2024 – SPRING INTO SUMMER: SECOND QUARTER TOP NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS

In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues per 10, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): please note genres are nearest approximations.

ANANDAMMIDE – EURA (Bandcamp in association with Sulatron) (PROG FOLK)

ARCANSIEL – HARD TIMES (Maracash Records) (PROG)

ASTRAL MAGIC - SHADOWS OVER JUPITER (Bandcamp) (SPACE ROCK)

ASTRAL MAGIC with SHANE BECK – THE SECRET PATHS (Bandcamp) (SPACE ROCK)

THE BEVIS FROND – LIVE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC HALL (Fire) (RDS LP RI) (ROCK)

CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE THIRD EYE (Stone Premonitions/ Falling A Records RI) (PROG)

CHEER ACCIDENT – VACATE (Cuneiform) (JAZZ)

CUSTARD FLUX -EINSTEINIUM DELERIUM (Fruits de Mer) (PSYCH ROCK)

DOCTORS OF SPACE – ADVENTURES IN THE DEEP DARK SEAS OF SOUND (Bandcamp) (SPACE ROCK)

HIRO KAWAHARA – IN MEMORY OF PETER FROHMADER (Psychedelic Baby) (ELECTRONIC)

SRDJAN IVANOVIC – MODULAR (Rue Des Balkans) (JAZZ)

IZZ – COLLAPSE THE WAVE (Bandcamp) (PROG)

JADE WARRIOR – BORNE ON SOLAR WINDS (Cherry Red/ Esoteric RI) (PROG)

JANEL LEPPIN- ENSEMBLE VOLCANIC ASH – TO MARCH IS TO LOVE (Cuneiform) (JAZZ)

JANEL LEPPIN & ANTHONY PIROG – NEW MOON IN THE EVIL AGE (Cuneiform) (JAZZ)

LONDON UNDERGROUND – LIVE AT THE 19TH DREAM OF DR. SARDONICUS FESTIVAL (Fruits de Mer) (JAZZ ROCK)

MERGING CLUSTER – PEAK EPHEMERAL LIGHT (Maracash Records) (PROG)

NIKOLOV- IVANOVIC UNDECTET (Rue des Balkans) (JAZZ)

ONRICO – EX-NIHILO (Mylodon Records) (PROG)

PALLAS – EYES IN THE NIGHT 1981-86 (Cherry red/ Esoteric RI) (PROG)

PHAEDRA- NORN (Maracash Records) (PROG)

PINHDAR – A SPARKLE ON THE DARK WATER (Fruits de Mer) (PROG/ OTHER)

POWLERS – ORCHIDEA (Maracash Records) (PROG)

SOFT MACHINE-HOVIKODDEN 1971 (Cuneiform) (JAZZ ROCK)

SULA BASSANA and KOMET LULU with LEX WATERREUS – MOONSEEDS (Sulatron Records) (NEO- PSYCH)

TALEA JACTA MEETS ELECTRIC MOON - SABOTAR (Sulatron Records) (SPACE ROCK/ KRAUT ROCK)

TWO HEADED EMPEROR – WIRELESS OF THE NORTH (Falling A) (PROG/ OTHER)

A reminder of the first quarter’s WINTER INTO SPRING choices:

THE BEVIS FROND - FOCUS ON NATURE (Fire Records) (ROCK/ PSYCH)

BIG BIG TRAIN -THE LIKES OF US (Inside Out) (PROG)

BRUFORD - ONE OF A KIND (Winterfold/ Cherry Red RI) (JAZZ ROCK)

ALICE COLTRANE- THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (Impulse! RI) (JAZZ)

DEEP PURPLE - MACHINE HEAD (Warner RI) (HEAVY ROCK reissue)

STEVE HACKETT -THE CIRCUS AND THE NIGHTWHALE (Inside Out) (PROG)

LOCOMOTIVA ELÉTRICA - OS ANIMAIS QUE NOS (Abraxas)(PROG)

PAKT – NO STEPS TO TRACE (Moon June) (PROG)

PRESENT - THIS IS NOT THE END (Cuneiform) (VARIOUS)

SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS – WALTZ OF THE WEEKEND (Fruits de Mer) (PSYCH ROCK)

Please read the individual reviews for more information (under Jan, Feb or Mar, 2024): 10 more to follow in the second quarter of the year. Please keep sending in music for review.