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"Wanted! Great drummer for well established band! Last name must begin with 'P'", read the advertisement in Melody Maker.

Well, not really, but one can imagine the conversations in the management office. Having said that, this one delivers the goods and it's the best ELP album since Brain Salad Surgery! Emerson & Lake are both in excellent, possibly even rejuvenated form and Cozy Powell always was a fine drummer. For the mid 80s, this was a (mostly) surprisingly progressive album that doesn't...

Recorded on the tour for Brain Salad Surgery, this was originally released as a massive 3 lp set. Now it all fits on a 2 CD set. Stuff from all periods of their career. [Sanctuary]


Conductor: Izidor Leitinger / Trumpets: Benny Brown, Matthias Schriefl, Igor Matkovic_, Alexander Hartman and Susana Santos Silva / Saxophones: Uwe Steinmetz, Jaka Kopac, Philipp Gropper, Jure Pukl and Elmano Coelho Trombones: Lars Arens...

Totally inventive and brilliant jazz and way beyond from a medium sized band. They don’t sound like them, but if you like Ghost Rhythms, you will probably very much like this too.

“This is an amazingly alive celebration by a feisty, whip-fast and smart French jazz Octet. Every second both engages and delights.”-Robert Middleton

ANDY EMLER compositions, piano, direction
LAURENT BLONDIAU trompette
PHILIPPE SELLAM saxophone alto
GUILLAUME ORTI saxophone alto
LAURENT DEHORS saxophone tenor, clarinette basse
FRANÇOIS THUILLIER tuba
FRANÇOIS VERLY percussion, marimba, tablas
ERIC ECHAMPARD batterie
CLAUDE TCHAMITCHIAN contrebasse
NGUYÊN LÊ guitare

“No Rush is the ninth studio recording of the MegaOctet, this small big band of nine musicians in the form of an excep

"Initially formed by a number of street musicians in Hirschberg, 1977, with the desire to create something more than just folk music, Emma Myldenberger quickly established a rich folk-rock style, totally acoustic, featuring female vocals and a penchant...

This was the band's third and final release and was released only on cassette in an edition of 79 copies, amazingly enough. This is live recordings from 1980/81 and includes a long interview with band member Michel Meyer. Another great, thorough G.O.D....

Initially formed by a number of street musicians in Hirschberg, 1977, with the desire to create something more than just folk music, Emma Myldenberger quickly established a rich folk-rock style, totally acoustic, featuring female vocals and a penchant...

“Danish saxophonist Signe Emmeluth, who now lives in Oslo after studying in Trondheim, Norway, has made a strong impact on the European free music scene in the last couple of years, not only due to her ferocious sound, but also through a stylistic openness...
This solo outing — a single piece recorded live for Ingebrit Håker Flaten’s Sonic Transmissions Festival — contains its fair share of fire-breathing, with tart boppish phrases ricocheting toward the horizon in upper register sallies, but it...

"The coolest of Britain's young jazz bands." – Daily Telegraph

"...they’re still evolving, pushing boundaries and moving jazz forward." – Mojo


Empirical has become one of Europe’s top jazz ensembles by creating a bracing sound rife with roiling emotion. The quartet builds on the extroverted improvisational ethos of the 1960s New Thing, embracing oblique harmonies, translucent textures and jagged, quick shifting rhythms. Featuring...

Third great release from 2011 by this exceedingly fine UK modern jazz quartet

“The departure of pianist Kit Downes and trumpeter Jay Phelps made Empirical a more chamber-jazzy outfit. It didn't soften saxophonist Nathaniel Facey's searing sound, though.
Pianist George Fogel augments the quartet on their most eclectic venture yet: a collection of pieces – drawing on contemporary-classical music, jazz and a kind of purified pop and hip-hop – that sometimes step on to the precarious tightrope of

Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
Lewis Wright - vibraphone
Tom Farmer - double bass
Shaney Forbes - drums
Special Guest:
Julian Siegel - bass clarinet/tenor saxophone

Great second album by this English ‘inside and outside’ quartet and the first album I heard by them! Dedicated to Eric Dolphy, this features inspiring original compositions and is a great one.
“Out ‘n' In pays tribute to Eric Dolphy's musical legacy through nine Dolpy-inspired original compositions

Tom Farmer - double bass
Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
Shaney Forbes - drums
Lewis Wright - vibrophone

featuring the Benyounes String Quartet:
Zara Benyounes - violin
Emily Holland - violin
Sara Roberts - viola
Kim Vaughan - cello

This is a very adventurous 2013 release as the free and swinging, inside / outside UK jazz quartet Empirical combine forces with the Benyounes String Quartet. This is a very carefully constructed and composed album!.

Jason Mears, alto saxophone and clarinet / Kris Tiner, trumpet / Ivan Johnson, double bass / Paul Kikuchi, drums, percussion.

"Gravity is the new release by the Empty Cage Quartet, a group that The Wire magazine has called "one of the best...

"The Empty Cage Quartet consists of four musicians — saxophonist Jason Mears, trumpeter Kris Tiner, percussionist Paul Kikuchi and bassist Ivan Johnson — who have been praised consistently by critics as one of the most powerful and substantial new jazz gr

This is an album of constructed, somewhat electro-acoustic music, written by Francesco Zago of Yugen, and featuring work from other members of Yugen and other of his musical friends, but most noticeably and notably featuring entrancing vocals by the...

This is an album of constructed, somewhat electro-acoustic music, written by Francesco Zago of Yugen, and featuring work from other members of Yugen and other of his musical friends, but most noticeably and notably featuring entrancing vocals by the...

"Emtidi have become known mainly through their LP "Saat" which was released on the Pilz label in 1972. Back in 1970, a very small edition of their firstling, called simply "Emtidi", had appeared on the small Thorofon label. While there is to be heard...

Second, final and best album by this folk/psych duo who used male and female vocals, acoustic guitars, pianos, organs, mellotron, bass, synths, percussion and more. "Being in Berlin at the time, they soon caught the attention of of the enthusiastic...

NOT the first reissue of this German title, but the first ever reissue from the master tapes and definitely sounding superior to all previous versions!
Second, final and best album by this folk/psych duo who used male and female vocals, acoustic guitars, pianos, organs, mellotron, bass, synths, percussion and more.

"Being in Berlin at the time, they soon caught the attention of of the enthusiastic Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser who signed them up for his 'new German folk music label" Pilz. The album...

Second, final and best album by this folk/psych duo who used male and female vocals, acoustic guitars, pianos, organs, mellotron, bass, synths, percussion and more.

"Being in Berlin at the time, they soon caught the attention of of the enthusiastic Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser who signed them up for his 'new German folk music label" Pilz. The album Saat was a truly progressive folk masterpiece, with the beautiful 'English' vocals of Dolly Homes and occasionally the contrastingly Teutonic voice of Maik...

First of two from this band, which was a real rarity (as were most of the folk/progressive Basque items) until this reissue. I once read a review that described this as in the same territory as the first Renaissance line up (with Keith Relf, Jane Relf...

“The End is near -- after two albums on the now defunct UK label Rare Noise, the powerful project of Sofia Jernberg (vocals), Kjetil Møster (clarinet and tenor saxophone), Mats Gustafsson (flutes, baritone saxophone and electronics), Anders Hana (baritone and bass guitar), and Børge Fjordheim (drums) releases their third album on Trost. They combine avant-rock, jazz, and a haunting beautiful voice to a seethe mix of emotions, noise, music -- a sonic landscape, dynamic, and captivating. This album is a...

I've seen all four of these great players in various groupings and they are all monsters of swinging free-bop and this is even greater than the sum of its parts. Nice!

"Endangered Blood is a burning acoustic jazz quartet - four experienced...

"Here is one of the leading vocal improvisers in the world in a fantastic display of telepathic music- making at an extremely high level with one of the leading guitar experimentalists currently on the scene. The result is a beautiful and unique...

"Sidsel Endresen and Stian Westerhus' debut recording from 2012, Didymoi Dreams, was awarded with a much-deserved Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannpris) and was applauded across the borders, with The Guardian concluding about its "power, originality and...

A very, very long time ago in a world that many people probably can not imagine, when I was in High School in 1973-74 or so, I had a pen-pal from BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN in Czechoslovakia and we used to swap records here and there. That was the only way I could hear music from a country that was so far away and so far off the grid. One of the records he sent me was the first album by Energit, who were a pretty excellent jazz-rock band in the vein of Weather Report and whose entire output plus more is...



"The Engines is a new quartet featuring: Jeb Bishop (trombone), Dave Rempis (reeds); Nate McBride (bass); Tim Daisy (drums). This self-titled disc is a set of wonderful fluid compositions (two each by the members of the group) recorded in Chicago, in...

"Exclusive 16 page booklet included! Includes extensive notes and background information about the concerts, the band, the instruments and illustrations by Robert Webb. Music remastered from the original recordings.
This live album, recorded in a concert in Japan in 2006, shows the band unearthed from nothing and has great versions of the studio tracks. The band is very cohesive and the sound has a good weight. The music played is beautiful symphonic prog, combining orchestral and chamber music...

I'm not really a big collector of rare albums; I just don't have the stomach for the budget of it and there is so much that I have to listen to in my work that chasing down out of print vinyl doesn't have big appeal. But the last few things that I...

"1. Born in the Fire Secular: The opening track discusses the law, where only the rich have access to justice. Though the choices we make often are built on trust and fair play, as soon as the law gets involved this can become a cold hearted maze of confusion and feelings of vengeance.
2. Someone Shall Rise Sacred: Throughout history, individuals have been inspired by an inner fire to take a moral stand against corrupt power and often suffered terribly for their convictions. Such people often seem...

“British group THE ENID were formed around the founder/keyboardist Robert John GODFREY (BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST) and his fellow founder members, guitarists Stephen STEWART and Francis LICKERISH in 1973. Almost like a combination of classical and rock, the band combined vast orchestral movements, exclusively classical instrumentation, rigorous construction completely well-written and romantic rock music led by composer Robert John GODFREY. For the most part the albums have some orchestrated sound, all...

"The Enid are a British progressive rock band formed in 1974 by ex-Barclay James Harvest keyboard player Robert John Godfrey. Something Wicked This Way Comes, the band’s fifth album (1983) was the first Enid album to feature vocals, and this live collection was captured during the period following its release. The band then consisted of Godfrey (keyboards), Steve Stewart (guitars, bass), Chris North (drums, percussion) and Glen Tollet (bass, keyboards, tuba). Claret Hall Farm was a camping weekend for...

"One thing's clear: it's time everyone went and worshipped at the temple of The Enid."—Rachel Mann, Prog Magazine

"It's been close to four decades since The Enid released their pivotal debut album, now returning with their 13th studio album, The Bridge. Vocalist Joe Payne's semi operatic voice is accompanied by Godfrey's lush and unfathomably deep orchestrations and Max Read's immense choir. Jason Ducker's ambient guitars provide a psychedelic wash, steering the sound away from the purely...

"If you're like me, you probably listen to any number of musical genres ranging from funk to classical, jazz to folk, rock to techno, and everything and anything in between. Listening to music, along with brushing my teeth or bathing or eating, is one...

A mid 70s classic - and I mean classic; if you don't already own it, you have no excuse now!

Eno's brilliant 3rd solo album, from 1975. Many great instrumental and vocal pieces, all of which are justifiably classics. For me, this is definitely his single greatest work. Players include Percy Jones-fretless bass, John Cale- viola, Robert Fripp-guitars, Phil Collins-drums and Eno himself, among others. This influenced everyone one of your favorite arty rock albums for the next 5 years at a minimum!..

The fourth and final of Eno's 'rock quartet', this one was from 1977. The band includes Paul Rudolph-bass, Phil Collins-drums, Percy Jones-fretless bass, Jaki Liebezeit-drums, Fred Frith-guitar, Cluster and more.

Eno's first solo album, fresh outta Roxy, if not straight outta Compton, is seemingly simplistic, but deep on repeated listenings and quite brilliant for its 1973 time. With Robert Fripp (who contributes some scorching solos), Phil Manzanera and more.

“Typical ambient / instrumental Eno apart from the first track, which is a refreshing guitar-featuring piece, and this didn’t disappoint. It’s an amazing film with an incredible soundtrack. I've been recommending it to anyone who'll listen.”

2004 remastered edition. Eno's classic 2nd solo album, from 1974, recorded right after leaving Rox Music. This has a core band of Eno-electronics, snake guitar, keyboards, vocals, Phil Manzanera-guitars, Brian Turrington-bass, Freddie Smith-drums & Robert Wyatt-percussion & vocals. More great songs here.

"Originally released in 1985 on the Polydor & E'G Records label. In many respects, the sixty-one minute Thursday Afternoon rolled the entire Ambient Series into one...[Eno] returned to the tape-loop process music that spawned Discreet Music and Music...

A nice ambient soundtrack to footage of the Apollo missions now hugely expanded; Eno's ambient music is extremely well suited to the otherworldly images.

“Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks was written, produced and performed by Brian Eno together with his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois. The music was originally recorded in 1983 for a landmark feature-length documentary, For All Mankind, directed by American journalist, film director and screenwriter, Al Reinert.
In celebration of the 50th..

Extremely influential 1979-1980 collaboration between Brian Eno and the leader of the Talking Heads (along with some guest musicians) and a lot of 'found vocalists' mostly taken from broadcasts by radio talk show hosts and evangelists. In pre-sampling days, it was a really radical idea...times have certainly changed! I remember when I worked at a record store there were people coming in every week to ask about if this was released yet! This includes 7 tracks that weren't on the original release as well...

One of a number of classic albums that pianist/composer Harold Budd made with the collaboration of Brian Eno on the EG label. This has Budd's beautiful, watery piano sound with various treatments and atmospherics. Icily lovely.

Hmmmm...Eno, Moebius & Roedelius...that would make this.... The second of two releases by Cluster and Eno, released in 1978, this follows onward from their classic first album. Nice to have this classic spacey/ambient album generally available again. This was recorded when Eno's star was at its zenith.

"Originally released in 1978 on Sky Records, After The Heat was the second collaborative release by Brian Eno with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster). Produced once again by Conny...


This is Made To Measure release #49! Maybe imagine Penguinn Café Orchestra in a smaller ensemble size and with more tuned percussion instruments and with a bit (just a bit, but definitely noticable) more dissonance in their work and you might have a good of idea of what this album does!

“Depending on the chosen directions, compositions and instrumentation, Ensemble 0 plays with an astonishing variety of topographies. First and foremost with it's own compositions and with the trio, which is like...