Moon X "Rocket To The Moon"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Eclectic Progressive Rock

Label: New House Music
Format: CD, digital,vinyl

Release date: February 7, 2025
Tracklist

1. Advent Of The Moon (5:21) 

2. Astronomie Populaire (5:02) 

3. Moon Dream (3:09) 

4. Cities Of Barsoom (7:11) 

5. Dwarf Star (for Ian Curtis) (6:32) 

6. Meteor Glide (4:56) 

7. Ice-Nine (5:55) 

8. Axial Tilt (4:03) 

Total Time 42:09 

Credits

Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Diratz, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - keyboards, woodwind

George Newhouse - drums and percussion

Jerry King (Cloud Over Jupiter, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - guitar, bass, trombone

Description/Reviews:

The delight of this album is that the guys feel no need to restrict themselves to any particular style or genre, and while this is always progressive or jazz-oriented, each song is very different to the next, and looking at the sleeve notes they reference bands as diverse as Yes, Tangerine Dream and Joy Division! ... The result is something which is off-centre, sometimes led by brass, sometimes woodwind, sometimes keyboards, sometimes guitar, one never knows what one is going to get. They can be symphonic and gentle, or harsh and almost discordant. Both are fans of going where the music takes them, but this is not something which is improvised and off the wall but rather is thoughtful with care taken on the arrangements.

Read the full review by Kev Rowland at mlwz.pl

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Moon X "The New Prometheus"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock

Label: New House Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 2, 2023
Tracklist
1. 90 Mile Island 

2. Perry Rhodan 

3. Goblin 

4. Hollow Man 

5. Forever the Moon 

6. The New Prometheus 

7. She Light 

8. Solaria for Kuan Yin

Credits

Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Diratz, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - keyboards, woodwinds

George Newhouse - drums

Jerry King (Cloud Over Jupiter, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - guitars, bass, trombone

   With

Michelle King - voice (4,7)

Mastering and mixing by Ian Beabout
Cover and graphics layout by Eric Kearns at Phinbot graphics 

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Moon X "Zap!"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Eclectic, Avant Prog, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 7, 2022
Tracklist

1. ZAP (3:42) 

2. Yggdrasil (4:56) 

3. Interview with a Hooman (1:09) 

4. Man Of Tomorrow (4:10) 

5. Invisible Man (5:14) 

6. Pickman's Brew (1:11) 

7. La Lune Et Son Histoire (5:19) 

8. Trouble In Ranagar (5:50) 

9. March Of The Moon Shadows (7:19) 

Total Time 38:50

Line-up
Dave Newhouse (The Muffins, Diratz, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - woodwinds, flute, keyboards, voice

George Newhouse - drums

Jerry King (Cloud Over Jupiter, Moon Men, Manna/Mirage) - guitars, bass, trombone, voice

Description/Reviews:

MOON X is a new band formed in 2021 after the demise of Moon Men.  Rather than continue with the same name and in the same direction as the previous group, Newhouse & King decided to alter course, rename the project and add George Newhouse on the drum kit.   The result is what you hear from the songs on Zap!

If  the music must be labelled, then let’s call it jazz/prog-space rock with an experimental twist and the result is something that sounds unique and refreshingly new.

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