Prog? Punk? Who knows and who cares. Let's let the blowhards on the online boards fight that one out. The Mars Volta's second full album is an exciting, very unique and *very* well played mixture of punk, progressive rock, Led Zeppelin and much much more. Like their last one, it's a strange and pretty bleak concept album with expansive music and a bit more of the Led Zep sound. Impressive. And it even features a cover by Storm Thorgerson (aka Hipgnosis).

RESTOCKED! Prog? Punk? Who knows and who cares. Let's let the blowhards on the online boards fight that one out. The Mars Volta's album De-Loused In The Comatorium is an exciting, very unique and well played mixture of punk, progressive rock, Led Zepp...

“This remarkable project features three Philadelphia musicians paying tribute to one of Philly’s most enigmatic and important musical visionaries—The Legendary Hasaan. Hasaan Ibn Ali was born in 1931 and made only one commercial release in his lifetime which has of course become a cult classic.
Combining the craggly dissonances of Monk with the spidery lines of Elmo Hope, and the muscular intensity of Cecil Taylor, his music and theories were a huge influence on Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, and countless...

"16 Masada compositions performed by a dynamic piano trio featuring Brian Marsella, the astonishing and passionate pianist from Banquet of the Spirits, Zion80 and The Flail. Joined here by the classic Masada rhythm section of Trevor Dunn and Kenny Wollesen, the performances are powerful, focused and incredibly varied. Each piece presents a different musical world, referencing McCoy Tyner, Don Pullen, Erik Satie, Conlon Nancarrow, Horace Silver,Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, Bach, Bud Powell, Richard...

Really great album of somewhat glitchy ambient atmospherics; after hearing it, you will not be surprised that he was Jon Hassell’s roommate (see below!)

“Even if you've never heard of Hugh Marsh you've almost certainly heard the sound of his violin. He's a featured player on soundtracks by Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams, was nominated for a Juno award, recorded with Iggy Pop and The Stooges, and was in the backing band for Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, all a tiny fraction of his decades-long...

" The debut solo album from the voice of The Autumn Ghost & Kaukasus. 'Sentiment' is a journey into the darker side of the soul, both musically & lyrically, and is by far the most personal statement that Marsh has produced. Sonically & texturally...

"On the last day of summer, Rhys Marsh And The Autumn Ghost return with their third full-length record, ‘The Blue Hour’, in which Marsh leads them into another bold sonic-territory. The trademark combination of dynamics & melancholy remains, though...

Marshall is a composer working somewhere between ambient & post-minimal musics. Alcatraz blends music with a nice booklet of photography of the infamous abandoned prison.

Pierre-Yves Martel (setar, shuranguiz, violin), Kiya Tabassian (dessus et basse de viole, preperations), Ziya Tabassian (percussion).

"A striking and colorful CD of chamber music by Billy Martin, the dynamic percussionist from one of the world’s most popular instrumental bands, Medeski Martin and Wood. Performed and recorded originally on a wide variety of African thumb pianos, these...

3 works by a composer who added Ravel's influence to the 12 tone school. [New Albion]

"Never underestimate the power of a sideman. Having talented, capable sidemen on board can mean the difference between a lackluster album and a creatively successful album -- and as a sideman, bassist Joe Martin has done his part to make a lot of...

This is a pretty great release that came out of nowhere. "A native of Mexico, where as a young man he encountered and became friends with American marverick Conlon Nancarrow, Ernesto Martinez has been sculpting remarkably original polyrhythmic composit...

Florentine guitarist Jacopo Martini fell in love with manouche music when, during a trip to France, he was introduced to the world of the gypsy guitarists with whom he played and studied gypsy guitar phrasing. In conjunction with group of trusted and ...

An unbelievable price on the hard to find Japanese version of this great album!

"Guitarist Pat Martino's second recording as a leader (which has been reissued on CD) finds him essentially playing advanced bop. His quintet (with Joe Farrell on tenor

PROMO

Quite fantastic, late prime period John Martyn, in fine voice and with acoustic guitar and echoplex in tow, one year after his big release ‘One World’ and featuring a bunch of songs from that release, as well as other classics.

“John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on September 11, 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, died January 9, 2009 in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland) was an exceptional guitarist and accomplished singer/songwriter. He was "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music...

Fantastic quality and performance archival release by the great John Martyn, recorded by Radio Bremen on September 17, 1975, when his current album was the also great Sunday's Child. This is a solo, mostly acoustic performance, although he does switch ...

Slightly post prime, but still very good.

"The bearded musician from the north of Britain had obviously consumed a substantial quantity of rum and cola before beginning the concert... and with the help of further drinks musical energy was released, which made the evening a complete success... two impressive hours of most intense music."-The Weser Courier, Bremen's largest daily newspaper

2005 remaster, with bonus tracks, research by Mark Powell and packaging by Phil Smee! John Martyn started his career as a fairly straight-forward folkie, but he very rapidly began to incorporate jazz influences and much more along with his acoustic and...

2005 remaster, with bonus tracks, research by Mark Powell and packaging by Phil Smee! John Martyn started his career as a fairly straight-forward folkie, but he very rapidly began to incorporate jazz influences and jazz instrumentalists along with his ...

Seelie Court is a label filled with hype. You betcha. Having said this, this is a never-before released, very good vocal orented 1973 era progressive rock album. I don’t hear any Canterbury at all, but I hear the quality of this lost band. Vocals/keybords, sax/flute, guitar, bass and drums. Conditionally recommended.

“Sublime, Brilliant, Beautiful Progressive Art Rockers with a Canterbury vibe and masterful extended tracks, elements of Caravan, Soft Machine and Fuschia, recorded in a London...

''Zorn has again exquisitely arranged his popular and adventurous Masada project for string trio and chamber ensemble. The first disc of this outstanding 2CD set, 'Issachar,' features the Masada String Trio: Mark Feldman (violin), Erik Friedlander (cel...

This is a real suprise to see and the music inside actually lives up to the expectations I had for this! In the early 1980s, drummer Jean-Paul Prat released a excellent zeuhl album called "Masal”. It was little known and he basically faded away until recently.
This album features
Vincent Brizoux-saxophones
Steve Marsala-guitars
Jean Prat-drums
Jean-Paul Prat-piano
And Julien Sarazin or Jerome Trigon-bass
This is a more ‘rocking’ progressive rock work than his other recent

“30 seconds of acid and malmostous baritone sax, almost a guitar in a jungle of elephants, then a groove poised on the pulsating string, the electronics shifting volumes, weights, the bass as a stably unstable center of gravity to advance on the precipice, the drums to bring order to disorder, the voice to raise its head in this electric storm, to point its eyes towards a sun that will not arrive. by the Masche quintet is dark Invisible Cities The mood of this debut inspired by Calvino's . Disk of ...