Consider the Source "Hybrid, Volume 1: Such as a Mule"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Ropeadope
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 17, 2021
Tracklist

1. I Am Inevitable (6:47) 

2. Rock, Flag & Eagle (2:37) 

3. There Are Four Lights (5:49) 

4. A Clash Of Faces (3:25) 

5. There Was Time Now (4:45) 

6. This Is The Way (6:03) 

7. Abdurehim (5:02) 

8. This Guy’s The Limit (6:35) 

9. Song For Robert (6:52) 

10. Objects In Motion, Objects At Rest (6:55) 

Total Time 54:50

Line-up

John Ferrara: Electric and Acoustic Basses, Banjo Bass, Ukulele bass, Gimbri

Jeff Mann: Drumset, Doumbek, Darbuka, Djembe, Kanjira & Percussion

Gabriel Marin: Fretted/Fretless Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Uyghur Dutar, Uyghur Satar, Karakalpak Dutar, Persian Dutar, Dombra, Ukulele, Dede Saz, Fretless Chaturangui

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lespecial "Ancient Homies"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Eclectic, Progressive Rock
Label: Ropeadope
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: December 4, 2020
Tracklist

1. Snells Fleet (7:43) 

2. The Vessel (4:35) 

3. Homie Numero Uno (The Craft) (1:46) 

4. Repeater (3:59) 

5. Tonberry (7:44) 

6. Homie Numero Dos (Cryptic Triptych) (3:44) 

7. Machine Elf (4:22) 

8. Egg Time (2:38) 

9. Homie Numero Tres (Homies Blurring Into One) (2:18) 

10. Boundary Dissolution (4:33) 

11. Tritome (1:27) 

Total Time 44:49

Line-up

Luke Bemand - bass, synth, samples

Rory Dolan - drums, sampler

Jonny Grusauskas - guitar, keys, sampler, vocals

Description/Reviews:

This New York trio has some of the freshest and most interesting genre fusions I’ve heard in a while. Indie rock is the base sound, stretched over a proggy framework of complex and innovative structures. Mixed in with this, though, are hip-hop inspired samples, synth tones, and rhythms. Groovy bursts of fuzzy metal crunch against some of the sparser passages. It’s not hard to find bands that claim to draw influences from all over the musical spectrum, but it’s rare to find one that actually does. Lespecial is that rare band. (theeliteextremophile.com)

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