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M​å​ngata

by Blumen

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um Never expected to hear this kind of math rock! Inspires me to be a better piano man. I wish I could play like that someday. Favorite track: Ossycles.
Proghead
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Proghead In between math-rock, jazz and prog, Bluemen is a band you don't want to miss.

Their songs will make you relax with the smooth vibe, but keep your attention because of its novelties and constant temporal changes.

Good luck deciphering the multiple time signatures, my prog friends!
Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) The most recent awesomeness by Richard Maxwell Blumenthal... and his best so far. Certainly one of the most interesting incarnations of the fusion genre, with substantial drum contributions by James Christopher Knoerl ("With A Smile" - great musician and composer, too). Hopefully there's more to come in the future. This stuff is really addictive! Favorite track: Ossycles.
renek(a)
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renek(a) Great Jazz-Fusion-Rock... Listen to this... Favorite track: Murk.
Justing Severne
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Justing Severne Met this guy in a gas station in Mississippi and he wouldn't leave me alone until I listened to this album. It's really good, but I wish he would have just left me alone. 8/10 Favorite track: Home.
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    4-panel digipack with an additional inner sleeve containing 12-page full color booklet of individual track art and texts.

    album layout and editing by theo young.
    cd design by richard blumenthal

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    Piano sheet music for all 6 songs in digital pdf book form. Music engraved in Finale with care taken for intelligent page turning locations, because there's nothing I personally hate more than bad page turns.

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1.
Dawning 00:46
“Impatiently waiting for the sun’s greeting, a mere glimpse of the aurora was ample enough excuse to embark”
2.
Murk 05:27
“A tenebrious fog arose, spilling over the bows with almost a malevolent sentience. Grey tendrils caressed lights transformed into soft globes and wrapped heads in chilly wool, muffling the world in nebulous creaks and uneasy echoes”
3.
Ossycles 04:39
“The uneasy night behind, and a gentle zephyr billowing the sails, cheer returned. Smoothly cleaving the currents, only a skeleton crew remained needed for operation, allowing time for ancillary pursuits and idle amusements. Jocular shouts tumbled through the air, and soon a half-remembered tune was thumped out on a battered manual. The days … slipped by”
4.
“Sights both strange and simple filled the every eye and ear, while unfamiliar faces hummed hauntingly familiar tunes. The words were fresh, but the songs almost comforting in their kinship to the sounds of home”
5.
Squall 06:40
“The wind sprang up abruptly, catching them unawares with both its ferocity and its brevity, departing as quickly as it had arisen. Leaving them dazed, and almost wondering if they had merely dreamt it”
6.
Home 06:18
“Greetings thrown about, indiscernible shouts and reunions all a happily muddled buzz. Yet it couldn’t be helped but to notice how small the sky seemed, which once hovered overhead with far-flung boundaries. Worn lines all too apparent on faces which once had seemed never to age. To remain here, content and carefree…?”

about

A nebulous story about somewhat of a journey.

All music written and recorded by Blumen, except:
Drum parts written and recorded by James Christopher Knoerl

All music, including drums, recorded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Except some shakers and tambourines recorded in Boston, but come on, let's not split hairs, we'll be here forever.


Richard Maxwell Blumenthal | Piano, Bass, Strings, Synths

James Christopher Knoerl | Drums, Auxiliary Percussion
- jamesknoerl.com


Guest Solos and Sounds recorded in far-flung lands:

Gregory Ward Wakeman | Tuba | "Murk"
Theo Richard Young | Solo and Rhythm Guitars | "Murk"
- theoyoung.bandcamp.com
- facebook.com/theoyoungmusic

Luke Martin | Piano Solo | "Ossycles"
- versedaudio.com

Joey Izzo | Synth Solo | "Squall"
- archecho.com

Samuel Herbert Harchik | Guitar Solo & Outro Guitars | "HOME"
- samharchik.com
Michael Avery | Guitar Solo | "HOME"
- youtube.com/user/MichaelAveryMusic

credits

released June 10, 2017

MIXING | James Christopher Knoerl
- jamesknoerl.com

MASTERING | Acle Kahney
- 4dsounds.com

ALBUM ARTWORK | Theo Richard Young (layout and editing)
- facebook.com/theoyoungillustration

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Blumen

jazzcore.

pianist richard blumenthal & drummer james knoerl unite to try and confuse each other.

taking cues equally from mathrock, modern modal jazz, and progmetal, but there's no guitars so probably no audience either.
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