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01-01 Shakti – This Moment 02 – Bending The Rules (2023)
— grown out of the ashes of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti espouses Hindustani and Carnatic music from India… with an English guitarist. This was their first album since 1977, and it won a Grammy for Best Global Music.
01-02 Beyond-O-Matic – Time To Get Up 04 – Trying To Find You (2010)
— groovy prog from San Francisco.
02-01 SBB – Scandinavian Girls 03 – Figo Fago (1975)
— a group from Poland recorded in Kolbäck, Sweden on May 14th 1975. The “album” is a CD of live tracks from that day, and also the next day in Sundsvall.
03-01 Message – The Dawn Anew Is Comin’ 102 – The Dawn Anew Is Coming (1972)
— German band, again with a British guitarist. They pop up everywhere!
03-02 Young Flowers – DR Sessions 03 – I Want You To Know (2004)
— recorded from a broadcast on February 7th, 1970.
04-01 The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute 304 – Miranda That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore (2005)
— comes in four parts: A) Vade Mecum, B) Pour Another Icepick, C) Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma), and D) Con Safo.
04-02 The History Of Gardening – Duck 205-207 – Lowenna + What A Lot Of Mr. Men There Are + Lowenna (1987)
— off side two of a cassette-only release, members of this band also played in the group Bunty Chunks.
05-01 Wooden Baby – Forbidden Pastures 01-02 – Gestation Of A Koala Bear + The Sound Of One Hand (1988)
— another self-released cassette from England, primary driver is Merv Pepler, before he formed the band Eat Static.
05-02 Present – Barbaro (Ma Non Tropo) 02 – A Last Drop (2009)
— from Belgium, this tune composed by the group’s pianist Pierre Chevalier who also played (as we all know) in the band Captain Cheese-Beard.
05-03 Evraak – Requiem For Lost Tides 03 – Sanctuary (2024)
— vocals by Marina “Dark Diva” Seo, you can buy the album for 785 yen.