Phi Yaan-Zek "Reality Is My Play Thing"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Geomagnetic Records/Age Of Wonder ‎– AOWCD007
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 21, 2018
Tracklist: 
CD1
1. So The Story Begins (0:38)
2. Abigail's Place (4:59)
3. Video 3. Down From The Mountain (4:48)
4. Me, The Doorway And The Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (1:00)
5. Kindling (4:30)
6. Frequency Calling (5:16)
7. Fanfare For The Magnetically Challenged (0:17)
8. The Magnetic Victory (5:59)
9. Break The Ice (4:05)
10. The Ocean Within (1:00)
11. Wondrous Self (4:36)
12. Subtle (4:12)
13. Sapphire Bent (1:06)
14. The Killer Of The Spontaneous (4:56)
15. Threads (3:55)
16. Poliphilo (1:01)
17. Alive (3:46)
18. Reality Is My Play Thing (5:16)

CD2
19. So The Story Continues (0:36)
20. Inner Navigation (7:20)
21. Dragonfly Medicine (3:43)
22. Valencia Orange (0:35)
23. Eleven Wandering Mystics (4:57)
24. Bold Apparition (3:10)
25. The Oz Factor (1:01)
26. Le Fetiche Du Toit (1:13)
27. The Jumbleberry Fiddlestick Folly (4:38)
28. Anthem For A Breakaway Civilisation (1:24)
29. Beneath A Canopy Of Susurrant Stars (4:15)
30. Subterranean Empires (5:17)
31. Cryptic Terrestrials (1:30)
32. Also Sprach Die Kiwi (1:06)
33. One Of The Weirdest Things Just Happened... (3:28)
34. Don't Detune (0:58)
35. Solar Heart Connect (7:38)
36. Reality Is My Strange Thing (15:41)

Total Time 129:50

Line-up: 
Phi Yaan-Zek (Ley Lines) - vocals, guitar, e-bow, glockenspiel, mandolin, melodica, metallophone, zither
Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats) - drums, vocals
Bryan Beller (Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, The Aristocrats) - bass, vocals
Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani) - vocals, keyboards, guitar
Lalle Larsson (Karmakanic, Agents of Mercy) - piano, electric piano & hammond organ,  melodica
Ola Olsson - trumpet & flugelhorn
Murphy McCaleb - bass trombone
George Sleightholme - clarinet & bass clarinet

Raphael Jezukiewicz - alto saxophone (3)

Jack Godfrey - overtone voice (20)

Mirron Webb - vocals (3, 11)

Rebecca Deacon - vocals (3)

Chloe Mogg  - vocals (26)

William Allman - vocals (31)

Matt Ingram - percussion (36)

Description/Reviews: 

Reality Is My Play Thing is an exhilarating blend of the intricate-yet-accessible west coast rock of Frank Zappa or Steely Dan together with a distinctly British off-kilter eccentricity (XTC, Gentle Giant, Cardiacs) married to the sweeping cinematic grandeur of Steven Wilson or even John Barry. The 11 year gestation has yielded an epic project - the core double album (expanded to a triple album for the special edition!) has two distinct halves - one disc is vocal and the second mostly instrumental. Maintaining a balance between accessibility and at times intense instrumental complexity, the entire set has a deeply cohesive feel that rewards deeper listening. 

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