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Article: Interview

Planeta Imaginario: Stretches in Spain

Read "Planeta Imaginario: Stretches in Spain" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen


Recently from Barcelona, Spain, members of the jazz/rock improv group Planeta Imaginario discussed their new recording Optical Delusions (Cuneiform Records, 2011) and the group's history. Keyboardist and group leader Marc Capel, who speaks Catalan, shared his thoughts through drummer and chief translator Vasco Trilla. Fretless bassist Dimitris Bikos also sat in for the interview.

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Of Queues And Cures

Label: Esoteric Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: The Bryden 2-Step (for Amphibians) (Part One); The Collapso; Squarer For Maud; Dreams Wide Awake; Binoculars; Phlakaton; The Bryden 2-Step (for Amphibians) (Part Two).

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Article: Multiple Reviews

National Health: National Health / Of Queues and Cures

Read "National Health: National Health / Of Queues and Cures" reviewed by John Kelman


Keyboardist Dave Stewart first emerged with Uriel and Egg--two early Canterbury groups that initially expanded on the psychedelia of earlier progenitor Soft Machine but ultimately created their own space where rock, classical and even hints of jazz music met. But Stewart truly hit his stride with Hatfield and the North, whose two Virgin albums--the impressive Hatfield ...

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Article: Album Review

National Health: Of Queues And Cures

Read "Of Queues And Cures" reviewed by Nic Jones


First issued in 1978, the passing of time has rendered this music ageless, as opposed to setting the seal as a product of an era. But for a change of bassist and name (National Health), the brand of complexity underscoring the group's music was of a radically different order to that of an earlier band (Hatfield ...

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Hull 1977

Label: Voiceprint
Released: 2005

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Dreams Wide Awake

Label: Voiceprint
Released: 2005

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Playtime

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Flanagan

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Article: Album Review

National Health: Playtime

Read "Playtime" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


“National Health” was indeed one of the finest exponents of the oft fabled “Canterbury” progressive rock era as Playtime represents the band’s first – live recording to be issued either on LP or CD format. Culled from performances at venues in France and Pennsylvania during a 1979 tour, this new release presents the listener with the ...

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Missing Pieces

Label: Voiceprint
Released: 1996

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Complete

Label: Voiceprint
Released: 1990


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