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Robert Fripp String Quintet - The Bridge Between

Robert Fripp's latest release, The Bridge Between, is credited to 'The Robert Fripp String Quartet,' comprised of Fripp, Trey Gunn on Stick, and The California Guitar Trio. The...

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

Back in the heyday of symphonic rock, it was natural for Pink Floyd to take an occasional stab at "serious" composition, their most assiduous attempt being this 1970 album's daringly...

Pink Floyd - Total Eclipse

Sometime last year Pink Floyd released some sort of 25th anniversary collectors box set, the title eludes me at the moment, but the content does not: it was simply a bunch of their regular albums...

Riccardo Sinigaglia - Dimensions

At hand are five compositions in a category somewhere between interesting and magical, originally recorded around 1993, remastered ten years after that, with a couple of the pieces (a purely...

Ulysses - Neronia

A German five piece, Ulysses play a neo-prog style that is far more interesting than most. Lyrically ambitious, they occasionally remind of Twelfth Night, although their style gravitates more...

Various Artists - Progressive & Melodic Rock Vol. 1 - 3

Can you say Neo? Do you enjoy the music of bands like Marillion, Rush, Saga and Tears for Fears? Do Univers Zero, Area, Etron Fou and Il Balletto di Bronzo give you nightmares? If the answer to the...

Strangers on a Train - The Key Part 1: The Prophecy & The Key Part 2: The Labyrinth

Strangers on a Train was a short-lived project whose two albums were originally released on the infamous SI label. The band pretty much launched the careers of several notable musicians in the...

Pihasoittajat - Hattukauppiaan Aamu

These two discs contain material culled from three albums released in the early 70s. The earliest album, Kivinen tie Dublinniin (Rocky Road to Dublin), was released in 1972, and finds this...

Zamla Mammaz Manna - För äldre nybegynnare / Schlagerns mystik / Familjesprickor

For my money, SZamla incarnation number two was their prime and despite the fact we have to pay Japanese prices for Swedish CDs (all done by Silence) these are extremely well worth the...

Zamla Mammaz Manna - För äldre nybegynnare / Schlagerns mystik / Familjesprickor

For my money, SZamla incarnation number two was their prime and despite the fact we have to pay Japanese prices for Swedish CDs (all done by Silence) these are extremely well worth the...

The Muffins - Chronometers

A strange release at first glance. One CD, 70 plus minutes, 21 tracks, one track is 23 minutes long. Hmmm. This is a compilation of out-takes and general weirdness from 1975. The Muffins are often...

Camel - Never Let Go

The subtitle of this live album from one of the original progressive rock bands is "official Camel bootleg." The term bootleg can conjure up some sore memories, mainly of a sound quality...

Deus Ex Machina - Deus Ex Machina

Stylistically, Deus Ex Machina is very unique and not without their share of quirkiness and idiosyncracies. Some moments remind me of a heavier Gentle Giant, others make me think of both...

Ain Soph - Hat and Field

Ain Soph are a post-Canterbury Japanese quartet who have certainly paid their dues, and whose Hat and Field album marks their return to the progressive/jazz scene from a six year hiatus...

Ain Soph - A Story of Mysterious Forest

Breathtaking instrumental progressive from Japan. From the really short, Mahavishnu-type fusion rifferama of "Crossfire" which opens the album, you know you're in for an enjoyable...

Djam Karet - The Ritual Continues

Imagine a sound with the force and power of mid-period King Crimson, the fluidity and spaciness of Pink Floyd, and the percussive power of Peter Gabriel's Security. Throw into that mix...

A Bôlha - Um Passo a Frente

A Bôlha (The Bubble) were one of Brazil's first progressive bands, back in a time when progressive meant something more fundamental than the keyboard drenched symphonics and complicated...

Som Nosso de Cada Dia - Snegs

This three-man band is apparently well-remembered in their native Brazil. One look at the line-up will have the average listener thinking "ELP-clone" before the CD even starts playing,...

Alas - Alas

No big surprises here, just another keyboards / bass / drums (plus occasional guitar) trio working in a well-worn style. What Alas brings to the style that is new is a jazzy bent. I'm reminded...

Tellah - Continente Perdido

One of the few bands from Brasilia, Brazil's capital, Tellah recorded one legendary album in 1980, then disappeared. A three-piece band of guitar, bass, and drums, two members of whom also play...

Terreno Baldio & Recordando o Vale das Maçãs

Certainly an argument for "truth in advertising," Terreno Baldio released their first, self-titled album in 1976. In spite of the use of the same artwork as the LP, this is not the same...

Terreno Baldio & Recordando o Vale das Maçãs

Both of these are grouped in a single review, not simply because both were classic 70s Brazilian progressive bands, or because they both happen to be on the PRW Label (Progressive Rock Worldwide...

Sophia Domancich & Simon Goubert - Treize Lunes & Couleurs de Peaux

Jazz. For some reason, this genre of music tends to send many "prog" fans screaming for cover. I've always found this strange considering a lot of jazz (especially from the 60s) was a...

Christian Vander Trio - 65!

Don't be fooled by the title of this one. It's the second (and latest) album by the Christian Vander Trio and not a re-release of Vander out-takes from 1965 (although that in itself would...

Christian Vander / Offering - A Fiièh

The third and most recent Offering album appeared in 1993, with a line-up more full than the previous two Offerings. It should be no surprise that Stella Vander, Isabelle Feullebois, Philippe...

Various Artists - Caged / Uncaged - A Rock / Experimental Homage to John Cage

Produced by John Cale, Caged / Uncaged was created as the 'soundtrack' for the exhibition "Il Suono Rapido delle Cose" in Venice in 1993, and is – as the subtitle...

Fish - Five Official Bootlegs

Bootlegs of live shows are often a mixed bag for both artists and their fans... how many times have you shelled out $25 or more for a bootleg CD only to find that it was pressed from either a...

Fish - Five Official Bootlegs

Bootlegs of live shows are often a mixed bag for both artists and their fans... how many times have you shelled out $25 or more for a bootleg CD only to find that it was pressed from either a...

Romantic Warriors, Tower & Secret Cinema

These titles are all combined as these are all projects either including Beppe Crovella or being one of his projects. Crovella was Arti e Mestieri's keyboard player and is the resident producer...

Kristoff K.Roll - Corazón Road

Corazón Road is the musical diary of a trip to the Yucatán peninsula and Central America. Using tapes he made during this trip, Kristoff K.Roll processes them and combines...

Various Artists - Seven Days of a Life

Seven Days of a Life is a concept album of seven unreleased songs representing a different day of the week progressing from birth to death. The seven bands on this compilation are Kerrs...

Various Artists - Seven Days of a Life

This compilation has obviously been real late in the making, as all of the tracks were recorded between 1989 and 1991. While the concept of this album is explained in greater detail in the CD...

North Star - Triskelion

Sometimes I wonder what I am missing about a band or album Musea reissues. North Star is a case in point. They are a derivative neo-progressive band from Pennsylvania best described as a Genesis /...

Thistle - Thistle

What a pleasant surprise I had the day when I found this treasure in my mail box! Thistle is the latest release of mysterious-cosmic-eerie female vocal-electronic music from Ventricle. Up...

Syd Barrett - Crazy Diamond

With the exception of some live sessions recorded for the John Peel show, this 3CD box set purportedly contains all of the surviving post-Pink Floyd recordings of their one time bandleader Syd...

B.A.G. - Soudain, l'Éléphant

baG, a French band, was Musea’s foray into world music. baG traveled extensively in the 80s and 90s listening to and influenced by Asian, Arabian, South American, African, and French folk...

Guru Guru - Seven Reissues

Guru Guru is one of the better known Krautrock bands from the 70s. In Spring 1973 they released their fourth album Guru Guru, engineered by the legendary Conny Plank, featuring drummer...

Area - Gioia e Rivoluzione

Plenty of words have already been written on this outstanding Italian jazz-rock band in the pages of Exposé‚ so anyone wanting the historical background or a detailed synopsis...

Team Metlay - Bandwidth

Back in the summer of 1990 Mike Metlay formed Team Metlay from among fellow participants in the electronic music discussion sessions on the Internet. For those of you not yet on the information...

Minimum Vital - La Source

On this, their fourth outing in nine years, les frères Payssan and company continue moving boldly into new territory, while retaining the essence of the sound that makes them unique among...

Minimum Vital - La Source

La Source is Minimum Vital’s third CD and marks a break from the baroque and medieval flavor of their earlier releases. Although the CD artwork contains photos of medieval statues,...

Various Artists - Puissance 13+2

This exceptional live set was taken from a series of live performances at Le Parc du Chateau d'Herouville. Again, it must be remembered that this album is a cross-section of French rock at the...

Brunnen - Swoon

<crickets> — that’s either the typical response to the question “Any Brunnen fans in the audience?” or an accurate description of the third track on this CD. Brunnen...

Various Artists - Puissance 13+2

Puissance 13 + 2 presented an assortment of French bands on this interesting and varied compilation. The first song is Ergo Sum’s "All’s So Comic" that is the same...

Zabu - My Coffin's Ready

This is a highly unusual Musea release. The bulk of the music on My Coffin’s Ready is blues rock! Even though Zabu’s band consisted of his Magma cohorts, most of the music on...

Zabu - My Coffin's Ready

Lucien Zabuski, aka Zabu, was the original vocalist for Magma, prior to the enlistment of Klaus Blasquiz. This is his first post-Magma solo album, which showcases his unique gravelly voice in a...

Jade Warrior - Distant Echoes

For the uninitiated, Jade Warrior's recorded history began around 1970 as a three-piece, integrating east Asian themes, introspective jazz-rock ideas, some elements of folk, and a lot more into...

Alpes - Patrice Moullet - Rock sous la Dalle

Haven't heard much from Patrice Moullet since he and singer Catherine Ribeiro fronted Alpes, the premier French underground band, in the late 60s and early 70s. Yet apparently he's been...

Mantra Sunrise - Mantra Sunrise

Another brainchild from John Miner of Art Rock Circus. The bulk of the sound ekes in time with the style of 80s album-oriented rock and a leaning towards tuneful new wave vocalization. Overall,...

Treatment - Cipher Caput

Apparently this was first available as a vinyl item, and then recently issued as a CD. Treatment is a British five-piece lineup of psychedelic explorers that operate somewhere along the Hawkwind /...

Rocket Scientists - Earthbound & Brutal Architecture

I wouldn't call the first CD by the Rocket Scientists progressive. It is a collection of songs, predominantly vocal. There is a lot of talent here. RS is Eric Nordlander on keyboards and...

Bruno Heuzé - Eurasie

Heuzé's stunning electro-acoustic music belongs in the broadest swath of progressive music and can be roughly categorized as techno-tribal, an eclectic mix of eastern exoticism, ambient...

Percy Jones - Tunnels

Jones, who is probably best known for his impeccable and highly energized fretless bass work in Brand X, brings that pedigree to this, his newest project band. Also featured in the lineup are...

Schicke Führs Fröhling (SFF) - The Collected Works of Schicke Führs Fröhling

During their brief yet productive career from 1976 to 1978, the trio of Ede Schicke (drums), Gerd Führs (keys), and Heinz Fröhling (guitar, Mellotron) produced three outstanding albums on...

Alpha III - Voyage to Ixtlan

Amir Cantusio Jr's Alpha III project has been a Brazilian mainstay since the early 80s. Voyage to Ixtlan is Cantusio's eighth album under this name and has gone from independent...

Network - Corroded Path

This five-piece fusion outfit hails from the British Isles, led by guitarist Tim Crowther and drummer Steve Clarke. The band is rounded out by Ted Emmett (trumpet), Pete Jacobsen (keys) and...

Exclusive Raja - Off the Map

Off the Map is the debut release by a new French band on Musea's Musea Parallele series. Picture if you will a musical blend of Robert Fripp, Richard Pinhas, Alain Markusfeld, and...

Dice - Dice, Four Riders of the Apocalypse & Live Dice

During their short career, which spans the late seventies, Swedish band Dice (never to be confused with the Swiss neo-proggers Deyss) released only one self-titled album, an excellent testament to...

Fromage - Ondine

Cheese jokes aside, this band was active throughout the eighties, and released two regular albums. Their approach was symphonic, featuring guitar, bass, keys, drums and flute, and female vocals,...

Ain Soph - Special Live 1 - 3 (Ride on a Camel, Mysterious Triangle & Quicksand)

Together in one form or another since the mid-70s, Ain Soph is one of Japan's premier instrumental progressive bands, drawing their influence more from the Canterbury scene than the usual...

Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley - Marscape

Lancaster is the former sax player in Blodwyn Pig, but this album is better-known for its side-players: Robin Lumley, John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Phil Collins, Morris Pert... in short, Brand X!...

Satori - Tick

This is one of those albums that seems rather irrelevant in the scheme of things. Not that it's bad, but there are tons of ambient albums even with prominent guitar that are much better. This...

Anyone's Daughter - First Five Reissued

Anyone's Daughter was one of a group of late 70s German symphonic bands who brought forth a highly melodic rock, colorful and saturated with emotion. Their vocal harmonies were strong, and...

Anyone's Daughter - First Five Reissued

Anyone's Daughter was one of a group of late 70s German symphonic bands who brought forth a highly melodic rock, colorful and saturated with emotion. Their vocal harmonies were strong, and...

Anyone's Daughter - First Five Reissued

Anyone's Daughter was one of a group of late 70s German symphonic bands who brought forth a highly melodic rock, colorful and saturated with emotion. Their vocal harmonies were strong, and...

Anyone's Daughter - First Five Reissued

Anyone's Daughter was one of a group of late 70s German symphonic bands who brought forth a highly melodic rock, colorful and saturated with emotion. Their vocal harmonies were strong, and...

Robert Berry - Pilgrimage to a Point

Robert Berry has been making music around the San Francisco Bay Area for about 20 years now – maybe longer. Probably his only national attention came during the late 80s when he teamed up...

Tristan Park - At the End of the Day

Hailing from the New England area, this six piece band is pushing for the arena rock sound that the late 70s and early 80s bands like Kansas and Rush made famous. Not exactly neo-prog, not exactly...

Hawkwind / Astralasia - Spirit of the Age - Solstice Remixes

"Your android replica is acting up again. That's no joke. When she comes she moans another's name." The tune "Spirit of the Age" from the Hawkwind album Quark,...

Richard Bone - X Considers Y, Ambiento & Vox Orbita

Although Richard Bone may be best known for his forays into the alternative techno-pop realms in the mid 80s, his work of late, while still being very electronic based and often poppy, has been far...

Contrevent - Terre de Feu

Canadian fusion at its smokin' best, Contrevent are a five piece of drums, bass, guitar, cello, and vibraphone/keyboards. Their style is energetic and complex, yet very accessible. One might be...

ZNR - Barricade 3

Made up of the duo team Joseph Racaille and Hector Zazou, ZNR were pushing the fringe with this release in '77. Even by today's standards, this music is very avant garde. The formula is...

The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - The Gift of Tears & Le Liturgie pour le Fin du Temp

RAIJ are a mysterious ensemble of musicians whose music is genuinely unclassifiable. Operating somewhere near the 4AD / Dead Can Dance axis, the music by this fascinating combo is transfixing,...

Atoll - Musiciens-Magiciens, L’Araignée-Mal, Tertio & Rock Puzzle

I always thought of Atoll as being the number two French symphonic rock band in the 70s, after Ange. Like Ange, they applied the ideals and techniques of progressive rock to French culture and came...

Court - And You'll Follow the Winds Rush 'Till Their Breath Dwells

From the opening notes of "Rising the Tale" – a short instrumental interlude that opens the disc, it's apparent that this new Italian neo-progressive band has traveled a...

Machiavel - Machiavel

Here, finally, is the long awaited reissue of the first album by this renowned Belgian symphonic-rock band, who would go on to release two more excellent albums (Jester, Mechanical...

Dialog, Crystal Maze & Mad Puppet - Cry of the Hawk, Forever & King Laurin

Three recent albums by three different unrelated bands on Music Is Intelligence. All three released very promising debut albums in the early/mid-80s, these being somewhat belated follow-ups (to be...

Procession - Frontiera

Processions are another in the tangled Italian family tree, being related to RRR and others. This album was their first and best of two (Fiaba was reissued on the Fonit-Cetra label)...

La Pentola di Papin - Zero-7

This obscure band released this album in 1977, but you wouldn't guess it from listening to it as it's in the beat classical rock vein that are a good portion of Vinyl Magic's roster,...

Syndone - Inca

I reviewed Spleen in the New Italian article some issues back. Inca is the dual keyboard follow up to Spleen and is a big step up in terms of vision and quality. My...

Alluminogeni - Geni Mutante & Green Grapes

On the Fonit-Cetra label, Vinyl Magic reissued Scolopendra, an album from 1972 led by Patrizio Alluminio in the well-known keyboard-trio format. Gli Alluminogeni's music on that album...

Hawkwind - It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous

The latest incarnation of Hawkwind comprises Dave Brock, Alan Davey, and Richard Chadwick. It Is the Business... takes all but the most open-minded Hawkfan by surprise for one reason:...

Glass Hammer - Journey of the Dunadan

This debut album from a Floridian duo of multi-instrumentalists leaves a host of unanswered questions. First, after the '90s have already proven to be a prolific breeding ground for new and...

Ash Ra Tempel - Le Berceau de Cristal

Remember Tangerine Dream's Green Desert? Many a time have I discussed its legitimacy as a long lost album with people. Hailing from 1985, yet claiming to be from 1973, it just...

Univeria Zekt - The Unnamables

A Magma album in disguise, The Unnamables was designed to ease listeners into the musical world of Magma. Recorded by essentially the same lineup as on 1001 Centigrades, the album...

Adrian Marcator - Eiderland Suite

Eiderland is strongly rooted in German traditional folk music stylings, although all of its twenty tracks are original material. In summary it could be said by comparison, that...

Baba Jam Band - Kayada

This is only roughly new, I suppose, being a CD from five years back. Probably wouldn't have bothered with the review except that this is a remarkably good album, one that should have gotten...

Caryn Lin - Honour the Rain

Caryn Lin is a violin player who plays on one track of the Project Lo disc. Here, on her solo album, we find overdubs of echoed pizzicato and such over which a rather spatial violin flies....

The Big Wu - Tracking Buffalo Through the Bathtub

The Big Wu is a Midwest quintet who focuses on the amusing swing jazz groove vibes of Zappa or the Grateful Dead. This is the kind of group who can channel a happy vibe and break off into a heavy...

Kingston Wall - Kingston Wall I, II & III

Kingston Wall are a Finnish power trio who seem to operate outside the normal "progressive rock" distributors, yet would certainly be a crossover group of great potential. While the band...

Wind - Morning

Somewhere between their debut, Seasons, and this album, Wind seem to have gone through an abrupt and drastic personality change. That album was quintessential German heavy rock with an...

The Moor - Every Pixie Sells a Story

Well, you gotta wonder about a band that (literally) pays homage to themselves in the liner notes. Hmmm...

Okay, take a deep breath and then belt out the lowest note you possibly can. That...

Celeste - Second Plus

Celeste's debut album is one of the very best of the Italian progressives, and was highly regarded enough to have been reissued in three countries. Meanwhile, this CD is supposedly a lost...

Corte dei Miracoli - Dimensione Onirica & Live at Lux

Corte dei Miracoli only released one album on the short lived Grog label in 1976 (reissued on Vinyl Magic) and like Museo Rosenbach, left a series of poorly recorded demos, of which Dimensione...

Runaway Totem - Trimegisto

This was a new release on independent vinyl just two years ago, in fact we covered this in part two of our 'New Italian Rock' series in issue #3. Last year Black Widow reissued it as a CD...

High Wheel - 1910 & Remember the Colours

High Wheel is a relatively new German outfit with two albums solidly in the neo-progressive vein. While both are private releases, the band would fit very comfortably on the SI label as the music...

Michael Zentner - Present Time

Formerly of the Muffins, Michael Zentner and his solo release drifted into obscurity over ten years ago, from which they have just been rescued. The lineup on this album differs from track to...

Bon - Full Circle - Coming Home

Though guitarist Bon Lozaga may be remembered by some for his contributions to Gong's Expresso II album, and bassist Hansford Rowe was indeed a prominent member of Pierre Moerlen's...

Sincronia - Odisea del Tiempo Eterno

I'm not much for programmed synths and drums in a classical rock/symphonic format, and there seems to be a lot of these coming out. Our dear Editor requested that I review this album with full...

Amazing Blondel - Englische Musicke

Amazing Blondel existed throughout the early 70s, originally formed by John Gladwin and Terry Wincott after leaving another even more obscure band called Methuselah. This compilation is drawn from...

Episode - Starlight Tales

I've been listening to Episode for quite a while and patiently awaiting this disc. They live in the Bay Area, so I see them around at shows, and have been asking them for the last year and a...

Earcandy, Mynd Muzic & T-H-C Roller - Space, Time, Imagination & a Joint

Poor Person Productions is an admittedly amateur label dedicated to psychedelic music heavily influenced by the contemporary British scene (Ozrics, Mandragora, Magic Mushroom Band, Freakbeat/...

Magellan - Impending Ascension

The title of this album neatly fits this group in a certain genre that often verges on a pretentious, overly technical "prog rock" – music somewhere between Rush, Pendragon, Dream...

Kehell - Arrow of Time

I first heard of Kehell on the Made in Japan label's "Jazz-Rock Sampler" from 1989, which was graced by the track "Triton" – among the album's best. Four Japanese...

Kalaban - Resistance Is Useless

The long-awaited second release by this Utah based five piece is well worth the waiting; they have produced an outstanding album that is at once very forward looking, while also being reasonably...

Kaipa - Kaipa, Inget Nytt Under Solen, & Stockholm Symphonie

In their early years, the Swedish band Kaipa were a quartet playing music in the symphonic rock vein as typified by Yes or Genesis. Vocalist/Keyboardist Hans Ludin is nearly a dead ringer for a...

Kaipa - Kaipa, Inget Nytt Under Solen, & Stockholm Symphonie

In their early years, the Swedish band Kaipa were a quartet playing music in the symphonic rock vein as typified by Yes or Genesis. Vocalist/Keyboardist Hans Ludin is nearly a dead ringer for a...

Garmarna & Hedningarna reissues

Over the last few years, I’ve had several occasions to gush about how wonderful Garmarna is, namely the release of each of their three American CDs (the first two on Omnium, the third on...

Mani Neumeier - Privat

Guru Guru drummer Mani is still going strong, to which two recent Japan visits will attest. Through the 80s and 90s he has kept busy with projects such as L.S. Bearforce, and Tiere de Nacht. This...

Cul de Sac - Ecim

Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs

McLatchey's Top Tier #18

This album was created by a very young band, which is amazing when you think that nearly every song on it is flawlessly executed. It's a perfect example of...

Robert Dick - Third Stone from the Sun

Ramses - La Leyla / Eternity Rise

This CD release collects the first two of three albums by this German band led by brothers Winfried (keyboards) and Norbert (guitar) Langhorst. The band's music is in the spacy symphonic mould,...

Zzaj / Kissinger / Kramtones - Critical Mass & Emotional Circus

Zzaj / Kissinger / Kramtones - Critical Mass & Emotional Circus

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Live & Papagayo Club 1972

Unlike the recently released PFM shows (Read more
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1995-03-01)

Frank Zappa / Ensemble Modern - The Yellow Shark

Mestari - Mestari

Present - C.O.D. Performance

Dream Theater - Awake

Dream Theater - Awake

Dream Theater - Awake

Madden and Harris - Fools Paradise

Fromage - Ondine

Lard Free - Gilbert Artman's Lard Free, I'm Around About Midnight & Third

Artman's Lard Free project has received considerable amount of documentation in progressive periodicals, so I won't bore you with the details. Here's a quick overview; all are essential listens —...

Lard Free - Gilbert Artman's Lard Free, I'm Around About Midnight & Third

Artman's Lard Free project has received considerable amount of documentation in progressive periodicals, so I won't bore you with the details. Here's a quick overview; all are essential listens —...

Urban Sax - Urban Sax, Fraction sur le Temps & Spiral

Legend has it that the idea for Urban Sax came into being around 1973, when the town of Menton in the south of France commissioned Gilbert Artman to reverberate the town with four amplified fixed...

Von Zamla - Zamlaranamma

Soft Machine - Third

Renaissance & Illusion - Scheherezade, Turn of the Cards & Madonna Blue

[Note: This review from 1994 refers to reissues on the TRC label. The albums involved have since been legitimately issued, and those releases are listed at the end of this...

Thule - Frostbrent

Asturias - Cryptogam Illusion

Delta Cyphei Project - Virtual World

Lightwave - Tycho Brahé

Matter - Matter

Kit Watkins - Kinetic Vapors

Original Outer Limits - Outer Mania

Enchant - A Blueprint of the World

Mauve Sideshow - Meet Me in the Wasteland

Bernard Xolotl with Daniel Kobialka - Procession

Annexus Quam - Beziehungen

Tea & Symphony - An Asylum for the Musically Insane

La Rossa - A Fury of Glass

Cargo - Cargo

Etna - Etna

Arkus - 1914

Blacklight Braille - Seachange

Everon - Paradoxes

Gamelan Sekar Jaya - American Works for Balinese Gamelan Orchestra

Bloque - Bloque & Hombre, Tierra y Alma

There really was some great music coming out of Spain in the late 70s, and unlike a lot of their Spanish contemporaries, Bloque actually stayed together long enough to record more than one album!...

Sahara - Sunrise & For All the Clowns

Formed from the ashes of Subject Esq., Sahara got lost among the mass of other mid-70s German prog groups (Grobschnitt, Novalis, SFF, et al.) in spite of their good distribution, though they didn't...

Ruins - Graviyaunosch

Iona - Beyond These Shores

Gulââb - Veils of Mystery

X-Legged Sally - Killed by Charity

Electric Orange - Electric Orange

Attempt to Restore - Alpha Collection I

Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs

Ergo Sum - Mexico

In the late sixties the French progressive rock scene started to explode with bands. However the major French record labels gave these bands a rough deal. Recognizing this problem after his...

Tony Scheuren - Gaining on You

Howard Riley & Keith Tippett - Interchange

Zao - Z=7L

Realm - The Path

Montefeltro - Il Tiempo di Far la Fantasia

Univeria Zekt - The Unnamables

III Milenio - Aliança dos Tempos

Kaipa - Kaipa

David Bagsby - Ephemeron

Atoll - Rock Puzzle

Jörg Thomasius / Lars Stroschen - Tonart Drei

Blim - Zero / No Frills

Progres 2 - Dialog S Vesmírem

Red Jasper - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hugh Hopper Band - Alive!

Emily Bezar - Grandmother's Tea Leaves, Moon in Grenadine & Four Walls Bending

I read a review of Moon in Grenadine some time ago which described it as what you might get if Sarah McLachlan’s band indulged itself in a King Crimson fetish, so of course I had to have...

Zao - Z=7L

Richard Johnson and Jud Martindale - Creatures of Habit

Ain Soph - Five Evolved from Nine

Ain Soph - Marine Menagerie & Five Evolved from Nine

L'Ensemble Rayé - Quelques Pièces Détachées

Sangiuliano - Take Off

Myrbein - Myrornas Krig

Blocco Mentale - POA

Rebekka - Phoenix

New Trolls - Tempi Dispari & L.I.V.E.N.T.

Ivory - Sad Cypress

Koniec - Silenci en Bla

Realm - The Path

Garden Wall - Principium

Paga Group - Gnosis

The Spacious Mind - Cosmic Minds at Play

B.A.G. - Soudain, l'Éléphant

Indigo - Silent Memories

Christopher Franke - Klemania

Roots of Consciousness - Roots of Consciousness

III Milenio - Aliança dos Tempos

Dzyan - Time Machine

Dzyan - Time Machine

Mezquita - Recuerdos de mi Tierra

Progres 2 - Tretí Kniha Džunglí - Third Jungle Book

Ergo Sum - Mexico

Amon Düül II - Surrounded by the Bars

Sfinx - Zalmoxe

Crack - Si Todo Hiciera Crack

Univeria Zekt - The Unnamables

Tarántula - Tarántula

Marc Anderson - Timefish

Omnia Opera - Omnia Opera

IQ - Ever

Patrick Gauthier - Sur les Flots Verticaux

Golgotha - Symphony in Extremis

Ancient Future - Asian Fusion

Roots of Consciousness - Roots of Consciousness

Dashiell Hedayat - Obsolete

Montefeltro - Il Tiempo di Far la Fantasia

Asgard - Imago Mundi

Providence - Rare Tracks

Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift

Marc Ceccotti - M.A.S.C.

I heard that this was the new Edhels album all the way up to the time that I got it. Anyway, Ceccotti was more or less the brains behind Edhels, and his first solo album is definitely in the vein...

Vander / Top / Blasquiz / Garber - "Sons" Document 1973 - Le Manor

Klaus Schulze - Silver Edition

Silver Edition is a limited edition of 2000 boxed sets of 10 CDs sold on a subscription basis with the unsold sets finding their way to the mail order houses like Eurock and Ultima Thule at a much...

Discipline - Push & Profit

Solstice - New Life

Anekdoten - Vemod

Tangle Edge - Eulogy

Kenso - Kenso II