February/March 2007
| CD’S (PROGRESSIVE) ARGENTINA DEFORMICA - Instrumental band that fuses progressive with fusion and space rock. Great! EMPORIO DE LA IMPERICA, EL - Instrumental blend of classical, jazz, fusion and avant garde. Quite good! AUSTRALIA BRAINSTORM - Progressive space rock taking the Pink Floyd route. Excellent! DAVIES, PENNY & ROGER ILOTT - Folk rock that reminds me of a lighter version of Mellow Candle. Very good! BAHRAIN OSIRIS - New studio album! BELGIUM DRAGON - Great progressive from 1976 that has been out of print for years PIENZA ETHNORKESTRA - Killer fusion with an Eastern vibe. Recorded live BRAZIL SECOS & MOLHADOS - Psych/prog from 1973 & 1974 CANADA OSMOSAIC - Folk/progressive with male/female vocals. Somewhat like Harmonium WARPIG - (REMASTERED) Heavy rock from 1970 CHILE MAR DE ROBLES - Great 2nd studio album! DENMARK TAYLOR'S FREE UNIVERSE FRANCE ABUS DANGEREUX - Scored a small batch of this out of print gem MAILLET, FREDERIC MOTIS - Amazing new album by this symphonic/folk group. Recommended! NEMO ONE SHOT - Fantastic new album! PONTY, JEAN-LUC SKRYVANIA - Mega-rare 70’s progressive in Genesis mold. Finally available again after years of being out of print STS (SALMIERI TOP SEVA) - Instrumental jazz fusion with Jannick Top leading the way T-BO - Symph/prog in Camel, Focus, Rousseau style with flute, sax, trumpet, keyboards, bass, drums and guitars TOURBIN, JEAN YVES - Fantastic 70’s progressive folk with some Eastern influences GERMANY ARKTIS BIRTH CONTROL BLIND EGO - Blend of melodic and heavy progressive by RPWL guitarist with help from John Jowitt, Clive Nolan and John Mitchell COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE - New album by this heavy fusion band ELECTRA - Former East German classical rock group HIGH WHEEL - Progressive rock with Pink Floyd leanings. Back in print! HOELDERLIN - Remasters of one of the best 70's German symphonic groups LIVE - Great heavy Hammond organ-led progressive from 1974 in Novalis/Jane style MISSUS BEASTLY SHADES OF DAWN TANGERINE DREAM THIRSTY MOON WANIYETULA WOBURN HOUSE - Progressive doom metal that has a beautiful side as well ICELAND ASGEIRSSON, HALLVARDUR - Avant garde/classical/opera ISRAEL TRESPASS - 1st album by this keyboard-led trio available again ITALY ALPHATERRA - Instrumental light symph/jazz. Nice! ARPIA ARTI & MESTIERI - Cheaper Italian pressing now available DALTON GIARDINO DELLE DELIZIE, IL - Excellent progressive in the classic 70’s Italian tradition NEW TROLLS PAGANI, MAURO PANGEA - Previously unreleased gem from 1976 with a delicate, haunting and spacey atmosphere SPAGHETTI EPIC VOLUME TWO, THE - 25 minute-long tracks each by Randone, Tilion and La Voce Dell Vento (Manning/Tillison) JAPAN AIN SOPH - Canterbury classic! New Japanese series (see below for more titles in this series) BI KYO RAN - The Japanese Crimson BLACK PAGE CHEN, SHINKI CROSSWIND - Two more releases by this jazz band FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND HAL & RING - Pre-Shingetsu prog bands that just recently recorded their 70’s compositions. Excellent prog with organ and a sometimes spacey edge to it MIZUTANI, KIMIO - Very underrated progressive work from 1971 NAIKAKU NOVELA - Hard progressive led by Terutsugu Hirayama (Teru’s Symphonia) OUTER LIMITS - New studio album. Great! SAMURAI - English & Japanese members join forces on these heavy organ progressive works from 1971 SAMURAI (MICKY CURTIS) - Soft progressive work from 1972 with some orchestration YOKOTA, TOSHIAKA & THE BEAT GENERATION - Unique flute-soaked prog/jazz/eastern album from 1971 ZETTAIMU - Dark, seductive and complicated progressive with female vocals and a certain Magma appeal MEXICO CAST - Latest studio album NETHERLANDS AKKERMAN, JAN DIAL - Melancholy progressive with influences ranging from Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel to Blackfield and Porcupine Tree FLAIRCK - Stunning box set of just about everything they ever released KAYAK - Found some copies of this out of print classic. Last chance to pick-up as the label went under KNIGHT AREA - 2nd studio album! SILHOUETTE - Symph/prog with a neo slant. Reminds me of Castanarc and IQ NORWAY HJARNIDAUDI - Three long tracks of dark ambient music TANGLE EDGE YUNGAN - Tangle Edge offshoot from 2001 POLAND OSSIAN - A bit like Agitation Free with lots of percussion and Tibetan sounds PORTUGAL BANDA DO CASCO - Excellent folk from 1977 with violins, cello, flute and guitars RUSSIA LOST WORLD - Instrumental progressive with varied jazz, folk, classical and symphonic parts. Great! SPAIN AMAROK - Stunning new album by one of the best bands around today! COMPANYIA ELECTRIC DHARMA GRECAS, LAS - Great flamenco psych/rock with dual female vocals. From 1974 IMAN CALIFATO INDEPEDIENTE - Classic late 70’s prog/symph/fusion. One of Spain’s best bands SABICAS - Amazing flamenco prog/rock/jazz/fusion album from 1966 and some years ahead of its time. With Tony Levin as well TRIANA - *Note that this goes directly after the current UN ENCUENTRO listing SWEDEN CARPTREE - New album! MAZE - If you like The Flower Kings then this will completely knock you out. Recommended! OPUS EST - 2nd album by this Genesis/IQ-like band. Another good one! SPACIOUS MIND, THE VILLEBRAD - Great prog/symph with Kaipa, Anekdoten and Trettioariga influences SWITZERLAND F. G. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY - Spacey experimental/ambient instrumental work from 1975 HUBER, WALTI - Rare progressive folk with male-female vocals from 1983 VIKINGS INVASION - Blues rock from 1975 TURKEY NEKROPSI - Fantastic guitar-led progressive UKRAINE KARFAGEN U.K. 9.30 FLY - Melodic progressive from 1972 with female/male vocals AFFINITY ANDERSON, JON ARDLEY, NEIL - Orchestrated jazz rock from 1976 BLACKFIELD BLONDE ON BLONDE BLUE DRIFT - Instrumental prog/symph with Gensis, Camel and even Rush influences. Recommended! BLUEPRINT HUMAN BEING - 30 minutes if brilliant early King Crimson sounding stuff BODDY, IAN - New album by this electronic artist BOND, GRAHAM - Excellent progressive from 1970/1971 in Van Der Graaf Generator style BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS CROSS, KEITH & PETER ROSS DAVEY, ALAN “THE ELF” DAVISON, BRIAN - One and only solo album by Brian after The Nice disbanded. Stunning album released in 1970 that has a real early Crimson sound ELIAS HULK - Heavy psych rock from 1970 FAMILY GENTLE GIANT GONG GONG (DAEVID ALLEN) GONG (MOTHER) HAMMILL, PETER HILLAGE, STEVE KALEIDOSCOPE KARA - Lush symphonic with female vocals. Like a cross between Landmarq and Iona. Very good! LAMB, KEVIN - Singer/songwriter from 1970 LEGEND MAGENTA MORAZ, PATRICK ODIN QUIET WORLD ROOM SPRING - Previously unreleased 2nd album! STEAMHAMMER - Heavy prog legends STILL LIFE STRAWBS THORNE, STEVE WAKEMAN, RICK WHISTLER - Folk rock from 1971 ZIOR USA AMBER ASYLUM - Dark, brooding chamber work full of chilling emotional beauty ANGELIC PROCESS, THE - Ambient drone metal. This album scares me! http://myspace.com/theangelicprocess BECK, JOE - Blend of rock, jazz, blues and psych from 1968 BOLT - Instrumental rock/prog CANVAS - Excellent symph/prog that reminds me a lot of Camel DRNWYN - Folk rock obscurity from 1978 FRENCH TV - Available again for a short time FROGG CAFÉ GEYSIR - 1974 prog/folk/psych gem by this American group stationed in Iceland MEADE, LAURA - Nice pop by Izz vocalist MORSE, NEAL PAULY, HENNING PENTWATER - Last of the great progressive archive recordings PLANTS - Psych/folk with tremendous 19 minute krautrock-like track QUIET CELEBRATION - Mystical music with an Eastern vibe. Reminds me of Jade Warrior STARCASTLE TITAN - Brilliant space rock in Ozric, Ash Ra Tempel, Schulze style. A must! TRAINER, PHIL - Great folk rock recorded in 1972 in the U.K. with help from members of Trees VERTICAL ALIGNMENT - Excellent symph/prog with special guests Fred Schendel & Steve Babb (Glass Hammer) and Carl Groves (Salem Hill) WAYBRIGHT, LEAH - Instrumental soft progressive featuring 3 Happy The Man members and comes in a lavish package VARIOUS ARTISTS CD’s CYCLOPS SAMPLER 6 (2 CD) - Abarax, Rob Andrews & Ra, Discipline, Drama, Flamborough Head, The Gift, Karda Estra, Lands End, Mostly Autumn, Nautilus, Nice Beaver, The Pineapple Thief, Product, Sensitive To Light, Trion, Tr3nity SPAGHETTI EPIC VOLUME TWO, THE - 25 minute-long tracks each by Randone, Tilion and La Voce Dell Vento (Manning/Tillison) WALKING WITH GHOSTS - AND MACHINE SAID...BEHOLD, CATONIUM, SELAXON LUTBERG, ESCAPE THE DAY, THRONE OF GALAKTUS, PAUL MERCER, MONARKH, LE’ RUE DELASHAY, THE VICTIM’S SHUDDER, THE WAKING COLD, VULF SENTINENT, ANNASTATSEA, VISIONS DVD’s AIN SOPH ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE COMPANYIA ELECTRIC DHARMA ELECTRA GENESIS GONG KAYAK NAIKAKU - Only a few copies available! RANDONE TANGERINE DREAM UZ JSME DOMA WAKEMAN, RICK PROGRESSIVE METAL CD’s TRISTANIA - (Norway) LP's BLACKFIELD CAMPO DI MARTE DALTON JUMBO SAWYER, PHIL SEMIRAMIS THEIL, BOB |