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Review by Gary Hill
You know you are in for a treat when the lineup of the group is Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn. You can also figure that the music will be along the lines of King Crimson and Stick Men.

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T2 Tu-Ner for Lovers
Review by Gary Hill
Following closely on the heels of their last release, Tu-Ner has unleashed another thrilling set of instrumental music on the world.

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Stick Men is a unique power trio. Founded by legendary and still cutting edge bassist / Chapman Stick artist, Tony Levin, Stick Men continues to expand the horizons of modern progressive music.
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Moody and ambient music creates the format for these sedate soundscapes. There aren’t huge variants here, and everything moves very slowly, but it never feels redundant or samey either.


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Animals is, without question, my favorite Pink Floyd album. it's actually pretty high up on my list of best albums of all-time, too.

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This new five-CD collection is pretty amazing. I've said before, and will repeat it here, that this new version of King Crimson might well be the best lineup they've had, particularly in terms of live shows.


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Review by Gary Hill
Brian Tarquin is one of the three guys who are listed as making up Band of Brothers. The other two are Phil Naro and Reggie Pryor.

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Review by Gary Hill
This instrumental set is intriguing and powerful. It's got plenty of King Crimson-like sound built into it, but there are also hints of space music, fusion, jam band stuff and more here.

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Centrozoon - Boner
Review by Gary Hill
It would be easy to just classify this disc as strange atmospheric music.

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Review by Gary Hill

You can always count on Brian Tarquin to put together some strong projects, This is no exception.


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Review by Gary Hill
Inna Zhelannaya is a Russian pop-star. The music on this album combines world sounds with atmospheric prog.

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The Security Project - Contact
Review by Gary Hill
This new set from The Security Project continues their cycle of re-envisioning Peter Gabriel songs, but brings new flavors and concepts to that idea, while also stretching it out a bit.

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Review by Jason Hillenburg
Robert Fripp's collaborations in the late 1980s and early 1990s with David Sylvian, in retrospect, clearly laid the groundwork for King Crimson's album Thrak.

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Stick Men - Deep
Review by Gary Hill
I really like Stick Men. Sometimes their music can be hard to describe, though.

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Review by Gary Hill
This is an EP that’s tied to a graphic novel.

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Review by Julie Knispel
Following two plus years as a “double trio,” and nearly two years of fractionalization through a series of ProjeKCts, King Crimson returned to active duty in 2000 as a streamlined quartet with the album The ConstruKCtion of Light. A second album in this newer “double duo” format titled The Power to Believe, followed in 2003.
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Markus Reuter - Featuring Fabio Trentini and Asaf Sirkis - Truce
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Markus Reuter is a very talented musician, and he surrounds himself with other talented cohorts. This instrumental set showcases that quite well.


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King Crimson - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With
Review by Julie Knispel
Happy With What you Have to be Happy With was the second consecutive EP release from King Crimson, and presented a look at additional material that would, along with the instrumentals presented on the Level Five EP, form the majority of the band’s (at the time) forthcoming studio album The Power To Believe.
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I've reviewed quite a bit of music from Dwiki Dharmawan, but this might be his most intriguing album. I'd consider it to be one of the most unique.

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This new EP from King Crimson is intriguing. It's bookended by their take on a David Bowie classic (the full version and a single edit). 

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Review by Gary Hill

This compilation disc shows a lot of versatility. It features recordings released by various projects that featured Trey Gunn. Most of it is instrumental, but there are some vocals.


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Review by Steve Alspach
Few bands in progressive rock have a more colorful past than King Crimson. As Sid Smith says in the preface, the history of King Crimson is the "triumph of spirit over adversity. And sometimes the triumph of adversity."
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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 Blu-Ray/DVD Edition
Review by Gary Hill
King Crimson is an unusual beast as a musical entity. I've been fascinated by the band about as long as I've known about them.

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Review by Gary Hill
It would be really hard to slap a label on this album, other than just lumping it in as progressive rock. Much of it is freeform, largely instrumental, weirdness.

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Morgan Ågren, Henry Kaiser & Trey Gunn - Invisible Rays
Review by Gary Hill
Sort of an instrumental prog summit, this set showcases a form of freeform jamming.

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Review by Gary Hill
Markus Reuter is involved in a lot of projects, these days.

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This instrumental album features experimental music that has a lot in common with modern King Crimson. The group includes two touch guitar players, a keyboardist and a drummer.

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Review by Julie Knispel
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Review by Gary Hill
If you like instrumental music that's experimental and challenging, you should give this a try. There a real freeform vibe to a lot of it.

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The Security Project - Live 1
Review by Gary Hill
What a cool set this is, really. The music here is all Peter Gabriel music, but one song from his time in Genesis.

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Review by Gary Hill
The first part of this live album came out recently. If you read my review, you'll know that I love it.


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Russia bears mystery and curious allure to many advanced musicians from the West.

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I had never seen the mighty King Crimson play live before - not surprising, as I was only ten years old when the band last played my home town in 1974!


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Stick Men - Live in Buffalo, New York, October 2011
Review by Grant Hill

The excellent “Two of a Perfect Trio” tour was a well-publicized and equally well received series of concerts featuring the bands of King Crimson legends Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.


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King Crimson - Live in Chicago
Review by Gary Hill
King Crimson has one of the most interesting and complicated histories in all of progressive rock. The lineup is one of the most dynamic, too.

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Review by Gary Hill
It seems that there is quite a bit of live material being released from this version of King Crimson. That's a great thing because this line-up might be the best ever.

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This is an intriguing disc – both in concept and delivery. Marco Minnemann recorded a massive drum solo several years ago.

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This is a short (roughly 20 minutes) EP that should definitely appeal to fans of modern King Crimson.


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Tribute albums like this are always interesting, but also often disappointing.

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Both Gary Husband and Markus Reuter are legendary musicians who have been involved with many projects over the years.


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Review by Gary Hill
This live recording of Trey Gunn’s grouping Tuner is quite intriguing.
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King Crimson’s ‘return to the throne’ in the 1980’s must have been viewed with a degree of skepticism. The band made a name for themselves in the 1970’s with their dark blend of symphonic grandeur and intense heaviness, mixed with an improvisational spirit that would drive them to push every song and performance into parts unknown.
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Everyone on this release is exceptionally skilled. The majority of them are frequently featured in Music Street Journal reviews.


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Review by Gary Hill
Anyone who has heard anything from Stick men will know what to expect here.

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Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual release. Parts of it are full-on progressive rock.

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Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual release. It's an instrumental disc with the music often in the heavy range, but sometimes working to mellower territory.

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Review by Gary Hill
This is quite an intriguing set. It features a sound that seems to be a merging of world music of the Indian variety, fusion and progressive rock.

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Review by Gary Hill
Wow, as strange as this CD is, I love it! A collaboration between Markus Reuter and King Crimson’s Pat Mastellotto, this thing conveys a dark sort of progressive rock that is very much focused on textures.
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Stick Men - Prog Noir
Review by Gary Hill
This band is really coming into its own.

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KTU - Quiver
Review by Gary Hill
KTU is Trey Gunn, Kimmo Pohjonen and Pat Mastelotto.
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Review by Gary Hill
This is a unique and quite intriguing album. It's likely to make my best of 2019 list.

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Review by Grant Hill
This double CD compilation is an interesting and unique collage of multiple percussive styles given to a wide palette of genres and colors therein.

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Review by Gary Hill
When one looks at the line up here (Xavi Reija on drums, Dusan Jevtovic on guitar and Bernat Hernandez on bass), it would be easy to assume this is a jazz trio.

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Review by Gary Hill
There is definitely an industrial sort of vibe to this cut. In fact, a lot of it seems close to Tool or even Nine Inch Nails.

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Review by Gary Hill

Markus Reuter in combinations with various musicians has created quite a catalog of intriguing instrumental progressive rock. This new collection with Tim Motzer and Kenny Grohowski is no exception.


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Review by Gary Hill
This is a double disc set. I believe that it was also released at one point in time as two single disc sets.

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Review by Gary Hill
You just can't go wrong with Stick Men. The band is made up of Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter.

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Review by Gary Hill
You have to figure any project that involves Trey Gunn will be artistic. This is the quintessential example of that. In fact, this is such a cool concept that it would be worth having even if the music were lousy – and, of course, it isn’t. This album comes as a 2 disc set.
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Review by Gary Hill
I’ve never had the chance to see King Crimson live. I really regret that.

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Review by Gary Hill
King Crimson has always been an enigmatic group. The band has basically had three previous incarnations; '60's/'70's, '80's and the '90's versions.
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Review by Gary Hill
A side project of King Crimson member Trey Gunn, this disc may well be an early contender for best CD of the year. The disc combines Crimsonesque tones in very listenable grooves that really work well.
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King Crimson - The Power To Believe
Review by Gary Hill
Since its formation in the late 1960's King Crimson has never been content to stay in one musical place. They were one of the pioneers of progressive rock, and under the guidance of band leader Robert Fripp they have gone through many changes, both in terms of musical style and lineup.

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Review by Gary Hill
If you like freaky guitar based instrumental prog, you are sure to dig this. It has fusion and a lot more built into it.

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Trey Gunn - The Waters, They Are Rising
Review by Gary Hill
This mostly instrumental set is not necessarily the kind of thing that’s well suited to a track by track review.

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King Crimson - Thrak
Review by Gary Hill
When King Crimson reformed after the 80s period, there were definitely elements of that period still present in their sound. 

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Magma - To Life, Death and Beyond: The Music of Magma DVD
Review by Gary Hill
Given that the music of Magma is set in their own language, it seems appropriate that most people will need captions on for this film.

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Markus Reuter - Todmorden 513 (Concerto for Orchestra by Markus Reuter)
Review by Gary Hill
This is classical music, but not in the traditional sense. It’s more like the freeform classical that emerged in the early part of the 20th Century. Yet, it’s also ambient and space music. Is it rock? No, definitely not. It is, however, progressive music.

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Tuner - Totem
Review by Gary Hill
This is the first disc that was released by Tuner – a collaboration of Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson) and Markus Reuter (Centrozoon). 
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Markus Reuter - Truce 2
Review by Gary Hill
Touch-guitar-master Markus Reuter can always be counted on for powerful music that is unique and yet somehow strangely inviting.

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Review by Julie Knispel
10 years following the dissolution of King Crimson following a trilogy of world and gamelan influenced albums, the band quietly rejoined forces in a small studio in Woodstock New York to create a new band and a new sound.
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Review by Gary Hill
Stick Men consistently put out quality material. So, the fact that this album is a strong as it is should be no surprise.

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Markus Reuter - with Mannheimer Schlagwerk - Sun Trance
Review by Gary Hill

This new release is essentially a single. Well, that's only so true.


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California Guitar Trio - with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto-Live At The Key Club
Review by Steve Alspach
On February 3, 2001, the California Guitar Trio played in Hollywood's Key Club. Fortunately, they also had the stellar rhythm section of Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto to accompany them.
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