless era King Crimson and stoner rock....

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

RPWL - The RPWL Experience

RPWL is a German band and even though The RPWL Experience is their fifth studio album, they are new to me. My first impression from hearing the opening song “Silenced” is that...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)