Category Archives: Reissues

GLENN HUGHES – Return Of Crystal Karma

October 27, 2017

SPV 2000 / Cherry Red 2017 Long overdue, if instant, gratification from a rocker who got back on track and brought it all home. “Face with no name” is how describes his stance at the start of the album which … Continue reading →

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TIM BLAKE – Blake’s New Jerusalem

October 26, 2017

Egg 1978 / Esoteric 2017 With arrows of desire, ambient rock pioneer embarks on mental flight to get his chariots of fire. In hindsight the parallel between two Blakes, Tim and William, may see obvious – deeper than their last … Continue reading →

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TIM BLAKE – Caldea Music II

October 13, 2017

Synergy 2002 / Esoteric 2017 Rest with a twist: Crystal Machine lands in the heart of the Pyrenees to transmit sonic pictures to the outside world. Commissioned by the Caldea Spa center in Andorra, this is an unusual album for … Continue reading →

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BARIŞ MANÇO / KURTALAN EKSPRES – Estagfurullah… Ne Haddimize !

October 10, 2017

Türküola 1983 / Pharaway Sounds 2017 Embracing his pop aspect, Anatolian nightingale gets into the groove. An established superstar in Turkey, Bariş Manço approached the ’80s trying to conceptualize as many musical strands as possible, and if 1981’s was primed … Continue reading →

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GENTLE GIANT – Three Piece Suite

October 7, 2017

Alucard 2017 No jacket required: the not-so-humble emergence of gargantuan aural entity – now in glorious technicolor. In conceptual terms, patina has always served this ensemble’s early albums well, but as antiquated as those records are – in a good … Continue reading →

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