King Leopold's Ghost

The ProjeKcts were/are devised as 'research units' to find possible futures for the fuller Crimson line-up. This box comprises the four live discs and kicks off with Jazz Café (KC have an amazing ability to play the most unlikely places)…

After the six-man King Crimson disbanded in the spring of 1997, Adrian Belew (guitar/drums), Bill Bruford (percussion/drums), Robert Fripp (guitar), Trey Gunn (Warr guitar), Tony Levin (bass), and Pat Mastelotto (percussion/drums) agreed to splinter into a series of sequential ProjeKcts. These subgroups provided active research and development of new material and performance techniques in front of an audience, ultimately serving the next manifestation of the greater Krim. Here listeners are treated to a variety of instrumental works from each initial fractal. ProjeKct Three commence this sampler with Fripp, Gunn, and Mastelotto unleashing some industrial-strength improvisations during the sprawling seven-movement "Masque" suite, which clocks in at over 20 minutes…

MANILLA ROAD - The epic metal legends lead by Mark Shelton are back again! On 30 June 2017, the new studio album "To Kill A King" will be released at Goldencore Records in 3 different configurations: - GCR 20111-2 (Standard Edition in Digipack) - GCR 20111-1 (double vinyl including an exclusive bonus track in tube bag with CD) - GCR 20111-2D (Deluxe box, with flag, storm lighter, plectrum and Digipack CD) Not counting the live albums, "To Kill A King" is now the eighteenth studio album by the inventors of Epic Metal from Wichita / Kansas. With the album they celebrate their anniversary year "40 Years Of Manilla Road". The iconic Metalheads left the underground scene only five, maximum six, years ago. Before, performances at festivals such as Sweden Rock, Hellfest and Bang Your Head were just as unusual as participating in the "700000 Tons Of Metal Cruise" in 2016. In spite of everything not Manilla Road have changed, but the scene and listening habits of metal heads and rockers. In their fortieth year, the band is finally at the right time and the right place to unite the underground with the conventional rock and metal scene.

The intoxicating debut from Frozen Ghost commingles Great White North album-oriented rock with a classy new wave chill worthy of their mysterious moniker. Not as artsy as Duran Duran, not as emotive as Ultravox, this pair may be the Canadian answer to Tears for Fears, only better than that sounds. Opening minor hit "Should I See" might as well be the Fixx, but it's actually brainchild Andre Lanni establishing his way with ruminating rhymes and mechanical melody. He came from Sheriff, where he wrote their posthumous smash "When I'm With You" and, after three fine FG works, went on to become a powerhouse producer (King's X) and mentor (Our Lady Peace). Except for the radio number mentioned above, Frozen Ghost fell off the face of the planet instantly. A shame, as the world missed out on the mysterious stranger lurking in "Yum Bai Ya," the military melancholy of "Soldiers Cry," and "End of the Line," a flat-out great pop tune not related to the Traveling Wilburys hit of the same period or even the Roxy Music song (though Roxy roots appear elsewhere). Actually, every track is rock-solid and probably gone forever, further adding to the mystique of one of the all-time should-have-beens.

For Fans Of…Temples, Allah-Las, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Khruangbin, David Axelrod. Where will you hide when the world around you is closing in? On their latest LP, Ghost Funk Orchestra invites you to close your eyes and take a dive into your subconscious. Strings and horns float around from ear to ear while their three sirens explore themes of isolation, fear of the unknown, and the fabrication of self-image. It's a soulful psychedelic journey that picks up sonically where A Song For Paul left off. The drums are heavier, the arrangements are more intricate, and the vocal harmonies soar over a bed of odd time signature grooves. This is an album that's meant to be listened to in the dark. So won't you join them? You're not scared…..are you?