"The band D.A.T.A. consists of four members of South London musicians, who met a year ago. Through a mutual interest in pushing improvised jazz further, they formed a collective that gave them their own unique voices. The band name D.A.T.A. derives...

SILVIO MINELLA: guitars
LUCA BALDASSARI: electric bass
ALBERTO DE GRANDIS: drums, vocals (Track 5)
ALBERTO BONOMI: keyboards, vocals

Recorded live on June 17, 2000 at NEARfest 2000, at Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center.

“This live album documents D.F.A.'s stellar performance at NEARfest 2000. It most certainly marked the beginning of a new, exciting phase in the band's career, and was their first major exposure outside the confines of their native Europe. (D.F.A.

Alfio Costa-keyboards, piano, mellotron
Davide Guidoni-drums, percussion, loops, soundscapes
Guests:
Simon Montrucchio-bass
Lorenzo Fasanelli-guitars
Salvatore Lazzara-oud, guitars
Marcella Arganese-guitars
Gulielmo Mariotta-vocals
Mir Khista-violin

Instrumental progressive music in a long suite with heavy, heavy mellotron use. A little bit sound-contruction/avant-leaning mixed with old school Rock Progressivo Italiano. Did I already mention mellotrons? Uniqu

So, around 1995 or so, there was this really great album on a tiny label of this young band who were obviously well trained classically and who fused pop, eastern-european folk and classical music, with jazz and a punk attitude.
Suddenly in 1998 they reappear as DAAU on SONY Classics (!), with a very good album that included lots of musical guests. Of course *that* didn't last, and so since that time they re-emerge every now and then with a new release.
This is their first album, available...

Despite a French-sounding name, D'Accord are a Norwegian prog-rock sextet (vocals and flute, dual keyboards, guitar, bass and drums) and this is their second album. They combine elements of classic progressive rock (I hear Jethro Tull, King Crimson)...

Good and unusual band from France making their debut here. The quintet lineup is electric/acoustic guitar and vocals, keyboards, flute/vibraphone, bass and drums. This actually does what many 'progressive rock' albums set out to do; it incorporates...

Japanese only live CD, recorded 10/25/02 from Goblin keyboardist/mastermind Claudio Simonetti, guitarist Nicola Di Staso (of Real Accademia Di Musica/Libra), bass & drums. This is reworkings of mostly Goblin pieces that were featured in Dario Argento's...

Great, noisy, spiky electronic music + drums + vocals duo who ended up being very influential 35 years later. This is #2 of the four mentioned below.

"Many things have been said about this band: they were called the godfathers of techno, the pioneers of EBM and the forefathers of electropunk. Yet they only laugh coolly and remain tight-lipped in the face of any attempt to historicize them. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft better known as DAF is a myth.
What we know is that they released...

Great, noisy, spiky electronic music + drums + vocals duo who ended up being very influential 35 years later. This is #3 of the four mentioned below.

"Many things have been said about this band: they were called the godfathers of techno, the pioneers of EBM and the forefathers of electropunk. Yet they only laugh coolly and remain tight-lipped in the face of any attempt to historicize them. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft better known as DAF is a myth.
What we know is that they released...

"Slam Productions is proud to present the poetry music work of this Anglo- Italian quartet: the very talented Italian poet Erika Dagnino with her ‘beautiful, strong and clear voice' (as Peter Brötzmann, among others, said), the Italian violinist Stefano..

"Collaboration between New York beat poet Steve Dalachinsky and French art-rockers The Snobs. Dalachinsky plays with words like models William Burroughs or Allen Ginsberg did few decades ago: using cut-up and automatic writing, he creates new meanings. Not only a writer, Dalachinsky performs regurarly with free-jazz musicians and friends to give his text a new life. You can see the poet at work, how he breaks the rules of the language to create his own and how he embodies his words to converse with the....

Marcos Cohen - clarinet
Adil Silva - trombone
Jota Dale – electric guitar
Munha da 7 – electric bass
George Lacerda - percussion
Thiago Cunha - drums

This is sophisticated jazz/rock as only the Brazilians can do it! Interestingly, this album contains songs that are based on traditional Umbanda and Candomblé (both are Afro-brazilian religions) cerimonial chants, which are usually supported exclusively by percussion instruments and have here been expanded outwards to use lar

"Dalton's debut album Riflessioni: Idea D'Infinito clocks in at ridiculous 28+ minutes, but every minute of it is quality time. Affinity to early UK prog is noticeable in the grimy, blues-influenced guitar riffs and leads, typically breathy and...

Scott Clark - drums
Christopher Dammann - bass
James Davis - trumpet
Jon Irabagon - alto saxophone
Mabel Kwan - piano
Edward Wilkerson, Jr. - tenor saxophone, Eb alto clarinet

“This complex compound of singular (musical) personalities did not emerge quickly. Dammann first assembled the group as a quintet in January 2023 working with Irabagon for the first time at Davis’ recommendation. After adding Wilkerson as a guest at a show that summer, Dammann spent a year...

Lao Dan - Tenor Saxophone (1,2,4,5,6,7,8) Suona (3) Effects (9)

"Lao Dan's innovative approach to music seamlessly intertwines elements of rock, free jazz, and noise with textures of Chinese folk music, creating a unique tapestry characterized by improvisational and aesthetic tension. His fearless transgression of genres, infusing Chinese folk-tinged free jazz with the raw energy of punk, results in a compelling and dynamic listening experience."

This big band (11 pieces here), led by T.S. Heg (alto sax & keyboards) is nominally a 'jazz outfit', but since in addition to lots of reeds, brass, bass and drums, they work with "Sofa Group 96 (guitar, moog and percussion) and Troels Bech (samples and...

Although they only had one released single in their lifetime, they were very popular on the live circuit in their day and Andy Summers’ first professional band (after he left, he briefly joined Soft Machine for their second 1968 tour supporting Hendrix!)

“CD equivalent of Tenth Planet long deleted vinyl release of recordings by the legendary 1967 Brittish ACID-ROCKERS. Contrary to some of the material from the album version, all tracks are from ORIGINAL MASTERS. Has 20 page booklet featuring...

All three of Robin’s Dark Day albums: Exterminating Angel (1980), Window (1982), Darkest Before Dawn (1989).
R.L. Crutchfield was a performance artist in the SoHo and Tribeca art scene before becoming an original member of the seminal No Wave band DNA alongside Arto Lindsay and Ikue Mori. He played keyboards in the first version of the band.

Dark Tooth Encounter is the name of the new music project out of California from Yawning Man/Ten East lynchpin, Gary Arce, and drummer extraordinaire, Ten East's Bill Stinson. Although joined by Scott Reeder (Kyuss, Obsessed, etc.) and Mario Lalli...

“The Darkening Scale is the solo project of David Janssen aka Ted The Loaf of Renaldo & The Loaf. A purely digital affair, DS started in 2006 when RATL was on hold. The Entomology of Sound was the first album and came out as digital file and a very limited CDr. David says about it: "Back in 2006, much to my surprise, I found myself making music again after a long gap. Starting at the bottom of a steep learning curve, The Entomology of Sound was the first result". Several albums followed, one of them...

“David Janssen aka Ted The Loaf (of Renaldo & The Loaf) started The Darkening Scale in 2006 when Renaldo & The Loaf took a longer break. It is a purely digital affair and its releases originally came out as downloads only.
Over the past couple of years, Klanggalerie has released two DS albums: The Entomology of Sound and Sonic Archeology. We are now happy to present you Stuck Bad, The Darkening Scale's cover version of The Residents' Duck Stab album.
David Janssen has processed the original...

Maya Magdas : piano
Mazen Kerbaj : trumpet
Mike Majowski : bass
Tony Buck : drums

“Taking structural and dynamic cues from the classic John Coltrane record A Love Supreme, Das B totally reinvents the music, and in the process meticulously subverts the notion of the tribute or songbook.”

Tony Buck is unmistakeable, and this is very much in the vein of The Necks, but not exactly!

Nick Robinson - guitars, keys
Martin Archer - woodwind, keys
Jon Short - bass guitar
Steve Dinsdale - drums, keys
with
Peter Rophone - voices

“For their fourth full length release since the band was formed in 2018, Das Rad has returned to basics with an expanded line up. Following on from two “lockdown” albums where the original trio worked mainly in their own studios, much of the basic tracking for Veer was played live. We also welcome bass guitarist Jon Short to the.