Legendary drummer Simon Phillips is widely known for recordings and tours with Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Hiromi, Stanley Clarke and his own jazz-rock group, Protocol. This extraordinary 2019 recording documents the inception of the Protocol V band, more than two years before the release of the Protocol V album in early 2022. Here they interpret epic tunes from the Protocol II, III & IV albums, as well as Simon's classic 1995 Symbiosis release. This beautiful 2LP set is an absolute must for Simon's legion of followers worldwide. And, it will be promoted with a series of truly awesome videos, shot in Liechtenstein at Little Big Beat Studios!

Nonesuch Records releases Let X=X, by Laurie Anderson with Sexmob, on May 8, 2026.

Belgium's NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM (aka NNMM) is a community of “cultural engineers” with a variable line-up, mixing drone metal with spiritual free jazz and psychedelic music. The project was initiated in 2018 by multi-instrumentalist Guillaume Cazalet (Czlt, Jenny Torse, Aksu), who brought together veteran saxophonist Jean Jacques Duerinckx (Ze Zorgs) and two drummers, Sebastien Schmit (K-Branding) and Pierre Arese (Aksu).

New album by Muffins co-founder Dave Newhouse! "Automatic Writing"! Clocking in at over 45 minutes, it is a high intensity, big band mix of Canterbury, RIO, and Jazz Fusion, along with the Muffinesque melodies you've come to expect from Newhouse.

Studio Tan is the 24th album by American musician Frank Zappa, first released in September 1978 on his own DiscReet Records label. It reached #147 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.

Mahavishnu Orchestra was one of the keystone bands of the jazz-rock fusion movement. Their 1975 album Visions of the Emerald Beyond is a more accessible album, consisting of shorter jazz-rock tracks. The songs are connected with each other and even got some influences from the funk music of that time. Fast-paces fusion tracks are alternated with some shorter arranged pieces. “Lila’s Dance” is an outstanding track, consisting of guitar riffs and beautiful piano and violin melodies. This album is a magnificent musical work of virtuosity at its highest level and proves that the 2nd Mahavishnu Orchestra line-up is as good as the original one. Mahavishnu Orchestra have been cited many times as a big influence on everyone from King Crimson and Frank Zappa to The Mars Volta. Frontman and guitarist John McLaughlin has always been the main figure in the band, both during their first (1971-1976) and second line-up (1984-1987).

Psychedelia, funk, jazz, blues, and rock didn’t just shape the 1960s and 1970s; they continue to change music today. Rose Peak is a perfect example, pulling its inspiration from many genres of music and drawing from decades of nostalgia.

Sojourn is the second album to come from Michael 'Cavs' Cavanagh (drummer of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard). For this record CAVS teamed up with longtime friend and kindred spirit Jim Rindfleish (drummer with Melbourne fusioneers, Mildlife), as well as some of the best players in Melbourne, Australia. Sojourn’s imagery and world-building narrative are conjured wordlessly.

The Sicilian guitar savant Matteo Mancuso has announced details of his new album Route 96, which will be released on 24 April via Music Theories Recordings. The album features appearances from Steve Vai, Antone Boyer and Valeriy Stepanov.

Joe's Garage is a three-part rock opera recorded by American musician Frank Zappa in September and November 1979. Originally released as two separate studio albums on Zappa Records, the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set, Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III, in 1987. The story is told by a character identified as the "Central Scrutinizer" narrating the story of Joe, an average adolescent male, from Canoga Park, Los Angeles, who forms a garage rock band, has unsatisfying relationships with women, gives all of his money to a government-assisted and insincere religion, explores sexual activities with appliances, and is imprisoned.

Sheik Yerbouti is a double album by Frank Zappa, first released in March 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records (distributed by Phonogram Inc.). It was later released on one CD. It is mostly made up of live material recorded in 1977 and 1978, with later overdubs in the studio.

Zoot Allures is the 22nd album by the American rock musician Frank Zappa, released in October 1976 and his only release on the Warner Bros. Records label. Due to a lawsuit with his former manager, Herb Cohen, Zappa's recording contract was temporarily reassigned from DiscReet Records to Warner Bros.

Orchestral Favorites is an album by Frank Zappa first released in May 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label. The album is entirely instrumental and features music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. It reached #168 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.

Frank Zappa had a long career and while the early records were singled out early for their innovative mastery, many of his mid-70s works get lost in the shuffle. One Size Fits All, however, should be in every Zappa collector's possession. Much is often made of Zappa's social/ sexual commentary, but it is his instrumental prowess that deserves to be treasured above all.

Chunga's Revenge is the third solo album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa's first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa's history. Chunga's Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats.