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Features in this issue include:

JORGE REYES: Mexican composer Jorge Reyes died in his sleep on February 7, in his house located in Mexico City, where he lived with his wife and three sons. Nothing is more different from his music than what is usually called Mexican music. No Mariachi, no joyful scream, no moving guitar rhythm. Jorge Reyes chose a different path by exploring Mexico's indigenous traditions, namely pre-Columbian music. In other words, those ancient cultures the Spanish conquistadores tried to erase by burning many codices and musical instruments. This constant reference encompassed all his life. Jorge's interest in Mesoamerican cultures, however, was not mere archaeology. On the contrary, it was the starting point to conceive intricate textures mixing ancient sounds and contemporary electronic devices.

FMPM 2008: FMPM stands for "Le Festival des Musiques Progressives de Montreal," and 2008 was its third year, and the good news is that it looks like it's here to stay the 2009 event will feature Saga, Three Friends, Miriodor, Le Orme, DFA, Magenta, Mystery, Rouge Ciel, and several other acts. The theme from year to year seems to be to come up with a lineup that presents an equal mix of Quebec based bands, and great progressive rock bands from all other parts of the world. There is certainly no shortage of great artists from Quebec, and that gives FMPM a distinctive local flavor that most other North American festivals save Baja Prog seriously lack. 2008's event was held at Montreal's Salle Pierre-Mercure, but this year (2009) will return to the earlier venue Gesu - Centre de Creativite. Our coverage concentrates on the 2008 Festival with several great photos by Linda Shulman.

ROB REED / MAGENTA: Magenta's keyboard player, main composer, and producer Rob Reed operates out of his studio in Wales. From there he masterminds various musical endeavors, including the popular progressive rock outfit Magenta. The group has risen to prominence over the past several years, though their latest album Metamorphosis signals changes on several fronts for Reed and his main cohort, vocalist Christina Booth. Expose caught up with Reed at his studio to talk about past, present, and future.

JAN SCHELHAAS: Keyboardist Jan Schelhaas is known to most fans of the Canterbury music scene as an integral member of both Caravan and Camel, but he also has made contributions to other notable artists' work such as Thin Lizzy, and noted English blues guitarist Gary Moore. Expose caught up with him after the recent release of his first solo album Dark Ships which has more than a few recognizable nods to his previous group efforts and his 35 years in the business.

EDWARD KA-SPEL: For those of you who don't know, Edward Ka-Spel is a founding member and driving force behind The Legendary Pink Dots. Both Edward and the Dots have a long and prolific recording career, dating back to 1981. Edward and the band for that manner are very friendly to their fan base. They will talk with fans after their concerts as well as taking time out of their demanding touring schedule to reply to emails. Edward has been interviewed countless times over the years and Expose attempted to avoid some of the more typical interview questions, focusing instead on topics that may not have been covered in the past.

MORGAN AGREN: Swedish drummer Morgan Agren became internationally known through his involvement with the Zappa's Universe project in the early 1990s. Before and after this time Morgan has worked steadily with his childhood friend and fellow Zappa's Universe alumnus keyboardist Mats Oberg. The Mats/ Morgan musical collaboration now spans more than 25 years and encompasses 8 albums, a DVD, and several tours. Morgan has also found the time to form a record label and record and perform with numerous artists, including Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah), The Flesh Quartet, Glen Hughes, Denny Walley, and brother Jimmy Agren.

SATELLITE: Wojtek Szadkowski co-founded Collage, Poland's most successful progressive rock band to date, back in 1985 and served as drummer and composer until they dissolved in 1996, at what was arguably the height of their popularity. Since then he's been involved in several bands, though Satellite is the best known and has the strongest links with his former group. With their 4th album gaining favorable reviews and several successful festival appearances under their belt, Satellite appear poised to make a run at Collage's level of broad popularity.

PETER HAMMILL: Peter Hammill has long been at the vanguard of his game as a singer / songwriter and leader of arguably one of the most challenging British bands, Van der Graaf Generator. Expose was glad to see him return to the US again for the first time in many years and spend time reviewing his career as well as the recent endeavors of the three-man VdGG.

CHRIS SQUIRE: Yes bassist Chris Squire has long been known as "Keeper of the Flame" where his famous group is concerned, even if it means scraping together a touring lineup that's now down to three veteran members: himself, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. To fill the shoes of semi-retired keyboard player Rick Wakeman, Squire turned to the Caped Crusader's own son Oliver, fresh off a stint touring the UK and Europe with his own band. Filling the vocalist spot is Benoit David, singer for the Canadian tribute band Close to the Edge (as well as Quebecois prog outfit Mystery.) The group has wrapped up a successful first leg of their North American tour and were preparing to hit the road for round two when we caught up with Chris near his home in Southern California.

Also included are all of our regular reviews sections -- Roundtables, New Releases, Archives and Reissues. 92 Pages total.

The fact that you're browsing The Artist Shop at all very likely means that you have a love of progressive, avant-garde, and adventurous music. The best way you can find out more about the music you love (well, other than browsing The Artist Shop, of course) is to subscribe to Exposé. Below is a little of the philosophy behind Exposé.

Once there was music. Simple music. Maybe a nursery rhyme or a simple folk tune sung by a kind and loving voice. Soon your ears met new music, maybe a classical piece or a fragment of a pop song, a comforting melody that played in your mind the whole day through. The simplicity of youth soon gave way to the anxieties of adolescence; pop music, then perhaps rock - began to speak more directly to your spirit in turmoil. As time went by, your musical tastes continued to develop driven by a hunger for new ideas, reaching for new horizons, fusing new styles and idioms, breaking down the existing limits and barriers. Then one day you found yourself alone, ignored completely by a music and radio industry firmly set on maintaining popular music at its lowest common denominator, while your wide ranging taste for eclectic musical styles and experimentation find you increasingly disconnected from the musical mainstream. Is this you ?

This growth and disconnection is what Exposé is all about. Our primary focus is the music that the mainstream ignores; music whose roots seem to have originated somewhere just outside the pop/rock mainstream, but has progressed onwards toward the boundaries of rock, where it meets jazz, classical, folk, avant-garde, electronic and experimental, going well beyond the standard forms into areas of stark and stunning originality. With Exposé, the focus is on the exploration.

Exposé began modestly in the autumn of '93 as a bi-monthly companion newsletter to the Exposure radio show, which focuses on progressive and experimental rock and its periphery. It grew from sixteen to forty pages within one year, and has since settled out as a sixty to eighty page quarterly, packed with information on all the music that matters, and the artists who create it. Our typical issue contains artist profiles, interviews, historical perspectives, and much more. You will find well over eighty reviews of new releases and selected reissues in each issue, and Exposé is the only English language publication that features roundtable reviews of all important new releases - not just one, but three different perspectives on the same release. Our writers are knowledgeable about music and the history of music, many being musicians themselves, and are among the best in the field, having previously written for Gibraltar, Audion, i/e, Eurock, and others.

Some of the artists we have featured and reviewed: Anglagard, Ozric Tentacles, Tony Spada, Ezra Winston, U Totem, King Crimson, Pulsar, SFF, Ange, Minimum Vital, Carl Weingarten, Doctor Nerve, Anyone s Daughter, Mezquita, Finch, Shylock, Saga, Zao, Area, Arena, Magma, Hoelderlin, Frank Zappa, Wittox O Hara, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Cast, Landberk, Halloween, Jean-Pascal Boffo, Pekka Pohjola, Versailles, Jadis, Kenso, French TV, Hawkwind, Kit Watkins, Iona, Crucis, Xaal, Eskaton, Carpe Diem, Phish, Mastermind, Klaus Schulze, Terraced Garden, Virgil Moorefield, Discipline, Anekdoten and many others. If this is the kind of music that interests you, then the time to subscribe is now. You will never find so much information at such a modest cost, focused squarely on the music that matters the most.

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Special Sale on Exposé back issues

Take any five issues for the price of a four issue subscription ($22).  This offer is only good for delivery inside the US.  Currently available are issues 11 through 30.  Each of these issues will only be available while current supplies last.   Once depleted they will not be reprinted.  Below is a short description of each issue.

 

Exposé #30, September 2004, 92 Pages (Current Issue)
Les Tritonales Festival, Paris 2004, Matraz, KBB, John Duval, Baja Prog 2004, Trettioariga Kriget, Strawbs feature (Interviews with Dave Cousins & Dave Lambert), Fred Frith interview

Exposé #29, April 2004, 92 Pages
Gentle Giant megafeature, Barry Cleveland, Mark Powell, The Attila & Dave Project, Syzygy, Robert Wyatt interview, Paul Ellis, The Future of Music Downloading

Exposé #28, December 2003, 92 Pages
Edgar Froese, Bob Drake, Lars Hollmer, David & Linda Laflamme, NEARFest 2003, Progman Cometh Festival, Seattle 2003, Progday IX, North Carolina 2003.

Exposé #27, August 2003, 92 Pages
Mujician, Karda Estra interview, Forever Einstein, Steve Tibbetts, Hugh Hopper, Cabezas de Cera Baja Prog 2003, Dave Kerman's final chapter in the continuing story of Josh, Canadian Progressive Rock in the 1970's, Part One.

Exposé #26, February 2003, 92 Pages
Phil Miller, Anglagard, Peter Frohmader, Proto-Kaw interview w/ Kerry Livgren & Lynn Meredith, Seattle "Progman Cometh" festival 2002, NearFest 02, ProgDay 02, Classic Rock Festival, ProgWest 02, Cattle Prog, Dave Kerman: The Further Adventures of Josh.

Exposé #25, September 2002, 92 Pages
Interviews: John Marshall, Kraan, Cyrille Verdeaux/Clearlight, Kromlech, Radio Massacre International, Rick Wakeman, ECM Rarum series, Baja Prog 2002, Dave Kerman: Earth to Josh: Prog Is Dead.

Exposé #24, April 2002, 84 Pages
Maudlin of The Well, Paranoise, Roger Eno, John Etheridge, Sven Grunberg, La Torre Dell'Alchimista, Tunnels & Nuove Musiche, ProgWest 2001, Progressive Projections, CD: BayProg Sampler

Exposé #23, December 2001, 88 Pages.
Estradasphere, Dennis Rea, Prog Day 2001, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, New Sun, Ozrics, Neil Sadler, Robert Carty + Dweller at the Threshold, Indonesian Prog Festival, Rob Ayling (of Voiceprint), King Crimson w/Tool

Exposé #22, July 2001, 84 Pages.
Nearfest 2001, McGill Manring & Stevens, Baja Prog 2001, Riho Sibul, Arti e Mestieri, Gatto Marte, Jeff Greinke Interview, Cartoon & PFS, Gary Parra & Trap + CD: Cuneiform Records 2001

Exposé #21, March 2001, 88 Pages.
ProgDay 2000, Gianni Leone/Il Balletto di Bronzo, Uz Jsme Doma, Azigza, Theo Travis, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Five Fifteen, King Crimson, Spacecraft, Picchio Dal Pozzo, The Tunnel Singer + CD: "What's New in Baltimore"

Exposé #20, October 2000, 92 Pages.
NEARfest 2000, Yes Masterworks Tour, Moe. in Portland, Annbjorg Lien, Amy Denio, Peter Hammill, Rascal Reporters, Vidna Obmana, Thierry Zaboitzeff, Brainworks Label, The Golden Age of Eurock

Exposé #19, May 2000, 88 Pages.
On The Future of Music Distribution, Absolute Zero + Trap, Hypnos Label, Garden of Delights Label, NeBeLNeST, Maximum Indifference, Babylon, Robert Rich, Guy LeBlanc (Nathan Mahl), Discus, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), Richard Barbieri

Exposé #18, November 1999, 80 Pages.
Nearfest '99, The Residents, Richard Pinhas & Maurice Dantec, 5th International Progressive Music Festival - San Francisco 99, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, Iconoclasta, Atavism of Twilight, Michael Stearns, Steve Hahn, Tempano, Architectural Metaphor, Mirage Label,

Exposé #17, April 1999, 84 Pages.
Earthworks, Baja Prog 99, Kopecky, Gordon Haskell, Opposition De Phase, ProjeKCt 4 live, Kilgore Trout, Mike Keneally, Species Being, Cloud Chamber, French Progressive Artifacts, Kevin Ayers, Christian Vander, Felix Jay, Steve Roach, Silver Apples, Thinking Plague

Exposé #16, January 1999, 80 Pages.
Present Live, ProgDay '98, Djam Karet w/New Sun, Strange Days '98, Northside Label Overview, Ten Jinn interview, David Cross, Hugh Hopper interview, A Triggering Myth, Amon Duul Megafeature

Exposé #15, July 1998, 80 Pages.
Baja Prog '98, Yes, Sound Resources Studio, XII Alfonso, Benoit Widemann, Michael Brook, Cloud Chamber, Stan Whitaker on the Happy The Man reunion, Doctor Nerve Interview w/Nick Didkovsky, Mickey Simmonds, Kraftwerk, Patrick Forgas

Exposé #14, February 1998, 80 Pages.
Projekt Fest `97, Idiot Flesh & Buckethead, Bill Frisell Quintet, Marillion & Enchant, Exposé Concert Series, Strange Days `97, ProgDay `97, Providence, Volare, Thijs Van Leer of Focus, Edhels/Marc Ceccotti, Djam Karet, 0.720 Aleacion, Eloy, Present, Zendik

Exposé #13, October 1997, 80 Pages.
Victoriaville 1997, Fifty Foot Hose & Silver Apples, Boud Deun, The Grand Parade, Progfest `97, Prog-Est `97), Exposé Concert Series, Hawkwind - 25 years on, Spirit and Randy California, Cast, Carl Weingarten, Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme, Peter Banks, Dave Brock, Simon House

Exposé #12, May 1997, 72 Pages.
Yes, Ash Ra Tempel, Camel, Exposure Concert Series,French TV, Earthlings, moe, Trance Mission, Renaissance Mark 1, Solstice/Andy Glass, Mona Lisa, Bill Forth of Ten Seconds, Martin Barre, Toshio Egawa of Gerard, Doane Perry

Exposé #11, February 1997, 72 Pages.
Prog Day 1996, Eclectic Electric Event, Stockholm Progressive Rock Festival 96, Magma, Dead Can Dance, Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe, moe., Yolk, Medeski Martin & Wood, Phish, Shockra, Happy The Man megafeature, Boud Deun, Hiro Kawahara (Heretic), Shub Niggurath, Progressive Rock Worldwide Label, Spotted Peccary update

 

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