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SOFT MACHINE – Drop

July 24, 2025

MoonJune 2008 / 2025 Laid down on German stage in November 1971, a unique image of least-documented line-up in the British experimentalists’ history tells an unhinged-arrangements story. Five months. This quartet lasted only five months, yet that seemed enough to … Continue reading →

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SOFT WORKS – Abracadabra

July 12, 2025

MoonJune 2003 / 2025 Finest proponents of English fusion reclaim their creative success and return to form in a fiercely mysterious manner. As undefined as it may seem with constant changes of SOFT MACHINE’s personnel, this ensemble’s always had a … Continue reading →

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RICOTTI & ALBUQUERQUE – First Wind

May 12, 2025

Pegasus 1971 / Think Like A Key 2025 Long overdue for rediscovery: rivetingly extravagant relic from elite English masters of extemporized grandeur. Despite his profile’s high visibility, Michael de Albuquerque has never had a proper solo career, as there was … Continue reading →

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BELEDO – Flotando En El Vacio

December 28, 2024

MoonJune 2024 When “void” and “vacuum” don’t mean the same, sound travels in most adventurous ways. If ever there was anything predictable about this Uruguayan guitarist’s journey, it’s his steady shift from progressive rock to jazz. While Bele Beledo’s 2016 … Continue reading →

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PAKT – No Steps Left To Trace

June 30, 2024

MoonJune 2024 Easy on the ear yet intellectually challenging and intrepidly tuneful exercises in telepathy by a fearsome foursome who refuse to lift off. “Spontaneous Combustion”: the title of this album’s blitz of a finale might be its best surface … Continue reading →

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