Steps Ahead Loxodrome

Reissue of the rare jazz, funk and fusion Library LP "Four Corners" by Second Direction. A project of the saxophonist and flutist Fritz Münzer, produced in 1976 at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg. The new release includes six additional recordings from the band's second unreleased album from 1978, entitled "Steps Ahead", recently pulled from the archives of producer and "Joy Unlimited" founder Klaus R. Nagel.

Part of the Bele Belle Jazz Club series, this collection of three Gonzalo Rubalcaba sessions from 1986 and 1987 finds the pianist in three different settings: electric septet, trio, and solo. The two electric septet session are great in so far as they showcase Rubalcaba's gloriously extended harmonic style with a group., but the electric bass and synths on these two cuts sound just awful. The trio accounts for one selection, and it is full of the fluid, high melodic style Rubalcaba is known for with a rhythm section. It is on the solo cuts where Rubalcaba's now-trademark rhythmic invention is showcased brilliantly; his use of space, and dynamic and harmonic invention, is singular here, playing the jazz tradition against the folk music of his native Cuba on eight selections. It is for these – with their deep lyricism, and contrapuntal engagements – that the album is worth the price.

Seminal progressive crossover band "seven steps to the green door" from Germany is back with the new album "THE?LIE" -and surprise us with the second part of their concept trilogy "THE?BOOK", in which authors and band deal critically with religious fanaticism.

Platinum Collection is the third greatest hits album released by pop group Steps. The album was released on 19 August 2022 through Sony Music Entertainment. The album is to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the group's formation back in 1997. The album features Steps' greatest hits along with two brand new songs; "Hard 2 Forget", and "The Runner".