“During the mid to late 1960s the Modern Music Centre in London welcomed hundreds of aspirant hopefuls through its doors at 86 Turnham Green Terrace in Chiswick. Over seventy acetates at least on the studio’s own label are known to exist but the fact that few have ever been released has ensured the studio remains a largely forgotten venture. Its relatively prolific output of discs however has enabled a most entertaining expedition with Faces From The Dark, from singular beat to unhinged psychedelia...

Note: as far as I know, the ‘Louise’ featured here with two songs is the 1967 era psychedelic band that was Chris Cutler’s first ‘pro’ outfit!

“I ignored this release for ages, not realizing that the majority was BBC live recordings, as I thought it was just one of the many dozens of psych comps around these days, some of which are pretty good, but many of which are filled with disappointing psych filler and stuff that you've already got multiple copies of. But there's no danger of that with...

“Scottish actor David Tennant is well known from his starring roles in the popular British television show Doctor Who and as Barty Crouch, Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On this special release from Le Chant du Monde, Tennant stars as the narrator in a fantastic jazz transcription of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and The Wolf.
Taking the place of a classical orchestra, The Amazing Keystone Big Band provide the musical elements that are essential to the telling of this classic story...

Joanne Brackeen - piano
Cecil McBee - double bass
Billy Hart - drums

“American pianist and composer Joanne Brackeen has been called the "Picasso of jazz piano", for her unique style and complex improvisations. Her work is at the forefront of what avant-garde jazz can be and she has long been one of the giants of modal, post-pop piano. Here Candid Records is proud to present the album as it was originally released, with original album title, original track running order and original...

“Crys Cole & Oren Ambarchi’s « Sparkling or Silent » (2024)
Sparkling or Silent, by the duo composed of crys cole and Oren Ambarchi, is a moment apart in their respective artistic approaches, taking a step aside and marking a point of fixation around an electroacoustic method which, while always latent in both of their works, here asserts itself as a central compositional modality.
However, the electroacoustic approach is not called upon here for it's formal reasons, or even less as an a...

“Kansas performed at the Palladium in New York City on November 20, 1980, during their Audio-Visions tour, a time when the band was filling major venues across the country. Broadcast on European Radio Networks, the show captures a tight, confident performance built around both their progressive edge and their biggest radio hits. With "Carry On Wayward Son, " "Dust in the Wind, " and "Point of Know Return" in the set, this recording documents Kansas at a peak moment in their arena years.”

“AT LAST! The album as it was MEANT to SOUND! Formed in January 1969, Humble Pie soon became one of the best-loved, hardest-rocking live acts of the 1970s.
Comprised of Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Jerry Shirley and Greg Ridley, they released their debut album 'As Safe As Yesterday Is' on Andrew Loog Oldham's legendary Immediate Records on 1 August 1969. A UK chart hit LP featuring a ground-breaking blend of heavy blues, hard rock, pastoral folk and acoustic songs.
The original album was...