Articles by Roman Sokal

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  Hans Fjellestad

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  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Musician and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad takes to the piano and an array of manipulation techniques provided by old and new technologies and...

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  Blastcaps

  Edward's Lament!

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  To continue his exploration of ambient sub-aquatic sound-making, main member Aaron Turner (of heavy cerebral hard rock outfit Isis) has inv...

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  Sabers

  Specter

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Recorded by the great human conduit-telescope of sound, Martin Bisi, (who has worked with Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Swans and John Zorn) this...

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  Comets on Fire

  Comets on Fire

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  The impression Comets on Fire make is as if in the mixing process, someone put the speakers in an underwater cavern and re-recorded this st...

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  Various

  Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish: A Tribute to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  This is the ultimate tribute to the ultimate freak of the music biz, Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet), whose quasi-eclectic time signa...

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  Year of the Rabbit

  Year of the Rabbit

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Haunting, explosive, hard-hitting, charming and uplifting, this debut from the Los Angeles-infected quartet is a modern masterpiece of alt-...

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  Deep Purple

  Concerto For Group And Orchestra

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Years before Kiss and Metallica attempted to translate their music for a symphony and failed, Deep Purple (classic rockers and arguably amo...

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  Steffen Basho Junghans

  Rivers And Bridges

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Although there might be only one guitar, two hands and ten fingers, the acoustic steel-stringed guitar work of Germany's Steffen Basho-Jung...