Show Date: Friday September 8, 2000
Show #149
2000 - volume 5



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Playlist:
# Artist Song (click to play) Album Year CD label My
Gnosis
Rating
1 Echolyn Brittany Cowboy Poems Free 2000 self-produced 12 (Alan's)
"After the breakup of Finneus Guage, Chris Buzby contacted his old bandmates, and that lead to the reforming of one of my favorite bands! Echolyn has returned, with the addition of a second percussionist. All of their trademark elements are here: Great songwriting and lyrics, vocals harmonies, and musicianship. One of the things they are best at is telling stories in their music. Many of the songs on this album are based on diaries and stories from relatives. A most welcome return!" - Alan Mallery
The Official Echolyn Website
 
2 Chaos Code Gravy Fries A Tapestry of Afterthoughts 1999 self-produced 9
A first release from a new heavy American progressive with good potential. The music is somewhat in the vein of Discipline but perhaps more experimental.
 
3 Ivory Tower The Peeping Tom Beyond the Stars 2000 Limb Music Publishing 10 (Alan's)
"Ivory Tower is a progmetal band from Germany playing in the Dream Theater mold. They are perhaps more melodic and not quite as technical. This is their 2nd album, and follows in a similar vein to their first. I like the new disc from Empty Tremor a little better than this, but this is still pretty good." - Alan Mallery
InsideOut Music - Ivory Tower
 
4 Ensemble Nimbus Absolute Zero Garmonbozia 2000 Record Heaven 10
Garmonbozia is the third release by this avant-prog band from Sweden. On percussion is Flower Kings' & Samla Mammas Manna percussionist Hasse Bruniusson. The music is not short on Samla-like quirkiness and humor. Tomas Bodin of the Flower Kings also guests. Much of the music is an edgy & energetic electrified folk in Samla's style.
Ensemble Nimbus
 
5 Fragile Pohjas Appletree in Osaka 2000 Klesment Audio Productions 10
This is the second album released by the new Estonian progressive rock band Fragile. To me, the music sounds like a modern experimental space rock in the vein of Ektroverde, from Finland, with some interesting ethnic spiced trance grooves like Korai Orom or Zetaboo. A very interesting band that does not fit the mold of any specific style and seeks to find it's own territory.
Review: Fragile: Ćunapuu Osakas
 
6 Kansas Myriad Somewhere to Elsewhere 2000 Magna Carta 11 (Alan's)
"Kansas is back with a brand new album. Old members Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope are back with the band, at least in the studio. All the tracks on this album are written by Kerry Livgren. Like their old albums, it is a mixture of longer symphonic tracks and shorter rock tracks. For a bunch of old geezers, this album is really good, and much better than I expected! ;-) Recommended." - Alan Mallery
Kansas Official Home Page
The People of the South Wind
 


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