Rafael Toral acoustic and electronic feedback, amplifier, direction | Hugo Antunes double bass | Nuno Morão drums and percussion | Nuno Torres alto saxophone, electronic instrument

"Electronic music with a human touch – that’s what Rafael Toral proposed himself to do when he started with the Space Program. Or electro-acoustic music, to be more exact, because his adapted amplifiers and other feedback and sinusoidal devices are combined with conventional instruments, played by fellow Portuguese...

George Jinda - drums
Yochk’o Seffer - wind instruments
Jean-Luis Bucchi - electric piano
Janik Top – electric bass
Shiroc - percussion
+ strings

“Understated French fusion LP that hits all the requisite pleasure centers, once you are already deeply acquainted with the scene.
Side one is an invigorating mix of early Magma and Zao with Janik Top on bass, and in gloriously compressed (i.e. "French") sound. Side Two is more esoteric and atmospheric for most of its length,

"First-ever vinyl release of these legendary prog recordings. Recorded in January 1972, this rare recording features a unique event where seven gifted progressive musicians came together to record a session of unique experimental music. Keyboard player J. Peter Robinson (a member of Quatermass, later of Brand X), John Gustafson (had also been in Quatermass and would go on to play with Steve Hackett, Ian Gillan and Roxy Music), Martyn Ford had been an arranger for Barclay James Harvest before working with...

“Fantasy writer/art rock visionary Michael Moorcock and Don Falcone's space rock collective Spirits Burning return for an all-new collaboration on this epic new album!
Moorcock has been named one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 and his unique talents have been applied to not just literary works but to the rock world contributing to bands such as Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult and his own projects as well!
Performers include Albert Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult), Alan Davey (Hawkwind)...

Good price on this lovely, gatefold, replica of the mid 70s Phil Manzanera-produced album.

“Limited 180gm white colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold sleeve. Newly remastered from the original master tapes. Mental Notes (or Second Thoughts as it was named in Australia / New Zealand) is the 1976 studio album by Split Enz. Hailing from New Zealand, the group would go on to achieve international success with their unique new wave sound. On Mental Notes, the group were joined in the studio by Roxy...

"Featuring John Edwards, Mark Sanders and Evan Parker. The interventions of Spring Heel Jack -- sly repetitions, uncanny intrusions of feedback and melody, expansive organ chorales -- subtly transform the proceedings, focusing with microscopic precision on the dramatic power and lyrical poise of their collaborators and throwing the sonic complexities of the ensemble into vivid contrast."

"Their music is so unique, humble like typical old-fashioned Japanese women, but also strong like typical recently Japanese women... "-Makoto Kawabata

Hagi : guitar, vocal
Natsue : guitar, vocal
Akemi : drums

"Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) presents squimaoto. squimaoto is a female trio from Kobe, Japan formed in 2003. They have been preparing their comeback for 2017 with the help of Kawabata, who has been remixing and adapting their self-titled album (2007). Just on...

Moe! Staiano is the former percussionist with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, who also had a solo career before joining them and continues to have one! This is something a bit different, as Moe said to me; "It's an album of two of my music concrete pieces...

Kristoffer Berre Alberts alto and tenor saxophones / Jamie Saft hammond organ, whitehall organ, moog, lapsteel guitar / Ingebrigt H�ker Flaten Ibanez 8-string Fretless Bass, Fender Precision Bass, Univox Hi-Flyer Bass / Gard Nilssen drums, percussion, electronics.
"It�s not the first time we find Scandinavian and American musicians playing together � some of the bands founded by Ken Vandermark have this characteristic �, but Starlite Motel comes with a different focus than the ones trying to...

Steamboat Switzerland are a great, Hammond organ, electric bass & drums trio who inventively switch back & forth between heavy organ-driven progressive rock ala Egg & Collegium Musicum & equally great improvisations/noise interludes that use the many...

“The fifth and final volume in the classic Switched On series which compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group Stereolab. This volume is unique in that it does not hone in one particular period but gathers together unavailable tracks across the band’s career, from early EP Low-Fi, to the brain-scrambling mid-90’s Nurse With Wound remixes to unreleased installation tracks for sculptor Charles Long, culminating in a live version of fan favourite “Cybele’s Reverie” captured at the...

Chuck Stern - vocals
Toby Driver - guitar
Keith Abrams - drums
Tim Byrnes - synth

A vinyl-only release by this band fronted by 25% ex Time Of Orchids and rounded out by 75% ex or current Kayo Dot!

"The quartet twists meticulously, almost seductively, through pop-rock songs refracted at disorienting angles. Stern himself is a provocative lyricist and an oddly endearing singer... His voice, like Scott Walker's, can quickly curve from a croon to a caterwaul... Like th

Luke Stewart - bass
Jarvis Earnshaw - sitar, loops
Ryan Sawyer - drums
Devan Waldman - alto sax

Nicely flowing, mostly acoustic (+ loops!) session from these youngsters; the sitar is a nice and unexpected touch.

“Bassist Luke Stewart was called “one of the 25 most influential jazz artists of his generation” by Downbeat Magazine.
Few artists have been more central to my listening over the last few years than Luke Stewart. His work is in constant motion as he maps o

“With King Crimson alumni Tony Levin on the Chapman Stick and drummer Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter brings is various Touch Guitars and soundscapes to a tour of Japan back in 2022 to mix original compositions with a salute to Robert Fripp in both sound and tune selection.
Vintage Crimson material from the golden days are delivered with 21st Century Schizoid fashion, as “Red” has Mastelotto delivering an avalanche of percussion around the fiery metallic strings, while “Lark’s Tongues In Aspic”

Nicolas Stocker: drums, tuned percussion unturned percussion
No loops, no click track, no overdubs were used on this recording.
Music written and arranged by Nicolas Stocker.

"The drum set is the core of every band but also an orchestra in itself. It is a band within the band: with various sounds and resonances, often hidden and unheard behind its rhythms, patterns and structures. Nicolas Stocker is on a mission to open our ears for these sounds, shapes and spaces. As band member of...

Alden Doyle-violin
Leila Henley-saxophones, vocals
Sam Arnold-bass, acoustic guitar, banjitar
Charlie Duncan-drums, percussion
Henna Chou-cello, keyboards
Mohadev-guitars, synths, piano

Clever, well-performed and FUN second release by this linchpin of the Austin, Texas new-music scene!
Elements of folky RIO-inspired bands like Hamster Theatre, L'Ensemble Raye, Lars Hollmer and others of that ilk, Frank Zappa, and much more.
Recommended to fans of instrumental...

I actually had a test pressing of this title, from way back in the Wayside days when we were selling a LOT of releases on Atem! Nice to see it out as it was meant to be out!

“The saga of composer Tim Story's 1982 debut is a case study in the shifting sands of the early progressive music industry. Recorded on a Tascam 4-track reel-to-reel in his basement bedroom in Whitehouse, Ohio using a ragtag array of equipment - salvaged vibraphone, pawn shop Les Paul, his mother's spinet piano, a PAiA synth...

We did a deep dig into the lost warehouse to come up with these; they are new and unplayed, but they’ve been sitting for over 30 years and there may be small corner dings, seam splits from travel, etc etc.
These are the original issues on Points East, which was ReR’s pre-CD vinyl label ‘dedicated solely to new music from Central Europe’.

"The musicians do not bear any responsibility for publishing these tapes"

“Strannye Igry (Russian: Странные игры, Strange Games) was a Soviet...

“Pauline Anna Strom (October 1, 1946 – December 13, 2020) was an American electronic music composer and synthesist. Strom made seven recordings between 1982 and 1988 including three LPs and four cassette tapes.
Though Strom’s work developed during the dawn of San Francisco’s influential new age and ambient scenes, her music remains non-programmatic, an adventurous tangent diverting from the era’s ideological tropes.
Spectre is the third album by the late West Coast composer, healer, and medium..

“Pauline Anna Strom (October 1, 1946 – December 13, 2020) was an American electronic music composer and synthesist. Strom made seven recordings between 1982 and 1988 including three LPs and four cassette tapes. Though Strom’s work developed during the dawn of San Francisco’s influential new age and ambient scenes, her music remains non-programmatic, an adventurous tangent diverting from the era’s ideological tropes.
Trans-Millenia Consort is the near mythical debut album by the late West Coast...

“Out of the savage suburbs of Oslo comes the brainchild of Trond Gjellum – drummer & main man from the legendary Norwegian prog rock band Panzerpappa. Suburban Savages are back with their third album, Demagogue Days, and continue to distinguish themselves as a playful ensemble with a willingness to expand the boundaries of pop and rock. The result is unique: The catchy simplicity of pop music mixed with the mind-blowing complexity of progressive rock. With a direct and to-the-point delivery of power...

"On Suicide's First Rehearsal Tapes, recorded in 1975, Alan Vega and Martin Rev create minimalist aural structures, traces of which would surface on their eponymous debut album, released on the Red Star label in late 1977. These songs are not a sketchpad of semi-formed ideas. The First Rehearsal Tapes comprise an audio diary of two men out in the ether, measuring themselves as evolving individual artists and as a unit who would rely on inseparability to realize their unique and often confrontational...

"Sula Bassana's first soundtrack album features 60 minutes of totally spaced out and minimalistic music for the sci-fi feature-film 'The Ape Regards His Tail', directed by Michael Yates. The music was made with synthesizers, string ensembles, mellotron, organ, e-guitar and e-piano. It shows the mellow and relaxed, but also deep, dark and melancholic side of Sula Bassana. Wide and floating soundscapes combined with deep melodies and spaced out sounds. Close your eyes and watch a movie inside your head...

"2014 release, the seventh full length from Experimental/Psychedelic musician Cameron Stallones AKA Sun Araw. Belomancie is a series of corridors that lead to specific chambers. It's designed to be an active listening experience, yet is not designed...

Solar guided improvisations of unbridled cacophony! Recorded in 73 and rejected by tin-eared major label execs in 75, Crystal Spears (or Crystal Clear as it appears on the tape box) subsumes a cathartic brawl between Minimoog and Yamaha combo organ, with percussionists providing tonal textures, and plaintive oboe colliding with roaring electronic keyboards over waves of rollicking marimba, devilishly chattering below the fray. Crystal Spears is Ras once lost aural cinematheque! Includes a quad-ra-color...