musical madness of The Mörglbl Trio

Finally I’m getting an opportunity to share some new music with everyone. It’s been a busy past couple days, spending a bit of time in Chicago. Always a great city to spend time in. Anyway, back to the music. Something which has been occupying my listening senses is The Mörglbl Trio. Unfortunately I hardly ever hear their name mentioned when discussing progressive jazz, rock, and funk music with others. It’s quite a shame, and I can only hope that a lot more people can be made aware of their fantastic musical style. The band is made up of French musicians Christophe Godin(guitar), Jean Pierre Frelezeau(drums), and Ivan Rougny(bass). The music is primarily instrumental madness, graced with fine elements of funky jazz filled overlays, and a lot of crazyiness. The band has actually been around since 1997, and even fell apart in 2002, but thankfully put the pieces back together, and is still just as strong. They even have some tour dates lined up in France over the next few months. Their latest release “Grötesk” is one of my current top recommendations.

The Mörglbl Trio is incredibly entertaining, and I guarnatee those who appreciate progressive music will come to love their music. Another nice tidbit of information to munch on is that Christophe Godin’s side project Metal Kartoon is just as entertaining. So while you check out the Mörglbl, be sure to check out the humorous side project which is filled with even more blazing chord progressions and progressive anomalies. So, enter the world of worthy music, and get on over to the websites listed below to learn more about these well respected musicians.

Visit Christophe Godin’s Website
Visit The Mörglbl Trio at Myspace

See The Mörglbl Trio in live in action:

Portland Oregon band The Twitch

Amongst all the gazillion bands labeled emo alternative, there are tons of bands that are really bad.  Of course there are some really good ones too.  Unfortunately there are more bad than good, but thankfully I am still able to find some great sounding bands while filtering all the not so good ones.  One of the better ones I recently gave a listen to is a band based out of the Portland Oregon area called The Twitch.  Though primarily guitar driven, the vocals are strong, sometimes reminding me of one of my favorite bands Incubus.  The band was formed back in 2004 and has made a nice impact on the Portland music scene, and I’m not suprised.  The songs on their 2006 debut EP “Control” each have their own distinct offering, and really display the raw talent of each band member.  The Twitch is made up of Lucas Worley on guitars and vox, Nick Wiltgen on drums, Ryan Miller on guitar, and Darren Jones on bass.  I suggest visiting their myspace page and give them a listen.  Their EP is available at CD Baby.

Visit The Twitch at Myspace

cool beats from Alone Together

I found something really interesting from Japan, the musical project “Alone Together”. I don’t really know how to describe the music. Perhaps a good description might be Pac Man on crack pounding out tunes on a piano. I think there are a lot of clubs out there that would love some of Alone Together’s music exploding their speakers. Songs are written by Yuuki Ota, also featuring Takashi Matsumura and Mari Ohta. If you enjoy insanely crazy techno beats mixed with all sorts of interesting sounds, this is for you. I give lots of props to the creators here for the unique and bold creations.

Listen to a song called Human Beings:

Visit Alone Together at Myspace