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Richard Pinhas / Merzbow: Keio Line
by Nic Jones
Both guitarist Richard Pinhas and musician/artist Merzbow (Masami Akita) have been working at their craft since the '70s, and this meeting of minds is in essence a microcosm of their work. As pioneers in the field of noise as music they've produced work that hasn't been co-opted by a broadening mainstream and that in itself perhaps ...
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Heart's Recordings (1983-1987)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel 1980 due componenti del noto gruppo rock americano Mission of Burma decisero di iniziare un side-project nsul versante del rock progressivo e sperimentale. Erano il tastierista Roger Miller e il chitarrista Martin Swope. Con loro si misero all'opera altri due tastieristi: Rick Scott ed Erik Lindgren. I quattro giovani musicisti iniziarono a suonare con questa ...
Deus ex Machina: Imparis
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nel catalogo della più importante etichetta dedicata alla musica progressive non poteva mancare almeno un gruppo proveniente dall'Italia, paese dove il prog è sempre stato seguito e praticato abbondantemente. I Deus Ex Machina, già entrati a far parte della scuderia Cuneiform con il loro precedente lavoro, Cinque, sono un sestetto fondato nel 1985, quindi appartenenti alla ...
Forgas Band Phenomena: L'Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness)
by John Kelman
There has been a relatively short gap between Forgas Band Phenomena's L'Axe du Fou and Soleil 12 (Cuneiform, 2005)--four years, as opposed to the six between Soleil and the out-of-print Extra Lucide (Cosmos, 1999)--but plenty has happened. Drummer Patrick Forgas' longstanding group has been almost completely revamped--only bassist Kengo Mochizuki and keyboardist Igor Brover remain--and with ...
Univers Zero: Relaps: Archives 1984-1986
by John Kelman
It was tough times in the '80s for experimental/progressive music. Punk/New Wave had virtually decimated popular interest in the more complex music of '70s groups like Van Der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, and Henry Cow--groups that failed to survive into the new decade; live work was hard to come by; and major label support had gone ...
Fast 'N' Bulbous: Waxed Oop
by Troy Collins
The greatest measure of any enduring composition is resilience in the face of re-interpretation. Even the most abstract renditions of works by composers as diverse as J.S. Bach, Thelonious Monk and Frank Zappa retain the core elements that identify their authors; such is the singularity of their vision. Don Van Vliet (aka, Captain Beefheart) ...
The Microscopic Septet: Lobster Leaps In
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'ironia è sempre l'arma preferita di Phillip Johnston e dei suoi degni compari che lo affiancano da molti anni nell'avventura imperturbabile del Microscopic Septet. La storia del gruppo è piuttosto nota: dal 1980 al 1992 sono stati una delle band più amate dalla critica newyorkese, senza tuttavia mai riuscire a sfondare veramente. A quel punto hanno ...
Head Goes Thud
Album: A Modest Proposal
By Gutbucket
Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2009
Duration: 5:06
Isotope: Golden Section
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista anglo-indiano Gary Boyle ha davvero molti punti di contatto con John McLaughlin e questo album di inediti, appena pubblicato dalla Cuneiform, ci offre ulteriori conferme di un assunto che risulta essere inoppugnabile. Intanto il chitarrista è partito come side-man del funambolico Brian Auger, prendendo il posto nei Trinity della voce di Julie Driscoll, verso ...
Isotope: Golden Section
by Nic Jones
Cuneiform have done it again in terms of restoring one of the perhaps hidden corners of British fusion to a contemporary audience. The band's relatively conventional take on the genre is happily tempered by compositional variety and a level of interplay that went beyond what was the norm, making for music that holds the attention. Captured ...
