"Somewhere among the sonic synchronicity that binds together the forty-two minutes of Midday Veil’s animated and eloquent new album “This Wilderness,” attentive listeners will be struck by the realization that the human organism embodied by the listener is an integral part of an interconnected ecosystem.

It’s a realization about self, size and scope, and like the album itself, it’s massive. Midday Veil have long found themselves comfortable creating colossal concerns, as recorded on the band’s...

"Formerly known as The Rainbow Band, this legendary Danish band blended elements of rock, prog, jazz, and psychedelia to powerful effect, with especially impressive guitar work by Peer Frost Johansson. Walking Circles is their second LP, which marked...

Second, excellent and best-yet release by a three acoustic guitar ensemble who are reminsicent in many ways of the California Guitar Trio, but they've got their own sound. On some tracks they are joined by an electric bass, which fattens up the sound as..

"This hour-long CD is one of the best bodies of British psychedelia ever released. It contains the complete Mighty Baby album from Head Records, expanded to 13 tracks with the addition of five tracks cut by the Action during its 1967 transition period. The opening number, "Egyptian Tomb," sets the tone for the entire album -- in terms of content, structure, and beat, it sounds like the early Allman Brothers, or maybe the Grateful Dead in one of their harder-rocking moments, jamming with Crosby, Stills...

Nice compilation from the king of calypso!
"Strut presents a brand new retrospective of one of the Caribbean's most towering musical figures, Mighty Sparrow, covering 1962 to 1974. During a career of over 40 years, Sparrow has been an unmatchable...

"A new record by the «best kept secret of Portuguese creative music», as one British critic once wrote about trumpeter extraordinaire Sei Miguel. Specifically, a collection of “stories untold” with different line-ups, from a duo with Fala Mariam to a sextet with Mariam, Nuno Torres, Rodrigo Amado, José Bruno Parrinha and Paulo Curado, including the participation of other musicians like Carlos Santos, Hernâni Faustino, Luís Desirat and Moz Carrapa. This is how jazz sounds when inspired by John Cage...

André Gonçalves (org) / César Burago (perc) / Ernesto Rodrigues (vla) / Fala Mariam (tb) / Kimi Djabaté (v) / Luís Desirat (d) / Margarida Garcia (Twin) / Monsieur Trinité (Bandoneon) / Nuno Torres (as) / Pedro Gomes (g) / Pedro Lourenço (b) / Rafael...

Sei Miguel trumpet
Fala Mariam alto trombone
Bruno Silva electric guitar
Pedro Castello Lopes triangle on 2, clave on 3, pandeiro on 4, kalengo on 8

"For me, the main technical challenge in jazz, a music genre that became autonomous gradually in the twentieth century, was to combine and match a greater musical demand with a fair deal of humility as regards orchestral means. The trios or quartets I have been showcasing my work on the road, for many years now, provide the most refined...

“The folk music of Georgia is one of the earliest and richest polyphonic traditions in the world, despite being little known to the rest of the modern world. Combining a sense of national pride, musical invention and exploratory spirit, pianist/composer & arranger Giorgi Mikadze has created a striking new hybrid of traditional Georgian folk music and progressive microtonal jazz on his breathtaking debut album, Georgian Microjamz.
Georgian Microjamz discovers unexpected common ground between the...

"Japanese bluesman Kan Mikami is nothing less than an unalloyed force of nature; a skin-shredding blast of frozen wind from the poor, rural north of Japan that he calls home. In the late 1960s, like thousands of other Japanese young people Mikami made his way to Tokyo in search of a life different from that of his parents. Since then he has forcefully carved out a space for himself in the culture as a modernist poet, a raging folk singer, an author, an actor, an engaging TV personality, and one of...

Piero is an Italian composer who has done a lot of work in the field of film & TV scores. . Lovely, yet also rich musically. This culls the best of his many works for installations & films and shuffles them into a flowing, cohesive album.

Our second release by Italian soundtrack / post minimalist composer Piero Milesi, released over 30 years ago, La Camera Astratta (The Abstract Room) is a soundtrack to a ‘video opera’ from 1987, made in collaboration with composer Daniel Bacalov.
LONG out of print, we found a very few lightly marked copies in the lost warehouse!

“La Camera Astratta is the result of the amazing collaboration between Piero Milesi & Daniel Bacalov with the experimental theatre-performance of the Studio Azzurro..

Everything from Columbia’s vaults from these Curt Boettcher-led, masterpieces of late 60s ‘sunshine pop’ bands and projects, including complete albums, demos, alternatives and outtakes. 62 tracks including 22 previously unissued!

“The Millennium's Begin is a bona fide lost classic. The brainchild of producers Curt Boettcher and Gary Usher, the group was formed out of the remnants of their previous studio project, Sagittarius -- which had been preceded by yet another aggregation, the Ballroom...

Allison Miller: drums, compositions
Jenny Scheinman: violin
Kirk Knuffke-cornet
Ben Goldberg-clarinet
Todd Sickafoose-bass
Myra Melford-piano

I’ve been lucky enough to see Allison and her ensembles several times over the years and I am a big fan of her drumming and her composing. And what a great band of players this is!

“Over the past ten years, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom has established itself as one of the most consistently inventive and hardest working band

Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet (1 & 5)
Dayne Stephens - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5 & 6)
Carmen Staaf - piano
Matt Penman - bass
Allison Miller - drums & percussion

“Scientists spend long hours investigating their passions, delving into the complex details of their research in pursuit of new knowledge. In a science fair, they demonstrate their findings, making them accessible and even fun. As a combustion reaction generates heat and light, a similar reaction happens between soun

Originally released in 1991, this was Phil's third solo album.

"Guitarist Phil Miller resides as one of the preeminent exponents of progressive rock, notwithstanding his storied legacy amid the much beloved British Canterbury rock scene....

Phil Miller – guitars
Fred Baker – guitars, electric bass

Fred and Phil went back many, many years, starting when Fred joined In Cahoots in the late 80s. The first Double Up was a minor classic and this somewhat similar follow up is another great one from a quiet and unassuming gigantic talent. This was recorded at Phil’s Crescent Studios between 1993 and 2004.

“After releasing Double Up in 1992, which was also the first release on Crescent Discs, Phil’s own label, the duo began work.

Great, live sound and also a great performance. Last time ever on this wonderful release from the wonderful, now gone, Reel Recordings label.

"Pianist Steve Miller (1943-1998) formed his trio in the mid-eighties after a lengthy hiatus for...

Counting on Angels is a unique CD unleashing a new music form which straddles Russian classical music and contemporary improvised music. The album represents an accumulated experience derived from a decade of musical activity in Russia where drummer Ke...

"Nick is co-leader of the avant-garde punk-jazz trio Many Arms and with trombonist Dan Blacksberg co-leads the new music duo Archer Spade, who have recently performed works by Roscoe Mitchell and Dave Soldier. Nick is also a member of progressive...

Nick Millevoi - guitar
Johnny DeBlase - electric bass
Kevin Shea - drums
with
Jamie Saft - organ
Ashley Tini - vibes on 3, 5, shakers on 4

Great, sorta kozmigroov / out-Western soundtrack vibe from this great band, now back with their second release! Everyone here is a great player and it's nice to see Nick, a great guitarist, getting a little bit of attention in the wider world.

"Guitarist Nick Millevoi's (Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band, John Zorn...

Matt Calvert - electronics, synths, bass guitar (6), guitar (12), dulcitone (7, 11)
Ståle Storløkken - synths, Hammond Organ (except 1, 11)
Matthew Bourne - Memorymoog (except 1, 8, 11)
Sam Wilson - percussion (except 2, 3, 5, 11)
Dave Smith - drum kit (except 7, 11, 12), sabar (1, 4, 5, 6, 10)
Mamadou Sarr - sabar, djembe (2, 3, 7)
Kadialy Kouyate - kora (1, 7)

NOT certain if ‘Dave Smith’ is Guapo’s Dave Smith, but I suspect it is.

“Million Seller is

“Experimental techno from Milusic on his Dance Mystique, which combines a taste of the occult with contemporary beats. Roberto Milusic Migliussi plays everything on the record, including analogue synths, drum machine, guitar, and samples, with a small assist from Aria Amorosa on ‘Swirling In The Melt’. While he’s probably not an occultist of the same deep tint as Simon Balestrazzi, Milusic does manage some convincing uncanny atmospheres on titles such as ‘Initial Circle of Affirmation’ and ‘Weird...

"Brand new full length from Miminokoto. Highly recommended for fans of Tokyo-Underground, classic era PSF and contemporary Japanese outfits such as LSD March and Suishou No Fune. Featuring members of Acid Mothers Temple, Overhang Party & Che-Shizu....