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With "A un passo da te " Crifiu collect the experience of these years of touring in Italy and in Europe along with the fruits of the successful previous work and Hearts Borders and produce an album that, in its 11 tracks -several contents and musicality important texts and rich in references letterari- reveals a common path which knows the crisis and overcoming it, he knows that behind every climb is the descent, which each day comes from the night, and that only after the flood we see the rainbow overturning the concept of crisis as an opportunity to stimulate creation. "The story is the place of insecurity - tell the Crifiu - that you pass in a meta-historical and symbolic horizon where the crisis is reversed, changes sign to go back in history and continue to do it. An invitation to rediscover the old man's ability to cross the loss of the crisis and return to "shine" in the history of every day. " An album in contemporary themes and sounds, high-impact music and emotional, more mature, complete and versatile that he coordinates now recognizable sound of the band: guitars, bass, flutes, powerful groove, Mediterranean melodies and rhythms of the world, pop and poetry that create original and innovative sound of Crifiu. The CD includes the artistic production of Archangel "Kaba" Cavazzuti, former drummer of Vasco Rossi and Biagio Antonacci and producer of many discs Italian. Among the guests present the brass section of Manu Chao (all Salento), the boom hit by Bash in already published Beyond the clouds and other musicians who have enriched the sound range of the disc, that "sounds" new, able to paint unpublished musical horizons, including pop, rock and world music.

01. Il cuore torna
02. Vivendo il vento
03. A un passo da te
04. Il meglio di noi
05. Un estate cosi'
06. Ora et labora
07. Da che parte stai
08. L'amore e' resistenza
09. Tempi moderni
10. Al di la' delle nuvole
11. Non fermare mai

"Lost time is not found again".

This ancient idiom is at the heart of brothers Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin's long, tumultuous relationship. However, in Dave's own words, "Sometimes Fate, or God or the Universe, gives you a rare chance to prove an old saying is wrong".

The brothers' new album, appropriately titled Lost Time, does just that. Over Lost Time's twelve tracks, Dave and Phil pay homage to a number of artists and songs that had an early, formative influence. In Dave's words "the masters of the Blues, the most transcendental form of American music".

Everyone from Lead Belly to James Brown is represented, but the figure who looms largest on the album, and in the brothers' own musical journey, is Big Joe Turner.

The Alvins met Big Joe as teenagers, and he would mentor them for the remainder of his life. They remain his humble students, and cut four Turner songs for Lost Time

If their Grammy-nominated 2014 album Common Ground was the sound of a partnership rekindled, Lost Time is a four-alarm fire. Dave's guitar work slithers and stings as never before, and Phil's feral howl cuts to the core.

Dave and Phil both sing and play guitar throughout Lost Time, and are joined by a crack band including Lisa Pankratz (drums), Brad Fordham (bass), and Chris Miller (guitar).

The Alvin brothers founded seminal early LA punk roots band The Blasters in 1979, and after Dave left the group in 1986, they did not record an album together again until Common Ground. In addition to its Grammy nomination, that record earned wide critical acclaim, and features with NPR's Fresh Air, The LA Times, Wall Street Journal and more.

DINO , a popular italian pop 70s artist, is proposed with his greatest hits and new songs produced by Radio Birikina , quality mark for artists 70 years

01. Gli occhi miei
02. Te lo leggo negli occhi
03. Il sole è di tutti
04. La tua immagine
05. Chi più di me
06. Eravamo amici
07. L'unica donna
08. Dolci canzoni
09. Una vida de amor
10. Le piccole paure
11. Sandra non lo sai
12. Anna
13. Ai margini della tua vita
14. La pagina da scrivere
15. Cosa sei per me
16. Serenata
17. Squadra gialloblù - Inno del Verona Calcio

The album , recorded live in a memorable concert at Alcatraz in Milan , will be enhanced by three new songs and marketed in a Special packaging in traditional stores , digital download and streaming on all platforms . The live of an artist who live happier is the synthesis of his own music and their own language , the special blend of rock copyright and poetic force that has always distinguished . " ... I am what I write , play and sing . So who seek me find me there, no need many explanations . I live under my piece of heaven . And making music in a way equivalent as possible to stay in the world in the the same way. I hope to give more strength . And it becomes hope and sharing ... " .

CD1:
01. Orgoglio
02. Introduzione ( Band of brothers theme )
03. Ali di liberta'
04. Il mare
05. Fratellino
06. Alzati
07. Dolce Resistenza
08. Spari nel cielo
09. Libera terra
10. Era una notte che pioveva
11. La strada del davai
12. La casa di mio padre
13. Lettera al figlio
14. Occhi di bambino
15. Splenda il sole
16. Apri l braccia
CD2:
01. L'ultimo ballo
02. Angel
03. Fragole a Milano
04. Nessuna resa mai
05. San Valentino
06. Madre proteggi
07. Outro (band of brothers theme )
08. Bacio d'addio
09. Il migliore dei mondi possibile
10. ricordati di me

DVD: Live

Again , Massimo Ranieri remains a versatile artist with exceptional talent and energy : after the overwhelming success of the play " Dream and are awake " , which proposes and interprets achievements of the Italian and Neapolitan songs , the Neapolitan singer histrionic It presents to the public a triple box set titled " Gold Edition " , containing the songs offered on stages all over Italy , interspersed with humorous anecdotes of his life as
an artist .

CD1: "Oggi o Dimane - Live!"
01. E SPINGULE FRANGESE
02. LUNA ROSSA
03. SCALINATELLA
04. CARAVAN PETROL
05. REGINELLA
06. VOCE E NOTTE
07. 'A RUMBA DEGLI SCUGNIZZI
08. TU SI' NA COSA GRANDE
09. MARUZZELLA
10. LA PANSE'
11. GUAPPARIA
12. RUNDINELLA
13. TI PARLERO' D' AMORE

CD2: "Canzoni In Corso"
01. QUANDO
02. SPACCACUORE
03. SE ME NE ANDRO'
04. I VENTI DEL CUORE
05. LE STORIE D' AMORE
06. ATTIMI
07. ABITA IN TE
08. GLI ASSOLATI VETRI DEL TRAMONTO
09. IL CANTO

CD3: Il Meglio Di Canto Perche' Non So Nuotare.. Da 40 Anni"
01. L' ISTRIONE
02. MI TROVERAI
03. LA VESTAGLIA
04. PRENDI FRA LE MANI LA TESTA
05. ALMENO TU NELL' UNIVERSO
06. TI PENSO
07. SE BRUCIASSE LA CITTA'
08. IO CHE AMO SOLO TE
09. UN'AVVENTURA
10. LA VOCE DEL SILENZIO
11. LA BANDA
12. PERDERE L' AMORE

The band time spent writing in 2014— James Shaw at his studio in Toronto, delving into the CS80 synth and Emily Haines with acoustic instruments in Nicaragua and Spain—and the work yielded an unprecedented amount of material that revealed itself across at least two major musical veins.

Realizing they had composed enough music for two very different albums, they decided to let each collection of songs stand on their own. More details on the second release will be announced shortly.

Metric will continue their current arena tour with Imagine Dragons and the band has newly announced UK and European dates for October called Pagans Across The Pond.

Pagans in Vegas will be the first of two albums from Metric, with the second album expected in 2016.

The vinyl edition here is a double black gatefold LP version.

"(Emily Haines) can convey a world of torment with the phrasing of a single word. It's the kind of voice that's equally effective in vaguely melancholy club bangers and crushingly melancholy chamber-pop ballads. Metric's newest material rests squarely in the former camp, and even goes so far as to throw open a window and let a glimmer of hope shine in". - NPR Music

"Not only does the synth-driven track (The Shade) pick up where the dreamy soundscapes of 2012's Synthetica left off, it's also seasonally appropriate, as the normally cryptic frontwoman Emily Haines sings with unusual frankness about falling in love under the stars and holding hands by the moonlit sea." - TIME

"The band's first new song (The Shade) since 2012's Synthetica finds singer Emily Haines listing her life's demands over glossy synthesizers and massive drums." - Rolling Stone

"On "The Shade," though, Metric return with fervour to their synth-heavy, polished pop sound." - Exclaim

Michele "midfielder" Biton, born in 1975, and 'one of the most respected musicians and songwriters of the independent Italian music scene. Born in Turin but moved almost immediately with his family in Genoa, he developed a love for the city of visceral Lantern (and obviously for Genoa) a city that stimulates and inspires much more, despite everything. From 1998 to 2001 he was the leader of Laghisecchi which published the discs Radical Kitsch (1998) and Tres Bien: Plan B (2001). The band that, at the end of the nineties, was acclaimed by critics and audiences, melts after the release of second album and is still considered by many as "seminal" than a certain way of writing and playing pop rock sung in Italian . After the dissolution of Laghisecchi, midfielder started the artistic collaboration with Stefano Piccardo and born so Numero6 group still active with which publishes four albums and numerous EPs and turns the peninsula with hundreds of concerts throughout Italy. Parallel to Numero6, Biton worked as a songwriter for other performers and is part of the name. In 2011 Bitossi began his career as a soloist with midfielder "The problem of turning" (Urtovox), disk that has received important feedback from critics and audiences. In 2012 he founded his own label The Prisoner Records which publishes the records of various artists such as Flor, Iacampo, Od lightning, Tomakin. In June 2015 he released "Your Fears" the single that announces the release of "Restless", the second solo album which will be called and will be in stores in October for The Prisoner Records / Believe Digital. On his solo career and the new disc Bitossi devotes himself and most of his creative energies

Recorded live at the Superdome in New Orleans for Farm Aid 7 in September of 1994, this is classic grunge-era Neil and Crazy Horse. Though the set list consists of only 5 tunes, the show's running time is nearly an hour as Neil and crew give epic performances of all-time favorites like 'Down By The River', and Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower', as well as newer arrivals like 'Country Home' (from 1990's Ragged Glory) and 'Change Your Mind' (from 1994's Sleeps With Angels). An essential Neil live set available now in unprecedented sound quality.

Recorded live at the Superdome in New Orleans for Farm Aid 7 in September of 1994, this is classic grunge-era Neil and Crazy Horse. Though the set list consists of only 5 tunes, the show's running time is nearly an hour as Neil and crew give epic performances of all-time favorites like 'Down By The River', and Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower', as well as newer arrivals like 'Country Home' (from 1990's Ragged Glory) and 'Change Your Mind' (from 1994's Sleeps With Angels). An essential Neil live set available now in unprecedented sound quality.

Public Service Broadcasting are pleased to reveal plans for a new EP this November which includes a brand new track - Korolev - whilst lead single, Sputnik - the most dancefloor friendly track on The Race For Space - has been remixed by some leading lights in the dance and electronic world.

While 'Sputnik' gathers tension as it carefully builds to its euphoric finish of wonder, new cut 'Korolev' carries a familiar progressive energy with a powerful riff at its core, and quick flashes of a grand brass section.

The EP will be released on 12' vinyl, CD & digital along with 4 stellar remixes from Blond:ish, Petar Dundov, Eagles & Butterflies & Plugger.

Korolev, or 'The Chief Designer' as he was referred to at the time, was the talismanic figure spearheading the Russian Space program and the lead designer of Sputnik. His untimely death in 1966 had a huge impact on the outcome of the Soviet battle with the United States to be the first nation to land a man on the Moon.

Sputnik embarks on a new path with Peter Dundov's relentless beat and tightly executed electronic twists whilst echoed words add a dark touch to Eagles & Butterflies' house-inspired electro flourishes. Canadians Blond:ish take us on a 12-minute voyage through an unpredictable range of textures, adding a spark to the soft, dazzling beat and creating a sense of nostalgia in the process. Plugger complete the EP, ramping up the intensity of 'Sputnik' as it journeys into an exhilarating groove.

The Race For Space reached #11 in the UK album charts (and #1 in the independent chart) in its first week - with 5 weeks in the top 40 and 15 weeks in the top 100 - selling over 60k records worldwide since its release at the end of February.

Press Quotes - 'A magnificent record' GQ / 'A rocket-fuelled silver screen roller coaster... PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be' DIY / 'Vividly conveys the triumph, the glamour and the tragedy of the space race' Album Of The Week Time Out / "Vibrates with poignancy and grandeur" Q / 'Out of this world' The Observer / 'Brilliantly executed' The Guardian / 'A perfectly realised work of art' The Sun **** / "This is the pinnacle of what PSB are trying to achieve, by breathing new life into dusty old relics, and it makes for truly magical, exhilarating listening" The 405..
The band have a major UK tour planned for November, starting out in Edinburgh which has already sold out and taking culminating in the biggest date of their career with a Brixton Academy headline show on Sunday 29 November.

Public Service Broadcasting are pleased to reveal plans for a new EP this November which includes a brand new track - Korolev - whilst lead single, Sputnik - the most dancefloor friendly track on The Race For Space - has been remixed by some leading lights in the dance and electronic world.

While 'Sputnik' gathers tension as it carefully builds to its euphoric finish of wonder, new cut 'Korolev' carries a familiar progressive energy with a powerful riff at its core, and quick flashes of a grand brass section.

The EP will be released on 12' vinyl, CD & digital along with 4 stellar remixes from Blond:ish, Petar Dundov, Eagles & Butterflies & Plugger.

Korolev, or 'The Chief Designer' as he was referred to at the time, was the talismanic figure spearheading the Russian Space program and the lead designer of Sputnik. His untimely death in 1966 had a huge impact on the outcome of the Soviet battle with the United States to be the first nation to land a man on the Moon.

Sputnik embarks on a new path with Peter Dundov's relentless beat and tightly executed electronic twists whilst echoed words add a dark touch to Eagles & Butterflies' house-inspired electro flourishes. Canadians Blond:ish take us on a 12-minute voyage through an unpredictable range of textures, adding a spark to the soft, dazzling beat and creating a sense of nostalgia in the process. Plugger complete the EP, ramping up the intensity of 'Sputnik' as it journeys into an exhilarating groove.

The Race For Space reached #11 in the UK album charts (and #1 in the independent chart) in its first week - with 5 weeks in the top 40 and 15 weeks in the top 100 - selling over 60k records worldwide since its release at the end of February.

Press Quotes - 'A magnificent record' GQ / 'A rocket-fuelled silver screen roller coaster... PSB are pushing the boundaries of what rock music can be' DIY / 'Vividly conveys the triumph, the glamour and the tragedy of the space race' Album Of The Week Time Out / "Vibrates with poignancy and grandeur" Q / 'Out of this world' The Observer / 'Brilliantly executed' The Guardian / 'A perfectly realised work of art' The Sun **** / "This is the pinnacle of what PSB are trying to achieve, by breathing new life into dusty old relics, and it makes for truly magical, exhilarating listening" The 405..
The band have a major UK tour planned for November, starting out in Edinburgh which has already sold out and taking culminating in the biggest date of their career with a Brixton Academy headline show on Sunday 29 November.

Bleeders Digest is their story. It's polaroids of their patience, resilience and wrath. In opening track "The Grass Is Always Greener," the vampires are content with coexisting until the song's protagonist cartoonishly hurls a giant boulder at them (thanks a lot, Jenny).

By the time we reach the chugging anthem "Pirates Of The Cities, Pirates Of The Suburbs," the fanged demons have driven most of us from our homes in a bloody wash of brute force and Darwinian eminent domain.

Transience contains a new recording of the Porcupine Tree classic Lazarus, which Steven has been performing on tour recently with his stellar live band. The new version is based on a live recording, subsequently overdubbed and edited in SW's private studio in July 2015.
Transience contains 13 tracks and totals over 1 hour of music. Pressed as a 3 sided LP in a lavish gatefold sleeve with black and white portraits of SW by Joe Del Tufo and Susana Moyaho, the fourth vinyl side features an etching of the original handwritten lyric sketches for Happy Returns.
This is a strictly limited one off pressing. There will be a digital download card. Double heavyweight vinyl in gatefold cover with anti-static inner bags.
An essential introduction to an essential artist.

One of the best recordings from the Cats' early era, taken from a Westwood One FM Broadcast during their US tour supporting 'Built For Speed'. Featuring legendary Cats' classics as 'Runaway Boys' 'Fishnet Stockings', or 'Rock This Town' along with great revisitations of rockabilly classic as 'Oh Boy' or 'Something Else'.

One of the best recordings from the Cats' early era, taken from a Westwood One FM Broadcast during their US tour supporting 'Built For Speed'. Featuring legendary Cats' classics as 'Runaway Boys' 'Fishnet Stockings', or 'Rock This Town' along with great revisitations of rockabilly classic as 'Oh Boy' or 'Something Else'.

Recorded two months after the release of their final studio album, Trompe le Monde, at the Hollywood Palladium in their adoptive hometown of Los Angeles, this set finds the Pixies at their fieriest and finest. A blazing set of classics culled from across the group's 4 studio albums, this is essential American alternative music in remastered quality.

Just prior to the release of his landmark 2nd LP, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Waits performed an intimate live set, solo and acoustic (accompanying himself on piano and guitar) for KPFK radio in Los Angeles. The results are intimate and intense, with Waits' beautiful songs stripped down to their core being. A heartbreakingly intimate set from a true American original in high quality remastered sound.

Just prior to the release of his landmark 2nd LP, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Waits performed an intimate live set, solo and acoustic (accompanying himself on piano and guitar) for KPFK radio in Los Angeles. The results are intimate and intense, with Waits' beautiful songs stripped down to their core being. A heartbreakingly intimate set from a true American original in high quality remastered sound.

'Stranger Still' is an anthem for insomniacs, illuminating the hours when the world exceeds our grasp. 'From Now On' rings out some emotional tinnitus, the moment a night runs away from you, when freedoms turn into responsibilities.

The album builds around dualities, the way people pair at parties. 'Current Carry' percolates with the confidence of love, while 'Confiding' reveals how vulnerable we are chasing love. 'Backwards Slowly' and 'Edgar' are vignettes of transition, more ebb than flow.

As with many of Vetiver's better moments, sunshine is only a chord away from melancholy. An introspective lyric underlies an extroverted chorus. Subtlety tries to be outgoing, loneliness familiar, in an effort to connect the dots of life's ellipsis.

'The Errant Charm' (2011) received praise from Clash 'Utterly Lovely' and The Quietus 'masterpieces of simmering, inward-looking passion'

Following the September 1983 release of their classic 4th album, more Fun In The New World, the LA punk heroes hit the road and found themselves in the heart of a Brooklyn winter, at one of the borough's most legendary rock clubs, L'Amour, where they heated things up with a 20+ track setlist that spanned the breadth of their career. Though the West Coast punk rock was overshadowed in the media by London and NYC, this fearsome foursome showed no intimidation in the Big Apple. Classic LA punk from Exene, John Doe, and Co. live and raw.

Following the September 1983 release of their classic 4th album, more Fun In The New World, the LA punk heroes hit the road and found themselves in the heart of a Brooklyn winter, at one of the borough's most legendary rock clubs, L'Amour, where they heated things up with a 20+ track setlist that spanned the breadth of their career. Though the West Coast punk rock was overshadowed in the media by London and NYC, this fearsome foursome showed no intimidation in the Big Apple. Classic LA punk from Exene, John Doe, and Co. live and raw.

"Hiway Man," which opens the sixth album by Blue Cheer, is a far cry from their version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which launched this group to worldwide fame. And though they were the original group to put their amps on "11," Oh! Pleasant Hope is a musical album. This first track, resplendent in heavy vocal reverb, sounds like Waylon Jennings fronting Quicksilver Messenger Service. OPH quickly changes pace with "Believer"'s interesting riff and the experimental production by Blue Cheer and Eric Albronda. Albronda assisted on the production of the self-titled fourth album, Blue Cheer, and co-produced BC#5 - The Original Human Being. It is the production that is a significant ingredient that makes this project by a legendary cult band so appealing.

The title alone sheds light on what, upon listening, becomes confirmed. A mix of blues and rock with a touch of soul that never goes bad. Produced by Enterprise Records, in 1969, the label was wisely distributed by Stax. Today, finally, you'll see that the light gives justice to the great voice of singer January Tyme, for many reasons compared to the late, great Janis Joplin. The rest is filled with fuzz guitar and keyboards all over the place!

Die Reihe der Reissue-Serie als - Ultimate Editions' findet mit - The Deluge'
seine Fortsetzung. Die einst 1986 auf Black Dragon Records erschienene LP
war das fünfte Album der Erfinder des Genre - Epic Metal', allerdings erst die
zweite, die damals in Europa auf regulärem Weg erhältlich war. Gerne wird sie
mit dem Vorgänger - Open The Gates' in einem Atemzug genannt, obwohl sich
viele Veränderungen eingeschlichen haben. Die größte Gemeinsamkeit ist das
erneute Coverartwork von Eric Larnoy, welches bis heute Maßstäbe setzt. Ohne
ihre epischen Wurzeln zu verlieren, wurde der Grundstil härter und teilweise
schneller. Während sich Drummer Randy Foxe auf - Open The Gates' noch eher
zurückgehalten hat (er stieg kurz vor den Aufnahmen erst in die Band ein), brennt
er auf - The Deluge' ein wahnwitziges, fast schon progressives Feuerwerk ab.
Keine Frage, - The Deluge' ist ebenso ein Klassiker im Katalog der Band wie
zuvor - Crystal Logic' und - Open The Gates' und in vielen Punkten ist dieses
Album sogar besser. Die Ultimate-Edition enthält erstmals eine remasterte
Aufnahme von den Originalbändern. Sämtliche vorherigen Versionen wurden von
Vinyl genommen, da das Band erst kürzlich aufgetaucht ist. Das Resultat ist
wesentlich druckvoller und klarer, als man es von älteren CD-Reissues gewohnt
ist und zeigt den größten Klangvorteil im Verhältnis zum Original aller bisherigen
Wiederveröffentlichungen auf Golden Core/ZYX. Der Bonusbereich hat es wieder in
sich: Neben zwei Liveversionen aktuelleren Datums sind es vor allem die mit einer
4-Spur-Maschine aufgenommenen Vorproduktionen von zwei Songs, von denen
einer für diese Veröffentlichung neu gemixt werden konnte. Ein weiteres Schmankerl
ist eine Liveaufnahme aus den Achtzigern, die von einer VHS-Kassette stammt,
die kürzlich aufgetaucht ist. Am Ende wird der Ausnahmedrummer Randy Foxe mit
einer - Drums-only-Version' vom Titelsong - The Deluge' ins verdiente Rampenlicht
gehoben.













Bonus Tracks:
- The Deluge (4-track pre-production, mixed 2015)
- Shadow In The Black (4-track pre-production)
- Friction In Mass (Live 1987)
- Divine Victim (Live 2011)
- Hammer Of The Witches (Live 2014)
- The Deluge (pre-production, Randy Foxe only)

Born from a Blue Cheer rib, the Mint Tattoo of Bruce Stephens and Bruce Kellog tender a clean rock-blues played masterfully. Highlighted tracks include 'I'm talking About You' , a Chuck Berry classic, the tragic, acoustic 'Wrong Way Girl', and the involved 'Scorpio Woman'.

Nearly half a century has passed since the day I first heard the Damnation Of Adam Blessing. In 1969 their stunning psychedelic anthem "Cookbook" became a big hit on local AM radio in Louisville, Kentucky where I grew up. It sounded dangerous. Songs with blatant messages concerning the adventure and enlightenment possible through drugs and mind expansion were still a relatively scarce thing on mainstream pop radio. "Cookbook" not only suggested taking the psychedelic journey, it dared you to do it. You can hear it in the singer's attitude. You can hear it in the first guitar break which rips in right after the first verse, they just couldn't wait to smoke you. That dare stands. "Cookbook" is a dose with no expiration date. It is the opening track on the band's first album and it sets the scene. Once you hear it you need more. Hooked. These first ever exact vinyl reissues taken from the original master tapes guarantee the full trip. You get to see inside the earliest days of hard rock, when the more optimistic psychedelic trends had largely run their course, reality and rock music both taking a turn towards a darker and heavier mood. Still somewhat psychedelic but much less interested in being pretty, cosmic and reflective. Turn up the guitars and go on offense. Feed your mind.
Unearthed proto-metal gem remastered from the original 1969 tapes and repressed on Vinyl- includes a printed insert with liner notes by Doug Sheppard. Remastered from the Original 1969 Tapes - Linear notes by Doug Shepphard of Ugly Things Magazine

An under-rated heavy blues rock album by a California band. They also released a second album as growl (discreet 2209) 1974. The master tapes were shared with Bob Smith during recording of the visit album which confirms that utopia's album was recorded during 1969 - 70.

PLUS BONUS TRACK! Back in 1972 German progressive rock band ANALOGY released its sole classic 'Analogy' and even scored a deal for Italy but soon seemed to have faded into obscurity. Nobody really was aware of a recording named 'The suite' that happened around 1980 and presents the folky side of ANALOGY who seemed at least quite creative for a time when electronic pop took over the whole music scene from disco sounds and poisoned the minds of musicians and fans even more. ANALOGY went into the opposite direction and reached out for musical realms that have been visited by legendary English acts like TREES, FAIRPORT CONVENTION or STEELEYE SPAN a decade or longer ago. Dramatic and powerful rock with a progressive edge meets mystical and magical British folk in a way that you might think this is rather an English or Irish original band from 1972 than a bunch of Germans about to cross the threshold to the 80s when music went plastic. This is handmade and the musicians play with a simmering passion. Two epic compositions were originally part of 'The suite' but for this mighty reissue a bunch of bonus tracks has been unearthed from the vaults to add even more value to this gem. You will automatically be dragged into a world like a fairytale when you turn on this record even though it all just happens in your imagination. Several passages have a theatrical approach and feel like music from a stageplay and movie like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' or records good old MEAT LOAF has recorded in the late 70s but those aspects are only tinges of color in an overwhelming sound picture drawn by a truly progressive band. For everybody who loves the heavier HORSLIPS and epic stuff like OMEGA with their 'Suite' from 1974. This album develops passage for passage and makes this journey into your dreams a worthwhile trip.

German proto heavy metal and proto doom metal has always been more of an underground topic due to the fact that most bands only reached a regional level in every aspect. DIES IRAE are certainly something of an exception to the rule when it comes to the quality. What you get here is a heavy and dark music with open song structures that leave much room for experimentation. Despite the fact that the simmering fuzz guitar cuts through your burning soul like a chainsaw there are still many parts in each song showcasing a fondness for playful jazz inspired passages where all musicians can prove their skills and the whole band still conjures a gloomy atmosphere. Except for the short interlude 'Salve Eumel' which is just some Latin babbling. But you feel the light footed swing the musicians have while playing in those certain sections. In other cases DIES IRAE go utterly crazy in a psychedelic freak out fashion. We have to remember this album came out in 1971 and musicians as well as fans quite often were completely out of their mind. Trippy moments are given on 'First' in abundance in between the hard hitting heavily grinding doom outbursts. Nobody was even eager to call it doom yet but all ingredients were there. Think of a jamsession with BLACK SABBATH and AMON DÜÜL II and you come at least close to something that could sound like DIES IRAE. This album is highly original and unique and definitely has a place among the greatest KRAUTROCK albums of all times. You can literally hear the acid doing its work but in a very skillful way. Friends of proto metal from the early 70s who dig a progressive edge with their music and have a fondness for trippy psychedelic rock shall grab a copy of this beautiful reissue for originals on PILZ Records fetch prices above 1500,00 US$. And this is definitely an album worth spinning every once in a while. Turn on, tune in, drop out!!!

The cover promises sheer darkness and madness. A skull in a bird's nest on the back and a skull covered with candle wax on the front. The rather pastoral folky beginning seems to prove my expectations wrong but the heavy progressive organ driven rock of this German outfit comes close to what the artwork suggests. The first song knows to convince all naggers. Twisted passages with an atmosphere of sheer insanity and heavy rocking outbursts of the classic kind shake your soul and drag you into a world so different to ours. Some classic blues rock parts get thrown in for the good measure as well but the attention lies on progressive and heavy aspects. The second tune proves that their bassist is a real maniac as he really smokes in some of the more loose sections when he and the drummer create flashing rhythms upon which the lead guitarist can take off to other spheres. Being crazy must be of importance here but MCCHURCH SOUNDROOM take care to be dynamic as well to keep the listener's attention upright when it comes to the lengthy instrumental jam parts with duels and dialogues of guitar and bass or even a wicked drum solo. If you think that progressive metal was invented somewhere in the USA by the early to mid 80s you will find out how far from the truth that is. Well, all in all this is definitely one prototypical 70s heavy progressive outfits and it has the spirit of most UK bands of the years 1969 to 1971 including vocals with a flawless English pronunciation. If you listen beyond the melodies be prepared to find some weird rhythm patterns and if you go back to the surface you may trip away on solemn organ parts or let your mind end up in the darkest and dirtiest backstreet pub when you get struck by quite powerfully rocking jazz passages. Music can be more of a journey than just a superficial experience and this is given with MCCHURCH SOUNDROOM and their 'Delusion' album which takes you on a trip into the remote areas of urban life. All of it in a quite heavy fashion. If you love bands like GRAVY TRAIN or early JETHRO TULL, you may enjoy this to the maximum.

For the first time, the legendary recording sessions the Oscar Peterson Trio made in the living
room of MPS producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) are available in one box with 6
Vinyl releases
The deluxe packaging combines the six original volumes (i.e. the albums 'Action', 'Girl Talk',
'The Way I Really Play', 'My Favorite Instrument', 'Mellow Mood', and 'Travelin' On'
The producer team of these MPS reissues made every effort to provide a harmonious sound for all
recordings. 'Painstakingly detailed work entailing innumerable cuts was necessary in order to
correct the fluctuations in sound levels and the consequent changes in the tonal panorama,'
explains Dirk Sommer, 'and thus return the music to the tonal standards that correspond to the
original recordings.'

Not each krautish album comes from a German band. Remember BRAINTICKET who in fact were Swiss with a Belgian mastermind PATER NOSTER on the other hand who play an organ driven solemn progressive rock with a heavy edge come from Austria and really enlighten the heart of all fans of dark and often morbid rock music. It might be a good idea to overhear the pronunciation and the whole lyrics and take the vocals as another instrument adding some color to the whole picture. The voices are indeed quite charismatic and memorable. So are the compositions. The late 1960s psychedelic scene has surely made an impact on this band and the fuzzy lead guitar, creeping rhythms and wicked keyboards often create a climate of sheer dementia with the mournful voice of the singer on top. The record sounds as if the band was jamming in a giant church hall and therefore has a really gloomy mood. There are quite a few freak outs to be experienced along the way and in most cases they turn into some epic space trips that recall the greatest early TANGERINE DREAM and PINK FLOYD processions just with a funeral atmosphere. I may have never heard such a mournful album before which even sounds tragic when the lyrics center on the average working day of an average man. Well, this is some very special record indeed and will strike you deep inside. When you have gotten past the unique vocals the sheer beauty of the lead guitars and keyboard sounds will swallow you alive. Could progressive rock get more demented than VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Oh yes, this is the vivid proof. Made by freaks for freaks.

Limited to 300 copies only! When it comes to a fusion of jazz and rock music, most of us connoisseurs look over to England. Canterbury is not only a place, it is a term to define a whole scene and sound in the field of jazzrock. And this scene spawned some magical names, bands and musicians, being carved into the soul of every woman and man who were engaged in jazz and progressive rock music in the 70s. Now we can only wonder how the call of Canterbury reached Yugoslavia, a then totalitarian eastern bloc state. But as music seems to have wings and does not accept any borders, the inspirations arrived and therefore a great scene of bands was born. Among them Slovenians PREDMESTJE, who were formed in 1975 and disbanded in 1982. 'Brez naslova', originally released in 1977, is the first in a line of four albums and features quite prototypical jazzrock and fusion pieces with a smooth approach, good grooves, really outstanding playing and a magical atmosphere. This type of forward thinking fusion of jazz and rock music shows a tight connection to the style created earlier and around the same time by English acts such as NATIONAL HEALTH, GILGAMESH, SOFT MACHINE or NUCLEUS and even incorporates a few symphonic elements for the good measure. If it was not for the scarce vocal parts that were sung in the band's native tongue, you could think Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean, Pip Pyle and Hugh Hopper aka SOFT MACHINE were playing here at times. A haunting piece of sophisticated jazz rock that deserves to live on in the hearts of the music lovers.