... ;s psychedelic! It's dark, it's without concessions, it's fatalistic. It's Peter Hammil going to the extreme. The compositions are influenced by dissonant psychedelica, but also some freejazz influences can be spotted. Under the layer of darkness some beautiful melodies do appear; the songbasis of Man-Erg is very subtle and a lot of melodies on the long epic A Plague of ...

... loose, frantic, and at times utterly demented -- led by Thollem and his furious piano playing, the tracks are wild and unpredictable; bar room singalongs abruptly explode into mutant freejazz complete with tortured wailing, crazed punk rants devolve into atonal fury, untamed percussion and thundering piano crashes are accompanied by stark howls and the occasional guitar bleat. Like rockets falling ...

... as a free download? Do they honestly think that fans of their other bands (Heroes & Zeros, Superfamily, Balkansemblet) will be stoked on it? Or that they'll cross over into the already over-saturated experiment/freejazz scene? Doubtful. This is for friends and family, perhaps even the curious superfan, but most of all, it's for themselves. That's fine, but I can't recommend it ...

... effects. Long spacey instrumental at the end. 4. Staccato African drumbeats with hard bop jazz. Oh-so-smooth surreal vocals *5. The lead single—syrupy vocals from Fatima, lots of freejazz piano elements, subtle rhythmic intricacies, and jangly beats. 6. Lyrical spiritual journey with light percussion. *7. Light, bouncy song with crisp electronic elements. Smooth R&B vocals ...