April 20, 2024

Roger Powell – Cosmic Furnace (1973, LP, Usa)



Tracklist:
A1 Ictus: Primordial Pulse 4:57
A2 Lumia: Dance Of The Nebulae 5:14
A3 Fourneau Cosmique: The Alchemical Furnace Of Cleopatra 7:42
B1 Hermetic Enigma: The Fixed Volatile 5:47
B2 Queene Enfineska: Serenity Of The Lion In Summer 3:24
B3 Tensegrity: A Dymaxion Triptych 8:37

Musicians:
Synthesizer [ARP Synthesizers], Clavichord [Electric Clavichord], Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Roger Powell

Cassidy – Cassidy (1977, LP, Usa)



Tracklist:
A1 Steady Eddy 3:38
A2 Helpless Blue 3:47
A3 Phalina 3:55
A4 Got To Be Strong 3:26
B1 Spring Song 5:40
B2 5 Will Get You 10 3:23
B3 Anna 5:15
B4 Could It Be 4:25

Musicians:
Bass, Piano, Instruments [String Machine], Vocals – Mark Ryan
Cabasa, Guitar, Flute, Instruments [String Machine], Kalimba, Vocals – Mary Elias
Drums, Piano, Saxophone, Cabasa, Vocals – Don Strand
Guitar, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Vocals – Chris McGown
Vocals, Piano, Effects, Drums, Marimba – Joe Mcbride
Bells – Steve Wiese
Drums – Bill Blanco
Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Terry Grant
Drums, Effects – Glen Swanson
Flugelhorn – Scott Huestis
Congas – Fred Weber

April 19, 2024

Gian Castello – Taliesin (1999, CD, Italy)



Tracklist:
1. Introduzione: Kali-Yuga (L'Età Oscura) 4:06
2. Guardami - Parte Prima - 3:53
3. Tema Di Gwion 2:30
4. Le Vite Precedenti 6:35
5. La Reggia Di Tara 3:25
6. Englyn 4:32
7. Chi E Il Tuo Dio? 5:08
8. I Misteri Del Mondo 5:23
9. Guardami - Parte Seconda - 2:51
10. La Canzone Di Taliesin 4:29

Musicians:
Gian Castello/ tin whistle, concert flute, tenor flute, dulcimer, guitar, percussion, lead vocals, auto-harp
Anna Manusso/ violin, vocals
Enrico Cotella/ keyboards, percussion
Marco Canepa/ digital sampler, computer, percussion

This mutli-instrumentalist performs a pleasant mix of Celtic and Baroque prog with Italian vocals. The music features extensive flute used in a very ethnic style and delicat harpsichord chords. The vocals are in Italian, but the liner notes provide English translations. He evokes Angelo Brandauardi's most Progressive works or LE ORME in their acoustic productions.

When – Drowning But Learning (1987, CD, Norway)



Tracklist:
1 Witchwood 6:34
2 Warfields 6:41
3 Those Grey Cats Invisible 3:16
4 Karius & Baktus 5:26
5 New Water 6:08
6 The Entrance 3:41
7 New World In Strike 2:32
8 Drowning But Learning 2:07
9 The Heat (Pt. 1) 0:55
10 Accident (Pt. 1) 1:01
11 The Heat (Pt. 2) 0:52
12 Accident (Pt. 2) 2:40
13 Veil And Mere 3:19
14 The Beginning 6:32

Musicians:
Drums, Percussion, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Xylophone, Flute, Recorder, Tapes, Loops, Voices/ Lars Pedersen

April 16, 2024

VSP Projekt – VSP Projekt (1989, CD, Estonia/USSR)



Tracklist:
1 Mees Sarvega = Man With A Horn 4:47
2 Oktoober, Oktoober = October, October 5:17
3 Tuulepealne = Windswept Land 6:55
4 Mäluäng = Anguish Of Memories 5:02
5 Hilineja = Latecomer 8:40
6 Kuulaps = Moon Child 2:14

Musicians:
Bass – Raul Vaigla
Drums, Percussion – Andrus Vaht
Guitar – Riho Sibul
Keyboards – Aare Põder, Sven Grünberg (3, 6)

佐藤允彦, 中川昌三, 豊住芳三郎 , 宮間利之とニューハード – 那由陀現成: Satō Masahiko/ Toshiyuki Miyama and His New Herd (1976, LP, Japan)



Tracklist:
A1. 日輪 (Nichirin) 5:40
A2. 塵界 (Jinkai) 15:32
B1. 諦 (Tai) 6:48
B2. 修 (Shuu) 6:13
B3. 兜率天 (Tosotsuten) 7:55

Musicians:
Leader - Toshiyuki Miyama
Alto Saxophone - Atsuo Shirai, Koji Suzuki, Masami Nakagawa
Tenor Saxophone - Mamoru Mori, Shigeto Honda Baritone Saxophone - Kenichi Tada
Trumpet - Kazumi Takeda, Kojiro Yamaguchi, Yoshikazu Kishi
Trombone - Masamichi Uetaka, Osamu Shiomura, Teruhiko Kataoka, Teruo Fukushima
Piano - Masahiko Satoh, Kiyoshi Takano
Guitar - Kozaburo Yamaki
Bass - Yasushi Fushima
Drums - Isao Yomoda
Percussion - Sabu Toyozomi