Review: Swiss label Delta Production originally released J&F Quintet's Contrast album back in 1976. It has since become a highly collectible and rare Swiss jazz gem with mint copies going for upwards of L350. For the recording sessions, founding band members Stefan Schneller, Donat Beer and Toni Scha?dler were joined by drummers Gieri Bievi and Peter 'Huck' Hug and bassist Andri A Piorta. Their take on jazz fuses Swiss-Romansh traditions to cook up something in a sound world of its own. Sadly this was the only album the group ever recorded before going off to work on solo projects.
Masai Morning: Casting Of The Bones/The Hunt/A Ritual Of Kings (6:38)
Windweaver (3:50)
Dragonfly Day: Metamorphosis/Dance Of The Sun Spirit/Death (7:42)
Petunia (3:30)
Telephone Girl (1:20)
Psychiatric Sergeant (4:52)
Slow Ride (3:11)
Sundial Song (7:49)
Telephone Girl (first version - bonus track) (4:16)
Review: Trading Places have blown the dust off a wondrous curio this time, bringing our attention onto the uniquely slanted acid prog psychedelia of Jade Warrior. The project came from percussionist and flautist Jon Field, who had previously worked with Mike Oldfield's producer and in cult psych outfit July, and bassist Glyn Havard. The pair might not have garnered that much attention for their work back in the day, but it was a thing of rare beauty, fusing acoustic passages with searing rock-outs and percussion from other cultures to usurp the dominance of the Western drum kit. It's a record full of surprises, and it sounds in great shape on this impeccable reissue.
Review: In 2005, Jan Jelinek "pitched" his electronica/kosmische vision to the potent collective fan by way of ten ecosystemically-informed, prepared ambient numbers. Spanning Bibio-esque reversy guitar and sloshing exotica, this one existed for an inordinate period as a digital download, in which much time elapsed until now, its 20th anniversary - at which point we hear it available again, arriving for the first time on vinyl. Modelled on the sonic prototypes of his German rock forbears, this early electronica work from Jelinek amounts to a fearsomely intricate revue, expanding on krautrock's organic textures and unremittingly restless feel.
Review: The fourth studio album by English hard rockers Jethro Tull, Aqualung married a turning point in the career of the band, prepping them for a more major radio-friendly future that would see them become mainstays of the touring circuit and rank among the finest live acts of the time. It would also quickly become the group's most successful release, commercially speaking, producing two standout singles in 'Hymn 43' and 'Locomotive Breath'. With such a storied history, anyone going anywhere near Tull's masterpiece wants to tread carefully. Or throw themselves full pelt into the chaos and beauty of the record by inviting a load of stoner rock acts to do their best/worst/most imaginative on the original material and come up with something new. Magnetic Eye opted to do just that with Redux, and it hits hard.
Best Of Jethro Tull (Redux)(gatefold coloured vinyl LP in die-cut sleeve (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
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