Mark Smit - vocals
Rinie Huigen, Aad Bannink and Jens van der Valk - guitars
Gijs Koopman – bass and Taurus pedals
Sjoerd Bearda - violin
Judith van der Valk - flute
Jan Grijpstra - drums
Jan Munnik, Gijs Koopman and Ron Lammers - keyboards

This is a new band / project led by four original members of Knight Area (Smit, Hulgen, Koopman & Lammers) which is very much in the vein of the early Knight Area symphonic / progressive sound.

“One of the strengths of th

Benjamin Miller – alto saxophone, electric guitar
Laurence Miller – bass clarinet
Roger C. Miller – piano, percussion, cornet
Jack Waterstone – alto saxophone

The brothers Miller grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They came of age during the Summer of Love. By 1969 they were engaged in freeform rock improvisations and started their first all-original rock band Sproton Layer. During this time, they would see the MC5 at a free concert in the...

Gary Pickard soprano and alto sax / Miki Hirose trumpet / Matt Parker tenor sax / Evan Mazunik keys / James Ilgenfritz double bass / Arei Sekiguchi drums / Billy Fox maracas / Julianne Carney violin (track 3).

"If Billy Fox's previous releases.

"The Gradual Progression is a transformative collection of new music by Greg Fox (Ex Eye, Zs, Liturgy, Guardian Alien). The seven pieces of The Gradual Progression activate spiritual states through physical means, Fox’s rigorous inner rhythms the mandalic vessel for unbound expression and arrangement. TGP signals both a reconciliation of disparate musical ventures and a new nirvanic stage in the artist’s oeuvre.

Fox views TGP as an exploration of selfhood, and more specifically...

“Hardy Fox used to be composer for The Residents. He left the group when he didn't feel fit enough for touring and when he turned 70. Since then, he has released many albums under the name Charles Bobuck, switching to his real name Hardy Fox when his albums became more personal.
Hardy died in 2018 of a brain tumor. Since then, Klanggalerie keeps Hardy's music alive. We have a whole lot of archival music that will be released over the following years.
Ibbur is soundtrack music connected with...

“Hardy Fox was the primary composer of The Residents. He created an incredible body of work, using all kinds of names other than The Residents, amongst them Combo De Mechanio, Sonidas De La Noche, Dead Eye Dick, Charles Bobuck or Black Tar And The Cry Babies. Hardy first stopped touring with The Residents due to health issues. Soon afterwards, he left the group completely to concnetrate on his solo work. After several albums as Charles Bobuck (later only Bobuck), the name given to him when still a member...

“No surprise in comparing this release to the Rova Sax Quartet. It features Jon Raskin, a founding member of that ensemble, as well as fellow saxophonists Frank Gratkowski and Phillip Greenlief. Recorded on two dates, one in 2007 and the other in 2010, this intrepid trio gives their instruments a workout across nine tracks.
Honestly, limited-palette releases like this can be hit or miss. But in the right hands, three saxes can offer a broad range of pitches and textures. Such is the case for All At...

Leo Koperdraat – Vocals, Keyboards, Mellotron
Frank Urbaniak – Drums
Ed Van Haagen - Bass
Gareth Cole – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Brett Kull – Backing Vocals

“'Beyond Borders' sees Fractal Mirror exploring their progressive rock roots, with the seventeen-minute epic ‘Ashes’ in particular displaying all the hallmarks of a classic prog epic, though the more song-oriented stylings of previous album 'Close To Vapour' are still very much in evidence in the band’s sound....

Stephan Thelen : Guitars / E-bow / Additional keyboards / Fractal delays / Effects & programming
Jon Durant : Fretted & Fretless Guitars / Cloud Guitar / Acoustic Guitar
Fabio Anile : Piano / Electronic Piano / Mini Moog / Synth & Sampled Instruments
Colin Edwin : Fretted & Fretless Bass Guitar
Andi Pupato : Percussion (including Udu and Azzam Bells)
Yogev Gabay : Drums

“Calling Stephan Thelen’s music an extension of the Swiss Minimalist movement may have once seemed.

So, this is an album of original music by a group who were Europe’s first Yes tribute band.
I’ve always liked Claire Hammill, so it’s really interesting to see her involved in this but once I heard it, I stopped being surprised, because it’s shockingly good progressive rock and it doesn’t really sound like Yes in any way (that’s a good thing, I think) and this should be very much up the alley of all fans of classic-era progrock.

“Golden Fragments is the first original album from Fragile...

Evan Francis - Alto Saxophone & Flute
Michelle Amador - Vocals
Kenny Brooks - Tenor Saxophone
Matt Nelson - Tenor Saxophone
Kurt Kotheimer - Electric Bass
Tim Bulkley - Drums & Cymbals

"[The] Evan Francis Group comes off like a cross between a big band, a funk combo and an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble. The leader's vibrant compositions, brainy yet approachable, tie the eclectic mix together."-Time Out New York

“I can visualize the spirits of Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Eric.

“For some time now there has been a strong initiative to keep the oeuvre of guitarist, author and illustrator Volker Kriegel (1943 - 2003) alive. Six albums with bonus material from the private archive of Volker Kriegel have been published/re-released so far. Even previously unknown material - carefully restored and remastered - was thus made available to interested listeners.
In 2018 we were very pleased to find out that the Frankfurt Radio Big Band was going to celebrate Kriegel's work with two....

To say that Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest American of the 20th century is an understatement. Her voice moved millions around the world during an unrivaled career.
This 2020 career retrospective features an essential mix of early recordings, huge hits and previously unreleased tracks.

Like it's label-mates The Awakening, this is a little known but basically top-tier, early 1970s jazz/electric jazz, featuring leader and bassist/electric bassist Franklin, as well as Charles Owens (tenor sax & soprano), Oscar Brashear (trumpet &...

Nick Fraser drums / Tony Malaby tenor and soprano saxophones / Kris Davis piano.
"Little by little (we would prefer otherwise, but that’s how things go), all that the Canadian scene has to offer comes to light. Drummer and composer Nick Fraser is a..

“Mexico city based, Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti releases second album (translated Can We Understand Each Other Now) on new experimental label Unheard of Hope (Peter Zummo, Military Genius).
Reconciling Mabe’s steps throughout her musical past, the LP features pop and experimentation that reflects her time working amongst the improvisation scene in Mexico City.
Mabe Fratti’s sensibility is the triumph of experimentation over technical do-minion of an instrument. The experimentation of sound...

Freak Kitchen is a amazing cross between technical metal and humor. The players are excellent and versatile; I wasn't able to make it happen as part of our Hollmer DVD release, but leader/guitarist Mattias Eklundh performed with Mats/Morgan Band and...

"In 1971, Freak Out from Knittelfeld in Austria, named after the first Mothers of Invention LP, released the 7" single "Jaming brother" / "Crazy colours of life" (Cosmos 2234) and the LP "Life" (Cosmos 2235), both in a small circulation of around 200...

Antonio Cotardo – c flute, alto flute, bass flute, greec flute, bamboo flute, voice, bells, rattles, piano

Paolo Pacciolla - drums, berimbao, mbira, voice, Jew's harp, stones, pan lid, saucepan lids bells, rattles, piano...

"The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro (also known as the Festival de Avándaro or simply Avándaro) was a historic Mexican rock festival held on September 11–12, 1971, on the shores of Lake Avándaro near the Avándaro Golf Club, in a hamlet called Tenantongo, near the town of Valle de Bravo in the central State of Mexico. It has been compared to the American Woodstock festival[3] for its psychedelic music, counterculture imagery and artwork, and open drug use."-Wikipedia

This is a exploitation...

Ken Vandermark-reeds; Nate McBride-bass; Paal Nilssen-Love-drums. This is a live recording of new material from the trio's last North American tour. The first disc was recorded in Hyde Park, Massachusetts by Amos Scattergood on September 22nd, 2005 and...

"John Carlson (a former Either/ Orchestra member), Eric Hipp, Shawn McGloin and George Schuller call “cosmosonic jazz” to the music they play with this quartet that was already a duo and a trio (special guest Douglas Yates is the fifth element here), in t