"Born of a provocative mating of art and music, Dirty Baby is guitarist/composer Nels Cline and poet/producer David Breskin's visionary recontextualization of Ed Ruscha's "censor strip" paintings. This sumptuous double-CD box set includes more than an...

"Perhaps it will be a letdown for me to say this, but this is not a 'tribute record' in the conventional sense. It is a view -- ONE VIEW -- into the music of Andrew Hill, an artist whose music has continued to change and expand its parameters. Mr...

The third volume in Atavistic's Out Trios Series aligns L.A.-based guitar genius Nels Cline (Wilco), NYC keyboard/accordion avatar Andrea Parkins and heavy session percussionist Tom Rainey, captured live at Tonic in NYC. Atavistic's Out Trios Series is...

Fans of modern fire-breathing jazz rejoice, for a true meeting and melding of the minds is at play. Immolation/Immersion is the inaugural recording of what will hopefully be more blasts of fury and filigree by three leading lights of improvised music -...

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"It appears there is a second 'kosmische musik' period in full bloom around the world at the moment, not so much 'kosmische' as in 'Krautrock' but instead 'cosmic.' At Kranky they have the celestial symphonies of Stars of the Lid, the guitar circle...

"The first Cloudland Canyon release for Kranky was recorded in Brooklyn, Germany and Memphis. It follows on the heels of the well-received Requiems Der Natur 2002-2004 album released on the Tee Pee label. Silver Tongued Sisyphus is a secular call to...

Cluster 71 is the first album by Cluster and the least known of their early clasics. It is reissued here with the original cover art in a digipack. It's been reissued a zillion times, but no matter which edition, it's a great release...

"Originally released in 1979, Grosses Wasser is Cluster's last great album. Combining the ambient space rock of early albums on some songs with a more updated, beat-driven, (dare I say space-disco?) sound on others, it at times sounds like the best of...

In 1994, a few years before the resurgence of interest in all things Krautrock and kling-klang, this album was released in the USA on a tiny label. It marked the beginning of Moebius and Roedelius working together again after a number of years off...

Nice to have this classic spacey/ambient album generally available again. This was the first collaboration, recorded when Eno's star was at its zenith, between him and the great German electronic duo. I remember my first record store job, around 1978...

"Live In Vienna is the eighth full-length album by German electronic music outfit Cluster and their first and only album with Joshi Farnbauer. It is the first of three live albums recorded by Cluster. Until now Cluster & Farnbauer had never been...

First album by this Transatlantic progressive rock band from the early 1970s. This was previously available on CD over 15 years ago, but that version combined both their albums in one package and left off a lengthy track! So, this is the first time...

The Coachmen is the band of illustrator J.D. King. Septimania is the project of Jonathan Thomas, formerly of the Amoebic Ensemble (Alec K. Redfearn's first band and definitely a precursor of The Eyesores). Jonathan and J.D. are both from Providence, RI...

Excellent reissue of this great UK acid folk album with 7 bonus tracks, originally released in 1972, with the accent on acid; this really is a strangely compelling and great one. Recommended. "Formed by Clive Palmer (folk legend and founder of the...

Released on Proper, a great UK label who do an amazing job in terms of packaging, presentation and especially in terms of sonics. This is fun, jumping proto-rock 'n' roll/rhythm & blues, basic repertoire material. A great place to hear some of his best...

Nice European remastered digi-pack version of Billy's excellent second solo album, recorded in 1974, while Billy was one of the gods of fusion just after the dissolution of the original Mahavishnu Orchestra. The US edition is not remastered. Includes G...

This is from 1989. "The music here is honest and intense, a severe departure from the fluff being recorded for the GRP label. Rita Marcotulli is a remarkable pianist who not only contributes dazzling solos, but also adds tonal colors throughout. Peter ...

Colin Towns, the very excellent UK composer and arranger who made the very good Zappa tribute with the HR-Bigband, Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (and Funny Smells), tackles something another audacious project, that of the Mahavishnu Orchestra! And Billy...

Billy Cobham/Glass Menagerie-Stratus $14.00 Glass Menagerie was the early 80s fusion band that Billy led for several years. While two of their albums were released by Elektra in the 80s, two others were released only in Europe and have been much harder..

Well, on "Off Color", Billy presented 3 Norwegian jazz musicians who are quite unknown and played with them. Here he presents a sextet of Danes performing jazz and he doesn't perform with them! He just 'presents' them. Is Billy such a big name he can...

Chris Cochrane (all instruments, vo), Ann Rupel (b), Hanna Fox (ds), Dudley Saunders (harmony vocals), Zeena Parkins (tambourine, per), Marc Anthony Thompson (tambourine, per)Last Night (2:50) * Stupid (0:21) * Faith (3:12) * Duty First (2:35) * Teeth ...

Historically interesting and significant.
"Playwright, novelist, poet, surrealist, filmmaker and self-publicist Jean Cocteau was the literary spokesman for Les Six. With his endorsement, and the inspiration of Erik Satie and fired by the principles..

One of the better progrock albums from the 1980s - and one that has been unavailable for some time - is now available again in a greatly expanded form. This was their first album and their best. The leader is keyboardist Erik De Vroomen, who gives the...