"From a founding member of the 70's band Catalyst to his performances with Max Roach, Odean has always maintained a unique and identifiable sound on the tenor saxophone. On this recording we find him performing on two different trio dates. Within the...

Nice reissue of Popol Vuh's 1st album which includes a booklet of photos and more.
This includes an excellent 10 minute bonus track that has never been heard before. This was only one of two that featured Florian on the Moog.

"Formed in 1969 and named after the Quiche Mayan Indian's bible, Popol Vuh centered around keyboardist/conceptualist/Hertzog-pal Florian Fricke. Affenstunde (aka 'The Time Of The Monkey King') was the first Popol Vuh album, originally issued in 1971. It was a forum.

This is Popol Vuh's incredible third album. This is the album where Florian ditched the synthesizers and found a way into outer space by way of inner space. Includes two very rare bonus tracks, recorded at the same sessions in 1973.
Even though this was the first album to feature the band’s uniquely spacey acoustic sound, this album is completely fully formed from the template that they created for themselves from this album onward! An incredible achievement.
Features Florian Fricke (piano....

NOT to be confused with the German Popol Vuh; this Norwegian band released a couple of albums as Popol Vuh, before feeling the need to change their name to Popol Ace.
This was their first album and their most progressive.

“Good Norwegian group from Oslo, formed in early-70's out of the ashes of Arman Sumpe D.E. with Pete Knutsen (keyboards, guitar), Arne Schultze (guitar), Terje Methi (bass) and Thor Andreassen (drums) continuing on Popol Vuh. They were joined in 1972 by singer Jahn Teigen.

This consists of tracks recorded while the bands was working on Fear of a Blank Planet, and as someone in a very positive way said when hearing them, "These are outtakes?". Robert Fripp adds some significant lead guitarwork to one track the whole thing...

One of Porcupine Tree's great, late prime discs of Pink Floydian space rock.

“Past and Present is the third solo album by Kimmo Pörsti (The Samurai of Prog, Paidarion, Mist Season, Bernard and Pörsti). The Past is presented by 5 songs which were released on different occasions between 2004 – 2016), some of them now completely reworked. The Present comes alive by 6 new songs composed by Kimmo (with the help of Rafael Pacha) and one by Jari Riitala. As with Kimmo‘s previous album “Wayfarer”, music ranges from symphonic prog to groovy fusion instrumentals, not to forget some...

"The only common factor of all the musical and sound experiences led by Michel Portal is the improvisation and his demand : putting himself constantly at risk , throwing himself away. Even his movie music, even his interpretations of classical music...

Le Porte Non Aperte (The Unopened Doors) are a young, retro-progressive rock band from Italy who are making their debut here with this very strong release.

The group is a quintet of Sandro Parrinello - vocals, Filippo Mattioli - organ...

"Portico Quartet stake claims to territory occupied by Radiohead, Cinematic Orchestra and Efterklang.”-The Guardian

“Portico Quartet return with Memory Streams, their fifth studio album and one that continues the journey that first started with 2008's Mercury nominated debut Knee Deep in the North Sea. It's a creative path that has seen the band embrace new technology and explore ambient and electronic influences alongside minimalism, jazz and beyond. It is a process that has encouraged change...

Maurizio Di Tollo - vocals, acoustic guitars, drums, additional keyboards, samples
Cristiano Roversi - keyboards, bass pedals, additional guitars & samples
Stefano Zeni - acoustic & electric violins
Marco Remondini - cello, saxophones
Elisa Minari - electric bass
Erik Montanari - acoustic & electric 6- & 12-string guitars
with:
Tiziano Bianchi - saxhorn
Faso - 6-string electric bass
Massimo Menotti - acoustic guitar

“Il Porto di Venere is a new band, mak

"...a raucous 10-piece ensemble which nails its distinctive blend of Afro-Cuban rhythm and freewheeling improvisation."- The New York Times

"This group combined the Latin and avant-garde traditions in unheard ways, sinking its...

Marek Pospieszalski tenor saxophone
Elias Stemeseder piano
Max Mucha double bass
Max Andrzejewski drums

"Marek Pospieszalski presents the next album of his quartet. The music on "Dürer’s Mother" is inspired by the work ofs 19th and 20th century composers, from Schubert to Britten to Lachenmann. Pospieszalski's compositions, full of references to the works of masters, are immersed in contemporary times and go into unexplored areas of free improvisation. They are a starting point for an...

Marek Pospieszalski soprano, alto & tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto clarinet, flute & tape
Piotr Chęcki tenor saxophone
Tomasz Dąbrowski trumpet
Tomasz Sroczyński viola
Szymon Mika electric guitar & acoustic guitar
Grzegorz Tarwid piano
Max Mucha double bass
Qba Janicki drums & soundboard

"Poland is a big cauldron in what concerns jazz and contemporary music. Conscious of this crossed particularity, saxophonist, composer and producer Marek Pospieszalski decided to...

John Potter-tenor, Milo Valent-violin, viola, John Surman-soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor and bass recorders, Stephen Stubbs-baroque guitar, vihuela.

"With a revised line-up, John Potter’s Dowland Project expands its repertoire on its...

“The first ever reissue of Steve Potts's Musique Pour Le Film d'Un Ami, originally released in 1975.
In 1975, Steve Potts left Steve Lacy for a time to compose Musique Pour Le Film d'Un Ami following the proposition from the film's director Joaquín Lledó. With guest musicians of quality and from vairied horizons, the saxophonist recorded a soundtrack ranging from modal jazz to free funk and from dirty grooves, to java wah-wah with disconcerting elegance. Rather than blaxploitation, Potts and his...

“A bizarre and strangely emotive new album of synthetic computer works entitled Piano Music 1-7. Via his own Diagonal Records imprint, his work on XL Recordings and, most recently, the opening of audio/film platform A Folder [afolder.studio], Powell has firm footing in the contemporary electronic landscape.
During a wry and obstinate musical life he has twisted myriad synthetic forms into shapes that explore and expand upon the districts of post-punk, techno, noise + computer music, and in the last...

All of the radio broadcasts by Bud from the Royal Roost in 1953. Quite good sound for what it is and manna for boppers!

"Bud Powell ranks as one of the most vital and influential pianists in jazz history. Captured here at his peak and recorded...

Power Of Zeus were a one and done band from Detroit that recorded for the Rare Earth label (Motown’s ‘rock’ imprint). The album is straight up progressive hard rock with psychedelic touches that are very redolent of 1970, when it came out. Great psych-influenced lead guitar, busy Jack-Bruce-ish bass and organ runs ala Mountain, Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Vanilla Fudge, Sir Lord Baltimore, early Sabbath, etc.
For what it is and what it is trying to do, it’s VERY good and can hold its own with any...

"Gary Smith (stereo guitar), Joe Gallivan (moog synthesizer, electronic percussion), Pat Thomas (keyboard & electronics) Powerfield comprise of three highly individual performers and stalwarts of the electro-acoustic scene. Gary Smith has, over the ...

"Perhaps the most legendary of all Japanese rock musicians, Shinki Chen is Japan's most celebrated guitarist. Before going on to form Food Brain, Speed, Glue & Shinki et al, Shinki worked with vocalist Eiji Takamura, who took the stage name 'Chibo'...

"Prana Crafter's Beyond Beyond is Beyond debut is an electric woods walk. "Bodhi Cheetahs Choice" rambles, soars and flows through a heavy fog of psychedelia. The music of Prana Crafter is most easily tagged acid folk but such a reduction misses the electronic and avant influences, the boggy atmospheres and synthesized meditations. Like the forests that creator William Sol roams in rural Washington state, Prana Crafters music is both familiar and ever-changing. Without pledging devotion to any one, Sol...

Tenor Saxophone – Frits Krogh
Piano – Tom Prehn
Bass – Poul Ehlers
Drums – Finn Slumstrup
Recorded in Copenhagen, October 13th, 1963

"Arguably the rarest LP of European free jazz, Axiom was recorded in 1963 for the Swedish label Sonet. Test pressings were released to the musicians, but they were not approved and the label never printed more than the two first copies. Prehn's music, which is exclusively known from a 1967 release that was reissued on the Unheard Music Series, is n

"A Ghost is the fourth title of the series "The Sound of Time", afantastic unreleased live collection of the first five historical PFM discs. The CD gives new life to the original atmospheres that characterized the musical themes of the international....

The latest from PFM is a very good progressive rock album that, just like the old days, is available in both Italian *and* English language versions, and, also just like the old days, I think the Italian version is superior, but UNlike the old days, you get both versions for one price here!
Long long time members Franz Di Cioccio, Jan Patrick Djivas and Lucio Fabri are here, along with newer members guitarist Marco Sfogli and keyboardist Alessandro Scaglione!
PFM set the bar so high with their...