Tag Archives: fusion

LIGRO – Dictionary 3

July 29, 2015

MoonJune 2015 Educational adventure from Indonesian playground: neologisms aplenty yet complexity yields to a melody. Numerating their releases, all of which bear the same title, is a neat way to mask the variety of this Jakartan ensemble’s music that, for … Continue reading →

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CYMBALIC ENCOUNTERS – Exploration Of The Southern Constellation

July 20, 2015

Mark Murdock 2015 Stellar approximations from fusion-flaunting drummer and his intrepid crew of rock-solid savants. From the moment Mark Murdock pulled into a prog orbit, first with Peter Banks from YES and then with the BRAND X alumni, there was no … Continue reading →

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CARL VERHEYEN – Alone

July 16, 2015

Cranktone Entertainment 2015 Old, new, borrowed and blue: solitary rumination from SUPERTRAMP’s string serenader – subtitled “Solo Guitar Improvisations, Vol. 2”. A welcome respite from electric charge of rock and jazz, this, second installment in Carl Verheyen’s unplugged line which … Continue reading →

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XADU – Random Abstract

July 6, 2015

MoonJune 2015 Painting with sound, Dušan Jevtović and Xavi Reija come sparse but united in their double vision. Having played together for years, drummer Reija and guitarist Jevtović worked out a telepathic connection, an integral element of any jazz-inclined combo, … Continue reading →

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THE ARISTOCRATS – Tres Caballeros

June 23, 2015

Boing! 2015 Going South but doing it right, international heavy jazzers zoom in on a hot location. Life’s been hectic for this trio who, in between their and Guthrie Govan and Marco Minnemann’s part in Steven Wilson’s tour, squeezed the … Continue reading →

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