Red Kite "Apophenian Bliss"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: November 19, 2021
Tracklist

1. Astrology (The One True Science) (3:37) 

2. This Immortal Coil (8:24) 

3. Apophenia (8:45) 

4. Red Kite Flight (5:53) 

5. Morrasol (11:07) 

6. Sleep Tight (5:59) 

7. Feet Don't Fail Me Now (Bonus Track) (5:48) 

Total Time 49:33

Line-up
Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman's Revenge) - baritone guitar
Trond Frønes - bass
Bernt André Moen - Rhodes
Torstein Lofthus (Elephant9, Shining) - drums, percussion

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Jü "III"

Country: Hungary
Genre(s): Jazz Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 24, 2021
Tracklist

1. Palaran (3:13) 

2. Cerberus (6:09) 

3. Oak (4:46) 

4. Ash (5:40) 

5. Thorn (2:01) 

6. Bebek (0:49) 

7. Cornucopia (5:36) 

8. Shashka (2:15) 

9. Minerva (8:47) 

10. Sumirana Karo Sada Dina Ratee (3:52) 

Total Time 43:08 

Line-up

András Halmos – drums, vocals (10)

Ernő Hock – bass

Ádám Mészáros – guitar

   With

Dóra Győrfi – vocals (1, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Bálint Bolcsó – electronics (2, 6, 7, 9)

Description/Reviews:

Jü’s style on this record can be described as a proggy Jazz Rock power trio’s take on Indonesian traditionals with the additional integration of electronic Avantgarde as well as European and African instrumentation; which as a description almost sounds disgustingly academical and distracts from how damn awesome and fun this adventure actually is. So, the only proper way to give you an insight into the twists and turns of this rollercoaster is to take it track by track:

Read the full review by Stephan at veilofsound.com

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Three-Layer Cake "Stove Top"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: May 14, 2021
Tracklist

1. Beatified, Bedraggled And Bombed (5:16) 

2. Big Burner (2:48) 

3. A Durable Quest (8:01) 

4. Shepherds (3:06) 

5. Tiller (8:04) 

6. Primary Fuel (4:59) 

7. Luminous Range - Anxious Valve (5:48) 

8. Ballad Of The Gobsmacked (2:02) 

Total Time 40:04 

Line-up

Brandon Seabrook : guitar, banjo, tapes

Mike Pride : drums, marimba, glockenspiel, bells, organ

Mike Watt : bass

Description/Reviews:

Stove Top is uncategorizable in the best sense of the word, patching together elements of punk, free jazz, new music, no wave, doom metal, dub, avant-funk, and various subsectors of the experimental in such freewheeling and raucous fashion that the very idea of divvying them up into disparate inspirations seems laughable.

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Giorgi Mikadze "Georgian Microjamz"

Country: Georgia
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Folk
Label: RareNoise Records - RNR116
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 28, 2020
Tracklist: 
01. Metivuri (3:43)
02. Dumba Damba (9:34)
03. Shedzakhili (1:03)
04. Elesa (8:46)
05. Mirangula (1:10)
06. Moaning (7:08)
07. Racha (1:20)
08. Maglonia (7:25)
09. Gelato (0:35)
10. Kartlos Blues (5:52)
11. Gurian Lullaby (2:45)
12. Lazhghvash (4:22)
13. Tseruli (2:43)

Total Time – 56:00

Line-up: 
Giorgi Mikadze – Microtonal Keyboards
David Fiuczynski – Fretless Guitars
Panagiotis Andreou – Fretless Bass
Sean Wright – Drums
    With:
Basiani Ensemble – Vocals (4, 12, 13)
Nana Valishvili – Vocals (6)

Description/Reviews: 

According to the the PR that came with the album, Georgian Microjamz is, as the title suggests, a hybrid of traditional Georgian folk music and progressive microtonal jazz. But the hybrid is quite clearly skewed toward Mikadze’s original compositions, with any traditional folk pieces serving only as inspiration, and only three tracks on the album being arrangements of traditional Georgian folk songs.

Read the full review by Nick Hudson at theprogressiveaspect.net

Also read the review by S. Victor Aaron at somethingelsereviews.com

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Sonar with David Torn "Tranceportation (Volume 1)"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Math Rock
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 29, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Labyrinth (14:26)
2. Partitions (5:37)
3. Red Sky (11:14)
4. Tunnel Drive (7:42)

Line-up: 
David Torn - electric guitar, live looping
Stephan Thelen - tritone guitar
Bernhard Wagner - tritone guitar
Christian Kuntner - tritone bass
Manuel Pasquinelli - drums, percuss

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Lorenzo Feliciati, Michele Rabbia "Antikythera"

Country: Italy/France
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion
Label: Rare Noise Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: October 25, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Irregular Orbit
2. 223 Teeth
3. Corrosion
4. Prochronistic
5. Sidereal
6. Perigee
7. Apogee
8. Parapegma

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth) - Electric fretted and fretless bass, keyboards, samples and soundesign, electric guitar
Michele Rabbia - Drums and electronics
   with
Cuong Vu (Pat Metheny) - Trumpet (4, 5)
Andy Sheppard - Sax (2, 8)
Rita Marcotulli - Acoustic and prepared piano (2, 5, 8)
Alessandro Gwis - Acoustic piano and reaktor generated electronics (1, 6)
Roy Powell (Naked Truth) - Hammond organ, moog and keyboards (7)

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Led Bib "It's Morning"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 27, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Atom Story – 2:47
2. Stratford East – 5:32
3. It's Morning - 0:39
4. Fold – 11:08
5. Cutting Room Floor – 3:54
6. To Dry In The Rain - 6:43
7. O – 4:40
8. Flood Warning – 3:30
9. Set Sail – 1:28

Line-up: 
Sharron Fortnam (North Sea Radio Orchestra) - vocals
Chris Williams – alto saxophone
Pete Grogan – alto and tenor saxophone
Elliot Galvin – keyboards and piano
Liran Donin – bass, backing vocals on track 2
Mark Holub – drums
    With
Jack Hues – vocals
Susanna Gartmayer – bass clarinet
Irene Kepl – violin
Noid – cello

Description/Reviews: 

From the Homeric invocation of ethereal opener “Atom Story,” it becomes stunningly clear that It’s Morning, the latest album from the uncategorizable UK ensemble Led Bib, is meant to take the listener on a journey. The wide-ranging and evocative set is also a testament to the distance the band has travelled on its own evolutionary path. If not the endpoint, it at least sits at a far-flung guidepost along a transformative odyssey undertaken by the eclectic ensemble.

Led Bib has long been renowned for its skronky, livewire fusion of exploratory jazz improvisation with the brute force of heavy rock and the labyrinthine architecture of prog. It’s Morning retains an identifiable sense of adventure and virtuosity while marking a vast departure from previous recordings, veering into the realm of elusive, poetic narrative and lysergic beauty.

The most immediately apparent change from past Led Bib outings is the addition of vocals, folding the band’s boundary-stretching vocabulary into gorgeous if complex song forms.

Bookended by a pair of atmospheric miniatures that frame the album as an imaginative Odyssey, It’s Morning embarks on an immersive quest over psychedelic seas.

In a very real sense, It’s Morning is a reaction to the turbulence of the modern day, from the cautious optimism of its title to the otherworldly sensation of its music. Holub tentatively refers to the set as “protest music” – not that there’s a single lyric that directly addresses the politics of the day, but in the sense, which has always characterized Led Bib’s output, that the band is swimming against the currents of the mainstream.
In retrospect, Holub finds the roots of It’s Morning in his formative listening to bands like Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead. The influence isn’t literal; there’s nothing on the album that directly echoes the work of Jerry Garcia or Syd Barrett. What Holub learned from those bands is a sense of what he reluctantly terms authenticity, the idea of following one’s own instincts however far afield they may lead.

The mystical “Atom Story” leads into the distorted urban groove of “Stratford East,” with Hues’ lyric conjuring past civilizations paved over by concrete slabs, wistfully recalled as the violin of Irene Kepl leads the band into a combination of Afrobeat funk and quirky angular melodies reminiscent of Deerhoof and its ilk. Modern life intrudes in the brief interlude of the title track, with Fortnam’s lament over the ubiquitous digital screen accompanied by the moaning bass clarinet of Susanna Gartmayer.

By far the album’s most sprawling piece, the 11-minute “Fold” implores listeners to “Change the storyline” following a cosmic group improvisation redolent with the interstellar questing of the Floyd’s most outré excursions. The pulsating minimalism of “Cutting Room Floor” accompanies Hues’ instructions to “Let the film run backwards,” giving perspective a 180-degree twist. Sense itself becomes lost as the two vocalists mutter simultaneously in stereo, a device recalling the Velvet Underground’s brain-splitting classic “The Murder Mystery.”

The intimacy of a cloud-shrouded cityscape is summoned in Fortnam’s introspective lyric for “To Dry in the Rain,” which builds from hushed contemplation to explosive intensity before fading back into Galvin’s elegiac solo, which segues into the vox humana throb of “O.” The abstract clamour of “Flood Warning” finally gives way to the closing moments of “Set Sail,” which casts its gaze to future wanderings on the far horizon.
While a definite departure for the band, It’s Morning is more the exception than the rule in being an unexpected turn for the always unpredictable Led Bib.

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Red Kite "Red Kite"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: RareNoise Records - RNR105
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 28, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Ptah, The El Daoud (11:43)
2. 13 Enemas For Good Luck (7:40)
3. Flew A Little Bullfinch Through The Window (4:58)
4. Focus On Insanity (10:21)
5. You Don’t Know, You Don’t Know (7:17)

Total Time 41:59

Line-up: 
Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman's Revenge) - guitar
Trond Frønes - bass
Bernt André Moen - keyboards
Torstein Lofthus (Elephant9, Shining) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

A head-rush tempest of swirling psychedelia, heavy rock crunch, prog virtuosity and jazz experimentation, Red Kite is the debut release by the Norwegian jazz-rock power quartet of the same name. The electrifying supergroup features members of some of Norway’s best-known prog outfits, including Elephant9, Shining, Bushman’s Revenge and Grand General. Four incredible musicians navigating complex prog-jazz structures with a risk-taking jazz spirit and a brain-rattling hard rock intensity. (beyondrock.nl)

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Red Kite "Red Kite"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: RareNoise Records - RNR105
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: June 28, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Ptah, The El Daoud (11:43)
2. 13 Enemas For Good Luck (7:40)
3. Flew A Little Bullfinch Through The Window (4:58)
4. Focus On Insanity (10:21)
5. You Don’t Know, You Don’t Know (7:17)

Total Time 41:59

Line-up: 
Even Helte Hermansen (Bushman's Revenge) - guitar
Trond Frønes - bass
Bernt André Moen - keyboards
Torstein Lofthus (Elephant9, Shining) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

A head-rush tempest of swirling psychedelia, heavy rock crunch, prog virtuosity and jazz experimentation, Red Kite is the debut release by the Norwegian jazz-rock power quartet of the same name. The electrifying supergroup features members of some of Norway’s best-known prog outfits, including Elephant9, Shining, Bushman’s Revenge and Grand General. Four incredible musicians navigating complex prog-jazz structures with a risk-taking jazz spirit and a brain-rattling hard rock intensity. (beyondrock.nl)

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The End "Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Jazz-Rock
Label: RareNoise Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 29, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Svårmod (3:50)
2. Vemod (3:57)
3. Translated Slaughter (14:14)
4. Don't Wait (14:57)
5. Rich And Poor (0:54)
6. Both Sides Out (5:51)

Total Time 43:43

Line-up: 
Sofia Jernberg : voice
Mats Gustafsson : baritone and tenor sax, live electronics
Kjetil Møster : baritone and tenor sax, electronics
Anders Hana : baritone guitar
Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) : drums and voice

Description/Reviews: 

A number of the tracks appear to have started life as free improvisations and even with studio refinement, there is still an exciting spontaneous air to much of what is on offer. This gives the album an enjoyable unconstrained ambiance where expression and experimentation are important ingredients.
The albums bulbous saxophone tones, electronica, low-end guitar and wailing human voice create a cacophonous experience, for a listener to consume, or subconsciously ingest, rather than to enjoy. This is an album where the experience of its contents is much more important than any whistle while you work tunes.

Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net

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WorldService Project "Serve"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Avant Prog
Label: RareNoise Records RNR093
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 27, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Plagued With Righteousness (5:26)
2. Dai Jo Bo (4:13)
3. The Tale Of Mr.Giggles (6:34)
4. Ease (6:15)
5. Runner (4:00)
6. Now This Means War (5:50)
7. To Lose The Loved (5:20)
8. False Prophets (8:24)

Total Time 46:02

Line-up: 
Dave Morecroft - keyboard, vocals
Tim Ower - saxophone
Raphael Clarkson - trombone, vocals
Arthur O'Hara - bass
Harry Pope - drums, percussion

Description/Reviews: 

WorldService Project delivers another powerful punk-jazz manifesto with a sly grin on Serve, their second RareNoise release and fourth album overall. Showcasing their signature blend of discipline and chaos, the edgy London-based avant-funk quintet combines throbbing grooves, huge backbeats, grinding fuzz-bass onslaughts and ferocious free blowing on eight potent tracks, with just a dash of Monty Pythonesque's irreverence thrown into the mix. 

Read the full description at jazzcorner.com

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WorldService Project "Serve"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Avant Prog
Label: RareNoise Records RNR093
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 27, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Plagued With Righteousness (5:26)
2. Dai Jo Bo (4:13)
3. The Tale Of Mr.Giggles (6:34)
4. Ease (6:15)
5. Runner (4:00)
6. Now This Means War (5:50)
7. To Lose The Loved (5:20)
8. False Prophets (8:24)

Total Time 46:02

Line-up: 
Dave Morecroft - keyboard, vocals
Tim Ower - saxophone
Raphael Clarkson - trombone, vocals
Arthur O'Hara - bass
Harry Pope - drums, percussion

Description/Reviews: 

WorldService Project delivers another powerful punk-jazz manifesto with a sly grin on Serve, their second RareNoise release and fourth album overall. Showcasing their signature blend of discipline and chaos, the edgy London-based avant-funk quintet combines throbbing grooves, huge backbeats, grinding fuzz-bass onslaughts and ferocious free blowing on eight potent tracks, with just a dash of Monty Pythonesque's irreverence thrown into the mix. 

Read the full description at jazzcorner.com

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Sonar with David Torn "Vortex"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Math Rock
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR087)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Part 44 (9:56)
2. Red Shift - (10:31)
3. Waves And Particles (7:49)
4. Monolith - (10:47)
5. Vortex (9:37)
6. Lookface! (7:13)

Total Time 55:53

Bonus Vinyl Live Tracks:
7. Monolith
8. Part 44

Line-up: 
Stephan Thelen: tritone guitar
Bernhard Wagner: tritone guitar
Christian Kuntner: electric bass
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
   With
David Torn: electric guitar, live-looping & manipulation

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Teaser
Waves and Particles

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Sonar with David Torn "Vortex"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Math Rock
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR087)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 30, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Part 44 (9:56)
2. Red Shift - (10:31)
3. Waves And Particles (7:49)
4. Monolith - (10:47)
5. Vortex (9:37)
6. Lookface! (7:13)

Total Time 55:53

Bonus Vinyl Live Tracks:
7. Monolith
8. Part 44

Line-up: 
Stephan Thelen: tritone guitar
Bernhard Wagner: tritone guitar
Christian Kuntner: electric bass
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
   With
David Torn: electric guitar, live-looping & manipulation

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Waves and Particles

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Bobby Previte "Rhapsody"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Acoustic Fusion, Classical, Jazz, Avant Prog
Label: RareNoise Records RNR090
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Casting Off (6:57)
2. All The World (10:58)
3. The Lost (9:13)
4. When I Land (3:28)
5. The Timekeeper (5:28)
6. Coming About (1:42)
7. All Hands (9:21)
8. Last Stand / Final Approach (8:36)
9. I Arrive (8:23)

Total Time 64:06

Line-up: 
Bobby Previte  (John Zorn, Groundtruther) - trap drums, percussion, autoharp, guitar, harmonica
   With
Jen Shyu - voice, er hu, piano
Zeena Parkins (Fred Frith, John Zorn, Cosa Brava, No Safety) - harp
John Medeski (John Zorn, Medeski Martin & Wood) - piano
Nels Cline (Banyan, Quartet Music) - acoustic guitar, slide guitar, twelve string guitar
Fabian Rucker - saxophone

Description/Reviews: 

Undoubtedly a highlight, “All Hands” is a progressive folk-rock piece filled with fabulous slide guitar and epic acoustic power chords. Can you imagine Metallica playing a sort of mystical acoustic concert? There you are! Then, you can add the to-die-for vocalizations by Shyu, properly backed by saxophone, and to finalize, a neo-folk dissertation by Cline, who genially brings a dash of flamenco into play.

Read the full review at jazztrail.net

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Bobby Previte "Rhapsody"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Acoustic Fusion, Classical, Jazz, Avant Prog
Label: RareNoise Records RNR090
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Casting Off (6:57)
2. All The World (10:58)
3. The Lost (9:13)
4. When I Land (3:28)
5. The Timekeeper (5:28)
6. Coming About (1:42)
7. All Hands (9:21)
8. Last Stand / Final Approach (8:36)
9. I Arrive (8:23)

Total Time 64:06

Line-up: 
Bobby Previte  (John Zorn, Groundtruther) - trap drums, percussion, autoharp, guitar, harmonica
   With
Jen Shyu - voice, er hu, piano
Zeena Parkins (Fred Frith, John Zorn, Cosa Brava, No Safety) - harp
John Medeski (John Zorn, Medeski Martin & Wood) - piano
Nels Cline (Banyan, Quartet Music) - acoustic guitar, slide guitar, twelve string guitar
Fabian Rucker - saxophone

Description/Reviews: 

Undoubtedly a highlight, “All Hands” is a progressive folk-rock piece filled with fabulous slide guitar and epic acoustic power chords. Can you imagine Metallica playing a sort of mystical acoustic concert? There you are! Then, you can add the to-die-for vocalizations by Shyu, properly backed by saxophone, and to finalize, a neo-folk dissertation by Cline, who genially brings a dash of flamenco into play.

Read the full review at jazztrail.net

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LEF "Hypersomniac"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Soundtrack
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR070)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 24, 2017 (digital), December 8, 2017 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Opening (2:17)
2. Parallel Powers (6:35)
3. Surgery (1:47)
4. Aran Has Changed (5:33)
5. It's Alright (4:46)
6. Quarrel (0:29)
7. First Day Of Work (4:55)
8. A Glimpse Of Emma (5:04)
9. Pale Skin (0:57)
10. Therapy (5:36)
11. First Step (7:12)
12. Let The Sun Fall Apart (7:14)

Total Time 52:25

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (O.R.k) - Vocals
   With
Eivind Aarset - Guitars, Electronics
Bill Laswell - Bass
Ståle Storløkken (Motorpsycho) - Hammond Organ, Keyboards
Nils Petter Molvaer - Trumpet
Rebecca Sneddon - Saxophones
Kenneth Kapstad (Motorpsycho) - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

LEF’s music serves as the companion soundtrack for a breathtaking online interactive graphic novel based on dystopian tale written by LEF himself. While LEF’s visionary project might recall similarly ambitious dystopian tales like The Who’s Tommy or Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Hypersomniac has a wholly fresh spin on the multi-media process. 

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Lorenzo Feliciati "Elevator Man"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion
Label: Rare Noise Records RNR084
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: October 27, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Elevator Man (5:54)
2. The Brick (7:24)
3. 14 Stones (7:45)
4. Black Book Red Letters (7:29)
5. Three Women (5:29)
6. Unchained Houdini (4:15)
7. The Third Door (5:49)
8. S.O.S. (5:31)
9. Thief Like Me (5:23)
10. U Turn In Falmouth (3:19)

Total Time 58:18

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth) - fretted and fretless bass, upright bass (4), moog bass (9), electric guitars, keyboards
   With
Roberto Gualdi (PFM) - drums (1)
Stan Adams - trombone and horn section arrangement (1-3, 5)
Pierluigi Bastioli - bass trombone (1- 3, 5)
Duilio Ingrosso - baritone saxophone (1-3, 5)
Roy Powell - hohner clavinet (2)
Chad Wackerman (Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa) - drums (2)
Cuong Vu - trumpet (3, 5)
Alessandro Gwis - acoustic piano with Reaktor running on laptop (3)
Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Stick Men, Trey Gunn) - drums (3)
Sandro Satta - alto sax (4)
Claudio Corvini - trumpet (4)
Gianni Di Renzo - drums (4)
Antonio Jasevoli - electric guitar solo (5)
Davide Savarese (Ingranaggi Della Valle) - drums (5, 10)
Davide Pettirossi - drums (6)
DJ Skizo – turntables & rhythm design (7)
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) - electric guitar solo (8)
Luca Giacobbe - vibraphone (8)
Armando Croce - drums (8)
Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie) - electric guitars (9)
Aidan Zammit - keyboards (9)
Gianluca Plamieri - drums (9)

Description/Reviews: 

...what sets Elevator Man apart from many other fusion albums that feature magnificent musicianship, is the way in which the individual players blend seamlessly together as an ensemble. Their collective empathy and proficiency helps to illuminate and highlight the strength and outstanding quality of the compositions. This is emphasised to great effect during the first five tracks, which include a horn section. These pieces are quite different in both sound and mood to the pieces that follow. 

Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net

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Elevator Man
Black Book, Red Letters

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Mumpbeak "Tooth"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR078)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 26, 2017
Tracklist: 
01. Boot (3:51)
02. Brick (6:22)
03. Saw (4:26)
04. Slip (6:52)
05. Cot (4:00)
06. Caboose (9:14)
07. Stone (6:58)

Total Time – 41:43

Line-up: 
Roy Powell (Naked Truth) - Hohner Clavinet, Moog Little Phatty, Hammond B3, Tubular Bells
Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth) - electric bass
Torstein Lofthus (Shining, Elephant 9) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Maybe it’s because Powell is British, with the influence of King Crimson and other UK progressive music bred in the bone, but although he’s been Oslo-based since the turn of the millennium there’s an earthiness to Mumpbeak that sets them slightly apart from their Nordic nu prog peers.
His music has been compared to that of Crimson, ELP, and (inevitably) electric Miles Davis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle of that, favouring Miles’s dive into the drive of electrifying funk.

Read the full review by Tim Owen at dalstonsound.wordpress.com


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Mumpbeak "Tooth"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Label: RareNoise Records (RNR078)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 26, 2017
Tracklist: 
01. Boot (3:51)
02. Brick (6:22)
03. Saw (4:26)
04. Slip (6:52)
05. Cot (4:00)
06. Caboose (9:14)
07. Stone (6:58)

Total Time – 41:43

Line-up: 
Roy Powell (Naked Truth) - Hohner Clavinet, Moog Little Phatty, Hammond B3, Tubular Bells
Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth) - electric bass
Torstein Lofthus (Shining, Elephant 9) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Maybe it’s because Powell is British, with the influence of King Crimson and other UK progressive music bred in the bone, but although he’s been Oslo-based since the turn of the millennium there’s an earthiness to Mumpbeak that sets them slightly apart from their Nordic nu prog peers.
His music has been compared to that of Crimson, ELP, and (inevitably) electric Miles Davis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle of that, favouring Miles’s dive into the drive of electrifying funk.

Read the full review by Tim Owen at dalstonsound.wordpress.com


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