"The Chronicles of Father Robin is a Norwegian prog-rock supergroup, with members hailing from Norway’s symphonic prog kings Wobbler, the ever non-definable Tusmørke, seasoned post-rockers The Samuel Jackson Five and the elusive prog gem that is Jordsjø. “The Songs & Tales of Airoea”, 30 years in the making, is a cohesive triple concept album with 18 songs set in an alternate archaic world for over a period of three decades.
The Chronicles of Father Robin (TCOFR) emerged from the remains of the...

"With a sonic portfolio that boasts commissions for the Xenon classic pinball machine, the sounds for the Meco Star Wars theme, the Atari TV commercials and the electronic sound effects in the original Stepford Wives film (amongst many others) the mutant electronic music CV of Suzanne Ciani is proof that in a 1970s commercial world of boys toys, monopolized by a male-dominated media industry, a woman's touch was the essential secret ingredient to successful sonic seduction. A classically-trained musician...

The second release from this Greek band symphonic rock outfit with a strong progressive folk bent.

After their first one, A Child In The Mirror, the group has refined and expanded their sound with this.

The basic band consists of....

"On "Coat of Arms" Leo Ciesa displays his powerful, melodic, polyrhythmic, compositional and virtuosic drumming. He is perhaps best known for the hardcore jazz duo ICONOCLAST, which he co-founded with saxophonist Julie Joslyn, and for being a longtime..

Prog experts will remember the German progressive rock band Tibet, whose sole album was reissued by Musea. This is a new band by their guitarist!

"THE PERFECT MENTAL CINEMA! CINEMA is the current project of Jürgen "Pöngse" Krutzsch, who already was a well-known Krautrock size with his band TIBET in the Seventies. The project name fits, because the titles of this album run like movies in the mind's eye of the listener. Pöngse - supported by Brigitte Grafe and guitarist Benjamin Peiser - knows to...

Circa was a short-lived Yes offshoot, assembled by Billy Sherwood and featuring keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Alan White.

“A beautifully packaged 2CD re-issue of 2 studio albums from the phenomenal prog rock project founded by former Yes-men Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye!
Includes the complete 3rd album, And So On, PLUS the rarities collection, Overflow, which appears here on CD for the first time ever! Mixing extraordinary musicianship with the melodic sensibility of later period Yes...

"The members of Circle have been listening to a lot of '80s black metal lately (ie. Venom, Celtic Frost). As a result, the premier Kraut-influenced, psychedelic band have created their most dark and twisted record to date -- which, for those familiar...

Circle are a long-lived and hugely prolific Finnish underground rock band. Using elements of minimalism, stoner-rock, doom-metal, Krautrock and a lot more (sometimes at the same time and sometimes not), they've got a huge number of albums out on a billion labels (most notably their own, Ektro) and with a wide variety of sounds and approaches, but always using repetition and hypnotic ideas in a very good way.

"Long awaited re-release of FInnish proto post rock cult icons' 1994 debut."...

"A deluxe 2CD reissue of the wonderful Triumph 2LP released earlier in 2009 by Finland's finest export, Circle, following an affiliation that takes in the now o/p Arkades LP and equally almost sold-out 2CD reissue of it and, indeed, which goes back to...

"Circles are one of the most fascinating of German ambient/electronic bands from the post new-wave era."-Alan Freeman (Audion, Crack In The Cosmic Egg)

"Highly recommended for anyone into Harmonia, Cluster, Fripp & Eno, Heldon, Conrad Schnitzler, NEU!, Throbbing Gristle, Ilitch, Irmin Schmidt, Amon Düül II.

In the late 1970s and '80s there was a lot happening in the German post-krautrock underground that few people knew about -- lots of independent artists doing their own thing, either...

"A musical adventure with many references to Italian popular music, the Balkan, Neapolitan song, jazz and the great tradition of the country band, to evoke the special magic of a circus, the poetry of traveling in a caravan, the bravado of the trapeze...

"This international improvising ensemble has been going since 1984 with various members, but a couple of years ago leader and legendary Norwegian sax and clarinet player Frode Gjerstad handpicked a new band of musicians that has meant something special...

Marco Cerletti – bass, bass pedals, guitar
Roland Frei – vocals, guitars, tenor sax
Stephan Ammann – Hammond C-3, ARP Quadra
Fritz Hauser – drums, vibes

From Basel, Circus were one of the key bands in Swiss progressive rock history. Ideally situated near the French and German borders, Circus had much success in Europe, with three studio albums betweem 1976-1980 This was their third and final studio album. With a dedicated keyboardist, by this time they had developed a bit more...

Circus 2000, from Turin, were formed in 1970 and released late that year both their first album and single (containing italian versions of two songs from the LP). Their second album came in 1972, still in english but with a slighly more polished sound ...

“First-ever complete anthology of hugely collectable early 70s Italian psych/folk/prog band. Heavily influenced by early Jefferson Airplane with lead female vocals and English language lyrics.
Fronted by Grace Slick-influenced singer Silvana Aliotta, Circus 2000 formed in Turin, north Italy in late 1969 in an attempt to emulate their British and American psychedelic heroes. They made their vinyl debut a year later with a self-titled album featuring such superb, quasi-mystical songs as 'Magic Bean'...

"During a ten days residence in Rimouski (Québec), the artists made documentary sounds recordings: interviews and soundscapes. They listen to the sounds heard along the St Lawrence River, underwater, and to the voices of peoples living around. Based on...

Nice to see Ty, a fine guitarist and a excellent composer, spotlighted on his own album that features 3/4ths of the band he co-founded and is best known for his work with, Gutbucket!
"A founding member of the internationally acclaimed punk/jazz...

City Boy were an English art-rock band of mid 70s; think Roxy Music, 10cc, Bebop Deluxe, etc, who were especially notable for their intricate vocal arrangements.

This is the first official release of this, their first two albums, on CD and...

Promo.

The Clarinets is Anthony Burr (who has worked with Skuli Sverrison), Oscar Noriega (Satako Fujii) and Chris Speed (Claudia Quintet, Pachora) all of whom play clarinet on this date, recorded in an old church in the countryside of New York. "Ambient yet ...

“Outstanding Drummer Mike Clark unites with Blue Note trumpeter Eddie Henderson, fellow Headhunter Bill Summers, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz and Blackjazz Records legendary bassist Henry Franklin for an amazing new release.
Kosen Rufu is 10 well crafted compositions that are drawn together by awesome musicianship and a classic version of Erik Dolphy's Hat and Beard. Mike Clark is one of the most sampled drummers in history. Here he reunites with Bill Summers; both were in many bands together and most...

Laura Ann Singh – vocals

Bob Miller - trumpet, flugelhorn

J.C. Kuhl - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Michael McNeill - piano

Adam Hopkins - bass

Scott Clark - drums, composition

“There is a Richmond sound much like there is a Chicago sound, and drummer Scott Clark has been at the center of it for the last 20 years and counting. Dawn & Dusk is his most refined and inventive to date, and this dark, slow moving (heavily influenced by Morton Feldman), drone-focused suite.

Electronic tape works.