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Edward Ka-Spel - Dream Logik Parts One - Three

Chris Macbeth of Beta-lactam does it again with two lavish solo releases from Edward Ka-Spel. Dream Logik Part Two comes housed in a in a deluxe ten panel book bound case with ten...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Exit - Exit

Exit was an obscure Swiss band dating back to 1972. In 1975 they recorded and privately issued their only album of 350 copies that rapidly became a collector’s item. Exit continued to perform for...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Expo '70 - Black Ohms

To make this review the written equivalent of Expo ‘70’s work, I suppose I should just pick a word and repeat it over over over over. I just need to tell the reader to say it with a slightly...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2009-07-01)

Fish - 13th Star

Nearly Scotland’s answer to Rumplestiltskin singer, composer Fish is nothing if he is not consistent with his muse. Together with Steve Vantsis, the big man continues to search out the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2009-07-01)

Fotheringay - 2

In late 1970 Fotheringay entered the studio to record their second album. They laid down the basic tracks and scratch vocals and then took time off for the holidays, fully intending to resume work...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting & Evening Star

Enough has been said about No Pussyfooting, a record of singular stature and importance to the gradual adoption of the avant-garde by popular artists, that if its creative success and...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2009-07-01)

Fromuz - Overlook

Uzbekistan’s forceful entry onto the progressive metal scene, Fromuz is back again expanding the variety of their assault with a set of five exceptional new recordings that bridge a world of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2009-07-01)

Grails - Take Refuge in Clean Living

Grails are a band from Portland who have been recording and releasing music since 2003 and Take Refuge in Clean Living is their sixth release. The CD opens with “Stoned at the Taj...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Gregg Bendian - Research (Tiny Useful Secrets)

The challenge for a compositional drummer is for the solo percussionist to be consistently engaging to the listener. Dedicating each of the pieces to a specific personal influence helps create a...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2009-07-01)

Höstsonaten - Winterthrough

I guess sometimes you just shouldn’t question the decisions of an artist. When Fabio Zuffanti decides to record a cycle of four symphonic progressive albums based on the seasons, you shouldn’t ask...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2009-07-01)

Jannick Top - Infernal Machina

Jannick Top will be known to most readers as one of the most bad-assed, brutal, and intense bass players alive, and a major creative force within Magma at two different points during the 1970s. He,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2009-07-01)

Jinetes Negros - Omniem

Omniem is the third release by the Argentinean band Jinetes Negros or Black Riders in English. This is an odd release. Interspersed between excellent progressive music, there are cheesy...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Karcius - Episodes

Each new release by this French-Canadian instrumental four-piece is more impressive than the one that came before. They’ve mastered that tightly composed everchanging conceptual proggy sound...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2009-07-01)

Katzenjammer Kabarett - Grand Guignol & Variétés

Their name is German, they sing in English, but they are indeed French. I must have missed this band's 2006 debut, but I guess it's never too late to discover a good thing, and this four-piece...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2009-07-01)

Kenso - Kenso's Guide to Making Progressive Rock Music

Well, in all my years or reviewing things, this is really a first. The 2DVD set is part performances, part music theory lectures, part insights, and part interviews; this is basically the members...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2009-07-01)

Klaus Schulze - Revisited Reissues, Part 3

Revisited Records has taken on the mammoth task of reissuing the entire Klaus Schulze back catalog, and these eight albums are what has been reissued so far this year. In addition to using...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Klaus Schulze / Lisa Gerrard - Farscape & Rheingold

Klaus Schulze has wanted to work with Lisa Gerrard since he first heard her sing with Dead Can Dance, but an opportunity to collaborate did not occur until the Fall of 2007. This is an intriguing...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Klotet - En Rak Höger

En Rak Höger is the debut release by a progressive rock quartet from Uppsala, Sweden formed in 2004. The CD opens with cheesy sounds and rhythm, but soon evolves into a progressive...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Language of Light / Crow Tongue - The Tower / Wind Chant

This split 7” dark gray marbleized vinyl 33 1/3 rpm record brings together two disparate, and yet similar bands. Language of Light is the love child of Frank Suchomel of Inalonelyplace and R....

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)

Legendary Pink Dots - Plutonium Blonde

Coinciding with the Dots’ October/November 2008 US tour was the release of Plutonium Blonde, which might well be their best in many years. Plutonium Blonde combines many of the...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2009-07-01)