10 More Classic International Prog-Rock Albums
A follow-up to my first post on the plethora of great international prog-rock recordings available to the enthusiast. Read the first piece for the preamble. (NOTE: Since I remain on […]
Category Archives: Avant garde
KHAN TENGRI – Aeons (2016)
This album is actually a recent release by yours truly, outside of my usual Gateless Gate banner. The reasons are that there are actual songs to be found here, and […]
GILES JACOBS AND WOLFGANG MERX – I Have Fought! (2015)
This new album was released in conjunction with the We Are All Ghosts netlabel. Merx and Jacobs are two very experienced ambient/electronic musicians. For this album they came up with […]
THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD – Magnet (2015)
by Allister Thompson I’m not normally the type to review short EPs, because I’m a greedy fellow and I like, you know, quadruple albums. But this did catch my ears’ […]
NEW Gateless Gate releases: Ancient Ocean and Ancient Metals
The Gateless Gate is my krautambient project, and I’ve released in fairly quick succession two radically different albums. Over the winter, I collaborated with American Scott Lawlor, who is well-known […]
The Essential ROBERT RICH
by Allister Thompson I did a post quite a while back on some essential Steve Roach albums, which has proven popular in introducing some of his intimidatingly large back catalogue […]
A tribute to the pot-head pixies: DAEVID ALLEN and GONG
by Allister Thompson It was announced quite recently that truly legendary musical icon Daevid Allen was going to be leaving this world soon due to incurable illness, a brave announcement […]
An Old Person’s Guide to King Crimson
by Tim Clarke (Editor’s note: I could not be happier to have this wonderful article on my site. Tim Clarke, a fine musician himself [see the Bandcamp link above or […]
THE GATELESS GATE – Landslag Norður Íslands (The Landscape of North Iceland) (2015)
by Allister I am actually working on a lengthy and very important post about a famous musician who sang about flying teapots. But in the interim, as I prepare my […]
2015 Winter Roundup
Snuggled away in our respective homes, Matthew Sweeney and I have been doing some listening to some excellent new recordings. James Murray – Loss Loss brings a unique emotionalism to ambient […]
Make Your Own Taste 