This Israeli progressive rock band has gathered a bit of a reputation for a bit of a unfortunate reason: despite being well regarded and well received by those who have seen them/heard their demos, they recorded this album in 2005 (with Udi Koomran...

"The second release on AltrOck by this young American composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Judge is a chapter that points out his remarkable abilities incorporating melodies in his entangled compositions. “Fictions” exhibits a lot styles, moods and...

You haven't heard or probably even heard of Not A Good Sign yet, but you definitely know some of the players. This is the AltrOck label's own 'supergroup', featuring two members of Yugen ("Ske" and Francesco Zago) two members of La Coscienza di Zeno...

I'm happy to see this excellent Norwegian band who split the difference musically between RIO-ish, avant-garde rock and a more lyrical, relaxed, Canterbury-style sound reappear with another great release.
Pestrottedans is their sixth in a career that goes back nearly 20 years (their first release - which I remember well hearing and stocking - came out in 2000!) and their first on AltrOck, which seems like a perfect team-up for both parties.
This comes with a booklet of notes from the band where.

This is a reissue of the album Knebnagauje, which was the first-ever release of any material by this unknown and lost avant-garde progressive rock band of the late 1970s into the mid 80s. Finally, 25 years after their dissolution, there was a very limited (500 copies) edition made by the MIO label as their last release, just as the label was shutting down. Many folks had a chance to buy this, but many more were shut out and missed a chance to own this great muscial document. Until now.
The line up...

Matteo Barisone : Vocals and Keyboards
Gianluca Barisone : Guitars
Stefano Scarella : Bass & Saxophone
Simone Scala : Drums
Guests:
Damiano Baroni : violin
Francesco Bagnasco : violin
Gigi Magnozzi : viola
Giacomo Biagi : cello
Giovanni Aquillino : flute
Jacopo Bagutti : bassoon

This is the 1st release by this band that fall somewhere between the progressive rock and Canterbury sounds; some of this reminds me a little bit of a more ‘revved up’

Third and best release yet from this fine RIO-styled chamber-rock ensemble from Belarus who have really hit their stride here. They are a 7 piece of Vitaly Appow-bassoon, Maxim Velvetov-guitars, Cyrill Christya-violin, Olga Podgaiskaja-keyboards, vocals..

This relatively young band from Normandy, France, makes their debut on disc here, with a CD that has six tracks; three from new recordings by the current line-up of the group (drums/lead vocals, bass/vocals, guitar/vocals, alto & baritone sax/alto...

“On May the 30th 2011, SKE – 1000 Autunni was released, under the AltrOck/Fading Records label. It was the solo debut album of Paolo Botta, better known at the time as the keyboard player of one of the most acclaimed R.I.O/Avant Rock new bands: Yugen.
The album was praised by critic and public alike, for its miraculous equilibrium between symph prog and avant prog, and went out of print in a few months.
The band's numerous lineup included a good part of Yugen plus members from french band...

Second excellent release by this great French sextet whose first album was released on Tzadik (and was definitely one of the most 'avant-progressive' things on that label!). This is their second and everything great about the 1st remains here....

Subtilior is led by the leader of Areknames, who are one of the very best contemporary Italian progressive rock groups. With Subtilior, he is still working in progressive rock, but he's shifted his focus here strongly towards avant progressive....

This is an expanded (one bonus song), remastered, deluxe-sleeve, re-edition of Syndone's 2010 third album, and their come-back, as their first two albums were both issued in the early 1990s!

The group as featured here is
Nik Comoglio : piano

Ut Gret, the project led by bassist/guitarist Joee Conroy, have been around for a very long time in Louisville, KY and has released a number of more avant/improvisational discs, but for this one, their fourth, Joee has reached back to what I assume are...

Dave Willey is a multi-instrumentalist who is the co-leader and co-composer of the material of the great Hamster Theatre ensemble. He has also been a member of Thinking Plague for about 15 years now.
Immeasurable currents is a moody, somewhat low...

On their fifth release, the Italian masters of 'rehearsal intensive' music surprise even their most ardent fans by taking their elaborate compositional works even further!
"Francesco Zago's avant baby puts together another amazing collection of experimental/exploratory songs-- their first studio album since 2010's wonderful masterpiece, Iridule. Percussionists and a percussion-mindset seem to rule the day with YUGEN work, and Death by Water is no exception. The ubiquitous JACOPO COSTA (NOT A GOOD....

The first album by this Italian/international avant-progressive supergroup, which has been eagerly anticipated. Their stated influences should tell you all you need to know: Satie, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, Reich, Zappa, Henry Cow, Gentle Giant...