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Cybiont - Angels & Demons

There is a paucity of information about Cybiont other than he is a New Zealander performer, composer, and producer. Angels & Demons, not to be confused with Dan Brown’s Vatican...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Da Capo - Da Capo

Da Capo were a German band from Fürth in mid-Franconia who released one LP in 1972 that became one of the most sought-after German rock records. They recorded their seven-track album in two days...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

David Helpling & Jon Jenkins - The Crossing

Around three years ago, Helpling and Jenkins’ initial collaboration Treasure (reviewed in # 35) initiated the journey that continues here – not just a protraction or sequel,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Delta Red - Gama de Espectros

Delta Red is a progressive jazz-rock trio hailing from Querétaro, Mexico who play aggressive instrumentals heavily influenced by King Crimson’s Red. The title track opens the...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Dennis Rea - Views from Chicheng Precipice

Classical Chinese poetry, like Japanese haiku, even in English translation, can be very evocative, carefully choosing certain details to trigger the mind to fill in an entire scene. For the most...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Distinguished Panel of Experts - Trans-Indulgent

These experts are well known to most Exposé readers: bassist and primary expert Mike Sary (French TV), keyboardist Guy Leblanc (Nathan Mahl, Camel), guitarist Shawn Persinger...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Djam Karet - The Heavy Soul Sessions

Over the last four or five years, Djam Karet has gone through some evolutionary changes. Gayle Ellett has switched from guitars to primarily analog keyboards, and a fifth member Mike Murray has...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Dou Wei & Buyiyang - Zaochun de Yusan (Early Spring Umbrella) & Ru Qiu (Entering Autumn)

Chinese multi-instrumentalist / singer / composer Dou Wei first came to public notice as a member of Heibao (Black Panther), one of the country’s earliest prominent rock bands, back in the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Dungen - Skit i Alt

Dungen is a four-piece band of guitar, bass and drums together with composer Gustav Ejstes, a keyboard player who also plays flute and guitar. He sings in a nice nasal tenor style much like...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2011-06-01)

Edward Artemiev - Invitation to Reminiscences

At first you may think you’re listening to Vangelis, but synthesizer pioneer Edward Artiemiev’s music comes from a different place and sensibility: a subtle Russianness underlies much...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2011-06-01)

Eidôlon - Dreamland

Eidôlon is a French band consisting of a keyboardist / guitarist, violin / bass, and a drummer. Dreamland is a seven-part 50-minute piece based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The disc...

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(Posted by Dan Marsh 2011-06-01)

Else Teicher - Whored

Very little is available regarding Ms. Teicher, the only information I could find is on the BlRR web site. Apparently Else has been releasing limited run cassettes and CDRs for the past 20 years, and...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Engineers - Three Fact Fader

Engineers were a band many pegged to go big, but the implosion of their label after the release of their 2004 debut threw them into limbo. The time off allowed them to slave over these 13 songs,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Esthema - The Hereness and Nowness of Things

This American band features a trio of guitar (electric and acoustic), violin, and oud / bouzouki backed by electric bass and drums, plus guests on percussion and cello. The lead role is most...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Faithful Breath - Fading Beauty

Faithful Breath, who later became a German heavy metal band in the 80s, began as a symphonic progressive band releasing two LPs in the 70s: Fading Beauty and Back on My Hill....

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2011-06-01)

Faust - C'est Com... Com... Compliqué & Is Last

Beginning in the lush, disco-free Eurozone of the 70s, beneficiaries of finally reliable synthesizers, a well-defined tradition of art music tape experimentation, post modern euphemisms, and a...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2011-06-01)

Felonious Bosch - Toy Box

An interesting new release by this Minneapolis / St. Paul based sextet, one that skirts a lot of musical genres (elements of pop, folk, rock, blues, jazz and experimental are all fused into their...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2011-06-01)

Fern Knight - Castings

Drawing seemingly equal parts from dark-age folk, psychedelic mysticism, and post-rock, this latest release by Fern Knight embraces some of the more straightforward folk sound of their 2008...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2011-06-01)

Fibonacci Sequence - We Three Kings & Numerology

This Milwaukee-based band’s name may have you expecting some sort of robotic math rock, though there’s little in the way of Frippian interlocking guitar patterns here. Instead these two...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)

Final Conflict - Stand Up

Stand Up nicely sums up the Final Conflict modus operandi. Out front are the dual lead guitars and vocals of Brian Donkin and Andy Lawton (who I swear is Sean Bean’s long lost twin...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2011-06-01)