Exposé print issues (1993-2011)
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First Wind is a curious artifact from the early 70s, relatively obscure but worthy of notice. I don’t remember when I first became aware of it, but hearing the opening track,...
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In my 35 or so years reviewing recordings, you can bet I’ve come across some pretty strange albums, quite a few in fact, but this one ranks among the strangest. Sopa Boba is a Belgian / Dutch...
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Over the last 20 years or so I’ve heard Bobby Previte in a wide range of different settings, from the experimental sample-fests of
Christmas Day 2024 was indeed a sad day, the day that Eduardo Polonio García-Camba, aka Eduardo Polonio, a Spanish composer of note, became the late Eduardo Polonio, leaving this world at...
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I’ve lost count of how many albums I’ve heard that use Tarot cards as a theme or concept. Just recently we had one from
The Berlin-based RIO ensemble called Tryon has released two albums so far — Läuterung (2022) and Freaky Squash Baby (2023) — and with each one, the ambition of the arrangements, as well as the number of musicians involved, has increased. Now they're looking to record their most ambitious work yet. Salmon Dreams will continue the growth of this significant group in the realm of music that combines rock, jazz, and modern classical music.
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Sweet. Two discs of vintage John Surman, as the bandleader of a ten-piece ensemble, recorded live in April of ‘69 in Hamburg. Last year, Surman just celebrated his 80h birthday, and what a...
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Circu5 is a relatively new band, another entry into the area of melodic prog-inflected rock. Their music isn’t based around lengthy epics or vintage keyboards, but there are enough proggy...
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This wondrous 44-minute tour de force seems to simmer with breathtaking beauty, an album that was composed in the valley of Skåbu, Norway, in the summer of 2024 during...
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The mighty Kryptograf is back with another tasty slab of heavy psychedelic rock. This isn’t the only band out there taking the sound of early Black Sabbath (first four albums, say) and...
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