This is the second release by this Canterbury-styled Italian band and is a step up from their quite good first. Recommended to fans of the lighter side of the Canterbury sound.

The personnel is:
Dario D’Alessandro- guitar (r), voice, bass on 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, synthesizers
Davide Di Giovanni- keyboards, bass on 8, 13, choirs, drums on 13
Daniele Di Giovanni- drums
Mauro Turdo- guitar (l)
Daniele Crisci- bass
guests
David Newhouse - saxophones, bass clarinet on 09

The fifth album from this band well integrated into the AltrOck family and sound!

“Here is the empire of double meanings" is the fifth album by Homunculus Res, which closes a ten-year cycle. After the lucubrations around the human condition, through the metaphors of the natural elements, the Sicilian complex could only arrive at transcendence, always in an inexorably nihilistic perspective and with the usual humor that here becomes darker and in some cases even absent.
Any reference to the...

"The versatile composer/performer who has worked with Cibo Matto, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Mike Watt and many others, creates a third CD for the Tzadik Oracles series highlighting her fascinating new instrumental approach. Mixing funky beats, hip samples...

Ole-Henrik Moe violin
Kim Johannesen guitar, guitar-banjo
Ola Høyer double bass
Erik Nylander drums, roland tr-77 drum machine
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm alto saxophone, Bb-clarinet
"Something like the band Honest John could only come from the Scandinavian scene. It seems that only the musicians born and living in the top of the world have the vision, the ingenuity and the guts to combine elements nobody else would dare to, with the preconceived idea that it wouldn’t work, and further..

"Released at last for the first time on CD, the debut album by The Honeymoon Killers caused quite a bit of commotion when it first came out in 1977, on Marc Moulin's ephemeral Kamikaze label.

At that time, the band consisted of an assortment of miscreants, taxi drivers, cooks, professional gamblers and other musical delinquents who performed a massacre on all genres, from rockabilly and punk to marching band music, French chanson and free jazz.

This reissue includes previously...

“Cellist Honsinger and pre-existing media manipulist Simonini with a piece that falls between radio art, music theatre and... and what? A highly unusual performance in 10 parts that deploys its materials sparingly and intelligently and, through a combination of skill, spontaneity and ambiguity, arrives at something seemingly too controlled and precise to be improvised, but too complex and wilful to have been composed.
In a world of its own; this is confident, eccentric, and highly musical....

"Cellist Honsinger and pre-existing media manipulist Simonini with a piece that falls between radio art, music theatre and... and what? A highly unusual performance in 10 parts that deploys its materials sparingly and intelligently and, through a...

Pär Hallgren – bass
Jacob Hamilton - drums and percussion
Jocke Jönsson – guitars
Bengt Wahlgren - keyboards
guest appearances by:
Samuel Lundström – violin
Johannes Tärk – percussion
Ida Karlsson – saxophone
Göran Abelli – trombone
Gustaf Sörnmo – trumpet

The second release from this excellent Swedish outfit with very strong keyboard work and much more tasty bits.
They mix progressive rock and jazz/rock and come up with a second winner in a row...

"Big Moon" is as expansive as it is groundbreaking. With a reputation as one of the most innovative composers and drummers of his generation, for those in the know, Hooker does not disappoint on this latest work. Supported by a dynamic group of players which varies throughout the piece, Hooker weaves elements of spiritual and avant-garde jazz with tropical rhythms through eleven movements of the meditative journey that is "Big Moon"; a work that should be ingested and contemplated as one body of work.”

“William Hooker is a musician, composer, and poet with over 70 recordings as a leader, encompassing jazz, new music, experimental music and multi-disciplinary forms of expression (e.g. dance, silent film and spoken word). He has been recognized [by The Wire] as "an iconoclast, and one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation," which is evident nowhere more than on his latest album. Hooker says of the work, which features collaborators Matt Lavelle, Sarah Manning, On Davis, and Adam...

“William Hooker has been recognized as one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, leading a variety of ensembles within the worlds of free jazz, experimental, and new music. Hooker's prior collaborators range from avant garde jazz musicians to indie rock legends like Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. On his latest work, "Symphonie of Flowers", Hooker weaves three sections into a whole, or a "symphonie" of sorts. As he says, "the piece begins and ends with the drum...

This live improvised session very very pleasantly surprised me in terms of how restrained it was overall (I was expecting just a big field of SOUND) and how carefully everyone was listening to each other. "Massive extraterrestrial waves of sound crest,...

Adam Hopkins - bass, compositions
Anna Webber - tenor saxophone
Ed Rosenberg - tenor saxophone, bass saxophone (track 6)
Josh Sinton - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Jonathan Goldberger - guitar
Devin Gray - drums

“...But what is uncommon about this release is Hopkins’ blend of free jazz, fusion, and rock stylings.”-Avant Music News

“Adam Hopkins has been an active figure on the New York City scene since settling in Brooklyn in 2011, and has toured.

“The Texas giant of blues makes a welcome return to Denver for another unique display of blues artistry. Having had his life committed to the big screen and been backed by 13th Floor Elevators, Lightnin' was about to devour the next decade with the same righteous intent. Stubborn, flashy and damned inspirational.”

“This is one of my favorite Lightnin’ Hopkins records. Great music, great guitar, and great banter from Lightnin as well. The audio quality is great for a 1974 recording, the guitar...

Meccano Pelorus was Hugh's fourth album and the first release under his own name since the 1970s! Featuring his great FrangloDutch band (Patrice Meyer-guitar, Dionys Breukers-keyboards, Frank Van Der Kooij-saxes, Pieter Bast-drums + Hugh on bass), this was recorded live in 1987 and 1989 and was the beginning of his career back in the musical arena, after laying out for a good number of years.

"I got a message a few months ago from Hugh Hopper's wife Christine. She reported that since Hugh's passing, she's been struggling with finances. Of course she's also struggling emotionally, as she misses him terribly, but the gist of her message...

Honey Ride Me A Goat is an improvising rock trio of Jonny Shoults-drums, and Motney Slim and Michael Pike-guitars. In 2008, they joined up for an improvised session with another Kent resident, bassist Hugh Hopper for what was originally planned as the...

Hugh Hopper / bass & fuzz bass, guitar, programming, sampler (10), arrangements
Lisa S. Klossner / vocals
with:
Gary Smith / stereo guitar (6-8,10)
Frances Knight / piano (11)
Chrystelle Blanc-Lanaute / flute (2,10)
Elton Dean / alto sax (9)
Peter Cook / sax (2,4)
Robert Jarvis / trombone (2,3,5)
Christine Janet / trumpet (2,10)
Julie Walkington / double bass (9)
Pip Pyle / drums

“Being a Hugh Hopper fan from WAY back, I bought this on a lark.

Francesco Bux - drums and vocals
Gianluca De Bene - guitars and backing vocals
Domenico De Zio - acoustic and electric guitars
Roberto Gomes - keyboards and vocals
Valeria Tritto - bass and backing vocals

“The sounds immediately bring to mind the Made in Italy program (PFM school and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso) of the golden age. The clean, linear, deep and engaging singing accompanies melodies, overdubs, solos and sudden changes of tempos treated with maniacal attention. A unique

“Paul Horn’s music is hard to describe, but it’s essentially peaceful and introspective. It is great that this 1972 recorded long play is now available on CD. "Inside II" shows Paul Horn's experimental side; the music combines diverse flute tonalities and moods with human and nature's sounds in a masterful way. It also includes some Bach melodies that makes this CD a must have master work for those interested in both introspective and experimental music.”

"At one point in the mid-'70s, Horslips seemed poised to become Ireland's answer to Steeleye Span. But they also had a shot at being the next Jethro Tull (only a better hard rock outfit), or maybe Genesis, or even Yes in their folkier moments. Those events never quite happened, but Horslips released half-a-dozen superb albums along the way, becoming Ireland's most acclaimed folk-rock and progressive band."-All Music

"Get ready for the ride of your life through Irish folk-rock styles. The opening track of the group's debut album, with its pipes, button accordion, and percussion, could pass for any Chieftains record, but then the electricity kicks in on "Hall of Mirrors," and the rest is melodic rock, not so much folk-rock as folkish rock, recalling early Genesis. John Fean sounds like he's playing folk melodies even as he plays runs on his electric guitar on "The Clergy's Lamentation," and the group follows this with...

"Recorded at their triumphant comeback gig in the O2 arena in Dublin 2009, Live at the O2 has all the power and energy one might expect from the biggest band in Ireland throughout the 70's."