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New #review today: "#TomGriesgraber is a Stickist with a long track record of work with the California Guitar Trio and other Fripp-adjacent groups. On The Split, however, he’s operating mostly in a different mode. This music was composed as the #soundtrack to a documentary film called Prairie Prophecy." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/tom-griesgraber-the-split-2.html

New #review today: "In the 90s there was a superb dream-pop/shoegaze act called #Soulwhirlingsomewhere. In the years following that, #Michael Plaster worked with various other groups, and around 2016 began releasing material under the moniker #yttriphie, this time a softer, more ambient approach with no vocals." #ExposeOnline #ElectronicMusic #AmbientMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/yttriphie-solipsis-3.html

New #review today: "#LeviFuller is a Seattle guitarist who uses the name #PassengerPigeon for his experimental solo work. Another New Low presents about an hour of improvised sounds centered around the guitar, which is played in both conventional and unconventional ways and modified by various electronic means." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic #RightBrainRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/passenger-pigeon-another-new-low-2.html

New #review today: "#MordecaiSmyth's Gather the Scattered Mind offers a unique auditory experience that transports listeners through a nostalgic yet fresh musical landscape. The album is a testament to the band's versatility and creativity, with each track offering a distinct mood and style." #ExposeOnline #MegaDodoRecords #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mordecai-smyth-gather-the-scattered-mind-6.html

New #review today: "#Pymlico’s studio releases have consisted of instrumental music that touches on both #jazz and #ProgressiveRock, often with a funky edge but always melodic. With No More, No Less we get a taste of what the band can do live." #ExposeOnline #JazzRock #ApollonRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/pymlico-no-more-no-less-2.html

New #review today: "#Juzz had a full eight years from the release of their first album and the second, so they got a fortunate break that most artists wouldn’t, and judging by the material at hand, they have used that added time very well, as their second album shows none of the classic tendency known as the sophomore slump — it is in fact a much stronger effort than their debut." #ExposeOnline #JazzRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/juzz-juzz-ii-3.html

New #review today: "#EdgarFroese, #ChristopherFranke, and #PeterBaumann may not be associated with #TangerineDream any longer, but the current incarnation of the ground convened at The Barbican in London on 7 October 2024 to pay homage to the classic album." #ExposeOnline #ElectronicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/tangerine-dream-50-years-of-phaedra-at-the-barbican-2.html

New #review today: "Let me just say in beginning that #FloatingNest's music and presentation are just as wild, raw, and epic as the cover art on the album, unpredictable and structurally unconventional, their sound seems to bridge the gaps between metal, #ProgressiveRock, and #ExperimentalMusic." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveMetal http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/floating-nest-blow-off-steam-3.html

New #review today: "#Yowie’s follow-up to Synchromysticism is the equally baffling and impressive Taking Umbrage." #ExposeOnline #MathRock #SkinGraftRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/yowie-taking-umbrage-2.html

New #review today: "Different Voices is a remastered collection that contains all of the tracks recorded as #WaxTheatricks, plus the songs from #Earwacks’ second single in 1980. Their sound was a mix of #NewWave pop informed by jazzy and progressive elements, mixing clever hooks, interesting lyrics, with great solos on saxes and guitar and more." #ExposeOnline #ArtRock #ArtPop #DavidUdell http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/wax-theatricks-different-voices-3.html

New #review today: "#7dMedia has made #AndreLaFosse’s entire back catalog available via Bandcamp. Entry Level is a calling card of sorts, presenting 14 tracks from 13 different albums, including both the debut and the latest. This sampler presents a stunning array of different sounds—as the years have advanced, LaFosse has kept up with the latest in technology for both his looping and his effects, sometimes accompanied by a drum machine." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/andre-lafosse-entry-level-then-again-2.html

New #review today: "The music across #ChoZenFew's thirteen tracks varies from gentle and melodic to flat out wild and chaotic, probably a little bit more of the latter than the former, straddling the line somewhere between rock and jazz with carefree abandon." #ExposeOnline #JazzRock #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/cho-zen-few-future-proof-3.html

New #review today: "Norwegian Mellotron junkies #35Tapes are up to their fourth album celebrating the venerable proto-sampler keyboard. Veil on Life presents six tracks of moody melodic music that leans towards #ProgressiveRock without really tipping over into the genre, but the classiness of the writing and arrangements should please listeners looking for a prog fix." #ExposeOnline #ArtRock http://expose.org/.../display/35-tapes-veil-on-life-2.html

New #review today: "Following half a dozen self-released albums beginning in 2010, #HollanHolmes joined the #SpottedPeccaryRecords family in 2020, and has released four full-length releases, the latest of which is The Sanctity of Rust. Using an array of hardware synthesizers and software tools, the twelve tracks herein represent some of his finest compositions to date." #ExposeOnline #ElectronicMusic #AmbientMusic #BerlinSchool http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/hollan-holmes-the-sanctity-of-rust-3.html

New #review today: "Purple Spirits is a collection of instrumental tributes to artists that have historical connections to #AncientFuture, and perhaps some that might not be readily obvious, but many current and former members are on hand for this one." #ExposeOnline #ZakirHussain #JimiHendrix #WorldFusion #WorldMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/ancient-future-purple-spirits-3.html

New #review today: "#SchrödingersKatze is the Swiss duo of #SimonAlthaus and #ManuelPasquinelli. Drummer Pasquinelli we know from many of his previous endeavors, a long time member of #Sonar and other groupings in the #StephanThelen orbit as well as his own band #AkkuQuintet, and some may be aware of the bands Steeo and Karsumpu before that." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/schrodingers-katze-the-cat-is-alive-3.html

New #review today: "Bright Spirit is not just a modern interpretation of the musical ideas underlying the Planet #Gong era, but a translation of those ideas into modern terms, providing fodder both for nostalgia and hopeful innovation." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock #KscopeRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/gong-bright-spirit-2.html

New #review today: "The masters of German #PsychedelicFunk and #JazzRock #fusion are back with a new studio album of original material, the follow up to studio album Zoup a couple years back, and 55 years on from the band’s formation, now in your choice of CD, LP, or download." #Kraan #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/kraan-all-in-3.html

New #review today: "#Arpia was formed in Rome in 1984. Festa Grande is a live recording of the band’s 40th anniversary concert at the Teatro Affabulazione on April 13, 2024. An uneven performance, in my opinion, but longtime Arpia fans will find joy." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #RPI #ItalianProg http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/arpia-festa-grande-6.html

New #review today: "#ToyWeather’s #SveinHovland says that Van der Graaf Generator is a big influence on him, but listening to the music on Feathers in a Strange Wind, that comparison would never come to mind. His voice is more than a little reminiscent of #TimBowness, so anyone familiar with #NoMan will likely have that in their mind, though Toy Weather’s music is not built on electronic instrumentation." #ExposeOnline #ApollonRecords #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/toy-weather-feathers-in-a-strange-wind-2.html

New #review today: "#Evolución is a Chilean band that has been around since the early 80s, though their recorded output is sparse; Secretos is a live album recorded in 2006-2007 and released in 2021. While I can’t fault the players for their technique, the music is instrumental fusion-oriented rock somewhat on the generic side." #ExposeOnline #MylodonRecords #JazzRock #ProgressiveRock #fusion http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/evolucion-secretos-2.html

New #review today: "This release from #MartinArcher and #ClaireMcAllister on #DiscusMusic is a nine-piece song cycle that is at once powerful, unusual, and explorative, a sound that is mysterious and unexpected, free of restrictions yet quite listenable and beautiful." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/martin-archer-claire-mcallister-mast-year-3.html

New #review today: "The comparison for #BrassCamel that keeps coming up for me is #CrackTheSky’s Safety in Numbers (1978), with bits of #Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and #Sweet’s Level Headed (1977). The uniting factors here are tight rhythm parts, charismatic lead vocals, and elaborate vocal harmonies in a fairly high register." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/brass-camel-brass-camel-brass-camel-2.html

New #review today: "Back in November and December of 2024, #TreyGunn and #DavidForlano got together in the high desert of New Mexico to record the first of their collaborations. Gunn is of course a well-known musician here at Exposé, with credits that run deep into the world of #ProgressiveRock and #ImprovisedMusic. Forlano not so much, but on Select Habits of Invertebrates he holds his own." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/trey-gunn-david-forlano-select-habits-of-invertebrates-2.html

New #review today: "For his third release on #ProjektRecords, Argentine composer #GustavoDenouard makes the outer reaches of the cosmos his home, with five extended tracks of texture-based shimmering dronescapes that bear enough melodic elements to keep the listener engaged for the duration, like the soundtrack to a wondrous dream that carries one far away into the beyond." #ExposeOnline #ElectonicMusic #AmbientMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/gustavo-denouard-echoes-of-the-cosmos-3.html

New #review today: "Bergen’s #PurpleSkies is another entry in the roll-call of modern bands that take inspiration from early #BlackSabbath. When treading such a well-worn path, it takes a fair amount of skill to not just sound like a rehash or cliche. To my ears, Purple Skies manages it nicely on their debut, A Million Years." #ExposeOnline #ApollonRecords #StonerRock #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/purple-skies-a-million-years-2.html

New #review today: "This is an EP of four #SoloAcousticGuitar pieces by #TomSalvatori, two originals and two adaptations. Enjoyable as they are, they only clock in at around thirteen minutes total. But it is what it is, and one certainly can’t complain about the compositions, playing, and overall production." #ExposeOnline #AcousticGuitar #SoloGuitar http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/tom-salvatori-lullaby-for-jude-3.html

New #review today: "Somewhere around October 2007, three members of #BirdsongsOfTheMesozoic launched this side project to showcase their improvisational interests. At that time, the trio began a residency at Outpost 186, a gallery in Cambridge, MA, and for each session the trio would invite a guest player to join them for completely #ImprovisedMusic. The trio took the name #bmez as a recognition of their roots." #ExposeOnline #CuneiformRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/bmez-under-circuitous-skies-3.html

New #review today: "We’ve encountered #DaveWilley on a couple dozen albums by such groups as #HamsterTheatre, #ThinkingPlague, #3Mice, and others along with guest appearances on albums by #FalterBramnk, #MikeJohnson, The Gatekeepers, and more. Whorl is credited to #BeaTheSleuth, and features Willey along with experimental guitarist #MichaelJONeill." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic #ImprovisedMusic #RightBrainRecords http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/bear-the-sleuth-whorl-2.html

New #review today: "#FabioAnile is known as a pioneer of looping and field recording experiments going back to the mid-90s, participating in the #LoopersDelight Community and other groups, and also released a couple digital albums on the Laverna label between 2011 and 2017. A collaboration with #StephanThelen appeared as a privately released CD in 2023, but Minutiae is his first ever solo release on physical medium." #ExposeOnline #AvantRock #AvantJazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/fabio-anile-minutiae-3.html

New #review today: "Over the past ten years or so, we have reviewed several releases by Indonesian keyboardist #DwikiDharmawan, and every one is a real treat for the ears. This time out, he has assembled an outstanding group of players, for the most part it’s the Athens-based #Potamos ensemble." #ExposeOnline #MoonjuneRecords #GiladAtzmon #JazzRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/dwiki-dharmawan-anagnorisis-3.html

New #review today: "#Moja is a bass and drums duo from Japan, and aside from relentless energy, they’re not much like Ruins. Masumi (drums) and Haru (bass, vocals) make noisy rock music that has more in common with #HyperGal than anything related to progressive rock." #ExposeOnline #NoiseRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/moja-im-hungry-2.html

New #review: "The fourteen tracks of Habitations are meant to represent inhabitable worlds, be they human, animal, thoughts and memories, and more. As always, #RobertLogan approaches these ideas in various ways though radically innovative musical endeavor, creating worlds where just about anything can happen, but nothing is likely to happen twice in short order." #ExposeOnline #ElectronicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/robert-logan-habitations-3.html

New #review today: "The latest #FruitsDeMerRecords introduction retrospective release is the massive 4 CD set An Introduction to #Astralasia. Just like labelmates Sendelica, Astralasia is noted for their extended musical excursions. In this case, the 40 tracks on this collection range from four to fifteen minutes in duration for a modest total of five hours of music." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock #PsychedelicMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/astralasia-an-introduction-to-astralasia-6.html

New #review today: "Can I say that Thirteen sounds like no #SoftMachine album before it, but sounds completely like Soft Machine? It has historically been the case that every Soft Machine album is a transitional one, marking the debut of #AsafSirkis on drums. It’s the second with #FredTBaker on bass, the third with #TheoTravis (I’m only counting studio albums released under the name Soft Machine), and the fourth with #JohnEtheridge." #ExposeOnline #jazz #JazzRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/soft-machine-thirteen-2.html

New #review today: "Triangolazioni is a project led by Italian guitarist and composer #LucianoMargorani (of #HomunculusRes and #La1919, among others), something that began back in early 2012 when Margorani asked drummer #ChrisCutler (of #HenryCow and countless others) to record six rhythmic tracks on his own as if they were finished pieces, following only his own inspiration." #ExposeOnline #ExperimentalMusic #DarioDAlessandro http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/luciano-margorani-dario-dalessandro-chris-cutler-triangolazioni-3.html

New #review today: "#FruitsDeMerRecords has released Synesthesia, which could be viewed as by the supergroup of #IcarusPeel (guitars), #StevePalmer (soundscapes, composition), #JayTausig (drums), and #RobGould (keyboards). The project grew out of a conversation between Peel and Palmer to create immersive, atmospheric music, which was then expanded with drums and keyboards for four ten-minute instrumental tracks." #ExposeOnline #PsychedelicRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/peel-palmer-tausig-and-gould-synesthesia-6.html

New #review today: "In addition to a similarity in names, the bands #WeLostTheSea and #WeStoodLikeKings have a stylistic relationship in that both of them can be broadly labeled #PostRock. The former is from Australia and the latter from Belgium, and I think it’s interesting to compare their latest albums." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/we-lost-the-sea-a-single-flower-we-stood-like-kings-pinocchio-2.html

New #review today: "#Taupe is a trio based in Glasgow that is exploring the area between #jazz and #AvantGarde electronics, tossing in #MathRock as a bonus. The result on Waxing / Waning is a joyful mess of wild saxophone, freaky guitar, and drums that are spastic and stuttery one moment and rocking heavily the next." #ExposeOnline #AvantJazz #ExperimentalMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/taupe-waxing-waning-2.html

New #review today: "#BrinsleySchwarz, the band, named after the founder, was a 70s English pub rock band known for members Schwarz and #NickLowe. They flourished for a few years, and disbanded in 1975. Brinsley Schwarz, the multi-instrumentalist musician, has a long career performing with Ducks Deluxe and The Rumour." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/brinsley-schwarz-shouting-at-the-moon-6.html

New #review today: "#OrchestraOfTheUpperAtmosphere is a long-running (since 2012) improvisational group from Sheffield featuring a roster of members who record and perform in numerous other projects on the #DiscusMusic label." #ExposeOnline #ImprovisedMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/orchestra-of-the-upper-atmosphere-theta-7-3.html

New #review today: "On his previous album, The Changing Tide, #LeonAlvarado paid homage to #PinkFloyd and on The Wicked Forest, he turns his attention to #Yes. And just as The Changing Tide featured guests with connections to Pink Floyd, this album brings in Yes alumni #BillySherwood and #JonDavison." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/leon-alvarado-the-wicked-forest-2.html

New #review today: "Regardless of the instrument #ErikWøllo leads with—piano, keyboard sequences, effected guitar, or other mysterious sounds — one can hear how the stillness and solitude of winter has informed his emotional approach to compositions and arrangements, never to dazzle the listener with chops or a wow factor, but to convey a feeling or spark an idea that blossoms across the duration of the piece." #ExposeOnline #ProjektRecords #ElectronicMusic #AmbientMusic http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/erik-wollo-snow-tides-3.html

New #review today: "The Italian #ProgressiveRock band #SigmundFreud, formed in the summer of 1972, was inspired by the harmonious melodies and enchanted songs by their contemporaries. They recorded for two labels but were never able to get it all together to record an album. Fifty years later, through the encouragement of #BlackWidowRecords, they were able to realize their dream after re-mastering and re-recording the music with a few tweaks here and there." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/sigmund-freud-risveglio-6.html

New #review today: "My last encounter with #JohnGreaves, aside from the recent #HenryNow album, was Life Size back in 2018. Chanson d'Automne carries on from there with fifteen tracks that approach songwriting more in the tradition of chamber music than pop, rock, or folk." #ExposeOnline #ArtMusic #HenryCow http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/john-greaves-chanson-dautomne-2.html

New #review today: "I wasn’t sure what to expect from this trio led by #JérémieTernoy, one of the founding members of #TOC, a group that mostly dwells in the realms of improvisation. Surprisingly, most of the six tracks herein seem fully composed, with a loose enough feel to make them appropriate for the #jazz idiom." #ExposeOnline #AvantJazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/jeremie-ternoy-trio-survol-a-basse-altitude-3.html

New #review today: "In the nearly three years in between Solar Barbecue and Black and Gold, the members of #Sterbus have been contributing to others’ albums and working on a set of tunes that expand their sound dramatically. #DominiqueDAvanzo and #EmanueleSterbini turn away from the frantic #Cardiacs-inspired sound of some of their previous releases to a more balanced sound, and the result is a superb album of progressive #ChamberRock." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/sterbus-black-and-gold-2.html

New review today: "Exit was an Italian rock band that formed in Trieste in the early 70s. In 1973 they recorded their one and only album, Dove va la tua strada?, but it was not released. After 52 years #BlackWidowRecords has decided to release this archival material." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #ItalianProg http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/exit-dove-va-la-tua-strada-6.html

New #review today: "#GaryHusband's work with #AllanHoldsworth and #JohnMcLaughlin alone gives him a high profile, and there are so many more artists he’s worked with. But he’s also been working as a leader of his own projects, and Postcards from the Past serves as an entry point to that work. But it doesn’t just feature tracks from his releases — it contains a wealth of material that’s never been available before." #ExposeOnline #jazz #JazzRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/gary-husband-postcards-from-the-past-2.html

New #review today: "#Maledictis is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based #ChamberRock project led by composer, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist #JohnMarszalkowski involving eight other musicians from near and far, six additional guest players, and seven more singers as part of a choir." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/maledictis-echoes-of-conscience-3.html