Category Archives: Reissues

COLOSSEUM – Valentyne Suite

November 29, 2017

Vertigo 1969 / Dunhill 1970 / Esoteric 2017 When containers groan as they come together, intrepid English explorers create ritual recipes of immortality. It’s a rare instance of invoking greatness in transition: on the way from debut LP that outlined … Continue reading →

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AIRTO FOGO – Airto Fogo

November 27, 2017

Decca 1976 / Pharaway Sounds 2017 Funk à la mode: rare groove from France returns to the fore of fashion. When Sylvain Krief embarked on this project – surrounded by crème de la crème of Parisian session players – he … Continue reading →

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JODI – Pops De Vanguardia

November 22, 2017

Phonogram S.A.I.C. 1971 / Out-Sider 2017 South American psychedelia from Stockhausen students who vanished in the vanguard of their own. “Spontaneous Pop”: that’s how the Wenger brothers, singing multi-instrumentalist Jörn and drummer Dirk, or called the pieces which they worked on in in … Continue reading →

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RUPTURE – Israel Suite / Dominante En Bleu

November 18, 2017

Disques TM 1973 / Sommor 2017 Sonic documentary for the most serious matters and the most optimistic outcome of political affairs. A joint venture of composer Boris Bergman, who used to write for the likes of Dalida and France Gall, … Continue reading →

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REQUIEM – For A World After

November 13, 2017

Daviton 1981 / Mental Experience 2017 Blissful delirium as a soundtrack for fear – and hope for a new holocaust to never happen. In 1981, Cold War was on the mind of many a worried Westerner, including George A. Speckert … Continue reading →

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