August/September 2008
| CD’S (PROGRESSIVE) ARGENTINA ANTIHEROE - Instrrumental jazz/prog/experimental made up of guitar, bass, drums and trumpet. http://www.myspace.com/darioiscaro GOTA, LA - Instrumental progressive/fusion from the same town as Pablo El Enterrador. http://www.myspace.com/lagotarock HONDURAS LIBREGRUPO - Prog/RIO/spacerock/krautrock made up of guitars, bass, drums, keys and sax. Fantastic! http://www.myspace.com/loshonduras AUSTRALIA GANDALF - http://www.myspace.com/gandalfheartsounds BELGIUM WRONG OBJECT, THE - Instrumental 5 piece avant garde/prog/jazz band. www.myspace.com/wrongobject BRAZIL RENNO, AUGUSTO - Great guitarist (playing mostly acoustic guitar) in a symphonic manner. Marcus Viana as guest violinist. CANADA BLAIS, JACQUES - Reissue of this 1975 album by guitarist Jacques Blais with the help of Contraction members. A bit of a Contraction sound by overall much more ethereal. Very nice! COCHRANE, STEVE - New studio! www.myspace.com/stevecochrane D PROJECT, THE - New studio album in Pink Floyd style. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/thedesbiensproject DREAM ARIA - Female vocal-led progressive rock with some goth, pop, ambient and prog metal elements as well. http://www.myspace.com/dreamariacanada MAHOGANY FROG - Instrumental mix of intense prog, Canterbury and jazz rock. http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyfrog OFFENBACH - Two great early 70’s progressive works. Saint-Chrone is a live show and Bulldozer a soundtrack RED SAND - http://www.myspace.com/redsand1 CHILE ABRETE GANDUL - Instrumental complex progressive with a dose of fusion. Excellent! http://profile.myspace.com/abretegandul EMBRUJO - Psychy folk from 1971. ESTIGMA - Heavy progressive with some wonderful flute passages. http://www.myspace.com/estigmapro LEPRECHAUN - Heavy instrumental progressive fusion. http://www.myspace.com/leprechaunsproject MAHESH - Aggressive progressive with female vocalist. Sounds remarkably similar to Matraz. http://www.myspace.com/maheshband ROSAS TRIO (CUARTETO), JAIME SCALPELLO, JAIME - Ex-A-Zero and Entrance singer presenting a fantastic symphonic work. www.myspace.com/jaimescalpello FINLAND JEAVESTONE - http://www.myspace.com/jeavestone OPEN EYE BAND - Playful symphonic with drums, bass, guitar and accordion with some added flutes and violin as well. http://www.myspace.com/openeyeband OVERHEAD - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/overheadband TAINATAR - Lyrical progressive rock made up of guitar, bass, drums, keys, flute, sax, vibraphone and female vocalist. http://www.myspace.com/tainatartainatar TIME TRAVELLER - Excellent instrumental symph/prog with moogs, organ, clavinet and led by the amazing guitar playing of Juhani Nisula. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/aikatraveller FRANCE BLACK NOODLE PROJECT - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/theblacknoodleproject LOUVETON, JEAN PIERRE - Solo albums by the leader and brains behind Nemo. Nice! http://www.myspace.com/jplouveton OPRAM - 2005 studio album by these heavy symphonic rockers. http://www.myspace.com/opram PINHAS, RICHARD & MERZBOW GERMANY ADARO - Progressive rock with some Celtic leanings. AMON DUUL II EPITAPH - http://www.myspace.com/officialepitaph GROTESK - 70’s instrumental kraut rock/jazz rock with almost all members of Aera. Great stuff! GURE GURU HOENIG/GOTTSCHING - Stunning single 48 minute track electronic work recorded in 1976 and finally released in 1995. IVORY - One of the best German symph/prog albums. Out of print but I got lucky and found a small stash so hurry! JOY UNLIMITED - 1st album from 1970. MOEBIUS & BEERBOHM MOEBIUS + NEUMEIER NEUMEIER, MANI OBSKURIA - International group (German, Peru, USA) displaying some convincing space rock with influences ranging from early Floyd to Hawkwind. www.myspace.com/obskurians POP & BLUES FESTIVAL ‘70 - Frumpy, Thrice Mice, Beatique In Corporation, Tomorrow’s Gift, Sphinx Tush ROEDELIUS SCHNITZLER, CONRAD SCHNITZLER, CONRAD & WOLF SEQUENZA SYLVAN - http://www.myspace.com/sylvanhome TALIESYN - Progressive rock with occasional prog metal moves. Long deleted/out of print. I only have a few. GREECE TULIPE NOIRE, LA - Available again! http://www.myspace.com/latulipenoire HUNGARY KORMORAN - Great new symphonic work! www.myspace.com/kormoranhu PERIFERIC 2007 - Solaris Fusion, Dreaming Earth, Andorka Peter, Winkler Balazs, Vedres Csaba & Kairosz Q, Riz Levente, After Crying, Musical Witchcraft, D Sound, Fedra NOSTRADAMUS - Solaris under a new name and very similar. Great! ISRAEL TELIOF - Unique & wonderful prog work with lots of changes, choir, vocalizations and some orchestration. A must hear! http://www.myspace.com/teliof ITALY AREA CAPITOLO 6 - Progressive classic now as a Japanese mini sleeve. COCCIANTE, RICCARDO - Underated 70's progressive work DEUS EX MACHINA - New studio + 2 hour DVD of new and old live footage. DIK DIK, I ESAGONO - Jazz rock. New studio! GATTO MARTE - New studio! GIALLO! - Another Colossus concept project this time based on Dario Argento’s Deep Red film with Alfio Costa, Dark Session (Tilion offshoot), Floating Space & Leviathan. http://www.myspace.com/colossusprojects LEONI, I - Insanely rare keyboard-led progressive trio from 1971. MURPLE - Available again is ths keyboard-led progressive classic from 1974. NUOVA IDEA PERIGEO QUELLI - Pre-PFM beat from 1969. REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA E ADRIANO MONTEDURO JAPAN FAR EAST FAMILY BAND - New digipack edition. FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND - Their most progressive and thus best album. JAP’S PROGRE - Moonstone, Zettaimu, Goma, Tsukiusagi, Outer Limts, Gerard, Seilane, Seraphita, Qui. Sampler at a great price! KENSO - Found some copies of their 1st 3 out of print albums. Will go quickly... KITAKAYAMA, MAKOTO - 2nd album by Ex-Shingetsu singer. Strange as it's completely instrumental other than a few vocalizations. NORWAY ANTI-DEPRESSIVE DELIVERY - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/antidepressivedelivery ELEPHANT9 - Blistering heavy Hammond, percussion, bass instrumental progressive/fusion. http://www.myspace.com/elephant9theband MAGIC PIE - New cheaper editions. http://www.myspace.com/magicpiehome ORIENTAL SUNSHINE - 1970 delicate folky psychedlia/prog with female vocals, bamboo flute, sitar, organ, tablas and Indian sound. POLAND BELIEVE CYTRUS - Outstanding predominantly instrumental prog rock with some nice flute and violin passages. LABORATORIUM - The best jazz rock band to ever emerge out of Poland. NAAMAH - Prog mixed with prog metal featuring an outstanding female vocalist. http://www.myspace.com/naamahpl SBB SPAIN MILLADOIRO - Galician folk band. TAPIMAN - Hard rocker from 1971. SWEDEN BODIN, TOMAS - Great new studio album made up of 3 long tracks. http://www.myspace.com/tomasbodinkeyboard DUNGEN FLOWER KINGS, THE - Came across a small stash of these out of print collectibles. Buy or cry! KLOTET - Fantastic progressive instrumental 4 piece band with heaps of organ and 70’s feel. http://www.myspace.com/klotet LIFE ON EARTH! - Prog/psych by this Dungen-related band. http://www.myspace.com/lifeonearth1 MAZE OF TIME - If you like The Flower Kings then this will completely knock you out. A(maze)ing! http://www.myspace.com/mazeoftime MECKI MARK MEN - Heavy organ progressive psych from 1968. http://www.myspace.com/meckimarkmen ST MIKAEL - More mind-tripping sounds from the Swedish king of psych. http://www.myspace.com/stmikael SWITZERLAND EQUUS - Gorgeous melancholy instrumental Anekdotenish progressive/post-rock spattered with mellotron. http://www.myspace.com/eqsmusic EVPATORIA REPORT, THE - Another killer studio album! http://www.myspace.com/theevpatoriareport GALAAD - Long out of print neo symph/prog. Only found 3 copies! TOAD - Hard bluesy rock VINC PROJECT - Ever Since offshoot of melancholy rock/prog. Very nice! http://www.myspace.com/vincprojectmusic U.K. ANDERSON, IAN ANDERSON, JON ARZACHEL - Great 1969 psychedelic prog with Hillage on guitar. New digipack edition. http://www.myspace.com/arzachel1 AUDIOCRACY - Concept prog work with Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP and Kansas influences. Great! BANKS, PETER - Very underrated progressive work from 1973 with Steve Hackett, Jan Akkerman, Phil Collins and John Wetton BRAM STOKER - Prog classic from 1972. http://www.myspace.com/bramstoker72 BRAND X - http://www.myspace.com/brandxfusion CAMEL - http://www.myspace.com/lovethecamel CARAVAN - Original pressing at a cheap price. http://www.myspace.com/caravanuk CHICKEN SHACK - Early 70s rock with some progressive moves. CZAR - 1970 prog jewel with some amazing mellotron. http://www.myspace.com/czar1970 DREAM MACHINE - Excellent space rock by this Ozric Tentacles off-shoot. www.myspace.com/dreammachinespacerock EMERSON BAND FEATURING MARC BONILLA, KEITH - Great new progressive rock studio album by Mr. Emerson. Yeah, you heard me right, it's great! I can barely believe it myself. Thanks Marc! FLASH - Peter Banks and Tony Kaye led prog classics. Nice Japanese mini issues. http://www.myspace.com/flashyesprog FRESH MAGGOTS - Psychedelic folk rock from 1971. www.myspace.com/freshmaggots FUZZY DUCK - Heavy progressive rarity from 1971 with some wonderful organ throughout. http://www.myspace.com/fuzzyduck70 GEE, PETER - New studio! This will arrive early next week with the new Pendragon. GILMOUR, DAVID HABIBIYYA, THE - Ex-Mighty Baby psychy folk from 1972 that sounds straight out of the Middle East. Excellent! HAWKWIND - New digipack issue! HUMAN BEAST, THE - Wacked-out psych from 1970. ISOTOPE (& GARY BOYLE) JADE WARRIOR - www.myspace.com/jadewarriormusic LOUDEST WHISPER - Folk rock mega-rarity from 1974. MOONKYTE - Acid folk/prog rarity from 1971. http://www.myspace.com/moonkytefolk MORTON, MANDY & SPRIGUNS - Folk rock/prog from the lead singer of Spriguns. http://www.myspace.com/mandymortonampspriguns PENDRAGON - *Note that this will arrive early next week. A regular edition will also be released but not until sometime next year so fork it out! RARE BIRD - New digipack edition! SPRING - Same as Spring - 2 but with alternate name and cover. http://www.myspace.com/springuk1970s SUNDAY - Hard progressive with organ from 1972. USA AUDIOCRACY - Concept prog work with Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP and Kansas influences. Great! www.myspace.com/audiocracy BIGELF - New album! http://www.myspace.com/bigelf BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC - http://www.myspace.com/birdsongsofthemesozoic BROWN, CHARLES - Instrumemtal prog by this fine guitarist. http://www.myspace.com/charlesbrownmystics CONTRARIAN - If you’re into Kansas then this is a must. www.myspace.com/contrariantheband DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS - Spacey melancholy prog with slight Pink Floyd & Porcupine Tree influences yet a sound quite their own. Great stuff! http://www.myspace.com/daysbetweenstationsband DREADNAUGHT - Predominantly instrumental 3 piece band with quite a unique sound. Maybe Zappa meets Crimson meets Phish? www.myspace.com/dreadnaughtrock EDENSONG - Fantastic prog with the flute, violin, cello, tablas and African percussion. http://www.myspace.com/edensong GODZ, THE - 70’s heavy rock. HEADSHEAR - Instrumental progressive with King Crimson and Djam Karet similarities. Fine stuff! http://www.myspace.com/headshear HERMETIC SCIENCE - http://www.myspace.com/hermeticscience MALACHI - Trippy meditative acid psych with Middle Eastern vibe. Pretty amazing for 1966. MAWWAL - Post-Paranoise prog/fusion/world music with lots of ethnic percussion. Features Percy Jones (Brand X) on bass. http://www.myspace.com/mawwal MARTZ, JASUN & THE NEOTERIC ORCHESTRA - Original recording of this classic mellotron-led symphonic work. www.myspace.com/jasunmartz MORSE, NEAL - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/nealmorse NEVER WASN’T - Yes influenced prog with a dose of AOR. http://www.myspace.com/neverwasnt RESISTOR - Steve Unruh side project with a crossing of prog rock with that of a jam band. http://www.myspace.com/resistorband SECRET SAUCER - Fantastic instrumental space rock with Ozric Tentacles feel. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/secretsaucer VAIL (REALM) - Keyboard deluxe prog/symph. Yes meets ELP. UZBEKISTAN FROMUZ - Great new album! http://www.myspace.com/thefromuz VARIOUS ARTISTS CD’s GAZULINE - Etron Fou, NLC, Toupidek Limonade, Sotos, Arthur Et Les Robots, Spirits Burning, Pataphonie, Finnegans Wake, Palo Alto, Present, David Vincent, Eskalation, 000 GIALLO! - Another Colossus concept project this time based on Dario Argento’s Deep Red film with Alfio Costa, Dark Session (Tilion offshoot), Floating Space & Leviathan. http://www.myspace.com/colossusprojects JAP’S PROGRE - Moonstone, Zettaimu, Goma, Tsukiusagi, Outer Limts, Gerard, Seilane, Seraphita, Qui. PERIFERIC 2007 - Solaris Fusion, Dreaming Earth, Andorka Peter, Winkler Balazs, Vedres Csaba & Kairosz Q, Riz Levente, After Crying, Musical Witchcraft, D Sound, Fedra. POP & BLUES FESTIVAL ‘70 - Frumpy, Thrice Mice, Beatique In Corporation, Tomorrow’s Gift, Sphinx Tush. JAPANESE MINI LP SLEEVE CD’s BANKS, PETER CAPITOLO 6 COCCIANTE, RICCARDO DIK DIK, I FLASH LEONI, I MOEBIUS & BEERBOHM NEUMEIER, MANI NUOVA IDEA PERIGEO QUELLI REALE ACCADEMIA DI MUSICA E ADRIANO MONTEDURO SCHNITZLER, CONRAD SCHNITZLER, CONRAD & WOLF SEQUENZA PROGRESSIVE METAL CD’s NATION BEYOND - (Sweden) http://www.myspace.com/nationbeyond DVD’s ANDERSON, IAN BELIEVE COLOSSEUM EMERSON BAND FEATURING MARC BONILLA, KEITH GILMOUR, DAVID GROBSCHNITT INTERPOSE JETHRO TULL LABORATORIUM MARILLION MARS VOLTA, THE MORAZ, PATRICK OLDFIELD, MIKE PENDRAGON RED SAND RUSH SAHARA TANGERINE DREAM TRIBUTE - One of the most underated Swedish prog bands. They perform New Views from start to finish. Incredible!!! ZAPPA, FRANK LP’s BARROCOS, LOS BLUE PHANTOM BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS BROSELMASCHINE BROWN, ARTHUR CARAVAN CARMEN CZAR DELIRIUM DR. STRANGELY STRANGE EAST OF EDEN EMTIDI FLOH DE COLOGNE FOREST GALLIARD GILMOUR, DAVID HOELDERLIN JADE WARRIOR KALEIDOSCOPE LIFE ON EARTH! 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