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"Wing–Chester is the chaotic meeting between the critical beats and mad rhythms of Teun (who improvised for two hours in a studio) and the avant-garde melodies and heavy guitars of Pierre ( who built up all the rest in a few days at home)...


"P2O5, founded in Wendelstein near Nuremberg in 1970, released their only LP in 1978 on the Brutkasten label which is today in high demand. There is to be heard hard rock with progressive elements and English lyrics. The Brutkasten studio was only...

This is a professionally packaged, self-released CDR. It features bassist Paul Kollar (from St. Elmo's Fire), guitarist Paul Barton and drummer Phil Wylie, all tearing it up live at a Coffeehouse in Calyton, NC! This is 42' of improvisatinally oriented...

This live album by this Swedish post-Landberk/post-rock/post-progressive group was originally released only on vinyl. It is only available on CD from Japan and this includes 2 bonus tracks that were not on the Swedish vinyl version of this album!

The fifth album by this Swedish post-Landberk/post-rock/post-progressive group features four new works and older works which are 'revisited' here (meaning that they are new recordings of old pieces or remixes. Moody, ethereal, modern music.

A numbered, limited edition of 1,000 copies from 1993, this is a crunchy progressive/fusion band based around the guitaring of leader Michael Pabst. There is usually guitar, bass, drums and usually keyboards and sometimes brass on the tracks. It was...

Remastered and presented in a mini-lp sleeve, this reissues a fairly in-demand album which has been unavailable on CD for at least 5 years now. The first solo album by one of the pillars of the original PFM. "Those who expect that Mauro Pagani's solo...

"To the uninitiated, extended techniques (playing an instrument in a way not originally intended), like plucking a piano's strings or bowing a violin behind its bridge'may seem gimmicky or just plain ridiculous. However, certain extended techniques...

Frank is best known for his work with his band Only A Mother, but he's been a solo artist for much longer than Only A Mother were around. "It may be hard to believe, but The Back of Beyond is Frank Pahl's first solo album since 1998! In the meantime he...

A great idea for a collaboration, as Frank Pahl (Only A Mother) is a perfect foil for Klimperei! Frank performs on "home-made automatic instruments", while Klimperei perform on various keyboards, guitars, percussion, etc. The simple elements used combi...

Paik are wicked conjurers of a seriously delirious thunder, unleashing a maelstrom of sound that is as lilting as it is crushing. A power trio of guitar/bass/drums, the band first streaked across the Michigan space-gaze scene in 1997, seeking to chart ...

"If you've heard about this band at all, you've probably heard that their sound incorporates various traditional Japanese instruments. This is true, but it's not immediately audible at first; instead of using them as solo instruments they tend to act...

A powerful and breathtaking meeting of masters. With the tight rhythm section of Laswell and Hamid Drake, who have a long history working together in a variety of bands and contexts, and the empathetic insanity of Patton and Zorn, this set was as much ...

Bringing together John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Mick Harris, three of the most voracious and energetic musical minds in new music, PainKiller was one of the most intense live bands ever. Here they are captured at their absolute peak. Culminating their le...


"Afonso Pais isn’t simply a promising young guitarist of the Portuguese jazz scene; he is above all an outstanding composer and thorough musician. Nevertheless he is part of the young crop that has turned up in the last 10 to 15 years, in this country..

Ron Anderson and PAK have been at it for some time and it's great to see their hard work rewarded with a release with Tzadik, which willc certainly bring them some well-deserved attention! A bit crazed and more than a bit great! Highly recommended!...

Second and final album by this UK progressive band which was released on Bronze in 1972 and never before released on CD. I never heard this at the time, but I remember seeing it, because who could forget that great Roger Dean cover! This has liner...

"Released in the Spring of 1971, "Paladin" was the debut album from this creative band. Formed the previous year by Keith Webb and Pete Solley (both ex-members of Terry Reid's band), Paladin encompassed all that was experimental in early 70's rock...

Ed and his amazing 16 piece band (+ guests) return with his third album of his distinctive, big-band interpretations of the great 20th century composer, Frank Zappa. This body of work has won them huge acclaim from both new and old fans of the music...

"In arranging Zappa's tunes for big band, Ed Palermo has thrown new light on his legacy while retaining the composer's original melodic and harmonic designs. The arrangements also leave plenty of room for the band's gifted soloists..."...

"A Sweet Quasimodo... is stunning music for two pianos played simultaneously in a tremolo style that Charlemagne Palestine calls 'strumming,' a technique that has defined his piano music since the late '60s. It spins out its sonic tapestry in surges...

"Four Manifestations On Six Elements, one of Charlemagne Palestine most well-known works, has now finally been included in the Alga Marghen Golden Research series of CD editions presenting the composer's relevant historical recordings. In 1973...

"From Etudes to Cataclysms is one of Charlemagne's most important works. An impressive composition of more than 140 minutes based on a unique instrument -- a double piano on which one keyboard is played by the feet."

"Several years ago, Martin...

''One of the earliest, almost forgotten pioneers of minimalism, along with La Monte Young & Terry Riley, This reissues a very rare Shandar lp of very personalized piano music. ''Unchanging as his music appears to be from the outside, it is constantly r...

Unpublished recordings by one of the deepest/most mysterious of the original American minimalists.

"Subtitled: For Piano, Harpsichord And Strings Ensemble. Sub Rosa presents unpublished works by minimalist composer/vocalist/performer...

This has one disc (40') of duos and one disc (68') of solo performances.

"Charlemagne Palestine is a minimalist composer, vocalist and performer noted for his carillon and electronic drone music. He is regarded as perhaps one of the most...

10th album by this dada-esque quartet of guitar, bass, drums & vocals (by the incomparable Han Buhrs). ''Palinckx wants to astonish, cofuse, move & make you think.'' ''...fun loving, post-punk, post-Beefheart frenzy.''-Jazziz. [Victo]

''What we have here is a trio (guitari, mandolin & cello) of inspired musicians, able to forge a dazzling acoustic sound which strikes the right balance between interpretative rigour and the typical passion of the sounds of Southern Italy.'' [Felmay/Ne...

Italitan guitarist Antonello Paliotti continues to forge ahead on the highly original path taken by previous offering Tarantella Storta and Serenata Luntana accompanied by the Mandolin Orchestra. Together with traditional standards this album features ...

''A volte ritornano.... some of the most significant rebel songs of the first hundred years of Italian history: from the anti-war songs to the working chants, from the migration ballads to the protest anthems. Non a mere nostalgia revival but instead a...

Clive Palmer is a founding member of The Incredible String Band, a virtuoso banjo player and distinguished folk musician who recorded several classic albums with COB and The Famous Jug Band. At long last, British folk's great lost album" is finally ava...

Clive Palmer is a founding member of The Incredible String Band, a virtuoso banjo player and distinguished folk musician who recorded several classic albums with COB and The Famous Jug Band. At long last, British folk's great lost album" is finally ava...



Fantastic idea; take the complete, rare output of three Spanish bands and put them all together in one nice double set, and with full liner notes and discographies. From Barcelona, Pan & Rgaliz (Bread & Licorice) recorded just one album in 1971, and it...

"Pancake from Winnenden near Stuttgart in Suabia emerged from their psychedelic predecessor Nyrvana Pancake in 1974 and now played progressive rock with clear symphonic tendencies. With changing members they released three LPs with self-written tracks...

This is a 1975 release - the first of three - from this dual guitar, vocals, bass and drums German band. "Their debut, Roxy Elephant, was more typical of the German & British progressive style of the era, with the focus on multiple guitars, dynamics wi...

This is a very good, 1970s-styled Italian release, the second from this group. It includes amazingly great and retro keyboardwork and combined with a band who are a bit more modern (but still completely symphonic/progressive) in their approach...

This is the first album in 12 years to document Panhuysen's work with long string installations. His work was previously documented on a beautiful, long o/p triple album box in1985, but this is the 1st CD issue of his music. Includes an informative, 32...

Clever, metal-tinged fusion from this German band who are very popular in the homeland! As always, they are a quintet of dual guitars (one of which is the leader, Jan Zehrfeld), tenor saxophone, bass and drums. This has four originals and four whacked...

Great to see this fine Norwegian band catch a break by signing to the ever-excellent Rune Grammofon label and get introduced to a wider world than their previous releases have allowed them to do. And this is the right release for the world to notice...

"Great lost band from Frankfurt, Germany. In 1973/1974, Papa Zoot Band played all over Germany, mainly in clubs but also on festivals (German Pop Meeting 1st and 2nd February 1974 in Essen, Grugahalle). The band consisted of Lutz Sommer guitar, Robby...

A sextet of Baritone saxes (!) led by Montreal saxist Papasoff, & including Hamiet Bluiett & Jean Derome. Each member contributes a chart, so it's a group effort. ''...one simply forgets that only baritones are playing, just a one does not always notic...

In the very late 80's, Joe Boyd (early producer of Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, UFO Club, John Martyn, Nick Drake, blah blah) 'discovered' and released two albums by Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band. The moment I heard them I was transfixed and...

5{te 80's, Joe Boyd (early producer of Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, UFO Club, blah blah) 'discovered' and released two albums by Ivo Papasov and his Bulgarian Wedding Band. The moment I heard them I was transfixed and hooked! Clarinet, sax, ac...

Clarinetist Ivo Papasov founded the style of contemporary wedding music in Bulgaria, which wedded high energy rock rhythms to traditional folk forms of Bulgaria became a huge hit in Bulgaria. He became hugely popular in Bulgaria; if you were anyone of ...

"Papir is an instrumental trio from Copenhagen, Denmark. They've created their own unique type of semi-improvised psychedelic rock by mixing together new and old, heaviness and atmosphere, freedom and power. By now, they have become masters of their...

"One of the few bands to come from Val d'Aosta, in north-west Italy, Paradiso a Basso Prezzo never reached a recording deal during their career, and their only release is a posthumous CD issued by Mellow containing a 1973 recording from a concert in...