UZ JSME DOMA are a Czech avant-garde prog band, who formed in 1985, with stylistic similarities to RIO bands such as SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA and STORMY SIX. Formed in Teplice, the band have been through many line-up changes (and problems with Communism) and have never stuck to a particular style, but they have always had a unique sound nevertheless…
Bolt hail from Columbia/South Carolina consisting of two masterminds W. Heyward Sims (guitar) plus Geoff Maxey (bass) and were supported by drummer Bill Elliott. The music is instrumental, dominated by a skillful heavy guitar work demonstrating a bandwith from math/post rock and prog metal to a Robert Fripp alike style. The debut work, 'Circadian Rhythm' (2003) appearing as a raw and energetic album with more alternative rock and math influences. With the next effort, 'Movement And Detail' from 2006, the band managed to offer sophisticated grooving prog rock with edgy riffs and wide boundaries.
Influential British psychedelic rockers Soft Cell reunite at Paris' famed New Morning jazz club in this release of a performance originally staged on December 12, 2005. With Hugh Hopper, John Marshall, John Etheridge, and Elton Dean - who died shortly after the historical reunion - all in attendance, Soft Cell offers a ten-song set that includes such classics as "Ash," "Baker's Treat," "Kite Runner," and "Strange Comfort."
Aglaia is an organic ambient project from Italy formed by Gino Fioravanti and Gianluigi Toso. Beatless soundscapes with warm tones and some hints of acoustic instruments. Soaked in reverb. Three Organic Experiences (2003) is comprised of three mammoth tracks, all stylistically related but separate compositions. The effect created as a totality is akin to a gradual sinking beneath the sea, floating ever down, to eventually rest on ocean's bottom - surrounded by a beautiful, submerged garden populated by radiant, sea life…