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January 2004 |

BANDS & PERFORMERS:RECORDING COMPANIES:
25.I+ Panzerpappa
23.I+ Astar
20.I+ Robin Taylor
16.I+ Warren Dale
15.I+ Proto-Kaw
10.I+ Jack Foster III
5.I+ French TV
23.I+ Unicorn Records
20.I+ Black Widow Records
16.I+ House od Stairs Records
10.I+ Mellow Records
5.I+ Viajero Inmovil Records


BANDS & PERFORMERS:

PANZERPAPPA
(Norway) / January 25, 2004

New album:

"Farlig Vandring", the third album by the Norwegian RIO band Panzerpappa, will be released on February 20, 2004. While both of the band's previous albums, "Passer Gullfisk" (2001) and "Hulemysteriet" (2003), were released on CD-R, "Farlig Vandring" is a real factory-made CD. For more info and mp3s, check Related Links below.

Rickers/Panzerpappa

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ASHTAR
(Italy) / January 23, 2004

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Ashtar
Rock Symphony
Musea

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ROBIN TAYLOR
(Denmark) / January 20, 2004

New album:

The next Taylor's Free Universe album "9 Eleven - Live at Copenhagen Jazz-House", a double CD recorded at the Danish National Radio in the fall of 2002, will be released on the Marvel of Beauty label in the beginning of March 2004. The band will celebrate the release by a concert at Musik-Cafeen in Copenhagen on March 5.

Robin Taylor

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DARREN WALE
(USA) / January 16, 2004

New album:

Warren Dale, our keyboardist/winds player has just released a solo CD titled "The Burden of Duplicity". It is quite varied, mostly falling into the more "Avant-classical" branch of modern music. One of the tunes, Tears of a Velvet Clown, was originally going to be on Trap's last CD "Insurrection". A different version will appear on the new French TV album "Pardon Our French!"

Track listing for French TV's "Pardon Our French!": 


1. Everything Works in Mexico (12:00) 

2. Tannam (7:00) 

3. When the Ruff Tuff Creampuffs Take Over (12:00) 

4. The "Pardon Our French!" Medley (17:00) 

5. Tears of a Velvet Clown (13:00).

The album will be out by mid-February on the Pretentious Dinosaur label.

Mike Sary / French TV

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PROTO-KAW
(USA) / January 15, 2004

New album, new deal:

Proto-Kaw has come to an agreement with Inside Out Music for the release of their upcoming CD, "Before Became After". It's official! Inside Out President Jim Pitulski was in attendance at the Proto Kaw reunion concert in Kansas City last Friday night, as the group announced the new deal to those in attendance. Inside Out, whose artists include Spock's Beard, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett and many others, is expected to release the new CD in late March or early April. We'll keep you posted...

Lynn Meredith / Proto-Kaw

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JACK FOSTER III
(USA) / January 10, 2004

New album:

Vocalist, guitarist, and composer Jack Foster's debut album "The Evolution Of JazzRaptor" has been released on Jack's own label Muse-Wrapped Records. The album also features Trent Gardner (Magellan) on keyboards, Robert Berry (solo, The Three) on bass, drums and guitars, and a few guest musicians. Musea Records is scheduled to release the album worldwide on March 2004.

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FRENCH TV
(USA) / January 5, 2004

New album:

French TV's new album "Pardon Our French" (FTV-8) is getting closer and closer to completion. Most songs are mixed and finished, another (a medley of French bands Ange, Pulsar, Atoll, Shylock, Carpe Diem, and Etron Fou Leloublan) is only missing vocals. A final song only has drum & bass tracks so far, but the other players will be adding their parts in the coming weeks. The album will be out by mid-February.

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RECORDING COMPANIES:

UNICORN Records
(Canada) / January 23, 2004

New release:

We at Unicorn Records are proud to tell that we have just signed the Montreal Jazz-Rock band Upright for the release of their new CD "Opinion". Upright's music will remind you of the first Spaced Out CD, but of course, the band have their very own sound. "Opinion" will be available in February 2004, and the release date will be announced very soon. For more info and MP3 samples, check the Unicorn Records website.

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BLACK WIDOW Records
(Italy) / January 20, 2004

Black Widow Records - new releases:

  • Ripper - "And the Dead Shall Rise" LP / CD (BWR-070)
    Originally released by Iron Works Records (Los Angeles) in 1986 as a very limited edition (including picture-discs and various coloured-vinyl pressings), "And The Dead Shall Rise" has become a collectible icon now. Recorded at Rampart Studios (Houston) in 1985, "And The Dead Shall Rise" possesses everything what made the '80's metal-music great. Haunting keyboards (courtesy of Steve Bogle/The Hunger), four eerie lead-vocalists, powerful guitars, ominous bass and thunderous drums set the tone and feel for this metallic masterpiece.

  • Areknames - "Areknames" CD (BWR-071)
    We are proud to present this new Italian band that will bring you the magic of the '70's classic Prog in the style of VDGG, Quartermass, and Monument with the wonderful Mellotron and Hammond organ arrangements plus a heavy guitar on 6 long tracks. Line-up: Michele Epifani: organ, electric piano, synth, Mellotron, Harpsichord, electric & acoustic guitars, recorder, vocals; Piero Ranalli: bass; Mino Vitelli: drums, Arabian Tabla, & other percussion

  • ST-37 - "Insect Hospital" - 2LP/CD (BWR-068)
    This time ST-37 will bring you an old Sci-Fi cult close to such classics as Solaris and Metropolis. The album consists of two long suites perfectly reproducing a classic Space Rock sound, and also Psychedelic & Acid Space Rock, Kraut-Rock, and Dark Wave. Don't miss this masterpiece, especially those into Hawkwind, Can, & Brian Eno.

  • Presence - "The Sleepers Awake" + "Live" 2LP/CD (BWR 069)
    "The Sleepers Awake", originally released only on CD in 1994, is finally reissued on CD and for the first time on LP with the addition of the band's "Live" album, which includes a superb cover version of Led Zeppelin's classics Kashmir. "The Sleepers Awake" is a concept album with remarkable philosophically theosophic lyrics.

  • Northwinds - "Great God Pan" CD
    Available again

  • Il Sefnio Del Commando - "Il Sefnio Del Commando" CD Available again

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    House of Stairs Records
    (UK) / January 16, 2004

    Latest news:

    Dear friends,
    Happy New Year to you from all at House of Stairs! Although it seems as though House of Stairs is in hibernation, there is much bubbling under the surface as our plans for 2004 slowly start to take shape. We will keep you all up to date as soon as there are any definite plans. We'd like to extend our deepest gratitude to all that have supported HOS over the last year by coming to the shows, listening, reviewing, promoting and obviously buying our releases. The response we have had is more than we ever expected. Thank you.

    Artist news:

    American Heritage have joined the ranks of Escape Artist Records. This year will see two American Heritage albums released adding to Escape Artists already stunning back catalogue, which includes Isis and Keelhaul.

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    MELLOW Records
    (Italy) / January 10, 2004

    New releases on Mellow Records (January):

  • Free Wave System (Italy) - "Nonostante tutto"
    (MMP 410: Reissue, Classic Jazz-Fusion)
  • Christiano Roversi (Italy) - "The Park"
    (MMP 458: New solo album of Moongarden's main man, Art-Rock)

    Forthcoming releases (February):

  • Azazello (Russia) - "The Wings" (New album, Prog-Metal)
  • Apogee (Germany) - "On the Aftertaste" (Reissue, Art-Rock)
  • Versus X (Germany) - "Versus X" (Reissue, Art-Rock)

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    VIAJERO INMOVIL Records
    (Argentina) / January 5, 2004

    New releases on Viajero Inmovil Records:

  • Hyacintus (Argentina) - "Fantasia en concerto"
  • Canturbe (Argentina) - "El vuelo de los olvidados"
  • Nono Belvis & Kike Sanzol (Argentina) - "Que eston celebrando los hombres"

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