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Sylvan - Artificial Paradise

Cover art There's lot of music in the land between mainstream and neo-prog, and this is another one. They hail from Germany and this is their third effort. The music is thoroughly composed and produced, still...  » Read more
(Posted by Roel Steverink 2004-04-01)

Satoru Wono - Sonata for Sine Wave and White Noise

Cover art Click. Shhhhhsshh. Bleep. The first minute of “Overture” sounds something like a couple of malfunctioning cell phones making random sounds. Then the beeps and hiss begin to take shape and find...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Satoko Fujii Orchestra East - Before the Dawn

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Reviewing this CD for a magazine like Exposé is a bit of a challenge. On the one hand, it could be described as modern big-band jazz, and is certainly being marketed (if the term...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

SanRenSei - Ceremony

Cover art Three players (keyboard synths + voices, guitar synths and hardware sequencer) contribute to the six pieces herein, which fall squarely into the low key floating ambient electro-acoustic zone. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2004-04-01)

Rull's Royce - Rull's Choice

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From listening to the music, you would guess that the leader of the band is the guitarist. Not that there are screaming guitar solos all over the place, but guitar does play a significant role at...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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With Cuckooland Robert Wyatt changes direction once again, this time toward jazz. Perhaps “Old Europe” is an early clue to the disc’s orientation, with its lyrical jazz...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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Robert Wyatt’s first release of new songs in eight years is a milestone for the composer. From the outset there is a lyrical optimism overshadowed by his preoccupation with bleak world...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2004-04-01)

Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland

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Robert Wyatt is so much an entity unto himself that comparisons to anyone else are more or less useless. Most listeners with a rock background would probably peg his music as jazz, though I suspect...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Richard Thompson - 1000 Years of Popular Music

Cover art When the end of the millennium started creeping up, lots of people started making lists. When it comes to the subject of popular music, most of us are only familiar with that of the 20th Century, with...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2004-04-01)

Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream

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I have to admit to being behind the curve on Pineapple Thief, though they are clearly the “next big thing” on the prog scene. To my mind, however, they are following a bit too closely...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2004-04-01)

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