"Edgar Allan Poe is an Italian one-shot band from the 70's mostly in the symphonic or romantic progressive vein. The first track with almost spoken vocals and a somewhat mysterious mood, reminds me of another Italian one-shot band, Pholas Dactylus...

"Four Pianos (1979-80): It is recognized today that these tutelary pieces for four pianos are among the most powerful in contemporary music, their impact is almost unparalleled. After the historical version recorded forty years ago, this one, featuring four of the greatest European performers, is now regaining its full power. High level recordings too. Red vinyl; includes color insert."

“On their second album, Edena Gardens manifests itself as a permanent fixture in the El Paraiso catalog. Edena Gardens could have flickered and disappeared in true El Paraiso fashion with a single session album, but the trio emerges with both a new studio album as well as a live album. It's part of the band's DNA: it contains multitudes. There's always a variation or open path, shifting with ease from heady cosmic stoner folk-vibes, to the scorched earth of 12-minute centerpiece, "Veil". "Halcyon Days"...

“Members of Papir and Causa Sui travel through new musical realms. Three musicians with their own compass: Martin Rude and Jakob Skøtt have shared a wide range of musical quests: from Causa Sui's "Bitches Brew of stoner rock" crossing the folk meditations of Sun River and arriving most recently as members of the pre-fusion electric dealings of the London Odense Ensemble.
Papir guitarist Nicklas Sørensen is not merely adding a new layer to an established duo, but his presence to the party have....

Rainer Brüninghaus (keyboards)
Houschäng Nejadépour (guitar, sitar)
Herbert Kalveram (saxes)
Bill Brown (bass)
Detlev Landmann (drums)

Very excellent, early instrumental jazz rock band, somewhat influenced by the Mothers Of Invention, Soft Machine & their own "krautrockness". Featuring guitar, keyboards (Rainer Bruninghaus!), sax, bass & drums, they released just 2 albums in their lifetime. This superb quality, previously unreleased 1972 radio broadcast features tunes from thei

"Wendy Eisenberg is an extraordinary guitarist dedicated to the completely unconstrained exploration of music, language and time. Her work has taken her from conservatory to DIY space to concert hall, from performing improvised music and punk-metal to writing the quietest of songs. On Its Shape is Your Touch, Eisenberg turns her gaze to the guitar in its most absolute, essential form. Having traversed musical genres as she has, the intricate improvisations she weaves on this record have as much to do...

Originally released in 1971 in a self released edition of only 300 by the band, this has been an unknown rarity until this reissue. A keyboards/bass/drums trio, they combined the keyboard-driven sound of bands like The Nice with an obvious German slant...

"Debut album from "young veterans" of the Norwegian heavy and progressive scenes, fronted by singer, guitarist, writer and producer Ole Petter Andreassen. This is classic, heavy, guitar-driven and melodic progressive rock, the playing and production...

Sula Bassana - guitar, fx
Komet Lulu - bass, fx
Michael Orloff – drums

Comes on turquoise vinyl.
“'Live 2012 - I' and 'II' is a 2 part series of live recordings from the same weekend in summer 2012. Back then, only recorded for reference by the band, with improvised equipment. 'Live 2012 - I' got recorded live at the Zytanien Open Air on a Friday and has a more technoid vibe to it, while 'Live 2012 - II' got recorded the night after on the Rock Den See Festival, and has a more rock..

A great document of the Prunes live in Sweden on 12/14/67 at the peak of their powers. Recorded live for Swedish Radio, who - considering the time period we are dealing with - really understood how to record loud, psychedelic bands! Excellent quality &...

I know that this is the team-up that *I* was hoping for. It’s genuinely great and Terje AND the band are in killing form!

“In 2019, Elephant9 released two double live albums, Psychedelic Backfire I and II, the latter with guest guitarist Reine Fiske, whose favorite guitarist happened to be Terje Rypdal. With both albums out of print, Catching Fire is a most welcome addition to their discography.
Recorded at a remarkable concert from 2017 in Oslo, Rypdal would turn 70 later in the year...

Very nice, pastoral Italian progressive rock with elements of The Geese and The Ghost (as it says below) but also Italian releases like Celeste! John Hackett is a featured player here! Comes in a lovely, gatefold sleeve!

"Ellesmere is the brainchild of Roberto Vitelli, bass & guitar player from Italian prog band Taproban. As opposite to the bombastic sound of the band, with Ellesmere Vitelli focuses on an acoustic and yet symphonic approach, delivering a stunning 40 minutes suite much in the...

“4 international bands (Kungens Män, Electric Moon, ElonMusk, Kanaan) contributing an exclusively recorded instrumental track of 1 LP side each, about how to watch the ISS crossing their skies from time to time... Long and psychedelic tracks pulsating through space and try to follow the way of the space station around our globe and even beyond, to contribute you the opportunity to travel through your inner cosmosis while listening, only interrupted by the needle lifting, which could be just be some stops...

"2017 album from the German prog rockers. The Vision, The Sword and the Pyre is a rock opera about Joan of Arc. Composed, directed and produced by Frank Bornemann, the work is dedicated to the life and acts of the late Middle Age French heroine Joan of Arc, canonised in 1920, and combines unique musical complexity with absolute and unbiased historical precision. Eloy aside, Frank Bornemann is an acclaimed supervisor and producer of well-known bands of different musical stripes (including Scorpions, Guano...

Cristian Burchard-drums, percussion, marimba, vibes, vocals
Sigi Schwab-guitar, veena, tarang
Dave King-bass, flute, altomarimba, vocals
Edgar Hofmann-sax, violin.

Father, Son and Holy Ghosts was the third Embryo album, originally released in 1972. On it you can hear them between their early Krautrock phase & their soon to be jazz/rock phase. Comes with a gigantic lp-sized booklet with many photos and reproductions of concert posters.
A great one.

“Father, son.

This was the very first (and one of the best and also the least ‘new-agey’) release by this duo who at this time were working in a more 'kosmiche' vein but with its own personality.

"Nice mix of sequencer based electronic music, fluttering flute, airy female voice and acoustic/electric guitar. Excellent atmospheres and even a few heavy rocked out moments towards the end that are well placed to add some much needed spice. A quite varied album, that needs a few listens to appreciate."-rateyourmusic.

“A rarefied blend of vintage synthesizers and acoustic instruments, the Valley Of The Birds album by Emerald Web was created in 1981 by two pioneers in electronic music, space music, and audio technology, Bob Stohl and Kat Epple.
Originally recorded and composed in their 4-track, reel-to-reel home studio, they created their signature thickly-layered timbres by serving as recording engineers, and simultaneously playing an array of monophonic synthesizers, flutes, other acoustic instruments, and...

This was the third 'official' release by the great, modern space/cosmic-sound group Emeralds. Like Cluster, Fripp and Eno and Richard Pinhas (among others) before them, they are the ultimate in dream-state/trance music. Highly recommended

“In the late 2000s a sprawling catalog of what is now genre-defining music was emanating from an unlikely place. Cleveland, Ohio has a broad reputation for many things, but in the aughts, psyche-expanding Kosmische wasn't necessarily Cleveland's calling card...

"Editions Mego is chuffed to release these vintage synth-guitar improvisation jams recorded straight to tape, 2007-2008. Previously released as a CD by No Fun, this is now the definitive vinyl edition of this material, and serves as archival insight...

Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Lewis Wright - vibraphone
Shaney Forbes - drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Tom Farmer - double bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Jason Rebello - piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Alex Hitchcock - tenor saxophone (1, 3, 4)

GREAT to hear these guys (with the same personnel for over 15 years!) again, and with some really tasty guests. Not completely out, not completely in, just really good, modern jazz with influences from everywhere, but a

Excellent second album, which is only available on vinyl, from this spacey, e-musik quartet from Finland, who combine the classic kosmiche sounds of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze with the rougher textures of early Cluster (circa II). An excellent...

Hmmmm...Eno, Moebius & Roedelius...that would make this.... The second of two releases by Cluster and Eno, released in 1978, this follows onward from their classic first album. "It consists of repeated patterns and sustained guitar in the ambient styl...

Rolf Lonz-vocals, guitar, flute
Michael Kurz-keyboards, vocals
Wolfgang Wünsche-bass, vocals
Reiner Neeb-drums, vocals

“Epidermis were founded in Idstein, Hesse, in 1971, but they soon moved to the regional capital, Wiesbaden. They played some complex sophisticated rock music, with frequent changes of rhythm and pace, and polyphonic vocal harmonies. They were often compared to Gentle Giant, Yes, and the Canterbury scene.
Their first LP, recorded in Fred Kersten’s studi

“This second Epitaph album follows in the same footsteps as their debut. Stop, Look and Listen is a very guitar driven progressive rock record with some elements from hard rock and blues rock as well. This one is even less krautrock oriented than it's predecessor. Their S/T first LP has some krautrock elements but this second album is just a prog rock record.
Good progressive hard rock, similar to Wishbone Ash's Argus.”-rym

“Epsilon's music improved considerably on their second offering Move On (1972). It consists of clear prog-rock elements like inspired organ passages, classical music parts, some more complicated soloing or beautiful acoustic guitars fragments.
When the album came out, they could be seen as a German parallel to Traffic, with their soulish vocals, instrumentation of organ, guitars and flute and their slightly jazzy mood -- just listen to the tracks "Feelings" and "Move On."
At the time of Move...