1997 in Review

Listing of Most Significant Releases in 1997 (alphabetical)
Compiled by Chuck van Zyl


Air Sculpture           Europa                  Neu Harmony
James Asher             Dance of the Light      New Earth
Biosphere               Substrata               Thirsty Ear
KetilBjornstad/DDarling The River               ECM
Ian Boddy               Continuum               Something Else
Ian Boddy/Ron Boots     Phase 3                 Groove
Ron Boots               Too Many Secrets        Groove
Thom Brennan            Beneath Clouds          Arya
Cathexis                Exempli Gratia          Hypnotic
Caul                    The Sound of Faith      Katyn
Cluster                 Live USA 1996           Purple Pyramid
Jim Cole/Specrtal VoicesCoalescense             Spectral Spiral
Coma Virus              Hidden                  Side Effects
Crown Invisible         Crown Invisible         Cursor Club
Dilate                  Octagon                 Hypnotic
Forrest Fang            The Blind Messenger     Cuneiform
Robert Fripp            That Which Passes       Discipline
Ruben Garcia            Room Full of Easels     Close Tolerance
Mathias Grassow         Lanzarote Spirits       No CD
Green Adaptor           Loska                   Hypnotic
M Griffin               Sudden Dark             Hypnos
Hazard                  Lech                    Malignant
Human Mesh Dance        thesecretnumbertwelve   12k
Bernd Kistenmacher      Compiled Dreams         Green Tree
Al Gromer Khan          Space Hotel             New Earth
KooKoon                 High Wire               Traumton
Labradford              Labradford              Kranky
Larkin                  O'cean                  Enso
Mo Boma             Myths of the Near Future 3  Extreme
Mystical Sun            Primordial Atmospheres  n/l
Pete Namlook/HIA        SHADO                   Fax
Kenneth Newby           Sirens                  City of Tribes
Loren Nerell            Lilin Dewa              Side Effects
Nitramelo         Soundtracks From Genius Loci  Hypnotic
Richard Pinhas          De l'un et Du Multiple  Spalax
Radio Massacre Int'l    Organ Harvest           Centaur Discs
Red Shift               Red Shift               Champagne Lake
Robert Rich/Alio Die    Fissures                Fathom
Steve Roach             On This Planet          Fathom
S Roach/Vidna Obmana    Cavern of Sirens        Projekt
Star's of the Lid       The Ballasted Orchestra Kranky
Stokes                  Washed in Mercury       Hypnos
Skuli Sverrisson        Ceremonie               Extreme
Surface 10              Surface 10              Hypnotic
Tear Ceremony           Resin                   Simulacra
Phil Thornton           Alien Encounter         New World
Tuu                     Mesh                    Fathom
Undark                  3396                    Em:t
Viridian Sun            Solar Noise             Hypnos
Jiannis Zedamanis       Jiannis Plugged         Spheric