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The British band Dark made one extremely rare album in 1972, Dark Across the Edges, that melded the hard guitar rock from the era having a jamming sensibility on multi-sectioned lengthy tracks with improvised-sounding passages. Though barely amazing, the record offers some curiosity as an attempt with metallic hard riffs …

The progressive Christian rock-band GLAD was formed in the campus of West Chester State University close to Philadelphia through the early ’70s; motivated by jazz and traditional music and with a solid emphasis on complicated harmonies, the group — John Gates, Ed Nalle, Jim Bullard, Chris Davis and Paul Langford …

Dubbed “The Thunderbolt of the center West” by his coach, the legendary Willie Mae Ford Smith, Brother Joe May was arguably the best male soloist in the annals of gospel music; a tenor whose dramatic feeling of showmanship was surpassed just by his unmatched command word of vocal dynamics and …

Son from the composer Edu Lobo and of the vocalist Wanda Sá, Bena Lobo worked in the movie theater and Television before he became a musician. His initial record, Nada Virtual (2000), brought originals aswell as tracks by his dad and various other consecrated composers.

Montreal producer Tim Hecker built his preliminary breakthrough with experimental techno and IDM as Jetone, but followed with ambient music related to his true name. This experimental ambient function, released by Alien8 sublabel Substractif from past due 2001 with Haunt Me Haunt Me, REPEAT, won very much acclaim. In addition, …

A later-’60s and early-’70s spirit group, the Unifics formed at Washington, D.C.’s Howard School. Their lead vocalist was Al Johnson, with tenors Michel Ward and Grek Make and baritone Harold Washington. Their biggest strike was 1968’s “Courtroom of Like,” which combined narrative, mock courtroom proceedings, and Johnson’s passionate vocals. It …

This Brooklyn doo wop group was originally referred to as the Linc-Tones when it formed in 1955 at Lincoln SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Hank Medress, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Rabkin, and Cynthia Zolitin didn’t possess much impact within their early days documenting for Melba. They afterwards disbanded, but Medress re-formed the group …

Vocalist/songwriter Tontxu (given birth to J. Antonio Ipiña) got involved with music after composing his initial song at age 11, later learning to be a radio place programmer and announcer. After shifting to Madrid, Tontxu began touring the neighborhood club circuit, getting the possibility to make his 1st record in …

The obscure but semi-legendary Neon Boys were a precursor to Television, featuring Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, and drummer Billy Ficca. Their duration, from nov 1972 towards the springtime of 1973 relating to Clinton Heylin’s From your Velvets towards the Voidoids, was short. These were certainly before their time, nevertheless, as …

Guitarist Martin Siewert is from your same era of Viennese experimentalists while Boris Hauf, Dieter Kovacic (Dieb 13), and Franz Hautzinger. Since 1998 he continues to be working on methods to abstract the audio from the guitar, to remove it from its rock-related referrals by using out-of-date analog technology. His …