You just can’t go wrong with Markus Reuter. Any project he’s associated with is going to be strong. And, yet, there is some definite variety in his output. This instrumental prog album is another winner. Note that when I say “guitar” in the track reviews, I mean “touch guitar,” because that’s Reuter’s instrument of choice. He also provides live looping and something called “AU8.” Pablo Trentini plays Wal Fretless bass and bass synthesizer. Asaf Sirkis handles the drums. This is a particularly strong album.

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This is a powerhouse jam that features some scorching hot guitar work. It has hints of driving space rock.

Somewhat freeform, this gets more crazed than the opener did. It has elements of King Crimson at play. The bass sound is prominent and the guitar paints some pretty intense lines of sound.

The somewhat rubbery bass work on this is so cool. The whole track has a great groove to it. This isn’t a paradigm shift, but it’s one of my favorites here.

The bass work on this has some similar tendencies. The guitar gets really intense and soaring. That means this has all the cool groove of the previous one, but it’s all elevated via that guitar.

While not a huge change, this is another powerhouse prog instrumental with killer guitar and classy bass work.

Again, this is not a big paradigm shift, but it has some smoking hot guitar based instrumental prog built into it.

Somehow this is a little mellower and almost more mainstream. It has some more of that rubbery bass work. The guitar is very Fripp-like. This is more melodic and light-hearted than a lot of the stuff here.

The whole thing really gets intensified here. The bass is deeper and more driving. The guitar gets absolutely insane. It all works to make this one of the highlights of the set for me. It’s not a big departure style wise, but it is from a power point of view.

This comes in more trippy and almost atmospheric and begins to evolve from there.

The closer does a great job of bringing it all home with style and charm. This fits perfectly with the rest of the album, bringing the groove and guitar instrumental prog energy both to bear in fine fashion.