Cirkus Prutz - Blues Revolution - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Swedish blues rock band CIRKUS PRÜTZ have improved from album to album in their career. In order to top their previous achievements once again, they have brought producer, multi-musician, bandleader and songwriter Peter Tägtgren (Pain, Hypocrisy, Lindemann, Sabaton and many more) on board for InchManifestoInch.'We had the feeling that we wanted to take our music further into the future. We needed a push forward and a new sound,' explains the band's singer and guitarist Christian Carlsson.'I've known Peter for quite a long time and have been a fan of his work over the years, especially with Pain. We talked about working together a few years ago and now it's finally happened,' says the band's bassist Jerry Prütz, adding that Peter has really inspired the band both musically and lyrically.'It shouldn't sound old school or like an old blues album,' was Peter Tägtgren's motto for the entire process.The ten songs on InchManifestoInch talk about everything from drag racing to casino visits in Las Vegas, from stalking like in the Netflix series InchBaby ReindeerInch to an homage to Peter Stormare's iconic character Karl Hungus in the film InchThe Big LebowskiInch.Sound and songwriting are right up to date. All the songs were written by the band together in the rehearsal room and were then given the necessary finishing touches by Peter Tägtgren in his studio. The mastering was in the hands of Jonas Kjellgren, who was also responsible for the production of the last InchSabatonInch albums.In a musical genre where most things follow tradition, Cirkus Prütz stand out and dare to challenge themselves, but also their audience.Manifesto is a blues rock album with many facets!

Mazy Fly, the second full-length by the Bay Area artist SPELLLING, explores the tension between the thrill of exploring the unknown and the terror of imminent destruction. Chrystia Cabral spent the summer of 2018 in her Berkeley studio reflecting on the thresholds of human progress and longing for a new and better tomorrow. She was struck by the way the same technologies that have given humans the ability to achieve utopian dreams of discovery have also brought the world to the precipice of dystopic global devastation. Despite the darkness of this reality, Mazy Fly is defiantly optimistic. It is a celestial voyage into the unknown, piloted by Cabral. Mazy Fly musically traverses the spaces between languid, honey-soaked vocals and distant angelic whispers, from thumping 808 club beats to crunching tape loops, and from silky, smooth R&B to whirling organ sonatas. Cabral became enamored by the idea of flight as a harbinger of both progress and apocalypse, and that was expressed in the textures and compositional techniques she utilized. Swarms, flocks, flies, angels, spaceships, flying saucers - all are represented sonically by Cabral and her Juno-106 synthesizer.

'Atlantis' is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilian maestro, Daniel Salinas. A conductor, pianist, arranger, and producer, he has worked across several genres within Brazil's rich musical tapestry, including the Beatles-inspired Jovem Guarda movement, jazz-funk, and MPB to name just a few. He featured on records by Franco, Célia, Perfume Azul Do Sol, Wilson Simonal, Juca Chaves and a whole host of Brazilian greats. Released in 1973 on Top Tape Records, 'Atlantis', features one of Salinas' best-known recordings (at least in Europe), his much-loved interpretation of 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' entitled 'Straussmania'. It was inspired by Eumir Deodato's global hit of the same year and went on to be adopted by various scenes becoming a classic within rare groove circles as well as amongst breaks and beats diggers.