"In 1984, Adrian met three American musicians who would have a pivotal effect on the future direction his music would take. Collaborating with former Sugarhill Gang members Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald and Keith LeBlanc resulted in some brilliantly unclassifiable beats-and-sample laden records as Tackhead, with various weird and wonderful off-shoots exploring different permutations of their blueprint. The new sound they developed caught the ear of artists from the industrial scene, resulting in work with...

Since I have a personal interest in early jazz, this was a great, great watch and listen personally.
This is in English, with subtitles in Italian, English, French, Portuguese, Japanese.

"A journey inside the Sicilian chromosome of jazz, forgotten by the official history; the incredible story of a Sicilian who became the world's first man in jazz. Sicily Jass: The World's First Man In Jazz is a film directed by Michele Cinque, about the life, the music, and times of Nick La Rocca, a son of...

"Prog is a four letter word..right? So is 'rock', 'jazz' and 'folk' , these genres combined with classical and blues, are the foundation stones of what music scribes like to call 'progressive music' or 'prog'. From rock's emergence in the 60's as a...

“This new album features a number of important and ground-breaking African-American artists – The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron and more – alongside a host of lesser-known artists all of whom in the early 1970s were exploring new Afrocentric poly-rhythmical styles of music – radical jazz, street funk and proto-rap – while at the same time exploring the Black Power and civil-rights inspired notions of self-definition, self-respect and self-empowerment in their own lives"...

“Two years have passed since Bureau B released the first Sowas Von Egal compilation. With the musical movement or genre known as NDW celebrating its 40th anniversary, what better time than now to launch an ambitious successor to the first sampler. The beating heart of this endeavor is once again invigorated by the synchronous passions of bespoke Hamburg label Bureau B and the label's Damaged Goods nights where they present rare, obscure synth and wave discs from the early 1980s.
It was clear from....

"Soul Jazz Records’ new Space, Energy and Light is a collection of music by early electronic and synthesizer pioneers (from the 1960s through the 1970s), mid-1970s proto-new age gurus and 1980s guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era electronic artists, spanning in total over a near 30-year time frame. All of these artists used electronic advancements in music technology as a means of exploring not only space and the idea of the future, but also of looking inwards to the soul and of creating music in harmony with...

This is a collection of interpretations of songs by various Italian artists of works by Stormy Six.
There is almost no information about this album on the web and what little there is is in Italian. I did a translation and it made very little sense, but *apparently*, this record came out years after it was actually initially planned for some reason and may have even been planned before the group reformed!
Anyway, if you know and love the Stormy's, then this 14-track album is well worth hearing..

"In 1988, on the eve of a two decade civil war, Somalia's authoritarian ruler Siad Barre launched punishing air strikes on the north of the country, known today as Somaliland, in response to agitations for independence. The bombing leveled the entire city. Barre targeted Radio Hargeisa to prevent any kind of central communication system that could organize a resistance. With the attack imminent, a few brave radio operators and dedicated vanguards of Somali culture knew the archives, containing over...

"What a mammoth task this was but great co-operation from some great players – I even went to Havana and got Zalba in the studio for a special session. A new compilation of contemporary baritone saxophonists from around the world with Carlo Actis Dato...

This is all 10 of the original releases on Obscure, some of them very easily available for decades, and a number of them never before reissued.
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic
Christopher Hobbs, John Adams, Gavin Bryars - Ensemble Pieces
Brian Eno - Discreet Music
David Toop, Max Eastley - New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments
Jan Steele, John Cage - Voices and Instruments
Michael Nyman - Decay Music
The Penguin Café Orchestra - Music From the Penguin C

This is a reimagining / re-presentation of a great and classic box set from the 1975. There is no overlap of music with the original 1975 version and this brings the story 45 years forward and up to date!!

“Includes new and unreleased recordings from Imagined Village (the first new music from the band in 9 years, with vocals from Eliza Carthy), Justin Adams, and Stick In The Wheel, unreleased songs from Maddy Prior and Lavinia Black-wall, and rare demos from Sandy Denny and Richard and Linda...

Back in the day (I'm dating myself nicely here) in the very, very early 80's, this very nicely packaged double album came out from the ultra hip Disques Du Crepuscule was released. It featured a wide range arty and post-classical musicians and spoken w...

“Hardy Fox grew up in Texas. After college he moved to San Francisco reveling in the free love days of 1967-68. He co-founded the much loved cult band, the Residents, where he was primary composer. The Residents recorded such groundbreaking albums as Eskimo, Duck Stab, Commercial Album or Fingerprince and continue to inspire, record and tour until this very day. They aren't only known for their avantgarde music, but also for their multimedia CD ROMs and their DVDs. Throughout the group's existence, the....

"Chicago was awash in independent record labels during the late 50's and early 60's, all hoping to challenge Chess and Vee-Jay. Profile Records landed a national hit with Junior Wells' Little By Little . The label debuted in 1958 with pop crooner...

Kind of a funny concept, but, y'know, they mostly got it right and the price is certainly right on this compilation.

"18 Mississippi delta blues, free form jazz and brooding swamp boogie songs that inspired the legendary artist including...

“Great 1960's garage groups-great compilation of all live recordings (!), featuring the Mad Hatters, The Sting Rays, the Apollos, and the Briks doing an absolute panoply of covers of famous songs by the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and others.
Not an original in sight! So if 1960’s covers of 1960’s songs is your thing, this disc is for you! Out of print CD with small drill hole.”

“By the time 1966 ended, many of the groups in Texas that started out playing British Invasion and folk-rock music, were now immersing themselves in the newly emerging psychedelic music. The five groups that comprise this album reflect the changes that occurred during this period and four of them even changed their names to sound more psychedelic. The Nomads became Smoke, Carrols Mood became The Sights And Sounds, The New Imperials became The Front Page News, and The Boys became The Remaining Few....

Nick Didkovsky commisioned over 20 artists to create music using the 44 "Nerve Events" found on Beta 14 OK. From high tech computer music using custom designed software, to low tech sampling & multitracking. Performances by Henry Kaiser, George Lowe, ...

Rune Grammofon celebrates release number 100 with this quite excellent and suitable collection of tracks from 13 of their esteemed artists, old and new. A full 12 tracks of the 13 are exclusive to this release! When the label started to compile the...

This is pretty great stuff, but much of the music here predates synthesizers in general usage. Expect to hear violins, harmoniums, vocals, hand drums, etc.

“In Sudan, the political and cultural are inseparable. In 1989, a coup brought a hardline religious government to power. Music was violently condemned. Many musicians and artists were persecuted, tortured, forced to flee into exile - and even murdered, ending one of the most beloved music eras in all of Africa and largely denying Sudan's...

“Concluding this landmark series, Upside Down Volume 10 lifts the lid on the late 60s Antipodean music scene where pop dropped a pill and went 'over under sideways down under!' Upside Down bids farewell with a handsome selection of flower-power wonders, lovingly restored to their former, formidable glory.
Remastered original recorded artefacts with a 20-page, full-colour booklet including background liners and archival photos from the period.”

Fine compilation (with a sprinkling of previously unreleased material as well) from the Vanguard catalog of 1960s and 1950s recordings. The set is divided into 3 sets: "Folk Blues", "Delta & Country Blues" and "Urban Blues". Some (not all, but a good...

AKA "The young hipsters meet the original hipsters." Here are veteran (nearly all French) musicians from the post 1968 movement, all of whom are still active alongside their relatively young 'heirs', gathered together for 13 exclusive collaborations...