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Available online from Issue 38

July 2010

92 Pages

Mike King / Reel Recordings, The Empire Strikes Back (Interviews with DeeExpus & Tinyfish), Demetrio Stratos, Henry Cow 40th Anniversary boxes, Upsilon Acrux interview, Cold Fairyland, Rick Wakeman's Six Wives Live

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Makoto Kawabata / Shinsuke Michishita - Sex, Voyage, and Echo Chamber

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Billed as the first collaboration between Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple and Michishita Shinsuke of LSD March, it’s no surprise this release sounds like two electric guitarists...

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(Posted by Alan K. Lipton 2010-07-01)

Mamabaoyou - Moni Rensheng (Analog Life)

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Mamabaoyou is an instrumental band from Dalian in northern China, which is also home to the more well-known Wang Wen. Oddly enough, although the band’s name sounds Chinese, it is never...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Manooghi Hi - Manooghi Hi

Cover art Full disclosure: the members of this band are friends of mine. So it's fortunate I can honestly and wholeheartedly say it's a great CD. If I didn't think so, I'd probably keep quiet about it....  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Marc Wagnon - Earth Is a Cruel Master

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Swiss born vibraphonist / percussionist Marc Wagnon is probably best known as a member of Tunnels during their five-album run, or perhaps as a member of Doctor Nerve before that, but all through...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Martin Archer - In Stereo Gravity

Cover art This sprawling two-disc set of experimental musical vignettes is as interesting as it is difficult to describe, but as always, this writer will do his best to communicate its essence in words. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Mastermind - Insomnia

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In 2005, five years after their previous, Angels of the Apocalypse, a Mastermind single called “Broken” appeared, featuring three new songs, an extended mix of the title cut,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

miRthkon - Vehicle

Cover art Stylistically, miRthkon covers a lot of ground. Led by guitarist/composer Wally Scharold, the band features twin guitar, bass, drums, sax, and clarinet on most songs. The album is a primarily...  » Read more
(Posted by Mike Grimes 2010-07-01)

Modest Midget - The Great Prophecy of a Small Man

Cover art Lionel Ziblat is an Israeli / Argentinean composer and musician based in Holland, and is the visionary and driving force behind Modest Midget, a four-piece touring band, although many more musicians...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Moraine - Manifest Density

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Moraine is a new Seattle-based five-piece led by guitarist Dennis Rea (please refer to our feature on Mr. Rea in issue 23 for more background), joined by a rhythm section of bass and drums, plus a...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Negative Trip - Parasite Psychotic

Cover art Crashing beats, distorted sounds, sampled voices: this band from the town of Wädenswil, near Zürich, is definitely plying the decades-old genre of industrial electronic music. But they have the good...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Neil Haverstick - Spider

Cover art Neil Haverstick continues to prove his guitar virtuosity with Spider. The album opens with the four movements of “Spider,” written for 19-tone guitar and chamber orchestra. Tom Blomster...  » Read more
(Posted by Pam Thompson 2010-07-01)

Neil Rolnick - The Economic Engine

Cover art American composer Neil Rolnick has been working in the intersection of music and computers since the 70s, and this recent recording presents fully realized visions of several directions you can go...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Nels Cline - Coward

Cover art Make no mistake: Nels Cline is a modern guitar hero of high caliber. This recording begins with a looped drone reminiscent of Soft Machine before carefully exploring new channels. Cline gracefully...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2010-07-01)

Ourself Beside Me - Ourself Beside Me

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This oddly named band is a mainstay of the Beijing avant rock scene. They take their name (an old song title), and one of their members (guitarist Yang Fan), from Hang on the Box, a pioneering...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Panic Room - Satellite

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The follow up to Panic Room’s 2008 debut Visionary Position builds on their strengths of solid songwriting, intrinsic melodicism, and intelligent arrangements, all supported by...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Pendragon - Concerto Maximo

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Neo-proggers Pendragon seem to have taken a cue from Yes, with five DVDs on the market since 2002. So why another one? For one thing, this commemorates the band’s 30th anniversary, plus it...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2010-07-01)

Pentatonic - If You Don’t Understand Then I Can’t Explain to You

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I had never heard of this band before I saw them play live, opening a show for Wang Wen, China’s best known...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)

Peter Garland - String Quartets

Cover art Exuberant, bright and energetic, these two string quartets performed by Apartment House ( a traditional line-up of two violins, viola and cello) manage to cover a few centuries’ worth of style while...  » Read more
(Posted by K. Leimer 2010-07-01)

Peter Hammill - Thin Air

Cover art Peter Hammill’s recent albums of home studio recordings always present a consistent delivery and song craft. This collection of nine pieces moves forward with a few unique tweaks and variations...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2010-07-01)

Phased - A Sort of Spasmic Phlegm Induced by Leaden Fumes of Pleasure

Cover art Once one gets past the gross-out album title, there’s plenty of great music on this disc for the proto-psych, space-rock and stoner-rock aficionado. A Swiss based g/b/d trio, this is apparently...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

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