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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23h

New #review today: "Out of the multitude of live #softmachine albums available, Drop and Floating World Live stand as two of the best, and with these new remasters, they sound even better. Drop dates from the fall of 1971, and represents one of the few documents of […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 1d

New #review today: "After another fifteen years, Fischer and Briest, sadly without Belbe, decided it was time to reconvene for another #xholcaravan reunion, which is the subject of the live disc at hand, Scream of Joy." #exposeonline #krautrock #jazzrock […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 2d

New #review today: "There is a current crop of bands that do sound very similar, and I’m content applying the label #postrock to them. Norway’s #lesdunes is one of these. From Etne to the Edge of Space is the band’s second album, following on from their 2023 […]

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Les Dunes — From Etne to the Edge of Space cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 3d

New #review today: "#johnnyrichards is a UK pianist and composer, and #daveking is a US drummer (and member of jazz quartet #TheBadPlus), working from opposite sides of the Atlantic ocean during the year of the pandemic, 2020, necessitating changing files instead of […]

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Johnny Richards & Dave King — The New Awkward cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 4d

New #review today: "#RaccomandataRicevutaRitorno’s In Rock (2019) was an impressive album that proved this band from the 70s revived was a force to be reckoned with. In Fuga provides further evidence. This is classic #italianprogressiverock filtered through a modern […]

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Raccomandata con Ricevuta di Ritorno — In Fuga cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Some great overlooked gems in this list: #terjerypdal #garyboyle #hughhopper #terumasahino #philipcatherine #philmanzanera #quietsun #henrythreadgill https://www.allaboutjazz.com/50-years-later-10-jazz-albums-from-1975-that-deserve-another-spin

Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 5d

New #review today: "#Rhùn's Tozïh and Tozzos should be considered essential listening for fans of the #zeuhl sound, taking it in some surprising new directions." #exposeonline #progressiverock #avantprogressive http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/rhun-tozzos-3.html

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 6d

New #review today: "Being Here is the third album from Australian psych band #turtleskull. In the ranks of modern #psychedelic practitioners, I’m reminded a bit of The Black Angels, though Turtle Skull favors a somewhat cleaner sound — the mix isn’t drenched in reverb […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 7d

New #review today: "The eight compositions on #daveluxton's Lights Appearing explore a mysterious ambient soundworld using synthesizers, guitars, effects, voices, software instruments, processed sounds, and much more, resulting in a beautifully melodic and organic […]

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Dave Luxton — Lights Appearing cover art

Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 8d

New #review today: "I first encountered #mattieutorres and his #mz project back in 2017 with his album Prisme. He’s released several albums since then, both as M’Z and under other names, but Emancipés du Vide? is the first of those I’ve heard. It consists of nine […]

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Zhongyu (Jon Davis) @zhongyu.musicians.today.ap.brid.gy · 9d

The new album is out later this week, but you can pick it up anytime! #newrelease #mathrock #progressiverock #chapmanstick #jazzrock https://zhongyu.bandcamp.com/album/super-z-attack-team

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 9d

New #review today for #deborahmartin & #jillhaley: "The first fifteen seconds or so of the opening title cut let the listener know they are in for something special, a mesmerizing choral sound unlike any other I’ve heard — it seems to have been processed and […]

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Deborah Martin & Jill Haley — Rendering Time cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10d

New #review today: "We live in a world that is pretty loud and moves fast, and it seems like every day it’s a little louder and faster. But living that way isn’t healthy, and it’s good to slow down sometimes and be quiet. #EnsembleGamut’s album Mi is an invitation to […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11d

New #review today: "At hand is another fine live recording by #xholcaravan, one of Germany’s finest #jazzrock outfits from the late 60s and early 70s." #exposeonline #gardenofdelights #krautrock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/xhol-caravan-hamburg-1969-3.html

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12d

New #review today: "Object of Unknown Function shows #brandonseabrook in even more abstract and experimental territory than Brutalovechamp (2023). For this release, he’s on his own with only his guitars, banjos, and electronic devices for ten tracks of unpredictable […]

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Brandon Seabrook — Object of Unknown Function cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14d

New #review today: "Not too very long ago (about a year back) we reviewed an album titled In Visible Ascent by guitarist #kevinkastning and trumpeter #philgrenadier. For Intervallum they have brought in Swedish double-bassist #BrunoRåberg to make this follow-up effort […]

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Kevin Kastning / Phil Grenadier / Bruno Råberg — Intervallum cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14d

New #review today: "On the follow-up to Signals (2022), #davidmargolinlawson and #davidmerrill give us five more tracks of their distinctive variation on ambient #electronicmusic. Within their world of sound, the long synthesizer washes of floating ambient are […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15d

New #review today: "I knew it was only a matter of time before the #ambientmusic master #SteveRoach released something on the #othersiderecords label; if you weren’t paying attention, that’s the label that released albums by Craig Padilla and Xan Alexander late last […]

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Steve Roach — Portals and Spirals cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16d

New #review today: "Hotel Pupik continues the changes in #ledbib that we saw on It’s Morning. The group is now a quartet, with the dual-saxophone front line of #petegrogan and #chriswilliams that has defined them since the beginning fronting just bass and drums. With […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17d

New #review today: "#victorrodriguez is a founding member of #octoberequus, one of Spain’s premier #progressiverock bands, and one of the band’s main composers as well as their keyboardist. Fragmentos de La Torre is a twelve-part cycle of serious modern compositions […]

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Victor Rodriguez — Fragmentos de la Torre cover art

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18d

New #review today: "2025 brings us this deluxe retrospective edition of #jackbruce's Harmony Row, and what a treat it is. The box set contains two CDs and two BluRay discs, featuring a wealth of both audio and video." #exposeonline #jazzrock #psychedelicrock […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19d

New #review today: "#tomeaton is an artist who has an extensive catalog of nearly six dozen titles, with many more similarly titled ‘one hour environments’ among those. Eaton creates these using synthesizers, electric guitars, Fender Rhodes, electric bass, and field […]

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20d

New #review today: "I haven’t delved into why the band #RingVanMöbius has decided to cease activity, leaving Firebrand as their final album, but I can say definitively that they are going out while still at the top of their game. That game is classic #progressiverock […]

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The Armoires @thearmoires.bsky.social · 21d

The Armoires, Halloween 2025 edition, from the video shoot for our single "Full-On Witch Mode" from Big Stir Records' "Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies" both out October 10. Larysa Bulbenko, Christina Bulbenko, Rex Broome, John Borack, with Miranda Broome. More spooky vibes to come!

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Exposé Online @exposeonline.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21d

New #review today: "#karlschoenberg is a French sound sculptor, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has been active for the last decade or so, releasing single tracks and some complete albums on his Bandcamp page, YouTube, Spotify, Tidal, and other online locations […]

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