Cthulhu Rise - Opus 12

"Cthulhu Rise are a unique proposition whose musical approach lies somewhere directly between Miles Davis (‘Bitches brew’ in particular) and Fantomas with hints of Dillinger Escape Plan and Dave Brubeck thrown in for good measure.
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Cthulhu Rise are a uniquely powerful and wonderfully talented band whose modern take on jazz aligns them with the innovators of yesteryear. Where so many bands are happy to develop and augment existing musical works, here Cthulhu Rise neatly develop the form of jazz in a way that hasn’t been attempted since 1969. This is stunningly innovative stuff and if it can only reach a wide audience it will undoubtedly be heralded as a subversive masterpiece in years to come. Open your mind and experience Cthulhu Rise, if you understand the power of jazz you will embrace this album wholeheartedly."

"The individual tracks are dubbed “opus”, their numbering quite probably signifying the order in which they were written: the music is obviously only “about” its own constructions – more on that later. In the melodic centre you find the keyboardist, lunging out in explosive jazzrock adventures, most often in the shape of piano but not irregularly exploring and abusing more tantalizing possibilities of the synthesizer (the laser gun sound in #29 sticks in your head a while after listening). His style is very vocal and fluent, obviously with a massive training in both jazz and art music, stealing the show most of the time, ranging from heavy percussive freejazz-hammering in sync with the drummer to the explosive leaps of the many solos."

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