HI-SPEED-ERIOKA CON ANIMAC PLANETICO, CD, 1996, JAPAN

This obscure Japanese avant prog crew pretty much lay bare their intentions with the cover art’s overt tip ‘o the hat to Picchio Dal Pozzo’s classic R.I.O.-esque second album Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi, but the specific gravity and impact Hi-Speed achieve here really places this some poles apart from their inspiration and situates this [...]

ORCHESTRA NJERVUDAROV-CON LE ORECCHIE DI EROS, LP, 1979, ITALY

This stunning and very obscure Italian avant-gardish prog wonder carries whiffs of all sorts of vital left field musical strains. There’s a strong simpatico here with Czech dissident rock of the period ala The Plastic People and MCH Band. Several other things come to mind here as well, from the odd combination of angularity and [...]

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