Miriodor – Parade

There was a time when I would buy scads of music from this American label that specializes in the type of Euro-prog nonsense that the Frenchies call musique actuelle. I’d pay Yanks to send me Quebecois fusoid instrumentals, doubling back across the boarder because the music scene from whence these sounds emerged spread internationally, not simply to T.O. Mirioder were one of the groups and I’m pretty sure I have a near mint copy of one of their LPs growing mould in my basement. They were always a bit too genteel for me and they remain so but they sure know their way around unconventional drum beaks. Sacre bleu! (Terence Dick)

2CD, Cuneiform Records, PO Box 8427, Silver Spring, MD, 20907-8427, U.S.A., www.cuneiformrecords.com