Early 70s British proto-progressive band that someone once compared to the harmony soaked late Beatles sound mixed with Joy of a Toy era Kevin Ayers!

“Formed in Bristol in 1969, Stackridge were one of the most unique British bands of the era. Their initial line-up featured Andy Davis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), James Warren (guitar, vocals), James “Crun” Walter (bass), Michael “Mutter” Slater (flute, vocals), Michael Evans (violin) and Billy Bent (drums). Possessing a gift for melody...

A completely fabulous find from Long Hair, this is a very good band who never recorded an album, but played often and now this professionally recorded live session from the mastertapes can finally be heard, 45 years later!

Manfred A Weisz-guitars, vocals
Joel Weser-organ, synthesizer, vocals
Freddy Hohn-saxes, flutes
Harald Wanka-bass, flute
Ulli Ost-drums

"Stagg, a quartet from Frankfurt, was one of the very best bands to record at the former German radio station SWF..

"Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) wrote music for more than 40 films, including classics of the Polish cinema by Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda, and Polanski brought him to Hollywood to work on Rosemary's Baby. His soundtrack music, however, was only...

“During the last five years of his life, ex-Bonzo Dog Band solo artist Vivian Stanshall was working on a final album of music to follow up his much-loved 1981 album ‘Teddy Boys Don’t Knit’, which featured classics such as ‘Terry Keeps His Clips On’, ‘The Cracks Are Showing’ & ‘Ginger Geezer’. Stanshall had spent his time in the 1980’s working on ‘Stinkfoot’, his ‘English Comic Opera In The Grand Tradition’, Stinkfoot, which first ran at the Old Profanity Showboat in Bristol Harbour in 1985, with a later...

Because you can never have too many hurdy-gurdy records!
"The Tumbling Of Creatures features twelve pieces of music written and performed by hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Cliff Stapleton, recorded between 1984 and 2014 with various bands and theater companies. Stapleton's compositions, and his interplay with other artists, reveal his remarkable creative life with this ancient instrument, the hurdy-gurdy: from the powerful folk-dance of Blowzabella to the cosmic invocations of Coil and Cyclobe. These vibrant...

"Dive a kilometre into the ocean and you leave all surface illumination behind.
Descend another ten and luminous forms flicker and burst through the endless black.
Lures and decoys in their millions – lovers and liars, the hungry and the hunted – drift, swarm, seethe and dart, creating a carnival of light in this kingdom of darkness, though many are too delicate to be seen by eyes that have glimpsed the sky.
Ascend now, one hundred kilometres up, surfacing into the darkness at the edge of...

This is a fascinating set that grew out of a 1970 kids TV show! Read this and be amazed!

"Acting, Thinking, Feeling marks the first time that psychedelic jazz ensemble The Stark Reality's Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop album has been...

Kristoffer Berre Alberts alto and tenor saxophones / Jamie Saft hammond organ, whitehall organ, moog, lapsteel guitar / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ibanez 8-string Fretless Bass, Fender Precision Bass, Univox Hi- Flyer Bass / Gard Nilssen drums, percussion, electronics.

"It’s not the first time we find Scandinavian and American musicians playing together – some of the bands founded by Ken Vandermark have this characteristic –, but Starlite Motel comes with a different focus than the ones trying to...

"This was Sedimental's first CD release back in 1994. Robert Overtz (Ultrasound) mentioned this guy Adam who was doing amazing 4-track stuff at home. I think the name of the tape he gave me was called Ombudsman. The success of this release was a nice...

"This is a new release by California's extremely prolific avant-drone duo, Starving Weirdos. These eight new pieces bear all the hallmarks of Starving Weirdos' greatest work: the dizzying mixture of instrumental sounds, electronics, and field...

“Anyone who has followed the progress of Station 17 over the past three decades will know: the only constant in this band is change. Evolving, stretching musical parameters, testing limits -- these are the guiding principles of the band founded in 1988 by a group of mentally handicapped residents -- Wohngruppe 17 -- in Hamburg. Kai Boysen, an independent musician working with them as a curative teacher, started up the collective as a creative and social project, the first of its kind in the alternative...

Steamboat Switzerland are a great, Hammond organ, electric bass & drums trio who inventively switch back & forth between heavy organ-driven progressive rock ala Egg & Collegium Musicum & equally great improvisations/noise interludes that use the many...

Undeservedly obscure UK power trio who started as a blues band, but by the time of this 1972 album had moved way beyond that to something akin to a more complex Guru Guru. One of the pinnacles of early 70s power-trio music!

"Musically, Steamhammer was the cream of the crop of all rock bands from their thriving primordial era. In the realm of power rock trios, they were comparable to Cream. Yet this band is far superior in every way, but they failed to get the rave reviews and critical attention...

"This is the 1991 cult-classic of rock in Just Intonation tuning. The self-titled CD from Jon Catler (La Monte Young) and Hansford Rowe delivers rock like you've never heard it before, for real! Jon Catler (JI and fretless guitar), Hansford Rowe (JI...

From the opening bars of "Little Sir Hugh" an extraordinarily brisk and upbeat sounding treatment of an incredibly grim song the band playing on Commoner's Crown scarcely sounds like the same group on Now We Are Six or Parcel of Rogues. Now a full-fl...

Tim Hart - guitars, vocals
Maddy Prior - vocals
Rick Kemp - bass, vocals
Nigel Pegrum - drums, percussion
Martin Carthy - guitars, keyboards, vocals
John Kirkpatrick - accordion, vocals

“Recorded Live at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, on the 11th Febuary 1978.
Steelye Span, (pioneers of British folk rock) marry traditional English folk music with a harder, electric sound. Captured here in an intimate live gig.”

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I...

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I....

Throughout their existence, and even today, 'the Dan' stood for solid, hard craft in both songwriting and performance. Could a band that was so clever and classy and smart and witty and cynical ever be this huge in the modern age? Doubtful, says I...

I have long enjoyed the work of Simon Steensland, a Swede who has released a number of very good albums over the last 25 years or so, as the title alludes to. He is a multi-instrumentalist and generally releases heavy, zeuhl/Univers Zero-flavored heavy and dark progressive albums.
The 1st disc is made up of his favorite tracks taken from the long out of print and hard to find albums Led Circus, Phantom Of The Theatre, The Zombie Hunter, Lonesome Combat Ensemble, Under Uknar and Kamikaze United Live...

I have long enjoyed the work of Simon Steensland, a Swede who is a multi-instrumentalist and releases heavy, Zeuhl/Univers Zero-flavored heavy and dark progressive albums.

“Simon Steensland is an outstanding musician and composer. He delivers yet another sonic gem!!!”-Quentin Nussbaumer

“Simon Steensland is one of my favorite current artists, his last few albums have been outstanding. He must have the worst public relations department in the world as he pretty unknown even in circles...

Jason Stein, bass clarinet / Jason Roebke, double bass / Mike Pride, drums.

"On this second Locksmith Isidore release on Clean Feed Records, Jason Stein continues to redefine the bass clarinet as a lead instrument. Stein has developed his own...

"Fan’s of the Chicago free jazz scene may recognize Jason Stein from his work in Ken Vandermark band Bridge 61, collaborations with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Jeff Parker, and featured roles in other Midwestern ensembles. Stein started his musical life as a bl