This is the first album by the now well-appreciated spacerock boys from Finland. Recorded between 1999-2001, this features dual guitars, Fender Rhodes piano and synthesizers, bass and drums. A cross between the Ozrics, The Spacious Mind, Hawkwind and...

“Much harder and rockier than its predecessors, 2007's 'Symetria' clearly marks a change. No flutes, no marimbas here, the Finnish band decided to trade its folk and soft trippy music for a more "classical" heavy synth space rock, in the likes of Hawkind, the Ozrics and sometimes Porcupine Tree and even Rush. Less innovative, but nonetheless very inspired and powerful!”

"Rising star drummer Chris Higginbottom will be returned to the UK in summer/ autumn 2005 to tour his long-awaited debut album "ONE" featuring New York based musicians Seamus Blake, tenor saxophone (Dave Douglas), Aaron Goldberg, piano (Joshua Redman)...

“Patrick Higgins is an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and producer from New York City, known for his work in experimental and contemporary classical music. He plays guitar and composes in the ensemble Zs, described by The New York Times as "one of the strongest avant-garde bands in New York." His work as composer traverses the styles of the European avant-garde and the tradition of post-minimalist Downtown New York music.
He has received attention for his unique style of guitar playing...

Fantastic edition of this classic, early UK release, with tape research by Mark Powell and greatly expanded booket, rare photos, and design. Recommended. Very early (1969) heavy rock/progressive/oddball classic featuring Tony Hill-guitar, Simon House...

Makigami Koichi is one of Japan's most popular underground performers and this follows the journeys of his remarkable rock/pop band Hikashu through over twenty-five years of musical mayhem. From techno (before the Yellow Magic Orchestra) to noise/samp...

"Talk to any connoisseur of '70s-era double live albums, and many will agree that Steve Hillage's Live Herald, recorded and released in 1977-1978, rates among the finest jewels that the genre has to offer. So it's astonishing to discover that someone...

Even though Virgin had given up on Steve becoming the big star they wanted him to be by the time this was released in 1979, this excellent live album recorded on his 1978 tour was still a great album. This was originally 3 live sides and 1 studio side. The studio side has been moved as bonus tracks onto "Open" and you get a 15' never-released bonus track version of "Solar Music Suite". Includes interesting notes from Steve and some great toonz!

This is Steve Hillage at the height of his fame, in the middle of a huge US tour in support of his album "L", opening for E.L.O. at one of NYC's larger venues!

Recorded on February 12, 1977, this is a excellent, well balanced archival find, supplied and remastered by Steve himself! Highly recommended!

"A brilliant vintage live performance from Gong guitar guru and one of the most innovative guitarists of his era, Steve Hillage!

Crystal clear soundboard recording that captures....

Singer/songwriter whose latest appears here on Andy Partridge's Ape House label.

"The new album! Veda and a large gang of brilliant musician friends play ecstatic songs about life, death, and japanese bathhouses. Piano, two drummers, guitar...

Excellent, heavy Swedish spacerock/stoner-rock/psych trio. Simple, but very effective, trancey/psych music made with guitars, organ, bass and drums.
So many great Swedish bands and so little time to take enough drugs to enjoy them all!
"Alive At Roadburn is Gothenburg based Hills' third album with Rocket Recordings. Hot off the Swedish psychedelia revival of the past few years and after their hailed 2015 album Frid, Hills connect the dots to their country's rich and intoxicating past with a...

John Litton Baroï : vocals and harmonium
Mark Bogaerts : sitar, alto saxophone, guitar and compositions
Saskia Vanhoegaerden : flute, Celtic harp, vocals and compositions
Eric Moens : electric bass and synthesizer
Pierre Narcisse : tabla, drums and percussion

“In the early nineties I started practicing yoga and meditation. This had a big influence on the music I was playing. Not long after I started to play and study sitar and Indian classical music for many years with Pand

You know how they say ‘never judge a book by its cover’? This album is the epitime of that.
Hiding behind this goofy, friendly looking, yellow-hatted cover from 1981, which screams ‘lame fuzak’, this is some of the most 1975 Miles-style electric fusion (with the required mean-toned Yamaha organ and funky bass lines) you will ever hear.
I can just hear the executives at Sony Japan now: “Sure, Terumasa-san, we will put out your ugly music without any interference in the music. We even have a fine.

This 1975 session is acoustic but very open and groovin' in nature. The core band is Terumasa Hino-trumpet, Hideo Mayata-tenor and soprano sax, Fumio Itabashi-piano, Tsutomu Okada-bass and Motohiko Hino-drums with big guest spots for additional...

“Jazz critic Gary Giddins once described early bebop as music that was "giddy with its own virtuosity." A variety of different things came after that period of giddiness -- the introspection of cool jazz, the deep-thinking spirituality of modal post-bop and avant-garde jazz, the rock-influenced intensity of fusion -- but bebop and hard bop did, in fact, have more than their share of performances that thrived on both giddiness and virtuosity. Post-bop, even at its most optimistic and exuberant, is seldom....

Shelley is one of the best known downtown NYC vocal improvisers. This is a musical suite about growing up in Brooklyn in the 50's & 60's. [Tzadik]

Vocal acrobat, improviser, raconteur, chanteuse and so much more, Brooklyn born Shelley Hirsch has been a central figure in the downtown scene since the mid 70s, collaborating with just about every important figure in new music. This special collection...

“I have all of Hitchcock's albums and on this one he gets the balance just right. Moss Elixir is brimming with the clever and often kooky imagery and wordplay we have come to love and expect from Robyn and the beautiful music he seems to have within him in inexhaustible supply. The perfect paring of jangly tunefulness and idiosyncratic lyricism on this record make it a heady treat for sure. If you were curious but befuddled as to where to begin with this prolific savant, Moss Elixir makes for a good...

Robyn Hitchcock – guitars, vocals
Peter Buck – guitars
Scott McCaughey – bass
Bill Rieflin – drums

In the 80s and 90s, in DC, one of the great nights out you could see once every 10 months or so, was singer / songwriter / guitarist / bandleader Robyn Hitchcock with whatever group of musicians he was fronting at that time.
To this day, I’m always happy to hear whatever it is that Robyn is up to. Some of his output is more to my taste than others, but he’s always a fine songwriter

''A founding member of the legendary band After Dinner, Haco is one of the most versatile vocalists in the Japanese indies scene. Her newest project, Hoahio, finds her collaborating with two of the most exciting young musicians in Tokyo: koto virtuoso ...

"Sudoku 82, a spare, beautiful, spacious piece for eight pianos, was composed utilizing systems derived from sudoku puzzles and the GarageBand computer program. It is here performed (all eight parts) by noted Los Angeles pianist Bryan Pezzone. The music..

Lester St.Louis cello /Bram De Looze piano / Dre Hocevar drums / Chris Pitsiokos saxophone / Philip White electronics, signal processing.

"After the success of "Coding of Evidentiality", Dre Hocevar is back—not with his trio, but with a quintet, considering the inner transformations to a quartet and again to a trio, expanding the original quest of "Collective Effervescence". Cellist Lester St. Louis and pianist Bram De Looze are one more time associated with the percussionist and composer...

Sam Pluta live electronics, signal processing Aaron Larson Tevis trumpet Bryan Qu saxophone
Mette Rasmussen saxophone
Jeremy Corren piano
Zack Clarke synthesizer
Lester St. Louis cello
Henry Fraser bass
Dre Hocevar drums, interaction

"Voice of a new generation — what is anticipated by the listeners today? When one begins a personal voyage incited by the title “Transcendental Within the Sphere of Indivisible Remainder,” the first impressions may deceive. Composer

“Three long and recent compositions: Under the Void, scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, bass, piano and percussion, here virtually realised; Then, for virtual strings, brass, woodwinds, accordion and piano -combined with real Siberian frame drums, gongs, viola, electronics, bowed cymbals, lap steel guitar and Yamaha DX21 keyboard assembled by ear in the studio, not from a score, and Ortemchei, scored and assembled from parts of a live performance by...

In 1976, keyboardist Hoenig (ex Agitation Free, Tangerine Dream) and guitarist/keyboardist Göttsching (ex Ash Ra Tempel) were slated to tour France. They recorded their final rehearsal together before leaving, which was probably a good thing as the tour was cancelled!
20 years later, this wonderful 48' session was released for the first time. Classic Berlin-style floaty electronics & guitar and one of the great ones from Manuel, imo.
This has been unavailable for at least 15 years! Hugely...