While this is listed as a 'solo' release by Magma's founder, this is, for all intents & purposes, the fourth Magma album, having been released between M.D.K. and Kohntarkhoz. Stripped down to the barest essentials of electric and acoustic pianos (all p...

Born in 1935 in the village of Kunnakudi in Tamil Nadu, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was fortunate enough to be brought up in a family where the father was a recognised expert in Hindu mythology, philosophy and music, as well as an accomplished singer-storyt...

"Vainica Doble's debut is a landmark of european psychedelia, totally sung in spanish y qué bien que ha quedado! Two girls (Carmen Santonja & Gloria Van Aerssen) with golden throats and hauting lyrics; tons of emotional orchestral arrangements;...

Budget price on cellist Tony Moore's interpretation of artist Josep Vallribea's art/scores. Now out of print on Matchless.

Great to see VDGG firing on all cylinders and hitting the mark so hard and well!

"The brand new studio album by the legendary Van Der Graaf Generator. The stunning new album is the band’s 12th studio record by the band and is their first since...

For me, this is where it really begins to fall into place. The evil sounds start; so much so that bassist Nic Potter leaves in the middle of making the album due to the bad vibes he was getting. Not a problem, as Hugh Banton picks up the slack! This...

The amazing, incredible fourth and final mk1 VDGG album from 1971. The question here is who is screaming harder? Banton's Hammond? Hammill's vocals? Jaxon's electronically modified saxes? Guy's off kilter but solid drums? This was their last until they...

A professional recording of the entire first reunion concert by the original Van der Graaf Generator lineup of Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, Peter Hammill and David Jackson on May 6, 2005....

Very good, second and early Peter Hammill and band release on their second under the VDGG name, even though the first was more of a solo Hammill album than truly a band disc. With this one, the band is in place (Nic Potter, David Jackson, Hugh Banton a...

5{ring of 1976, this was the third and last of the mk. II Van der Graaf Generator albums. It is a long record - over 50' - and it's good to have it on CD now, so that I don't have to listen to the very thin grooves of my old vinyl pressing!...

In the early '70s, Belgian improvisor Fred Van Hove released three LPs on the Vogel label. These recordings, issued in very small quantitites, have become some of the most sought-after and difficult to find items in the canon of European improvised mu...

Fred Van Hove piano, Paul Dunmall tenor saxophone, Paul Lytton drums, Paul Rogers double bass.

"Dunmall goes from strength to strength. This latest CD was recorded live at The Europa Jazz Festival, Le Mans in May 2008 in the unmistakable company.

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This is an album of experimental/avant guitar music. I know that some folks think it is easy to just make noise and call it avant-garde, but it isn't easy to make something that's as well organized and listenable as this release. Includes various guests..

"As host of the STAR'S END radio program, Chuck van Zyl has been quietly pointing out complex connections between musical forms for over 30 years. As organizer of The Gatherings Concert Series his task is to actualize an intimate creative space...

This is by Vander's Alien Trio, which was a regular working group in the 1980s. Consisting of Michel Gaillier (formerly of Magma, and then a well-known jazz pianist in France) on piano, Alby Cullaz on double bass and Vander on drums, the group...

A nice and fairly odd album by the visionary leader of Magma, this really bears little trace to any of Magma's work except for the vocals, which are not the predominant factor here anyway. Basically an orchestral album based on piano and 'orchestral ke...

Well, first off, you need to know that this isn't a Zeuhl album. Stella sings beautifully a number of French-style chansons, with backing by a number of the Magma & related musicians (James Mac Gaw, Frederic D'Oelsnitz, Didier Lockwood, Simon Goubert, ...

5{ 5 deliver on the epic promise of 2005's "The Color Of Memory", with what may well be their most ambitious compositional effort thus far. "A Discontinuous Line" presents a remarkable range of dynamic musical ideas and influences processed...

"Ken Vandermark and Chicago's finest fivesome once again team up with Bob Weston to notch out Beat Reader - the quintet's 12th album for Atavistic over the course of the last decade plus. Inasmuch as one may contemplate the recorded works of Sonic...

"A two disk studio recording of duos by Ken Vandermark and four of the world's best bass players: Nate McBride, Kent Kessler, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, and Wilbert De Joode. These sessions where recorded in Chicago on February 4 and 5, 2008."