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Soft Machine - Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 1 & 2

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The legacy of the early Soft Machine has been chronicled by many bootlegs and re-releases of the band's first album demos by Giorgio Gomelsky. What so far have not surfaced are official...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Giles > Giles > Fripp - The Brondesbury Tapes

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The early exploits of Giles, Giles and Fripp have always been a footnote considering the impact of the first King Crimson album on unsuspecting English and US audiences. Their only album, The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Various Artists - The Early Years 1985-1995

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The Projekt label comes across as ostensibly a rotating roster of musicians who all guest on each other's recordings in a multitude of odd permutations. On this 100th commemorative release,...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2002-04-01)

Arkham - Arkham

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Arkham was an early 70s Belgian trio featuring keyboardist Jean-Luc Manderlier (later of Magma) and drummer Daniel Denis (later of Univers Zero and more recently Art Zoyd), and (through ’71)...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2002-04-01)

Various Artists - Canterburied Sounds Volume 3

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The third volume of the Canterburied sounds series merits a bit more scrutiny than several of the other collections assembled by Brian Hopper (saxophonist and Hugh's brother who appeared on...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux - 86-90

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Here is an experimental oddity, the likes of which French bands often excel at — call it a sort of iron fist in an R.I.O. velvet glove. The release is a composite of two previous vinyl...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2002-04-01)

Steve Roach - Pure Flow: Timeroom Editions Collection 1

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Acting as a sampler of the long-form ambient music found on Roach's Timeroom Editions label, Pure Flow may or may not appeal to the Roach fan who already has most of this material....

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

Clearlight/Cyrille Verdeaux - Rainbow Music: Best of Cyrille Verdeaux 1975-2000

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From his debut in 1973 with Clearlight Symphony, French keyboardist and composer Cyrille Verdeaux has combined impressionistic soundscapes in the spirit of Ravel and Debussy with progressive rock...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-07-01)

John Serrie - Century Seasons

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Fear not the ethereal, new-age looking girl on the front. This set is subtitled "The Space Music of Jonn Serrie," and that is an accurate reflection of this excellent retrospective. Gone...

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(Posted by Phil Derby 2001-07-01)

Various Artists - Un Voyage en Progressif Vol. 5

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We all know that one cut off of a sampler can’t possibly give an accurate picture of a band’s full breadth and quality. But if the purpose of a sampler slot is to shine positive light...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2001-07-01)

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