Oxomaxoma (Mexico) - 2002 - "Espiritus en Rojo y Negro" 
(50 min, "Luna Negra")
The new Oxomaxoma album, "Espiritus en Rojo y Negro", lasts 50 minutes and features 10 tracks. As a whole, this album presents two styles, both of which are not only in many ways original, but also very different among themselves. Despite the fact that there are a few of the real improvisations on the album in general, all seven of the first tracks on it are clearly of an experimental character. Stylistically, they're about a minimalist music with elements of Avant-garde and lots of noisy effects. Five out of these seven tracks contain the parts of vocal, all of which are of the same unusual, queer, and Avant-garde character. Whereas the arrangements that are featured on all three of the remaining tracks on the album, all of which are real songs, are completely structured and, overall, represent a rather original Art-Rock with elements of Jazz-Fusion. However, the album as a whole will probably please only the most adventurous Prog-lovers, especially those into experimental music.
Ozric Tentacles (UK) - 1993 - "Jurassic Shift" 
An absolute copy of its predecessor "Strangeitudes": you find just one or two really Prog
compositions here. The elements of Progressive are mostly shown by former guitarist Ed Wynne,
and an excellent rhythm-section, which gives a good drive for all this mediocrity as usual,
making that sort of music more or less tolerable for Prog-lovers. The flutist isn't abound in
ideas, with the exception of already beaten one or two humorous howls. A prominent role here as
well as on almost all Ozrics' albums is played by endless keyboard samples... The only Ozrics'
album I really can recommend to experienced Prog-lovers is their second (offiicial!) "Erpland"
(1990), or one of their live albums (see "Strangeitudes" in "S" sectioin of Detailed Reviews),
if you, unlike me, can put up with compilations in general, including live. After this
psycho-pop album Ozrics joined major "IRS" label, but not for long. Now they are back home in
their own "Dovetail" lable.
