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Forrest Fang - Folklore

This is Forrest Fang's first album for Cuneiform, but his sixth overall. Through the years, Fang's music has gradually shifted from a more ambient/electronic music (Eno, Terry Riley) mixed with...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Forrest Fang - Folklore

While Fang's earlier material was more firmly based in the electronic and progressive rock genres, his recent recordings have found him delving deeper and deeper into experimentation with various...  » Read more
(Posted by Rob Walker 1995-07-01)

Franco Leprino - Integrati... Disintegrati

Although armed with an arsenal of synthesizers, Leprino's album isn't really a true electronic album in the same sense that Tangerine Dream is, but a very individual music with avant garde...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

Fruitcake - How to Make It

A good first effort from this Norwegian five-piece featuring two guitarists, as well as bass, keys and drums. Vocals are handled by both keyboardist Siri Seland and drummer Pål Søvik,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Gandalf - To Our Children's Children

Please spare me the preachy environmental awareness lesson; few things annoy me more than socio-political cause lyrics on top of otherwise excellent music. Once upon a time Gandalf created...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Genco Puro & Co. - Area di Servizio

1972 was the year that Genco Puro released their one and only album, the fairly rare and fairly commercial album Area di Servizio (reissued as Artis ARCD 040 in 1992) originally on the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Glenn Branca - The World Upside Down

While not of a nature traditionally covered by this publication, Branca's seven-movement symphony "The World Upside Down" is of some relevance simply because of his history and...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1995-07-01)

Gong - Camembert Eclectique

Seminal French space prog band Gong may be best known for their pioneering work in the early to mid 70s, as evidenced by the indispensable Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums: Flying...

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(Posted by Steve Robey 1995-07-01)

Gualberto - A la Vida, al Dolor

Gualberto is Gualberto Garcia, a young guitarist and songwriter who recorded two albums in the late 70s. The first album was A la Vida, al Dolor ("To the Life - To the Pain), and...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Gualberto - Vericuetos

If the first fifteen seconds of the opener "Luz de Invierno" don't convince you that you've made a good purchase — with the duel between violin, sitar and string-synths, then perhaps nothing will....  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Hecenia - La Couleur du Feu

If you've ever heard Hecenia's first album, Légendes from a few years ago, with vocals, drum machines, and all, you might want to push all that out of your mind now. This...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1995-07-01)

Heldon - Agneta Nilsson & Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale

With these two reissues over the last few months, Cuneiform have faithfully completed their exhaustive Pinhas/Heldon reissue series. While both of these albums are rightly considered transitional...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1995-07-01)

Hugh Hopper Band - Carousel

For the past decade bassist Hugh Hopper has played bandleader to a number of different lineups, all of which have been oriented primarily towards live gigs. Carousel finds him back in the...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1995-07-01)

Hugh Hopper Band - Carousel

Former Soft Machine bassist Hopper has pretty much kept a low profile throughout most of the 80s, so it's good to see him active again. His latest project is a band bearing his name, recorded...

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(Posted by Mike Ohman 1995-07-01)

I Flashmen - Cercando la Vita

At one time, the Japanese did some reissues of the Kansas label including I Gregor, Capricorn College, and the second and third albums by Italian quartet I Flashmen. To me, this was the epitome of...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

I Giganti - Terra in Bocca (Poesia di un Delitto)

Like the early New Trolls, I Flashmen, and countless other Italian groups between 1967 and 1971, I Giganti were a psych/beat group attempting to break new musical boundaries. The influence of both...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

I Numi - Alpha Ralpha Boulevard

Probably the only thing interesting about this album is that the cover is a photo by Nagel. Everything else is typically average beat / psych rock heavily influenced by the Beatles. Lots of short...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

I Teoremi - I Teoremi

This group would have fit nicely on the Vertigo label – heavy Black Sabbath, May Blitz, and Clear Blue Sky similarities as well as Deep Purple or Uriah Heep. I Teoremi are crunchy and heavy...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

Il Berlione - In 453 Minutes Infernal Cooking

One of the things I dislike about the CD revolution is the fact that many artists feel obliged to fill out at least 65 minutes of music on it, when it's obvious they don't have that many...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-07-01)

Il Berlione - In 453 Minutes Infernal Cooking

This new release by Il Berlione is a mosaic feast to the ears. The soundscape is quite colorful, ranging from piano and drum solos to electric and acoustic guitar duets, the works. Not all of it...

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(Posted by Alain Lachapelle 1995-07-01)