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keyboards, Dave Fowler: drums, Ray Hardy: tenor and soprano Saxophone, Oli Mayne: bass/synth, Jerry Wigens: guitar. Chris Cutler really liked it and had this to say, "If you gravitate, musically, to the more interesting end of the '60s and '70s, here is a five-piece group that might have been doing just what they are doing now then. As far from revivals, copies and prog horrors as you can imagine, Astrakan conjures the experimental end of Miller, Coxhill, Henry Cow, Hatfield et al, without pressure or imitation (they just think in a similar way) lightly drifting between careful close composition and loose extrapolation with rhythmic, harmonic and melodic ideas always to the fore. This is for the most part thoughtful music, not short on ideas, that nudges at the jazz end of the spectrum. Plenty of dynamics and a programme of honest pleasure without pretension."
They list their influences on their mypace page as: Influences from punk to free jazz to avant-garde classical music, ambient electronica, group improvisation, tango, psychedelia, prog rock etc etc etc.
Sounds Like Gong, Soft Machine, Acoustic Ladyland/Polar Bear, Miles, Jaga Jazzist, Peter Thomas Orchestra, Cinematic Orchestra, Mwandishi (Herbie Hancock early 70s band), Frank Zappa, Ozric Tentacles, Return to Forever, Joe Henderson, Girls Aloud.
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Astrakan---Astrakan__ASTRAKAN01.aspx

BBI-BBI $18.00
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BBI is Philippe Bussonet on bass (Magma's magnificent bassist since 1995, as well as one of the powers behind One Shot), Jean-Claude Buire on drums (drummer for Offering in the late 1980s) and Laurent Imperato on guitar (a founding member of Xaal, although he had left by the time they started recording. This was Philippe's side-band before co-forming One Shot and this studio work was recorded in 1996, but never released until now. They are a power trio that mixes the most 'rock' aspects of One Shot with elements of heavier bands such as Morglbl, Dysrhythmia and King Crimson, in an intense and powerful way, with Bussonet adding his massive bass sound. 3 of the 6 tracks were written Bussonet and they werre later re-recorded on the first One Shot CD three years later! Hot fusion. [Soleil Zeuhl]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/BBI---BBI__SOLEILZEUHL-spc-15.aspx

Pierre de Bethmann-Cubique $25.00
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I know that the price is prohibitive on this title, but you are just going to have to trust me on this one. This is a really excellent, French, 'electric jazz' record that veers strongly towards progressive rock. Pierre plays Fender Rhodes and he is joined by Jeanne Added (wordless vocals) (think of a jazzier 'Northettes'), two saxes, guitar, double bass and drums. Good tunes, fine playing and reminiscent of aspects of Hatfield and/or National Health at their very jazziest - but jazzier. Really nice. Recommended. [Plus Loin]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/de-Bethmann--Pierre---Cubique__15-PL-spc-4521.aspx

Caravan-In The Land Of Grey & Pink (expanded/remastered) $9.00 (special)
Fantastic remaster with bonus tracks. They boast improved sound, excellent liner notes, rare photos and tons of rare bonus tracks that have never before been heard! You just can't do better than these! If you don't know Caravan, this is THE album to start with.
THE BONUS MATERIAL - DETAILED REVIEW [by Aymeric Leroy]
* I Don't Know Its Name (alias The Word) (6:12)One of this set of reissues' most enjoyable revelations - a totally unknown Caravan song written and sung by Richard Sinclair. Being quite similar in structure to Winter Wine, and not a major departure from Caravan's style at the time, it's understandable why it was left off the album, although on the other hand it's a minor tragedy that it has remained unheard until now. Classic Caravan, and along with A Day In The Life Of Maurice Haylett, oneof the two major album outtakes from the original line-up.* Aristocracy (3:42)This is one of Pye Hastings' shorter songs on the subsequent album Waterloo Lily, heard here performed a year earlier with Dave Sinclair still in the line-up. The arrangement is quite similar apart from the obvious difference in keyboard instrumentation, but the overall performance, vocal and instrumental, is less assured than on the WL version, as exemplified by thefinal collapse.* It's Likely To Have A Name Next Week (instrumental demo of Winter Wine)(7:48) While not as fantastic as the released version (especially in the organ department - Dave's solo on it seemed to capture the very best of hundreds of improvisations, which is not the feeling you get here), this is interesting since it featured Richard humming the tune rather than singing the lyrics, which were penned sometime later. The opening section is totally different to its final incarnation, but other than that the structure of Winter Wine is already in place, only waiting for the extra touch of Caravan perfection to become the classic it remains to this day.* Group Girl (first version of Golf Girl with slightly different lyrics) (5:04)Very similar to the final version, with the exception of the windinstruments (John Beecham's trombone on the intro - who remains uncredited for his performance except for the Canterbury Tales compilation which restored his credit - and Jimmy Hastings' flute and piccolo) and some early lyrics that were later considered too personal and abandoned in favour of a more 'universal' story (of the "Pat" in the song, Richard sings that she "became a Missus", and that they "had a son... called Jason"). An interesting alternate take, in much the same way as a lot of the stuff on the Beatles"'Anthology" series.* Disassociation / 100% Proof (new mix) (8:35)This is an attempt to illustrate the amount of instrumental contributions committed to tape during the sessions for Nine Feet Underground, the final result being assembled from countless different takes in order to create the best possible performance (an easy process nowadays with the computer technology, an unbelievable mess of master tape thirty years back!!). Even Richard Sinclair's vocals are slightly different, with a couple of minor changes in the lyrics. The most obvious addition in the final jamming section is an energetic guitar solo by Pye, which is fine but certainly not up to the level of Dave's organ solos, but still an interesting alternative to the version we know so well. [Deram]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Caravan---In-The-Land-Of-Grey-and-Pink-(expandedremastered)-(special)__15-DERAM-spc-729832special.aspx

Cloudland Canyon-Fin Eaves $15.00
"Originally an all-things-not-Panthers outlet for guitarist Kip Ulhorn swapping musical ideas with Simon Wojan (now in King Khan and his Shrines), Cloudland Canyon spent several years interpreting the more structurally-challenged examples of Krautrock, '70s psych of the drone-discovering variety, spots of unnerving (in a good way) improv here and there, and the wonderful '90s bands that started out as head-scratchers and ended up as innovators (first-wave Siltbreeze and Kranky highlights). Fin Eaves, the band's third full-length overall, is the inaugural album from Cloudland Canyon Phase II. Joined once again by significant-other Kelly Ulhorn and a rotating cast of contributors, Kip has crafted a unique take on really, really goddamned loud and noisy. Most important--hinted at on 2008's Lie in Light--are big, unavoidable pop hooks clawing their way out of a pulsating, throbbing thickness of guitar, bass, who-knows-what-type-of-effects and understated but omnipresent drumming. Imagine a Flying Saucer Attack foundation supporting noise on par with the first two Iran albums, or maybe even Jesu, with flowing vocals providing the major pop-hook components. Cloudland Canyon's new creative level is not indebted to, but informed by the aforementioned band. Fin Eaves is an antidote for widespread devastation caused by Creative Bankruptcy and The Arrogance of Assumed Originality--two epidemics of devastating mediocrity that will cause our children to break their own ribs with convulsive laughter. This album will be slobbered over by both cobweb-crotched solitude-enthusiasts and beautiful people alike for years and years, necessitating a barrage of reissue box-sets that make that Stone Roses behemoth look like a cassingle. Here's your chance to get blown away the first time around." [Holy Mountain]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Cloudland-Canyon---Fin-Eaves__28-HOLY-spc-MOUNTAIN-spc-072811.aspx

Earth & Fire-Atlantis $9.00 (special)
Earth and Fire were an early 70's Dutch progressive band. This 1973 album was their 3rd release, and is generally agreed by all to be their best, along with their second. The band featured vocalist Jerney Kaagman, who has a clear, soaring voice similar in overall sound to Annie Haslam, although she doesn't sound like Annie. Also featured are keyboards (mostly Hammond organ, but also, piano, synths, melltron, etc.), guitars, bass and drums. Excellent female vocals and fine playing and instrumental breaks on this one. [Polydor]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Earth-and-Fire---Atlantis-(special)__15-Polydor-spc-273815.aspx

Earth & Fire-Song of the Marching Children $9.00 (special)
Earth and Fire were an early 70's Dutch progressive band. This 1971 album was their 2nd release, and is generally agreed by all to be their best. The band featured vocalist Jerney Kaagman, who has a clear, soaring voice similar in overall sound to Annie Haslam, although she doesn't sound like Annie. Also featured are keyboards (mostly Hammond organ, but also, piano, synths, melltron, etc.), guitars, bass and drums. Excellent female vocals and fine playing and instrumental breaks on this one. Start here! [Polydor]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Earth-and-Fire---Song-of-the-Marching-Children-(special)__15-POLYDOR-spc-598811.aspx

Eskaton-4 Visions (expanded/remastered) $18.00
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Emerging in the very late 1970's, Eskaton were one of the very first Zeuhl bands. This was their very first release, which came out originally on cassette only! At this time, the group consisted of three keyboardists (Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer), two female singers, guitar, bass and drums. They were a fine band and despite the fact that this was their first, this is definitely their best release. This has been remastered by Udi Koomran and also includes 4 bonus tracks. Highly recommended to any Zeuhl fan; this release is one of the best Magma-influenced recordings I know of. [Soleil Zeuhl]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Eskaton---4-Visions-(expandedremastered)__SOLEILZEUHL-spc-23.aspx

Anat Fort-And If $18.00
"Pianist Anat Fort's ECM debut, A Long Story (2007) may have featured her "dream team"—and was all the better for it—but there's something to be said for the comfort and chemistry of longtime collaborators. Bassist Gary Wang and drummer Roland Schneider may not have the cachet of Ed Schuller or Paul Motian, but having worked with the Israeli expat since 2004, they clearly get what she's about, making And If a fine follow-up to A Long Story that, in many ways, is even more indicative of Fort's intrinsic strengths and undeniable charm. Motian's spirit continues to loom large. As on A Long Story, Fort uses two readings of the same song—in this case, the aptly titled "Paul Motian"—to bookend another set of original compositions. The drum icon's textural breadth and suggestive temporal elasticity imbue both takes, though Schneider's softly rolling toms lend a more orchestral feel to the opening version—his sticks foreshadowing the stronger trio performance to come—in contrast to his brushes on "Paul Motian (2)," which help close the album on a more gently conclusive note. And If could only come from a group that has spent time together rehearsing and gigging. The neoclassical leaning of the buoyantly beautiful "Clouds Moving"—with stops and starts, shifting meters, and harmonic changes—transcends mere interpretation, placing greater demands with its more complex construction. Wang plays a purely supportive role, as Fort moves gradually towards greater extrapolation, always keeping her eye on the thematic ball and working in and around its relative confines. Some comparisons could be drawn to ECM label mate Ketil Bjørnstad, but Fort largely eschews the Norwegian pianist's rubato predilections for a more direct approach and different kind of freedom. And If may possess more structural immediacy, but the album's longest track and positional centerpiece revisits A Long Story's "Something 'Bout Camels," proving Fort's working trio capable of looser, more open-ended contexts, albeit with less jagged angularity. Beginning in near-silence with Wang's delicate arco harmonics, a Middle Eastern-inflected modal vamp insistently builds to a soft climax, and a rare bass solo that ultimately comes full circle, as Wang returns to his bowed harmonics and a gradual fade to black. "If" follows; a miniature where Fort's thematic structures are bolstered by Schneider's firmly defined yet strangely sideways pulse to pianist's implicit emphasis. The back-to-back "Lanesboro" and "Minnesota" turn from Mid-East to Midwest; a hauntingly beautiful ballad followed by a tune of greater insistence, as Wang becomes an economical, folkloric foil for Fort's profound melodism. With a set that runs the gamut from delicate balladry ("En If") to more assertive, idiosyncratic stance ("Nu"), Fort doesn't completely desert A Long Story's more intrinsic structural freedom. But with the empathic interplay of her longstanding working unit, she's able to explore more detailed writing, more direct rhythm, and a more satisfying confluence of her cultural upbringing and relatively newfound American home." - All About Jazz [ECM]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Fort--Anat---And-If__28-ECM2109.aspx

Golem-Orion Awakes $14.00
"Epic early to mid-1970's instrumental psychedelic space-rock from the Pyramid Records archive, said to be pseudonymous after-hours studio sessions featuring the biggest names on the Krautrock scene at the time; heavy drums, jamming guitars and Hammond organ: in short, and amazing improvised free-form trip of impressive magnitude, on par with the music of Krautrock heavyweights like Neu! and Gila. An adventurous atmosphere throughout, whether the result is hallucinogenic and jazzy ('Jupiter'), the heavy freak and roll of 'The Returning,' with crushing guitars and massive, repetitive almost funky rhythm, or the Jimi Hendrix-inspired 'Godhead Dance.' Booklet essay examines the controversy surrounding this and other recordings first made known to the world via Virgin Records' three disc "Unknown Deutschland" series of compilations from the 1990’s, including the fact that one "Genius P Orridge" is named as producer of the Golem album. It’s clear enough to all that Genius P Orridge is strangely similar to the name Genesis P Orridge, he of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame. The fact that the other names on the Golem album jacket lead nowhere only adds to the confusion. In any case, a deep and fascinating record, still fresh despite the years... and meant to be played loud." [Acme Records]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Golem---Orion-Awakes__18-ACLN-spc-1014.aspx

Peter Howell/John Ferdinando-Alice Through The Looking Glass (expanded) $14.00
"The first release (1969) from the home studio of future BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer Peter Howell (he wrote the second version of the Doctor Who theme tune for BBC-TV) and his musical partner John Ferdinando, makers of legendary albums under the names Ithaca, Agincourt, Friends, and Tomorrow Come Someday. This private press record was recorded as a musical backdrop for a stage version of "Alice through the Looking Glass" by local amateur dramatics group the Ditchling Players. The musical templates are inspired, Lewis Carroll's surreal poetry is as attractive as ever, and the project is colored by other English psychedelic acts of the era such as the Pink Floyd: indeed, it has been compared elsewhere to a pastoral equivalent of "Piper At The Gates of Dawn". There are numerous highlights scattered throughout the album, but pride of place must go to ‘Jabberwocky,’ an impressive mélange of treated vocals and backward tapes that is worth the price of admission alone. With its drowsy atmosphere, myriad sound effects and languid organ-based sound, "Alice" certainly invokes the spirit of the psychedelic age, albeit from the perspective of photogenic Middle England rather than hallucinogenic Middle Earth. Rarely can an album or book have ended with a more apposite line: "Life—what is it but a dream?" We are pleased as punch to be able to present the compact disc debut of "Alice"—and with extra material, too!" [Acme Records]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Howell--PeterJohn-Ferdinando---Alice-Through-The-Looking-Glass-%28expanded%29__18-ACLN-spc-1015.aspx

Human Zoo-Human Zoo $14.00
"Along with The Human Expression, The Human Zoo were from the Los Angeles suburbs of Westminster and were signed to Accent Records. Their album, released in 1970, was pressed in limited numbers and has become a rare collector's item. Just recently, a still sealed copy sold for $900 on Ebay. The Human Zoo album is a quirky blend of psychedelic, garage, and funky music. Managed by Jim Foster of The Human Expression and originally called The Circus, the band changed their name to the hipper-sounding Human Zoo in 1969. Now for the first time since 1970, here is an exact reissue of The Human Zoo album, taken from the original master tapes with all album artwork faithfully restored." {Cicadelic Records]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Human-Zoo---Human-Zoo__18-CICD-9668.aspx

Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble-Here be Dragons $18.00
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Second full-length from this Euro ensemble mixing electronica and jazz and beyond.
"The sophomore record from Germany’s Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble did not receive much press stateside on its release, but its ominously toned, slow-burning post-jazz indelibly burrowed itself into the psyche of the few brave North Americans willing to venture its uncertain shores. The title of Here Be Dragons literally means dangerous or unexplored territories, in reference to the placing of mythological creatures in blank areas of medieval maps. Certainly, the record captures that sense of taking bold chances in the name of progress and discovery, albeit in the realm of music. From its roots as the duo of electronic manipulator Jason “Bong-Ra” Köhnen and drummer Gideon Kiers, TKDE has since expanded to a seven-piece collective. Naturally, their recordings have come to reflect this, as the comparatively obvious sound of their 2005 debut has developed into a supremely textured, vividly cinematic tour de force. Here Be Dragons is an intelligent and nuanced record, full of swells and sighs, utterly epic yet incalculably subtle, existing somewhere between keen, intuitive live improvisation and the best-laid plans of mad scientists. Experimental music is rarely this consistently captivating."-rateyourmusic.com [Ad Noisem]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Kilimanjaro-Darkjazz-Ensemble---Here-be-Dragons__15-ADN-spc-120.aspx

King Crimson-The Collectable King Crimson, Volume 5: Live in Japan 1995 - 2 x CDs $17.00
"The 5th release in this Collectable series, which offers fans high quality historic recordings at a value-added price, features the expanded audio taken from the original concert used for the band's Deja VROOOM DVD. The audio from the DVD has been extensively (& poorly) pirated & issued as a bootleg CD under the 'Live in Japan' title. The best way to ensure that fans have access to the material from the best quality source is to officially release the material on CD. This edition comes with two additional band tracks, photos and liner notes not featured on the original DVD." [DGM]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/King-Crimson---The-Collectable-King-Crimson--Volume-5--Live-in-Japan-1995---2-x-CDs__17-DGM-spc-5010.aspx

Kraan-Diamonds $14.00
New 2010 album by this much loved and long-lived German band, now consisting of the trio of, Hellmut Hattler / bass, Jan Fride / drums, Peter Wolbrandt / guitar, synthesizer, vocals. After surprising everyone by coming back with an excellent live album in 2001 and playing incredible shows at ProgDay and NEARFest,they have released two solid albums in the 00s and have shown themselves to still be a vibrant force. [36 Music]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Kraan---Diamonds__36014.aspx

Chris Laurence Quartet-New View $9.00
Chris Laurence is a bassist who has appeared on many Brit-jazz classics in the past. Nice to see a new release from him. This one features Frank Ricotti-vibes, John Parricelli-electric and acoustic guitars, Martin France-drums, Chris on bass adn Norma Winstone-vocals on two tracks. The Pieces are by Laurence, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, John Parricelli, John Surman, John Taylor, and others.
"Chris Laurence plays regularly with John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and Norma Winstone. In the classical world he was principal double bass with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields until 1995, playing on many of their famous recordings ranging from the film "Amadeus" to Benjamin Britten's "Curlew River". Jazz artists he has recorded with include trombonist J.J. Johnson, Tony Coe, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Norma Winstone and Johnny Mathis." [Basho]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Laurence--Chris---New-View__21-Basho-spc-18.aspx

Charles Lloyd-Mirror $18.00
"Sometimes the trust in knowing can yield more than the excitement of uncharted territory. Charles Lloyd ratchets down the energy from Rabo De Nube (ECM, 2008), one of the most exciting, free-wheeling albums and new groups of the saxophonist's half century career. Relying on the quartet's increasingly profound chemistry—and mostly recycled material rather than Rabo's largely new set of originals—Lloyd continues his upward trajectory; his intrinsically spiritual nature a moving force behind an album somewhat reminiscent of The Water is Wide (ECM, 2000). The Water is Wide's multigenerational quintet of established greats and stars-in-the-making, however, culled low-keyed material from a longer recording session that also yielded the energetic follow-up, Hyperion with Higgins (ECM, 2001). Instead, Mirror teams Lloyd with three active, thirty-something musicians on the vanguard of 21st Century American jazz. Garnering plenty of attention for his own records, Jason Moran has proven an even more astute sideman, in particular for his recent work with Lloyd and ECM label-mate Paul Motian, whose Lost in a Dream (2010), shed new light on the pianist's mélange of Monk-ian angularity, free-wheeling improvisational extremes, and lyrical impressionism. He brings the same sensibility to Mirror, but its general emphasis on ballads, and ambling swing creates a different set of extemporaneous demands, though he does fly into more outré space on a far more powerful and open-ended version of the traditional "Lift Every Voice and Sing" than on Lift Every Voice (ECM, 2002), and "Being and Becoming," from Which Way is East (ECM, 2004), Lloyd's intimate duo album with Billy Higgins, recorded shortly before the iconic drummer's passing in 2001. Positioned near Mirror's conclusion, these tracks contrast powerfully with Lloyd's title track—originally on his 1989 ECM debut, Fish Out of Water, but delivered here with a touch more energy and plenty more commitment—and an equally direct look at "Desolation Sound," from Canto (ECM, 1994). Throughout Lloyd's previously visited originals, traditional spirituals (The Water is Wide's title track, here, going straight to church) and standards, Harland and bassist Reuben Rogers propel the music with more egalitarian interest. Two Monk tunes—the balladic "Ruby, My Dear" and rubato "Monk's Mood"—demonstrate Moran's inescapable roots, while Lloyd turns "Caroline, No," from The Beach Boys' classic Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966), into a thing of simmering beauty. Saving the best for last, Lloyd's gentle narration on Which Way is East's "Tagi"—layered over a backdrop of Rogers' arco and Moran's impressionistic pianism—is nothing short of transcendental. Ebbing and flowing with spiritual profundity, Lloyd turns to saxophone for a modal solo driven by Harland's intensifying pulse, before the quartet dissolves for a tranquil coda, bringing Mirror full circle. While not turning entirely away from the Rabo De Nube's unfettered freedom, Mirror's greatest success is its quartet's palpably growing sense of trust, allowing the freedom to explore without the compulsion to resort to the obvious or the melodramatic. Instead, the smallest gestures become amplified, as Mirror continues to bolster Lloyd's latest ensemble as one of the best—and certainly the freest—of his long career." - All About Jazz [ECM]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Lloyd--Charles---Mirror__28-ECM2176.aspx

Metronome the City-Electric Elements Exposed $11.00
"Metronome the City is a rare find: a band able to maintain a unified sound whilst jumping between disparate genres and tempos without missing a beat. The intricate stylings of this New Orleans-based group were first brought to my attention by a friend who caught one of their hometown shows last month. With rhythmic dexterity and heavily textured soundscapes that invoke Primus, Fugazi, Medeski Martin & Wood and a host of other greats, I took an interest myself after hearing the opening strains of Metronome’s self-released full-length, Electric Elements Exposed.
The album begins with “A Carefully Prepared Leg of a Dead Frog Twitches When Stimulated Electrically,” a slinky, reverb-inflected song driven by the lonely bleats of a single horn. It isn’t nearly as coldly clinical as the title might suggest – with an aural replication of nighttime nature straight from the swamp, you can hear the crickets, the crawling things, as they buzz and chatter low and syncopated in the background. Here is where the bayou shows through: those New Orleans roots are hard to hide.
Then things change abruptly, and Metronome’s sonic syncretism hits you with the following track, “Rotating Electrostatic Generator.” It’s far more cacophonic and unhinged, merging dark indie prog jams with Nintendo-core straight outta King Koopa’s castle. Sounds somewhat follow suit for “Non-Coincidental Peak Load,” where Trans Am and Brainiac collide in a frenetic kinetic breakdown before we are once again introduced to another side of Metronome on “Transmission Stabilization,” which rocks a dub groove and punchy fuzzy guitars that float by in a distorted smoky haze.
Although these sonic shifts may seem extreme, when listening to the album it all sounds quite effortless and natural. This is instrumental rock ‘n’ roll at its best – it needs to be this inventive to keep my attention – and Metronome The City does quite well. The track titles may be a bit wacky, but that matters little when the musicianship is this solid. (And, in their favor, they do have a delightful little 10” for sale which comes in pink vinyl.) For fans of quirky indie pop, prog rock, jazz excursions and psychedelic explorations, Metronome does the trick. You’ve got atmospherics and adventure, intellect and emotion here, and it’s tough to shake."-Kristen Sollee, The Big Takeover [MTC]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Metronome-The-City---Electric-Elements-Exposed__MTC-spc-01.aspx

Metronome the City-Object About to be Destroyed $12.00
Second and latest album by this eclectric progressive band from New Orleans.
"This is the second disc from the little-known New Orleans prog band, whose first disc was praised here when they left us with copies a couple of years back. Great, sort-of tight Crimsonesque math/progressive interlocking guitar lines with strong XTC-like vocals (on a few tracks) which then warps into a dub section. Like Naked City, this band keeps surprising us by with numerous changes in direction: post-surf, hard rock, inventive Dr. Nerve-like precision and even some Devo-ish humorous aspects. The final piece is a long epic that features a fine sitar introduction which builds into an impressive progressive jam. It's rare to hear acoustic sitar and electric guitar interweaving their lines but this is what makes this piece special. It eventually weaves back down to a somber raga-like section, then erupts with an intense Crimson-like conclusion. Metronome the City have again provided us with an overlooked treasure." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music [MTC]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Metronome-The-City---Object-to-be-Destroyed__MTC-spc-02.aspx

One Shot-Reforged (expanded/remixed/remastered) $18.00
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A reissue of the very first, originally self-titled release by One Shot, which was self-released by the band in a edition of 500. This is a superb release by bassist Philipppe Buissonnet (Magma), keyboardist Emmanuel Borghi (Magma), guitarist James MacGaw (Magma) & drummer Daniel Jeand'heur who does not play with Magma, but he's as great as the others and why would Magma need another drummer? Recorded in one day, with a very live sound. The sound is a very appealing combination of Zeuhl mixed with electric Miles (dig the smoky organ & great Fender Rhodes work) and great guitar work.
"This new issue has been re-mixed by James Mac Gaw & Pierre Luzy & was remastered for better dynamics. It has 1 bonus track, recorded the same day as the album & not featured on the first issue. New cover art too."  [Soleil Zeuhl]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/One-Shot---Reforged__SOLEIL-spc-ZEUHL-spc-25.aspx

Quad Sax-Quad Sax $20.00
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Written by Gilbert Artman (Lard Free, Urban Sax), Quad Sax is a miniature distillation of the ideas of Urban Sax; 4 saxophones playingspacey, hocket- riddled music with some percussives. This is the only material available of Artman's fantastic Urban Sax style music, so even though it doesn't quite reach the heights of Urban Sax, due to the much smaller lineup, it's still pretty necessary. [Spalax]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Quad-Sax---Quad-Sax__05-SPALAX-spc-14563.aspx

Quarteto Novo-Quarteto Novo $11.00
"An impressive late-'60s Brazilian jazz album, featuring early work by percussionist Airto Moreira, multi-instrumental madman, Hermeto Pascoal, and the politically-inclined MPB songwriter Geraldo Vandre, along with guitarists Theo De Barros and Heraldo Do Monte . The album opens with "O Ovo," a brisk update of the turn-of-the-century "choro" style popularized by Pixinguinha, Dunga and other Brazilian musical pioneers. The album gradually progresses into more modern, straightforward jazz material (which isn't as much fun) and even a Luiz Gonzaga forro tune. The playing throughout is very rich, well recorded, and vastly superior to many of their Braz-jazz contemporaries, even dipping into a mellow Vince Guaraldi-style vibe. This isn't just a cool footnote into the early careers of several of Brazil's most important musicians, it's also a very enjoyable, well-performed album. Recommended!" [Blue Note]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Quarteto-Novo---Quarteto-Novo__15-ODEON-spc-789630.aspx

Shub Niggurath-Introduction $18.00
Back in stock!
Shub Niggurath were a brilliant, very dark, French Zeuhl band. The original line-up (the only line-up that matters, imo) featured Alain Baullaud-bass, Franck Coulaud-drums, Franck Fromy-guitar, percussion, Jean-Luck Hervé-piano, harmonium, Ann Stewart-vocals and Veeronique Verdier-trombone. The seemingly burst out of nowhere with their stunning debut album on Musea (Musea's first release, iirc) "Les Morts Vont Vite" and then dissapeared back into whatever dark hell had inspired them in the first place. BUT: what many didn't know is that in 1984/85, in preparation for a tour, they had recorded a 41' session that was issued only as a cassette tape. A copy of the tape had come to us in the mail with no contact information and I had thought it was pretty great, and then I never heard of them again until their album was released 3-4 years later! Now over 25 years later, these recordings, which feature 5 songs - only one of which was later re-recorded for Les Morts Vont Vite - have been newly transfered and mastered by Udi Koomran for the enjoyment of Zeuhl fans/dark avant-progressive. Recommended. [Soleil Zeuhl]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Shub-Niggurath---Introduction__SOLEILZEUHL22.aspx

Gwilym Simcock-Perception $11.00
"Basho Records is delighted to announce the long-awaited debut album from UK piano star Gwilym Simcock! This stunning album demonstrates Gwilym’s remarkable strengths as composer, his extraordinary abilities on the piano and showcases the two main ensembles he has developed with some of the UK’s finest musicians. Produced by Jason Yarde (twice Mercury nominated), and featuring the great saxophonist Stan Sulzmann, leading guitarist John Parricelli, and the outstanding rhythm section of bassist Phil Donkin, drummer Martin France, percussionist Ben Bryant, Perception will be launched at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 16th November with Gwilym’s sextet playing support to jazz legend Charlie Haden on the opening night of the 2007 London Jazz Festival." [Basho Records]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Simcock--Gwilym---Perception__21-SCRD24-2.aspx

Snake Oil-Uppercut Attitude  Volume 1 & 2 : 2 x CDs 26.00
Back in stock!
This is the second album by this instrumental French fusion quartet with heavy zeuhl influences, none of which is surprising at all when you learn that the drummer and main composer is Daniel Jeand'heur, the fantastic drummer of One Shot. There's a lot of similarities to One Shot musically and the musical palette is similar (Boris Blanchet-tenor and soprano sax, Romain Nassini-Fender Rhodes piano, Greg Théueniau-growling bass and Daniel). This has one disc of studio material and one disc of live recordings, which adds Magma/One Shot guitarist James MacGaw. Pretty fantastic overall, no matter how you slice it up! Another highly recommended release! [12 Prod]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Snake-Oil---Uppercut-Attitude-Volume-1-and-2---2-x-CDs__SOLEIL12PROD04.aspx

Cédric Vuille-Faire $18.00
The third solo album by the leader, guitarist, clarinetist and main composer of L'Ensemble Raye. Cedric performs on lots of ukuleles, guitars, banjos, cuatro, bass and other oddball, terminally unhip but great stringed instruments, clarinet, ocarina, percussion and keyboards and is joined by guests on drums and percussion, voice, flute, accordion and more. Another excellent light-hearted album that is filled with complex, interlocking guitar lines, funny melodies and good spirits. [Raye]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Vuille--Cedric---Faire__Rayes-spc-007.aspx

Huw Warren/Peter Herbert/Martin France - Hermeto+ $11.00
"Hermeto+ includes arrangements of the music of Brazilian genius Hermeto Pascoal, alongside Huw Warren’s own eclectic compositions. Warren’s own music-making has been strikingly influenced by the highly idiosyncratic work of Hermeto Pascoal which fuses experimental and jazz influences with the rhythmically infectious folk idioms of Rural Brazil (eg. Baio, Forro, Chorino, Frevo) along with the better known urban variations of Samba. Pascoal is also celebrated for his sonic invention - using many sounds from nature and the use of familiar objects as unconventional instruments. Pascoal's music has an infectious sense of fun, and this mix of experimentalism, rhythmic vitality and humour is a central aspect of the project." [Basho]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Warren--HuwPeter-HerbertMartin-France---Hermeto-plus-__21-SRCD30-2.aspx

Norma Winstone-Stories Yet to Tell $18.00
"British singer Norma Winstone got a Grammy nomination for her ethereal, understated album Distances, and this is an impressive follow-up. Like last time, Winstone has mixed standard songs with unexpected imports – mediaeval music or Armenian lullabies, plus originals and covers of themes by Maria Schneider and Wayne Shorter. Armando Manzanero's lost-love ballad Just Sometimes is magical, with Klaus Gesing's bass clarinet and Glauco Venier's piano gliding around Winstone as if comforting her. Dori Caymmi's Like a Lover is a sublime reflection, and Manfred Eicher's production superbly captures Winstone's upper-range purity and the sonorities of reeds and keys on Gesing's gliding Sisyphus. The Armenian Cradle Song hypnotically rocks to a mix of wordless vocals and Winstone's lyrics, and Venier's lively arrangement of the traditional Lipe Rosize is a ghostly theme that becomes increasingly folksy and bouyant. The 13th-century troubadour song En Mort d'En Joan de Cucanh sounds eerily as if it's happening in some faraway part of a church. Converts won't be disappointed." - The Guardian [ECM]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Winstone--Norma---Stories-Yet-To-Tell__28-ECM2158.aspx

Yair Yona-Remember $12.00
"Israel isn't exactly known as a hotbed for acoustic steel-string guitar music, but guitarist/instrumentalist and all-around sonic ambassador Yair Yona seems determined to change all of that. From his headquarters in Tel Aviv, where he also runs the fabulous Anova Music label and Small Town Romance blog, Yona is composing some of the most genre-bending music for solo steel-string heard since Sandy Bull opened up all the possibilities around the idiom in the 60's. As a musician, Yona's story isn't terribly different than that of many guitarists who have experienced life-altering epiphanies upon hearing Bert Jansch for the first time. Instead of turning his back completely on rock and the cornucopia of sounds which swelled in his head, his musical trajectory placed the acoustic center stage for a wide panorama of musical styles and textures to envelop. Remember, Yona's astonishing debut solo album, is a celebration of the Takoma Records school coarsely filtered through a multi-hued prism of sound, resulting in an intelligent collection of compositions delivered in a fully-formed and strikingly singular voice.
Originally issued in 2009 on Anova, Remember received rave rumblings from the grassroots steel string blogs and fan sites, finding its way into the circle of steel-string heads. Reissued via our Resurrection Series, Remember is a fabulous and strikingly mature take on American and British guitar styles, updated with well-placed indie and post-rock flourishes and touches of Eastern European folk music. Yair Yona's playing is fabulous throughout, utilizing alternate tunings, syncopations, and an immense compositional instinct to lead a Fahey-type acoustic sound across a smartly placed landscape of electronics, banjo, bass guitar and strings. Tunes range in reference from Robbie Basho to Jack Rose and even Godspeed You! Black Emperor, comprising a truly ambitious yet highly accessible body of work. Remember is a gorgeous work by a young guitarist distinguishing himself as one of the most vital members of the solo acoustic revival movement." [Strange Attractors]
http://waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Yona--Yair---Remember__SAAH062.aspx

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Below are five new Cuneiform releases which are not going to be generally released for another 2 weeks, but which you can buy directly from us now.

Our releases are available from us to our direct mail customers several weeks before they are generally released or available from other sources. We spend a small fortune on our releases and your direct purchase from us via Wayside Music helps us tremendously and is *extremely* important to our being able to continue our work and our release schedule. Thank you for your interest and support of our work.

The Microscopic Septet-Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk $15.00
Since its founding in 1980, under the co-leadership and co-compositional duties of soprano saxophonist Phillip Johnston and pianist Joel Forrester, "the Micros" have been "New York's most famous unknown band"; since 1990, the catchy, film noir theme they created for NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” has aired  daily on stations across America, and may now be the most-broadcast jazz tune in the world.
Composer and pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-82) is one of the top creative deities in the pantheon of American Jazz Greats.  His tunes, once considered radical and appreciated only by the cognoscenti, are now beloved standards. The music of Monk was also the catalyst that sparked the creation of one of New York’s most legendary and important jazz groups, the Microscopic Septet.
In 1974, the Monk tune: "Well You Needn’t" first brought the future Micros co-leaders together by chance. Johnston was living in the Bowery at the time, and Forrester, hearing music, barged into his apartment, unannounced: "I was playing a Thelonious Monk tune, and a guy I had never seen before came walking through my door, which wasn’t locked - those were the hippie days..." The encounter sparked a friendship and working relationship, in which Monk’s music reverberated on multiple levels across the years. Another chance encounter – at chicken and ribs place West Boondock, forged Forrester’s friendship with the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. And through the Baroness, Forrester would ultimately meet and periodically play piano for Monk. Since Johnston and Forrester’s first meeting, Monk’s music has remained an inspiration and guiding light throughout their music careers. In addition to creating and playing their own music, they always played Monk’s music with the Microscopic Septet, but due to their limited number of releases and  their copious original songbook (more than 180 tunes), they only previously recorded one Monk composition. This new CD rectifies this omission. Featuring original arrangements of 12 Monk tunes, half from “back in the day” and half newly-written for this recording, the Microscopic Septet make clear their line of descent from Monk. Bottom line: there are many Thelonious Monk-themed discs, but this is the most personalized take on Thelonious Monk there is. It's obviously Monk, but at every moment it's also very obviously the Microscopic Septet! The humor and angularity of Monk’s compositions mesh easily and joyfully with the elaboration and juxtaposition  of the Micros-style arranging. This is a true celebration of Monk by a group that can arguably be called his most sensitive and sensational heirs.
Featuring gorgeous art work by New Yorker artist Barry Blitt – the man responsible for the infamous and controversial "Michelle and Barack 'fist-bump'" cover and other contentious-yet-humorous artwork- and liner notes by jazz critic and long-time Micros fan Peter Keepnews, Friday the 13th is surprising yet inevitable: a long overdue party with the master, at which The Micros Play Monk.
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/Micros_Bye-a.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Microscopic-Septet---Friday-the-13th--The-Micros-Play-Monk__Rune-spc-310.aspx

Richard Pinhas-Metal/Crystal 2 x CDs $17.00
On Metal/Crystal, French experimental guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas summons the assistance of noise artists Merzbow (Masami Akita) from Japan and Wolf Eyes from USA to weave a spellbinding aural web that spans 2 CDs.Over the years, many artists in the 'noise arena' have expressed interest in his pioneering use of synthesizers and electronics  in rock and contemporary music. Pinhas has likewise been intrigued by various areas of the ‘noise’ scene and Metal/Crystal, recorded "during these two worst years of my life" reflects these influences strongly. Metal/Crystal also intertwines some of the most radical electro-acoustic sonic innovations to emerge from three different continents: Europe, Asia and North America. Pinhas has been ceaselessly innovative in a career spanning more than 30 years, and recently has been exploring areas of the international ‘noise’ scene. His newest release shows him working with two of that scene’s highest profile artists; Merzbow and Wolf Eyes are considered to be the premier ‘noise artists’ of their respective countries. Metal/Crystal is Pinhas’ second collaboration with Merzbow, the originator of Japanese noise music. It is Pinhas’ first release with Michigan's Wolf Eyes, whom he’s worked with since 2007. In addition to Merzbow and Wolf Eyes, Metal/Crystal features several of Pinhas’ longtime collaborators: Antoine Paganotti (drums), Didier Batard (bass), Patrick Gauthier (mini-Moog) (all ex members of Heldon and/or Magma); Jerome Schmidt (electronics), whom Pinhas has recorded and toured extensively with for 2 decades; and his son Duncan Pinhas (electronics), who also helped mix the album with Laurent Peyron and Francis Gernet. The album’s artwork, by Yann Legendre and Joy Burke, features intricate, back-and-white cartoon-like drawings, with images hidden inside larger forms. The 6 lengthy tracks on Metal/Crystal features some of Pinhas’ most melodic guitar riffs in recent years, as well as his ‘noisiest’ sonic abstractions ever. Whether with his band Heldon or under his own name, Richard Pinhas has been at the forefront of the meging of electronics with rock music for over 35 years! Metal/Crystal is two full length CDs of radical music that sells at a radically reasonable price!
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/RPinhas_BiPolarity.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Pinhas--Richard---MetalCrystal-2-x-CDs__Rune-spc-308-309.aspx

Jason Robinson-The Two Faces of Janus $15.00
The Two Faces of Janus - one face looking at the past, one face looking towards the future. Borrowed from Greek mythology, Janus is an apt metaphor for the lat-est release by accomplished reedist and composer Jason Robinson. Robinson first appeared on Cuneiform with the long-running collective ensemble Cosmologic. Now he steps forward with a solo album that features a stellar band, all of whom are distinguished figures in jazz and improvised music as well as all being top-drawer bandleaders in their own right:
Jason Robinson -– tenor and soprano saxes, flute
Marty Ehrlich – alto sax, bass clarinet
Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto sax
Liberty Ellman – guitar
Drew Gress – bass
George Schuller – drums
The music is angular, expressive, emotional and virtuosic. Using Robinson's compositions as a base, all the players dig in and with their solos and ensemble interplay raise the stakes to make an outstanding contemporary work. The album seam-lessly moves from hard swinging grooves to beautiful ab-straction and features great work from all of these tremendous players. Robinson’s playing and composing embodies the duality of the Janus metaphor; his music draws from the rich historical and modern traditions of jazz  and he creates a decidedly modern and unique musical vision. The Two Faces of Janus also positions Robinson – originally from the West Coast  – within New York’s most innovative community of creative and visionary jazz musicians. With the release of this modern classic, Robinson has arrived!
“…the saxophonist himself has a warm expressive tone, occasionally dipping into freer realms yet always staying true to the structure of his compositions.”– Signal to Noise
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/JRobinson_Pacamayo.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Robinson--Jason---The-Two-Faces-of-Janus__Rune-spc-311.aspx

Univers Zero-Heresie (expanded/remixed/remastered) $15.00
"...an incredibly powerful listening experience. In fact, Heresie is a stunning one-of-a-kind item which has never been duplicated by anyone -- including Univers Zero." – Bill Tilland/All Music Guide
How does a group follow up a auspicous and unique debut recording? A recording that is so completely out of step with everything that is currently in fashion in popular and even in experimental music that nearly 35 years later, it still is able to surprise people hearing it for the first time. How? Well, if you were Univers Zero, you did it by moving even more to the extremes of your music. While the influences from 20th Century classical music (Stravinsky, Bartok, Huybrechts) mixed with aspects of progressive rock (the angularity of King Crimson added to the unique zeuhl sound of Magma) remain, they are stripped down and presented in the starkest and darkest way possible. Guitarist Roger Trigaux still plays some amazing licks, but for much of the album, he is hunched over the harmonium (a 19th century pump organ), which gives the music an eerie, gothic sound - a gothic sound matched by the other front line instruments of violin/viola and oboe/bassoon. Meanwhile the rhythm section is completely electric, with heavy Magma-influenced bass and with Daniel Denis' fantastic drumming propelling everything foward.
Originally released in 1979, Heresie has long been considered a high-water mark of new music composition, performance, and dark, sinister intensity for over 30 years and has never been out of print. This reissue transforms and updates Univers Zero’s most infamous work with a new cover that uses bits of the original packaging, as well as many new elements. It also has a striking and clear new remix from the 1979 multi-track tapes that defines and clarifies all the instruments in a way that is much more focused than previous editions. Never have Daniel's cymbal's so clearly sizzled with such menace or has Guy's bass gone so low into the underworld. The reissue is accompanied by a 16 page booklet containing a history of the band’s years during the Heresie period and illustrated with archival photos. Lastly, there is a 12 minute, relvelatory bonus track from very early in the group's life added; a track that later was cannibalized by its composer, into bits that would eventually find their way into "Ersatz" on Le Poison Qui Rend Fou and "The Limping Little Girl" and "Ceux D'En Bas (Suite)" on N°6  by Roger's post UZ group, Present. One of the most significant avant-progressive rock albums of the very late 1970s just got even more significant!
“The music is consistently ominous, always hinting at the heaviness of metal but never pummelling the listener. And when it occasionally gets dense, it’s a slab of strange, ingenious orchestration you hear, rather than a simple overdriven amp sound.”  – Nick Storring, Exlaim!
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/UZ_Jack%20the%20Ripper.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Univers-Zero---Heresie-(expandedremixedremastered)__Rune-spc-313.aspx

Uz Jsme Doma-Caves $15.00
Uz Jsme Doma (pronounced  "Oozh (rhymes with 'rouge') Smeh Dough-Ma)  (in English, “Now I Get It”) seemed to appear out of nowhere in the early 1990s, but it was a little more complicated than that. When the group came together in the small border town of Teplice in Czechoslovakia in 1985, rock was freedom and freedom was illegal. Via Western radio and smuggled tapes, however, the band came into contact with punk rock as well as more avant-garde bands. It wasn't until the fall of the Communist government that they were able to record and tour, which they then proceeded to do with a vengence; the group have toured the US a remarkable 17 times and have played nearly 2,000 gigs during their lifetime! The group has won a strong following with their great releases and their constant, high energy tours. 25 years after their founding, their music combines the energy of punk rock - their original inspiration - while ignoring genre walls and adding more complex structures taken from avant-garde and avant-progressive bands and even from folk music of their native land. They are living, fire-breathing, alternative rock legends: one of “the two great Bastions of the Czech alternative scene” said the Prague Post, who ranked them in importance beside the Plastic People of the Universe. They are a singular, powerful group whose shows win them instant fans for life and whose musical voice is the voice of joy and freedom. Currently the group is made up of leader Miroslav Wanek on lead vocals, guitars and piano, Pepa Cervinka on bass and vocals, Adam Tomasek on trumpet and vocals, Tomas Paleta on drums and Martin Velisek who designs all the band art work, and is a full band member whose “instruments“ are brushes and paints. The album comes with a 12 page, full color booklet with Martin's artwork. UJD are a group I have long had my eyes on; I saw them for the first time in the mid 1990s and several times since then and I am very pleased that we are able to work together on this, their seventh studio album.
"Half a dozen LPs in, this 22-year Czech band is free of its remarkable founding narrative as a band banned by the former Communist Czechoslovakian regime just for existing...What remains is the fierce commitment to the freedom inherent in Western art-damaged music. Uz embody the absolute unpredictability in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention primarily, but also the multi-influence, anti-pop clatter of the Residents, Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu, 1977 punk, and...prog. You won't know what they're singing about in Czech, but the limitless hyper-energy and collision of styles piling on each other with remarkable precision, always turns ears....it's glorious..." – Jack Rabid
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/UJD_Droplet.mp3  [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Uz-Jsme-Doma---Caves__Rune-spc-312.aspx

Cuneiform new release bundle (for USA & Canada only) 5 CDs $70.00
Save $10.00 (in costs + postage combined), when you buy this package of all 5 new Cuneiform titles (The Microscopic Septet, Richard Pinhas, Jason Robinson, Univers Zero, Uz Jsme Doma). Thank you!
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CUNEIFORMBUNDLE

Cuneiform new release bundle (for customers outside of the USA and Canada) 5 CDs $84.00
Save $10.00 (in costs + postage combined), when you buy this package of all 5 new Cuneiform titles (Richard Pinhas, Jason Robinson, The Microscopic Septet, Univers Zero, Uz Jsme Doma). Thank yo
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CUNEIFORMBUNDLE-E

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Recent reviews (or recently *discovered* reviews) of Cuneiform artists and titles (in English only):

GEORGE CARTWRIGHT /CURLEW
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37336

SOFT MACHINE
http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/cd-reviews/ndr-jazz-workshop.html

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You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/tours.html
or
http://my.calendars.net/cuneiform/
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THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
September 27 - The Cedar Cultural Center - 16 Cedar Avenue South - Minneapolis, MN 55454 (612) 338-2674 (with Dave King Trucking Company) $15.00

September 29 - Moraine Valley Community College - John and Angeline Oremus Theater - Chicago, IL $10.00

September 30 - tba - Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana

October 1 - Oberlin College - Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse - Hales Annex -180 W. Lorain St - Oberlin, OH (440) 775-8562

October 2 - 14th Annual Edgefest - Ann Arbor, MI

ERGO
November 12 - BAM Cafe - 30 Lafayette Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 8:30 pm - FREE!

LED BIB
November 14 - London Jazz Festival @ Vortex Jazz Club - London, UK

November 27 - The Shed - Brawby, Malton, UK

MAHAVISHNU PROJECT
Plays the music of Jeff Beck - from Wired, Blow By Blow, There and Back and more

September 16 - Regattabar - The Charles Hotel - One Bennett Street - Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 661.5000 - 7:30 pm

October 2 - NJProghouse at Rock'n Joe - 3670 Route 27 - Kendall Park NJ 08824 - 7:30 pm

October 8 - Toad's Place - 300 York Street - New Haven, CT (203) 624.8623 - 9:00 pm

November 4 - Mexicali Live - Thu Nov 4th  (8pm)
1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck NJ 07666 (201) 833.0011 - 8:00 pm

MATS/MORGAN BAND
October 23 -  Gouveia Art Rock - Gouveia, Portugal

December 11 - Pjeireblues - Belgium (with Jimmy Ågren Band)

MIRIODOR
September 19 - Rock in Opposition Festival 2010 - Cap Decouverte - 81450 Le Garric (Carmaux) France

September 21 - Le Baloard - 21 Boulevard Louis Blanc - 34000 Montpellier, France (04) 67 79 36 68

September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (Miriodor will be opening for Univers Zero)

THE MUFFINS
September 18 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (The Muffins will be playing shortly before Magma, although it is a separate admission. Also on the bill: Pilesar, Vector Trio, Hume )

MUJICIAN
Tony Levin's 70th Birthday Celebration - UK tour. All dates also feature the Aki Takasi Trio (with Tony also on drums)!

October  7 - St Georges Hall - Bristol, UK (0845) 40 24 001

October 8 - Richard Attenborough Centre - University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (0116) 223 1520

October 9 - Midlands Arts Centre - Birmingham, UK (0121) 446-3232

October 11 - The Vortex - London, UK (020) 7254 4097

October 14 - Lunchtime concert piano duo - Aki Takase and Keith Tippett - Kings Hall at Newcastle University - Newcastle, UK (0191) 222 8463

October 14 - Gateshead Old Town Hall - Gateshead, UK (0191) 433-8428

RICHARD PINHAS
September 24 - Richard Pinhas + Merzbow - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

September 29 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Floristree - Baltimore, MD

September 30 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Secret Project Robot Art Experiment - 210 Kent Ave - Brooklyn, NY, 11211 (917) 860.8282

October 1 - The Temple - 670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130 (with: Jason Lescalleet, Schurt Kwitters (Jess from Fat Worm), Vile Bodies)

October 2 - tbd - with the Sonic Circuit all-stars

October 6 & 7 - Jan Eyck Academy - Maastricht, Holland (note: this is a lecture/conference about music - not a concert)

October 20 - Pop Philosophie Festival - Marseille, France

POSITIVE CATASTROPHE
Oct 23-Nov 7 - tba

ALEC K. REDFEARN AND THE EYESORES
October 10 - tba - Ithaca, NY

October 11 - TBA

October 12 - Beachland Ballroom Tavern - Cleveland OH - Beachland Ballroom Tavern

October 13 - tba

October 14 - Morning Glory Coffee - Pittsburgh PA

October 15 - tba - Philadelphia PA

October 16 - tba - Western MA

October 17 - Homegrown Festival - Boston MA

October 18 - AS220 - Providence RI

Oct. 28 - Dreamaway Lodge - Becket MA

October 30 - AS220 -Providence RI

REVOUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE
September 25 - Ocean County Library - 101 Washington St. - Toms River, NJ, 3-5pm, free

WADADA LEO SMITH
September 17 - Firehouse 12 - 45 Crown Street - New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 785-0468

October 3 - Angel City Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA

October 28 - Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn, NY

November 13 - New Music Center - St. Louis, MO

November 20 - Library of Congress - Washington, DC

UNIVERS ZERO
September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

UZ JSME DOMA
September 23 - Daniel Street Club - 21 Daniel Street - Milford, CT

September 25 - Building 16 - 95 Empire Street - Providence, RI

September 26 - Lesco - 4467 St Denis - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

September 28 - Zaphod Beeblebox - 27 York Street - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

September 29 - Sneaky Dee's - 431 College Street (at Bathurst) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 30 - Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue - Rochester, NY 14607-3527
(585) 454-2966

October 1 - The Rock Shop - 249 4th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 230-5740

October 2 - 12th Annual Czech Street Festival - 83rd Street between Madison & Park Ave. - NYC, NY Free! 12-7 pm (with Zuby Nehty)

October 4 - Maxwell's - 1039 Washington Street - Hoboken, NJ (201) 653-1703

October 5 - M Room - 15 West Girard Avenue - Philadelphia, PA 19123-1707 (215) 739-5577

October 6 - Black Cat - 1811 14th St. NW - Washington, DC 20009 (with Zuby Nehty)

October 7 - Garfield Artworks - 4931 Penn Avenue - Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (412) 361 2262

October 8 - Now That's Class - 11213 Detroit Avenue - Cleveland, OH

Ocober 9 - Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, Md.  21230

ZEVIOUS
huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid March - mid April, 2011. watch for more info here as we get it

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To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/artistnews.html

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Thank you!

-Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)-
(For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) :
ARANIS-RoqueForte (fourth album - with new members Dave Kerman and Pierre Chevalier on AltrOck)
PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years)
SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (wonderful, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!)
CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena
CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love)
CHEER-ACCIDENT-#17 (what more need be said?)
DREAMTIME-Double Trouble 2 x CDs (quintet live at Bracknell in 83 and double quintet live at the Swan 91)
FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck)
FAR CORNER #3
FRENCH TV-I Forgive You for All My Unhappiness (great title!)
GUTBUCKET (album #5)
HUGH HOPPER-The Gift of Purpose (FINALLY - due in 10 days or less)
LED BIB-Bring Your Own (album #5)
PICCHIO DAL POZZO-a_live (new live album!)
PLANETA IMAGINARIO-Optical Delusions (great 3rd album by this great Catalan jazz/rock band. Warm melodies, Canterbury-styled jazz/rock rhythm section and tasteful large band arrangements, all recorded by Bob Drake for a great, live ensemble feel and sound.
RATIONAL DIET-3rd album
WADADA LEO SMITH and ED BLACKWELL-The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (never-before heard 1986 duo recording!)
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany
JOHN SURMAN-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop 1969 CD + DVD (amazing, clear and crisp, black and white footage of John Surman with a ten piece band (Malcolm Griffiths, Alan Jackson, Erich Kleinschuster , Harry Miller, Mike Osborne, Fritz Pauer, Ronnie Scott, Alan Skidmore, Kenny Wheeler)in April, 1969. One of the most amazing documents of Brit jazz in its late 60s prime ever! This will blow minds.)
TZADIK announces the following: GREAT NEWS FOR ZORN FANS! 2010 will be a landmark year for John Zorn who promises 12 new CD releases-one every month! Included will be new music from The Dreamers, Moonchild and Alhambra, 3 new releases in The Book of Angels series, a major new studio composition dedicated to the Korean-American writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, a classical release featuring his acclaimed violin concerto Contes des Fées, the DVD release of his opera with Richard Foreman ASTRONOME, a ripping improvised duo recording with Fred Frith and undoubtedly several surprises. Most of the recordings are already completed and the release schedule set, so keep your eyes and ears open and expect a new Zorn release every 4th Tuesday of the month in 2010!
ROBERT WYATT/GILAD ATZMON/ROS STEPHEN-For the Ghosts Within
YUGEN-Iridule (new album with Dave Kerman, Guy Segers, Elaine Di Falco, Dave Willey, Mike Johnson. On AltrOck)

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Fred Anderson Quartet-Dark Day 2 x CDs $18.00
Out of print for several years on CD and back again, this is a really great one! This is two extremely rare recordings (one previously released on lp and the other never before released) making their debut onto CD by this venerable Chicago jazzer/free jazzer and band. With Fred Anderson-tenor sax, Bill Brimfield- trumpet, Steve Palmore-bass & Hamid Drake-drums. Highly recommended.
"[This] package is a double treat because it pairs a very rare 1979 live date in his hometown of Chicago with members of the AACM (issued in an edition of only a few hundred on Message Records) with a completely unreleased master recorded four days later in Verona, Italy. The band is comprised of Anderson on tenor, longtime associate Billy Brimfield on trumpet, bassist Steven Palmore, and a very young Hamid Drake, then known as Hank, on drums. Musically, both sessions repeat two tunes, "Three on Two" and "Dark Day." The mournful "Dark Day" is an Anderson signature piece, with its long modal beginning twinning Anderson and Brimfield  in elegantly moaning lines that engage the rhythm section at the periphery. On disc one, this is followed by the relatively straight post-bop blues of "Saxoon," in which both front-line players trade solos along an augmented blues figure by Palmore and a skittering skein of double- and triple-time dancing by Drake. With "Three on Two," both performances begin in Eastern tonal modes, syncopated by choppy lines and odd meters and durations of melodic particulars. On the earlier date, the band cuts loose sooner, moving through the Eastern modes and inserting a Latin-tinged blues into the center of the cut-time figure. On the latter, the band moves to Anderson's solo and shifts to the margin and outside of the Latin harmony toward some synthesis of rhythm and extended microtonality. The other two selections on these discs, Drake's "The Prayer," from Chicago, and Anderson's classic "The Bull," are both energetic -- even hyperkinetic -- ensemble pieces where solos and improvisational explorations take place from the ground up. Obviously in the case of "The Prayer," it's rhythm first and then the explosion of trumpet and saxophone interweaving that encounters it, moves through it, and then attempts to transform the concept of rhythm into one of elongated harmonics that go beyond scalar considerations and into the roots of scales themselves. On "The Bull," it's harmony and the way it functions against polytonality and an unfixed sense of rhythmic push and pull, where rhythm doesn't stand so much in opposition to the intricate melodic considerations -- Brimfield  truly shines here -- but instead as a counterpoint to harmonic invention and an intervallic foil for Anderson to take microharmonic statements and build them in gargantuan language structures. Anyway you listen to it, these two dates on a pair of very reasonably prices CDs -- with great sound -- are gifts rescued from the islands of obscurity, and should be listened to with the awe and wonder they inspire."- Thom Jurek/All Music Guide [Atavistic]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Anderson--Fred---Dark-Day--plus--Live-in-Verona-2-x-CDs__21-Atavistic-spc-218.aspx

Anyone's Daughter-Adonis (expanded/remaster) $16.00
Anyone's Daughter were a late-period symphonic-rock band, releasing their first album in early 1979 on Brain, just as the scene was beginning to wind down a bit. Adonis was that first CD and it's their best release. Despite its high quality, the fact that it came out just as everyone was beginning to look away from progressive rock meant that it wasn't as well known or as well respected as it probably should have been, especially having come out on Brain. Out of print for many years on CD, this deluxe, really nicely done version gives the world a chance to rectify that mistake. A limited edition of 2,000 copies, this includes two never-heard tracks (nearly 20') of the band live in 1977, as well as a QuickTime video of the group in the studio in 1978! All packaged in a nice slipcase with a miniature concert poster, a booklet with new liner notes and never-before seen photos! A minor classic just got bumped up a a few notches! Recommended. [Tempus Fugit]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Anyones-Daughter---Adonis-(expandedremaster)__19-Tempus-spc-Fugit-spc-79082.aspx

Aquarelle-Live a Montreux (SHM remaster/mini-lp sleeve) $39.00
Just when you think that there is nothing worthwhile from the lp era that hasn't already been reissued on CD, comes a small and very pleasant surprise. This is the final album (of two) by a Quebecois progressive/fusion septet who somehow managed to get signed by Atlantic! This was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival only about half a year after the band recorded their first album, but the good news is that despite the short time period, they only do one song from  Sous un Abre. So you get the energy and drive of a live recording with all fresh pieces. As before, the lineup is a frontline of wordless female vocals, flute/sax and violin backed by keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. This fits in perfectly with the progressive jazz/rock sound of much fine music from 70s French Canada. Really nice. [Belle Antique]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Aquarelle---Live-a-Montreux-(SHM-remastermini-lp-sleeve)__Belle-spc-Antique-spc-101736.aspx

Aquarelle-Sous un Abre (SHM remaster/mini-lp sleeve) $39.00
Just when you think that there is nothing worthwhile from the lp era that hasn't already been reissued on CD, comes a small and very pleasant surprise. This is the first album (of two) by a Quebecois progressive/fusion septet who somehow managed to get signed by Atlantic! The lineup is a frontline of wordless female vocals, flute/sax and violin backed by keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. Originally released in 1978, this fits in perfectly with the progressive jazz/rock sound of much fine music from 70s French Canada. Really nice. [Belle Antique]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Aquarelle---Sous-un-Abre-(SHM-remastermini-lp-sleeve)__Belle-spc-Antique-spc-101735.aspx

The Bad Plus-Never Stop $15.00
Whether or not you bought into the hype that surrounded this fine group (the hype mostly because they were signed to a major label) the fact remains that they are a modern-sounding but still *jazz* piano trio and they appeal to a young audience, which is what the music needs to survive.
"For the past ten years The Bad Plus Reid Anderson on bass, Ethan Iverson on piano and David King on drums have created an uncompromising body of work by shattering musical convention. Rolling Stone called their amalgam of jazz, pop, rock and avant garde about as badass as highbrow gets, while The New York Times said the band is better than anyone at mixing the sensibilities of post- 60s jazz and indie rock. Few jazz groups in recent memory have amassed such acclaim, and few have generated as much controversy while audaciously bucking musical trends. Ten years together is a milestone we chose to mark with a set of originals, said Iverson. The new album, NEVER STOP, is a ten-track set, the group s first album of all-original material, strictly an instrumental affair and a collection whose live groove belies its studio origins. It s a rapid-fire succession of engaging performances showcasing the band's range as well as its three distinct personalities. From gentle and melodic to fierce and abstract, from swing to 80s techno, NEVER STOP does just what the title says: it keeps rolling and flowing, a kinetic playground of new sounds. With a year-long anniversary tour planned for 2010-2011, The Bad Plus is ready to solidify its status as the go-to band for the ultimate in jazz and beyond. You re going to have to deal with us some time or another," says Iverson. "We're never going to stop." [Emarcy]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Bad-Plus---Never-Stop__25-EOM-CD-2112.aspx

Les Batteries-Noisy Champs $16.00
"In 1985, Guigou Chenevier, the leader of the French band ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN, had this funny idea of creating a trio entirely devoted to drums-and-sticks. He chose American Rick BROWN (V-EFFECT, FISH AND ROSES, RUN ON...) and British Charles HAYWARD (THIS HEAT, CAMBERWELL NOW...). The trio later became a duet, sometimes reinforced by Claude MARCOEUR, then the infamous Albert MARCOEUR in person! LES BATTERIES even collaborated with John McENTIRE (TORTOISE) on its third album. The first album "Noisy Champs" (1986) has been reissued by Les Zut-O-Pistes, featuring five bonus-tracks, including one composition by Charles HAYWARD. Guigou Chenevier and Rick BROWN aimed at illustrating their own vision of the French Revolution.A true innovative and captivating music made of discovery and surprise!" [Gazul]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Batteries---Noisy-Champs__01-Gazul-spc-8695.aspx

Crack the Sky-Machine $13.00
Brand new release from these American prog/hard rock stalwarts, and cheerful and optimistic it most certainly is not. This features 4/5ths of the original lineup, with John Palumbo, Rick Witkowski, Joey D'Amico and Joe Macre all appearing. [Aluminum Cat]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Crack-the-Sky---Machine__21-AC-spc-99702.aspx

District 97-Hybrid Child $14.00
"District 97 is the only progressive rock band in the world to feature an American Idol finalist and a Chicago Symphony Orchestra virtuoso cellist."
This is true and it's sort of a great hook, but honestly, it sells this band a little short. District 97 are a modern, progressive rock band with a emphasis on vocals, but with some long instrumental passages as well. The band (vocals, guitar, cello, keyboards, bass, drms) are all good players. Honestly, this sort of progrock isn't what I listen to very much, but they play this music with authority and do interesting things with the form. The only shame is that their version of Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" had to be taken off the album because of publishing issues, but the fact that they recorded it in the first place might make you look at this in a very different light!
"Hybrid Child balances a meticulous attention to detail and studio-craft with the visceral power of a rock band that is firing on all cylinders. Running the gamut from Meshuggah-inspired metal, the epic majesty of Yes, and the melodicism of The Beatles, Hybrid Child unveils District 97 as a true force to be reckoned with, and one that is poised to take the music world by storm. With fans ranging from high school students to world class musicians, this process is clearly well underway." [Laser's Edge]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/District-97---Hybrid-Child__19-LE-spc-1057.aspx

Dave Douglas/Keystone-Spark of Being $12.00
Dave Douglas (trumpet, laptop); Marcus Strickland (tenor saxophone); Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes piano); Gene Lake (drums); DJ Olive (laptop, turntables).
"Dave Douglas and Keystone (his electric group) issued their soundtrack to experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison`s Spark of Being. The film, a meditation on humanity and its relationship to technology, used Mary Shelley`s Frankenstein as its muse. It was comprised of new, archival, and distressed footage. Douglas has always been interested in science`s relationship to the natural world, and human life was a perfect collaborator. The resulting soundtrack was beautifully constructed to underscore the images; like all soundtracks, however, the music was confined by them as well. Spark of Bering: Expand is the second part in this trilogy. It focuses on and experiments with themes from some of the original compositions, but is not bound by them. They are intricately related, but also provide additional depth of field in sonic, textural, and dynamic ideas for Keystone -- Douglas, laptop and trumpet; Marcus Strickland, tenor saxophone; Adam Benjamin, Rhodes; Brad Jones, Ampeg Baby Bass; drummer Gene Lake; and DJ Olive on turntables and laptop -- and their nearly boundless creativity and curiosity. These seven tunes were recorded in Standford University`s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. The location and even the theme may sound clinical; the music is anything but. It is adventurous in its use of electronics, but never compromises Douglas` compositional gifts or his innate dedication to jazz improvisation. `Spark of Being` is a wonderfully subdued tune that uses lyric melody from modal blues and employs the use of ambient sounds from laptop-generated sources as well as Rhodes piano. `Creature` is warm but improvisationally stretches wide, as piano, tenor, and muted trumpet work out an elaborate melody line, heightened dimensionally by the sounds of gulls, dolphins, and other animals. `Tree Ring Circus` is a funkier number that, despite its use of the popping Baby Bass line, distorted Rhodes, and latop harmonics, features a stellar contrapuntal melodic investigation by Douglas and Strickland. `Observer` and `Travelogue` are likewise more synthetic, but the horns keep them firmly inside the jazz idiom underscored by funky breaks and basslines. In sum, Spark of Being: Expand isn`t just a worthy successor to the soundtrack. It is a superior album. It makes use of all of Douglas` and Keystone`s sophisticated gifts provocatively yet soulfully."-Thom Jurek [Greenleaf]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Douglas--Dave---Spark-of-Being__25-GRE-CD-1013.aspx

Eclat-Volume I & II $9.00 (special)
"'Eclat De Vers' is the first one recorded by the Marseilles' band of the same name (That would be shortened for the second album). Well recorded and produced, a certain idea of Progressive rock blends with poetic texts, sung in a style between Christian Decamps and the famous poet-singers with message. The style of Eclatis developed through an energetic and powerful music, made even greater thanks to the singer's voice and emphatic lyrics (A little too in the foreground though). The vocals develop on beautiful melodies with the excellent guitarist's style. The second album by this band (First one under the new name Eclat) being sold out (It was already a Musea issue !), the two albums "Eclats De Vers" and "Volume Deux" were compiled on "Volumes Un & Deux". Their music is inspired by Ange (The wonderful "Circus" is here sung by Ange charismatic singer Christian Decamps), and includes medieval influences that remind of Minimum Vital. Some very good musicians also add to the overall good impression."[Kezako]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Eclat---Volume-I-and-II-(special)__01-Kezak-spc-9601.aspx

Eclat-Volume 3 $9.00 (special)
"Eclat are a French quintet formed in 1989 under the leadership of guitarist/vocalist Alain Charazzo. Their style straddles the worlds of both symphonic prog and guitar-driven rock, alternately featuring beautiful, acoustic melodies and jazzy fireworks. Chiarazzo's outstanding guitar play and the strong foundation behind every piece is the band's strength. Their material got jazzier and more instrumental over the years - from the highly melodic and poetic first album "Éclat de Vers" in '91 (symphonic prog with hints of jazz) to their latest cd, the almost exclusively instrumental "Le Cri de la Terre" (a jazz-rock album with hints of symphonic prog). In between, they released the elegant "Éclat II" that should please Edhels and 80's era Camel fans, the slightly ethnic-flavoured "Volume 3" and their live album "Éclat en concert, in 1998". Fans from both ends of the spectrum (symphonic prog and jazz-fusion buffs alike) should find something to their liking with Eclat, particularly those who appreciate some flamboyant guitar play." [Kezako]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Eclat---Volume-3-(special)__01-Kezako-spc-971.aspx

Gnidrolog-Gnosis $9.00 (special)
"Gnidrolog, led by the Goldring brothers and featuring future Steeleye Span drummer Nigel Pegrum, made two classic progressive folk albums in the early 70s. Both albums became impossibly rare and legendary collector's items. After more than a quarter century, the year 2000 sees the return of Gnidrolog with a masterful effort. In addition to Pegrum, the group now features the classic Steeleye Span rhythm section with the addition of Rick Kemp, and the result is as good a prog/folk album as you're ever likely to hear. Mixing instrumentals with vocal songs, the songs range from intelligent love songs featuring Colin Goldring's recorder and vocals to classically-influenced instrumentals highlighting Stewart Goldring's superb lead guitar. Australian influences also appear, with didgeridoo feaured on "Woolunga." My other favorites include the instrumentals "Gnosis", "Reverend Katz" and "Repent Harlequin" and the songs "Fall to Ground" and "The City Sleeps." The disc includes 14 songs and runs for about an hour. Highly recommended to fans of the genre."-Mark J. Moerman [Nails]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Gnidrolog---Gnosis-(special)__01-Nail-spc-91022.aspx

Klimperei-Octogonale $16.00
This is a collaboration with Pierre Bastien and is the typically charming "composers with simple melodies and good ideas played on toy instruments" that I know is one of the schools that I think of when it comes to French avant rock.
"Klimperei is the solo project of Christophe Petchanatz... Along with many friends and guests, our man's sparkling and cunning music, which may seem simple and naive at first, could be heard as a meeting between SATIE and rock music. A bit in the vein of Pascal Comelade, toys can become instruments, immersing us in the sweet world of our childhood. This is ideal for musical illustrations ! The first collaboration between Klimperei and Pierre Bastien dates back from the years 1986 and 1987, and the first common release came out in 1995 on Pierre Bastien's album "Eggs Air Sister Steel" (In-Poly-Sons). Then, in 1998, the Prikosnovenie label released the two (three) protagonists' album "Mécanologie Portative". Coming from the same recording sessions, "Octogonale Impérative" cannot be considered at all like the bringing out of studio trimmings or barrel-scrapping. On the contrary, these recordings that remained in the shade and eventually remixed in 2009, are in the end more audacious than those of the original album." [Gazul]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Klimperei---Octogonale-Imperitive__01-Gazul-spc-8652.aspx

Jean Lapouge-Hauts Plateaux $16.00
Nice to see these later solo works by the leader of the great chamber-rock/ECM-styled band Noetra appear. This is from 1993 and is still very much in the Noetra vein, with more ECM/jazz leanings than before, but still very obviously the work of the leader of Noetra. The personal is Jean Lapouge-guitars, Christian Paboeuf-oboe, vibes, Jean-François Bercé-double bass and Mikko Fontaine-drums and percussion. Refined, serene and very musical! [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Lapouge--Jean---Hauts-Plateaux__01-MP-spc-3011.aspx

Jean Lapogue/Christian Paboeuf-Atlas $16.00
Nice to see these later solo works by the leader of the great chamber-rock/ECM-styled band Noetra appear. This is a duo between guitarist Lapouge and Christian Paboeuf on oboe, flutes and percussion. This album, which was recorded in 1987, but never before released, consists of compositions from 1977-1987. Since Paboeuf's oboe and Lapogue's guitar were two constants in Noetra, even though this is very stripped down, it's like very intimate, serene and refined duo reductions of Noetra and it has still their sound. [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Lapouge--JeanChristian-Paboeuf---Atlas__01-GW-spc-3129.aspx

Moving Gelatine Plates-Moving Gelatine Plates $16.00
Back in stock!
The first of two by this early (1970-72) French progressive/Canterbury styled band.
"An early Seventies legendary band influenced by Soft Machine and Frank Zappa. An original and very fine Progressive rock with complex melodies and polished arrangements. It offers very elaborate themes full of breaks in rhythms and following surprising paths. The music develops by the association, superposition, blendings of the themes (More than 450 on the second one...), original sound combinations (organ or bass as solo instruments, trumpet, saxophone, flute, drums, vocals...) and complex, over-built themes..."
Comes with an extensive booklet including a history, photos and bonus tracks. [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Moving-Gelatine-Plates---Moving-Gelatine-Plates__01-MUSEA4062.aspx

Neuschwanstein-Alice in Wonderland $16.00
"A few years before Neuschwanstein conceived their masterpiece "Battlement" (to many, including myself, one of the best symphonic prog albums ever from Germany), the band had already written an album-worthy set of tracks that, together, made the concept of a progressive opus inspired by Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". I suspect that this was done when the band was still a 5-piece (before the arrival of Frederic Joos), but you can tell that by then the fivesome had found out their own voice within the realms of symphonic prog rock. There aren't too many lyrics in "Alice in Wonderland", and most of them are narrated. The opener is literally an intro that comprises brief atmospheres based on floating piano washes and eerie cymbals, until the instrumentation settles in for 'The Gate to Wonderland', lyrically structured across a prominent presence of bucolic ambiences provided by the playful flute lines and the elegant interventions on synth (orchestration and solo). All in all, it is mostly a second intro, and a "third intro" arrives with the slightly more mysterious 'Pond of Tears', which is where the synth layers become more relevant, and also there is a more noticeable presence of the guitar phrases alongside the ever haunting flute lines. The melodic display is definitely more ambitious than on the preceding track, but it still feels like a sequence of amalgamated snippets than a track with a power of its own. Track 4 is the first piece in this concept that benefits from a proper development - it starts very lyrical, like a symphonic journey with heavily pastoral accents, but soon the piece reveals a colorful imagery of sound that alternates density and lightheartedness in an ultimately symphonic fashion. Influences from Camel, Novalis, Eloy and Focus' introspective side are (or seem to be) very transparent here, with some touches of early 70s Jethro Tull. Regarding the sense of magic delivered through the global instrumentation, you can also tell that there are also coincidences with what Happy the Man were doing at the time on the other side of the Atlantic for their "Death's Crown" project - it is no wonder, since this album's tracklist and that HTM project were both conceived as musical bases for visuals and theatrical deliveries. 'Five O'Clock-Tea' is segued to the last notes of the preceding track's enthusiastic closing portion, bringing back a ceremonious note that works really well due to the clever architecture that ordains the various moods and motifs. This is the sort of grandeur that I wished earlier for tracks 2 and 3 - at this point, the musical ideas are becoming gradually more robust. After a brief sung section, the track shifts toward a sense of sheer, dramatic intensity without losing its melodic drive. The last section is a joyful imitation of cabaret-oriented jazz, which makes an efficient contrast against the solemn note that signals the start of the following track 'The Marching of the Queen - Palace of Wonderland'. The band's ability to create beautifully crafted melodic developments of motifs and the easily flowing transitions comes to its full fruition on this one - even though you won't find as many dramatic shifts than on previous tracks, this one never gets boring or monotonous. The portions where the band gets to Celtic and Renaissance territories, the sonic beauty becomes irresistibly sublime. 'The Court of the Animals' starts with the mandatory narration over a piano sequence (electric and grand, simultaneously): some more amazingly beautiful melodies and textures get in, and then some exciting interludes bring warm Tullian airs. The closer 'Alice's Return' wraps up the concept with a reprised motif. All in all, "Alice in Wonderland" is not as gloriously genius as "Battlement", but it is not a disposable progressive album at all; no, it is an excellent addition (albeit with a not too great sound production) to any good prog rock collection." [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Neuschwanstein---Alice-in-Wonderland__01-Musea-spc-4468.aspx

Noetra-Definitivement Bleus... $16.00
Second excellent archival release, recorded 1978-82, but unreleased until now, of this wonderful chamber progressive band who use guitar, oboe, violin, clarinet, saxes, flutes, bass & drums. A gentle, beautifully scored sound that sounds like a cross between Julverne & Miriodor and prime-era ECM (late 1970s), who actually courted the band, but then decided not to work with them. This was originally released about 10 years ago, but it's been out of print for a number of years and I am very happy that this was reprinted again and we can offer it to a whole new audience, who will hopefully enjoy this band as much as I do! Highly recommended. [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Noetra---Definitivement-Bleus__01-Musea-spc-4353.aspx

Noetra-Live 83 $16.00
Whoooooo Hoooooooo! I can't even begin to express how excited I am to see this release pop up. This is the third and I assume the final archival release by this just terrific chamber/progressive band with serious ECM overtones (they were courted by ECM in the late 70s, but, ultimately, ECM decided not to work with the group, even though they would have been a perfect fit). The group existed from about 1978-1983, in various sizes; this April, 1983 radio broadcast by the final lineup of the group, represents their very last recordings. Presented in fine sound and with great playing by leader Jean Lapouge-guitar, Christian Paboeuf-oboe and flutes, Pierre Aubert-violin, Denis Lefranc-bass, Daniel Renault-drums, this will appeal to anyone who loves groups like Julverne, Miriodor, the gentlest aspects of Univers Zero and ECM (circa late 70s/early 80s prime) were releasing. Highly recommended! [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Noetra---Live-83__01-Musea-spc-4851.aspx

Noetra-Neuf Songes $16.00
This was the very first release, recorded 1979-81 of this wonderful chamber progressive band who use guitar, oboe, violin, clarinet, saxes, flutes, bass & drums. A gentle, beautifully scored sound that sounds like a completely original cross between Julverne & Miriodor and prime-era ECM (late 1970s). This was originally released about 20 years ago, and it has been out of print for about a decade and I very happy that this was reprinted again. All three of their archival/posthumous releases are great, but this one is my favorite by a couple of noses, and if you don't know them and want to know where to start, start here! Highly recommended. [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Noetra---Neuf-Songes__01-Musea-spc-4034.aspx

Jean-Paul Prat-Masal $16.00
Back in stock!
A reissue of a pretty obscure and pretty utterly fantastic big band Zeuhl album (14 players) consisting of one long, amazing track that was self-released in the early 1980's. This has cool horn charts, growling fuzz bass, powerful drumming, and basically everything you hope/expect from a great Zeuhl album. This nice reissue also includes photos, notes and information about the making of this record, as well as over 30' of bonus material. Recommended! [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Prat--Jean-Paul---Masal__01-MUSEA-spc-4155.aspx

Porcupine Tree-Recordings $15.00
Re-edition of the long out-of-print rarities collection, originally released in 2001 and which contains rare recordings from the Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun era/sessions.
"Released as a semi stopgap collection in mid-2001 during a period of general Porcupine Tree inactivity, outside of some concert appearances here and there, Recordings compiles the various B-sides and extra tracks from singles taken from Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun, adding a couple of unreleased goodies as well. It`s obviously for the hardcore fans more than anyone else -- those wanting an introduction to the band will find it of interest but not the best place to start. Those hardcore fans, though, will find it a very enjoyable release, with the previously unavailable songs of definite interest. `Buying New Soul,` which starts the album, is one of the band`s subtler epics, an eleven-minute number with all the multitracked vocals and wistfully burnt imagery any fan of classic English prog could want. `Access Denied,` originally planned for Lightbulb Sun itself, is (in part) a wonderfully jaunty little number which could have come from mid-eighties XTC, Wilson`s contributions on hammered dulcimer an inspired touch. The remaining tracks reappear from the various singles, though sometimes in different form. `Oceans Have No Memory,` originally surfacing as a demo, gets a full instrumental band version here, while `Even Less,` the majestic opening blast from Stupid Dream, turns up in its full fourteen minute length, the second part having only appeared before on a separate single. The full `Even Less` features past guests the East of England Orchestra and Theo Travis, both of whom also turn up on `Ambulance Chasing,` an unexpectedly successful fusion of everything from heavy tribal drumming to saxophone. There`s an attractive range of stylistic experimentation on display with the various B-sides and extra numbers, ranging from the minimal, near-ambient exploration of `Cure For Optimism` to the building rocker `Disappear."-Ned Raggett [KScope]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Porcupine-Tree---Recordings__25-KSC-CD-134.aspx

Sebastian Hardie-Live in L.A. $16.00
A great live effort signed Australia's finest output in the symphonic rock genre. By spanning material from both the studio recordings, "Four Moments" and "Windchase" makes this album a close essential piece in any Sebastian Hardie-fan's collection. In the sleeve, Mario Millo stated that it's not a perfect recording, but the magic was there. Obviously it's easy to take that as a partial statement, but after been giving this piece a few listens I tend to believe that the comment is justified. The arrangements are spectacularly executed and so are the melodies. Even though it's not easy to find a new disc to a reasonable price, It's highly recommended to pick up this album if you get the chance."-progarchives.com [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Sebastian-Hardie---Live-in-LA__01-Musea-spc-4272.aspx

Yochk'o Seffer-Chromophonie PAL (all region) DVD $18.00
Note: This video is a documentary and is all in French. Even so, there are a lot of amazing musical excerpts and for the already commited Yochk'o fan, this is a no brainer purchase.
Yochk'o Seffer always created varied and interesting works during his long of career, be it with Magma, Zao, Neffesh Music, his teammate François "Faton" Cahen or all alone. In each of his records, the French saxophone-player tries to pay tribute to his Hungarian roots. The "Chromophonie" DVD was the documentary we were waiting for, to illustrate the career of this exceptional musician, refugee in France since the dramatic events suffered by Hungary in the year 1956. Directed by Jean-Pierre Zirn, this movie presents the work of the artist as a musician, but also as an improviser, a painter and a sculptor. Musicians from the Magma galaxy are featured here, such as Christian VANDER, Didier LOCKWOOD or François "FATON" CAHEN. Some other fellows appear as well: Alain BOUHEY, Sylvain MILLER, Laurent MATHERON, François CAUSSE, Denis CONSTANT-MARTIN, L'ENSEMBLE DE CORDES CAMERATA DE L'ISLE, LE SEPTUOR DE SAXOPHONES, Gérard PREVOST and Cynthia SAINT-VILLE. Five bonus-tracks complete the show, new interpretations from the repertoire of ETHNIC DUO, NEFFESH MUSIC and ZAO." [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Seffer--Yochko---Chromophonie-DVD__01-Musea-spc-9028.aspx

Yochk'o Seffer/François Cahen/Ethnic Duo-En Public au Chene Noir d'Avignon, 1980 $16.00
Excellent quality, previously unreleased live recording of Yochk'o (saxes) and Faton (Yamaha CP 80 piano - the piano that gave "Phase IV", and many others its distinctive sound). Great stuff. Some of it short and concise and other parts more exploratory.
"The disappearance of legendary ZAO after "Typareth" (1977) had left a big gap among numerous fans of keyboardist François "FATON" CAHEN and his fellow saxophonist-flutist Yochk'o SEFFER. From now on turned to diverse solo projects, the two became quickly accomplices, something never denied since the beginning of the Seventies, a partnership born in Magma in the "1000 Degrés Centigrades" period. Three years later, Ethnic Duo reassure everybody proposing the continuation of their musical adventures. ETHNIC DUO had only recorded one opus during their activity period, so the release of a live album is quite great news ! "En Public Au Chêne Noir D'Avignon, 1980" shows the duet performing a high flying set for more than one hour, through the interwoven piano and saxophone parts. It should also be noted that none of the nine compositions featured here are present on their studio album, which makes this material quite useful. This record can be seen as a trace in time, but it is a very good musical show anyway!" [Great Winds]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Seffer--YochkoFrançois-CahenEthnic-Duo---En-Public-au-Chene-Noir-dAvignon--1980__01-GW-spc-3128.aspx

Strawbs-Live at the BBC, Volume One In Session $16.00
"This first volume has tracks recorded for the BBC (Top Gear, Peter Starstedt, Sounds of the Seventies, Sequence) from 1968 through 1973. Occasionally there is a bit of chat from the DJ, but its not overly intrusive-rather it gives more of a feel for the times all those years ago. The music ranges from the groups earliest recordings as a more acoustic guitar/folk orientated band on through to progressive music with the addition of keyboards, drums, and more percussion. Band members during this time included Dave Cousins, Ron Chesterman, Tony Hooper, John Ford, Richard Hudson, Rick Wakeman (who changed the band's sound into something approaching progressive music), and Blue Weaver, and others who only Strawbs occasionally. For anyone who likes relatively early Strawbs, this is a real find. While some of these tracks, for the most part, which showed up on their first studio album (s), aren't radically different, there's a feel of a live recording, which gives these tracks their own identity. Early Strawbs were fondly remembered as one of the original English folk groups, who went on to become one of the better progressive sounding bands in later years. With songs like "The Battle", "We'll Meet Again Sometime", "The Hangman and the Papist", "Witchwood", "New World" (in two versions a year apart), "Benedictus" (from 1971 where the band begins to head more toward a progressive sound thanks to Blue Weaver's keyboards, and Hudson's drums), "New World", and "The Winter and the Summer", the band's early folk/progressive years are well represented. Dave Cousins' worn, sometimes fragile sounding voice anchors the songs no matter if its folk or a more progressive sound later."-Stuart Jefferson [Universal]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Strawbs---Live-at-BBC--Volume-One-In-Session__15-Universal-spc-532-spc-050.aspx

Weidorje-Weidorje $16.00
Back in stock!
A "Zeuhl supergroup" of sorts, this combined musicians from Magma & Heldon into a heavy progressive band that drew it's initial inspiration from Magma, but had their own sound. Big names here include Bernard Paganotti, Patrick Gauthier, Michel Ettori, & Jean-Philippe Goude. This was sort of the last gasp of first generation French zeuhl, but a great swansong it was! With 2 bonus tracks recorded live that were compositions intended for the second Weidorje album that was never completed. [Musea]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Weidorje---Weidorje__01-MUSEA-spc-4058.aspx

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Below are five new Cuneiform releases which are not going to be generally released for another 4 weeks, but which you can buy directly from us now.

Our releases are available from us to our direct mail customers several weeks before they are generally released or available from other sources. We spend a small fortune on our releases and your direct purchase from us via Wayside Music helps us tremendously and is *extremely* important to our being able to continue our work and our release schedule. Thank you for your interest and support of our work.

The Microscopic Septet-Friday the 13th: The Micros Play Monk $15.00
Since its founding in 1980, under the co-leadership and co-compositional duties of soprano saxophonist Phillip Johnston and pianist Joel Forrester, "the Micros" have been "New York's most famous unknown band"; since 1990, the catchy, film noir theme they created for NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” has aired  daily on stations across America, and may now be the most-broadcast jazz tune in the world.
Composer and pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-82) is one of the top creative deities in the pantheon of American Jazz Greats.  His tunes, once considered radical and appreciated only by the cognoscenti, are now beloved standards. The music of Monk was also the catalyst that sparked the creation of one of New York’s most legendary and important jazz groups, the Microscopic Septet.
In 1974, the Monk tune: "Well You Needn’t" first brought the future Micros co-leaders together by chance. Johnston was living in the Bowery at the time, and Forrester, hearing music, barged into his apartment, unannounced: "I was playing a Thelonious Monk tune, and a guy I had never seen before came walking through my door, which wasn’t locked - those were the hippie days..." The encounter sparked a friendship and working relationship, in which Monk’s music reverberated on multiple levels across the years. Another chance encounter – at chicken and ribs place West Boondock, forged Forrester’s friendship with the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. And through the Baroness, Forrester would ultimately meet and periodically play piano for Monk. Since Johnston and Forrester’s first meeting, Monk’s music has remained an inspiration and guiding light throughout their music careers. In addition to creating and playing their own music, they always played Monk’s music with the Microscopic Septet, but due to their limited number of releases and  their copious original songbook (more than 180 tunes), they only previously recorded one Monk composition. This new CD rectifies this omission. Featuring original arrangements of 12 Monk tunes, half from “back in the day” and half newly-written for this recording, the Microscopic Septet make clear their line of descent from Monk. Bottom line: there are many Thelonious Monk-themed discs, but this is the most personalized take on Thelonious Monk there is. It's obviously Monk, but at every moment it's also very obviously the Microscopic Septet! The humor and angularity of Monk’s compositions mesh easily and joyfully with the elaboration and juxtaposition  of the Micros-style arranging. This is a true celebration of Monk by a group that can arguably be called his most sensitive and sensational heirs.
Featuring gorgeous art work by New Yorker artist Barry Blitt – the man responsible for the infamous and controversial "Michelle and Barack 'fist-bump'" cover and other contentious-yet-humorous artwork- and liner notes by jazz critic and long-time Micros fan Peter Keepnews, Friday the 13th is surprising yet inevitable: a long overdue party with the master, at which The Micros Play Monk.
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/Micros_Bye-a.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Microscopic-Septet---Friday-the-13th--The-Micros-Play-Monk__Rune-spc-310.aspx

Richard Pinhas-Metal/Crystal 2 x CDs $17.00
On Metal/Crystal, French experimental guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas summons the assistance of noise artists Merzbow (Masami Akita) from Japan and Wolf Eyes from USA to weave a spellbinding aural web that spans 2 CDs.Over the years, many artists in the 'noise arena' have expressed interest in his pioneering use of synthesizers and electronics  in rock and contemporary music. Pinhas has likewise been intrigued by various areas of the ‘noise’ scene and Metal/Crystal, recorded "during these two worst years of my life" reflects these influences strongly. Metal/Crystal also intertwines some of the most radical electro-acoustic sonic innovations to emerge from three different continents: Europe, Asia and North America. Pinhas has been ceaselessly innovative in a career spanning more than 30 years, and recently has been exploring areas of the international ‘noise’ scene. His newest release shows him working with two of that scene’s highest profile artists; Merzbow and Wolf Eyes are considered to be the premier ‘noise artists’ of their respective countries. Metal/Crystal is Pinhas’ second collaboration with Merzbow, the originator of Japanese noise music. It is Pinhas’ first release with Michigan's Wolf Eyes, whom he’s worked with since 2007. In addition to Merzbow and Wolf Eyes, Metal/Crystal features several of Pinhas’ longtime collaborators: Antoine Paganotti (drums), Didier Batard (bass), Patrick Gauthier (mini-Moog) (all ex members of Heldon and/or Magma); Jerome Schmidt (electronics), whom Pinhas has recorded and toured extensively with for 2 decades; and his son Duncan Pinhas (electronics), who also helped mix the album with Laurent Peyron and Francis Gernet. The album’s artwork, by Yann Legendre and Joy Burke, features intricate, back-and-white cartoon-like drawings, with images hidden inside larger forms. The 6 lengthy tracks on Metal/Crystal features some of Pinhas’ most melodic guitar riffs in recent years, as well as his ‘noisiest’ sonic abstractions ever. Whether with his band Heldon or under his own name, Richard Pinhas has been at the forefront of the meging of electronics with rock music for over 35 years! Metal/Crystal is two full length CDs of radical music that sells at a radically reasonable price!
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/RPinhas_BiPolarity.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Pinhas--Richard---MetalCrystal-2-x-CDs__Rune-spc-308-309.aspx

Jason Robinson-The Two Faces of Janus $15.00
The Two Faces of Janus - one face looking at the past, one face looking towards the future. Borrowed from Greek mythology, Janus is an apt metaphor for the lat-est release by accomplished reedist and composer Jason Robinson. Robinson first appeared on Cuneiform with the long-running collective ensemble Cosmologic. Now he steps forward with a solo album that features a stellar band, all of whom are distinguished figures in jazz and improvised music as well as all being top-drawer bandleaders in their own right:
Jason Robinson -– tenor and soprano saxes, flute
Marty Ehrlich – alto sax, bass clarinet
Rudresh Mahanthappa – alto sax
Liberty Ellman – guitar
Drew Gress – bass
George Schuller – drums
The music is angular, expressive, emotional and virtuosic. Using Robinson's compositions as a base, all the players dig in and with their solos and ensemble interplay raise the stakes to make an outstanding contemporary work. The album seam-lessly moves from hard swinging grooves to beautiful ab-straction and features great work from all of these tremendous players. Robinson’s playing and composing embodies the duality of the Janus metaphor; his music draws from the rich historical and modern traditions of jazz  and he creates a decidedly modern and unique musical vision. The Two Faces of Janus also positions Robinson – originally from the West Coast  – within New York’s most innovative community of creative and visionary jazz musicians. With the release of this modern classic, Robinson has arrived!
“…the saxophonist himself has a warm expressive tone, occasionally dipping into freer realms yet always staying true to the structure of his compositions.”– Signal to Noise
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/JRobinson_Pacamayo.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Robinson--Jason---The-Two-Faces-of-Janus__Rune-spc-311.aspx

Univers Zero-Heresie (expanded/remixed/remastered) $15.00
"...an incredibly powerful listening experience. In fact, Heresie is a stunning one-of-a-kind item which has never been duplicated by anyone -- including Univers Zero." – Bill Tilland/All Music Guide
How does a group follow up a auspicous and unique debut recording? A recording that is so completely out of step with everything that is currently in fashion in popular and even in experimental music that nearly 35 years later, it still is able to surprise people hearing it for the first time. How? Well, if you were Univers Zero, you did it by moving even more to the extremes of your music. While the influences from 20th Century classical music (Stravinsky, Bartok, Huybrechts) mixed with aspects of progressive rock (the angularity of King Crimson added to the unique zeuhl sound of Magma) remain, they are stripped down and presented in the starkest and darkest way possible. Guitarist Roger Trigaux still plays some amazing licks, but for much of the album, he is hunched over the harmonium (a 19th century pump organ), which gives the music an eerie, gothic sound - a gothic sound matched by the other front line instruments of violin/viola and oboe/bassoon. Meanwhile the rhythm section is completely electric, with heavy Magma-influenced bass and with Daniel Denis' fantastic drumming propelling everything foward.
Originally released in 1979, Heresie has long been considered a high-water mark of new music composition, performance, and dark, sinister intensity for over 30 years and has never been out of print. This reissue transforms and updates Univers Zero’s most infamous work with a new cover that uses bits of the original packaging, as well as many new elements. It also has a striking and clear new remix from the 1979 multi-track tapes that defines and clarifies all the instruments in a way that is much more focused than previous editions. Never have Daniel's cymbal's so clearly sizzled with such menace or has Guy's bass gone so low into the underworld. The reissue is accompanied by a 16 page booklet containing a history of the band’s years during the Heresie period and illustrated with archival photos. Lastly, there is a 12 minute, relvelatory bonus track from very early in the group's life added; a track that later was cannibalized by its composer, into bits that would eventually find their way into "Ersatz" on Le Poison Qui Rend Fou and "The Limping Little Girl" and "Ceux D'En Bas (Suite)" on N°6  by Roger's post UZ group, Present. One of the most significant avant-progressive rock albums of the very late 1970s just got even more significant!
“The music is consistently ominous, always hinting at the heaviness of metal but never pummelling the listener. And when it occasionally gets dense, it’s a slab of strange, ingenious orchestration you hear, rather than a simple overdriven amp sound.”  – Nick Storring, Exlaim!
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/UZ_Jack%20the%20Ripper.mp3 [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Univers-Zero---Heresie-(expandedremixedremastered)__Rune-spc-313.aspx

Uz Jsme Doma-Caves $15.00
Uz Jsme Doma (pronounced  "Oozh (rhymes with 'rouge') Smeh Dough-Ma)  (in English, “Now I Get It”) seemed to appear out of nowhere in the early 1990s, but it was a little more complicated than that. When the group came together in the small border town of Teplice in Czechoslovakia in 1985, rock was freedom and freedom was illegal. Via Western radio and smuggled tapes, however, the band came into contact with punk rock as well as more avant-garde bands. It wasn't until the fall of the Communist government that they were able to record and tour, which they then proceeded to do with a vengence; the group have toured the US a remarkable 17 times and have played nearly 2,000 gigs during their lifetime! The group has won a strong following with their great releases and their constant, high energy tours. 25 years after their founding, their music combines the energy of punk rock - their original inspiration - while ignoring genre walls and adding more complex structures taken from avant-garde and avant-progressive bands and even from folk music of their native land. They are living, fire-breathing, alternative rock legends: one of “the two great Bastions of the Czech alternative scene” said the Prague Post, who ranked them in importance beside the Plastic People of the Universe. They are a singular, powerful group whose shows win them instant fans for life and whose musical voice is the voice of joy and freedom. Currently the group is made up of leader Miroslav Wanek on lead vocals, guitars and piano, Pepa Cervinka on bass and vocals, Adam Tomasek on trumpet and vocals, Tomas Paleta on drums and Martin Velisek who designs all the band art work, and is a full band member whose “instruments“ are brushes and paints. The album comes with a 12 page, full color booklet with Martin's artwork. UJD are a group I have long had my eyes on; I saw them for the first time in the mid 1990s and several times since then and I am very pleased that we are able to work together on this, their seventh studio album.
"Half a dozen LPs in, this 22-year Czech band is free of its remarkable founding narrative as a band banned by the former Communist Czechoslovakian regime just for existing...What remains is the fierce commitment to the freedom inherent in Western art-damaged music. Uz embody the absolute unpredictability in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention primarily, but also the multi-influence, anti-pop clatter of the Residents, Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu, 1977 punk, and...prog. You won't know what they're singing about in Czech, but the limitless hyper-energy and collision of styles piling on each other with remarkable precision, always turns ears....it's glorious..." – Jack Rabid
You can hear a track from the album here: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/UJD_Droplet.mp3  [Cuneiform]
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Uz-Jsme-Doma---Caves__Rune-spc-312.aspx

Cuneiform new release bundle (for USA & Canada only) 5 CDs $70.00
Save $10.00 (in costs + postage combined), when you buy this package of all 5 new Cuneiform titles (The Microscopic Septet, Richard Pinhas, Jason Robinson, Univers Zero, Uz Jsme Doma). Thank you!
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CUNEIFORMBUNDLE

Cuneiform new release bundle (for customers outside of the USA and Canada) 5 CDs $84.00
Save $10.00 (in costs + postage combined), when you buy this package of all 5 new Cuneiform titles (Richard Pinhas, Jason Robinson, The Microscopic Septet, Univers Zero, Uz Jsme Doma). Thank yo
http://www.waysidemusic.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=CUNEIFORMBUNDLE-E

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You can always see which of our artists are on tour and get the links to the venues at:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/tours.html
or
http://my.calendars.net/cuneiform/
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AHLEUCHATISTAS
September 9 - Barking Legs Theater - 1307 Dodds Ave - Chattanooga, TN 37404 (423) 624-5347 - 9:00 pm

Septemper 10 - Lemp Neighborhood Art Center - 3301 Lemp Ave - St. Louis, MO 63118 - 8:00 pm

September 11 - Adventures in Modern Music festival (sponsored with The Wire) - Empty Bottle - 1035 N Western Ave - Chicago, IL 60601 (773) 276-3600

RAOUL BJORKENHEIM/MORGAN AGREN/BILL LASWELL
September 19 - Downtown Music Gallery's 20th anniversary celebration! - Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston Sts.) - New York, NY (212) 614-0505

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
September 10 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318

September 11 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318

September 27 - The Cedar Cultural Center - 16 Cedar Avenue South - Minneapolis, MN 55454 (612) 338-2674 (with Dave King Trucking Company) $15.00


September 29 - Moraine Valley Community College - John and Angeline Oremus Theater - Chicago, IL $10.00

September 30 - tba - Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana

October 1 - Oberlin College - Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse - Hales Annex -180 W. Lorain St - Oberlin, OH (440) 775-8562

October 2 - 14th Annual Edgefest - Ann Arbor, MI

ERGO
November 12 - BAM Cafe - 30 Lafayette Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 8:30 pm - FREE!

IDEAL BREAD
September 12 - Red Hook Jazz Festival - Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

LED BIB
November 14 - London Jazz Festival @ Vortex Jazz Club - London, UK

November 27 - The Shed - Brawby, Malton, UK

MAHAVISHNU PROJECT
Plays the music of Jeff Beck - from Wired, Blow By Blow, There and Back and more

September 16 - Regattabar - The Charles Hotel - One Bennett Street - Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 661.5000 - 7:30 pm

October 2 - NJProghouse at Rock'n Joe - 3670 Route 27 - Kendall Park NJ 08824 - 7:30 pm

October 8 - Toad's Place - 300 York Street - New Haven, CT (203) 624.8623 - 9:00 pm

November 4 - Mexicali Live - Thu Nov 4th  (8pm)
1409 Queen Anne Rd. - Teaneck NJ 07666 (201) 833.0011 - 8:00 pm

MATS/MORGAN BAND
October 23 -  Gouveia Art Rock - Gouveia, Portugal

December 11 - Pjeireblues - Belgium (with Jimmy Ågren Band)

MIRIODOR
September 12 - Café Chaos - 2031, St-Denis, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (514) 844-0738)

September 19 - Rock in Opposition Festival 2010 - Cap Decouverte - 81450 Le Garric (Carmaux) France

September 21 - Le Baloard - 21 Boulevard Louis Blanc - 34000 Montpellier, France (04) 67 79 36 68

September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (Miriodor will be opening for Univers Zero)

THE MUFFINS
September 18 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (The Muffins will be playing shortly before Magma, although it is a separate admission. Also on the bill: Pilesar, Vector Trio, Hume )

MUJICIAN
Tony Levin's 70th Birthday Celebration - UK tour. All dates also feature the Aki Takasi Trio (with Tony also on drums)!

October  7 - St Georges Hall - Bristol, UK (0845) 40 24 001

October 8 - Richard Attenborough Centre - University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (0116) 223 1520

October 9 - Midlands Arts Centre - Birmingham, UK (0121) 446-3232

October 11 - The Vortex - London, UK (020) 7254 4097

October 14 - Lunchtime concert piano duo - Aki Takase and Keith Tippett - Kings Hall at Newcastle University - Newcastle, UK (0191) 222 8463

October 14 - Gateshead Old Town Hall - Gateshead, UK (0191) 433-8428

RICHARD PINHAS
September 24 - Richard Pinhas + Merzbow - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

September 29 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Floristree - Baltimore, MD

September 30 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Secret Project Robot Art Experiment - 210 Kent Ave - Brooklyn, NY, 11211 (917) 860.8282

October 1 - The Temple - .

670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130 (with:
Jason Lescalleet, Schurt Kwitters (Jess from Fat Worm), Vile Bodies)

October 2 - tbd - with the Sonic Circuit all-stars

October 6 & 7 - Jan Eyck Academy - Maastricht, Holland (note: this is a lecture/conference about music - not a concert)

October 20 - Pop Philosophie Festival - Marseille, France

POSITIVE CATASTROPHE
Oct 23-Nov 7 - tba

REVOUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE
September 25 - Ocean County Library - 101 Washington St. - Toms River, NJ, 3-5pm, free

WADADA LEO SMITH
September 17 - Firehouse 12 - 45 Crown Street - New Haven, CT 06510
(203) 785-0468

October 3 - Angel City Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA

October 28 - Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn, NY

November 13 - New Music Center - St. Louis, MO

November 20 - Library of Congress - Washington, DC

UNIVERS ZERO
September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

UZ JSME DOMA
September 23 - Daniel Street Club - 21 Daniel Street - Milford, CT

September 25 - Building 16 - 95 Empire Street - Providence, RI

September 26 - Lesco - 4467 St Denis - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

September 28 - Zaphod Beeblebox - 27 York Street - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

September 29 - Sneaky Dee's - 431 College Street (at Bathurst) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 30 - Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue - Rochester, NY 14607-3527
(585) 454-2966

October 1 - The Rock Shop - 249 4th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 230-5740

October 2 - 12th Annual Czech Street Festival - 83rd Street between Madison & Park Ave. - NYC, NY Free! 12-7 pm (with Zuby Nehti)

October 4 - Maxwell's - 1039 Washington Street - Hoboken, NJ (201)653-1703

October 5 - M Room - 15 West Girard Avenue - Philadelphia, PA 19123-1707 (215) 739-5577

October 6 - Black Cat - 1811 14th St. NW - Washington, DC 20009

October 7 - Garfield Artworks - 4931 Penn Avenue - Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (412) 361 2262

October 8 - Now That's Class - 11213 Detroit Avenue - Cleveland, OH

Ocober 9 - Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, Md.  21230

ZEVIOUS
huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid March - mid April, 2011. watch for more info here as we get it
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To see Artist News by musicians who have recorded for Cuneiform - provided to us by the musicians themselves and updated every four months, go to:
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/artistnews.html

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Rest in Peace:

Noah Howard (one of the great alto men who emerged from the ESP/Fire Music scene of the 1960s)

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Thank you!

-Coming Soon (or not soon, but eventually, so please be patient!)-
(For updates of new items in stock, watch these mailings or check the NEW ARRIVALS section!) :
ARANIS-RoqueForte (fourth album - with new members Dave Kerman and Pierre Chevalier on AltrOck)
PETER BAUMAN- Romance '76 -Transharmonic Nights (available again for the 1st time in many, many years)
SERGE BRINGOLF/STRAVE-Strave (wonderful, fairly obscure zeuhl/jazz-rock album from 1980 from France by a large ensemble. I consider this one of the treasures of French zeuhl and it's really underknown and appreciated. Being reissued by Soleil Zeuhl, of course and if you don't know this one, you are really in for a treat!)
CALOMITO-Cane di Schiena
CASSIBER (box set with a live DVD as well as unreleased material on CD along with the four albums we already know and love)
CHEER-ACCIDENT-#17 (what more need be said?)
DREAMTIME-Double Trouble 2 x CDs (quintet live at Bracknell in 83 and double quintet live at the Swan 91)
FACTOR BURZACO-II (new album on AltrOck)
FAR CORNER #3
FRENCH TV-I Forgive You for All My Unhappiness (great title!)
GUTBUCKET (album #5)
HUGH HOPPER-The Gift of Purpose (FINALLY - due in 10 days or less)
LED BIB-Bring Your Own (album #5)
PICCHIO DAL POZZO-a_live (new live album!)
PLANETA IMAGINARIO-Optical Delusions (great 3rd album by this great Catalan jazz/rock band. Warm melodies, Canterbury-styled jazz/rock rhythm section and tasteful large band arrangements, all recorded by Bob Drake for a great, live ensemble feel and sound.
RATIONAL DIET-3rd album
WADADA LEO SMITH and ED BLACKWELL-The Blue Mountain's Sun Drummer (never-before heard 1986 duo recording!)
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY-Relegation of Pluto/Live in Germany
JOHN SURMAN-Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop 1969 CD + DVD (amazing, clear and crisp, black and white footage of John Surman with a ten piece band (Malcolm Griffiths, Alan Jackson, Erich Kleinschuster , Harry Miller, Mike Osborne, Fritz Pauer, Ronnie Scott, Alan Skidmore, Kenny Wheeler)in April, 1969. One of the most amazing documents of Brit jazz in its late 60s prime ever! This will blow minds.)
TZADIK announces the following: GREAT NEWS FOR ZORN FANS! 2010 will be a landmark year for John Zorn who promises 12 new CD releases-one every month! Included will be new music from The Dreamers, Moonchild and Alhambra, 3 new releases in The Book of Angels series, a major new studio composition dedicated to the Korean-American writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, a classical release featuring his acclaimed violin concerto Contes des Fées, the DVD release of his opera with Richard Foreman ASTRONOME, a ripping improvised duo recording with Fred Frith and undoubtedly several surprises. Most of the recordings are already completed and the release schedule set, so keep your eyes and ears open and expect a new Zorn release every 4th Tuesday of the month in 2010!
ROBERT WYATT/GILAD ATZMON/ROS STEPHEN-For the Ghosts Within
YUGEN-Iridule (new album with Dave Kerman, Guy Segers, Elaine Di Falco, Dave Willey, Mike Johnson. On AltrOck)

IF you'd like to view previous New In stock Announcements, they can be found here:
http://www.ymlp33.com/pubarchive.php?Wayside_Music