Danialou Sagbohan: "Kakagbo" (live at Sacred Island)

TU is Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson 

TU Bio Story: 
In November 2002, a few months after mixing the King Crimson "The Power To Believe" CD, Trey and I absconded to Matt Chamberlain's loft studio in Seattle with engineer, Bill Munyon. 

Being Seattle (a city that drinks a lot of coffee), we formed a daily habit of drinking strong coffee which was immediately followed by more coffee and then jam. Later, we would drink more coffee, organize the jam into a form, and drink more coffee and jam again. By the end of the day, which was really the beginning of the next day, we would pause for coffee and Absinthe while Bill would do a rough mix. 

After some sleep followed by coffee, we would repeat the process allowing the muse to take us where she willed, which was usually for more coffee and jam (except for that one day with smoked salmon and coffee). After 10 days of this we had 90% of what is now called TU. The last 8% required calander breaks and still more coffee. The remaining TU% are divided evenly between chocolate chip scones and orange cranberry muffins. 

Review comments: 
"These two (TU) have come so far, the place they left behind is in the future" 

"Stunning debut from the two quiet KING CRIMSON players, reveals a Square Pusher Zeppelin bombast tempered with an ambient Eno textured calm juxtaposed with the fury of Coltrane improvisation." 

"Wow!. what fun! Great brainfuck stuff." 

"The strongest one/two vocal punch since the Beatles unleashed John and . . . . . . Yoko." 

"Trey & Pat, TU - fiiiiiiiiiiinaaaaalllllllyy. It's eminently worth the wait, though: loud and reckless with a take-no-prisoners attitude, it's the most rawkus-filled ProjeKct disc out there. Almost even makes Thunderbird seem tame." 

"Sounds like The Power To Believe's rude, younger brother. Intricate, hard-hitting stuff!" 

"Trey & Pat, TU - yep, still causing headaches as much as ever. Bwaaaaaaahahaha!"

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Trey Gunn -- touch guitars, fretless guitars, voice 
Pat Mastelotto -- drums, percussion 

TU Mastelotto/Gunn

Absinthe

Memento (DiN52) by Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy
Release date 19th May 2017

“Memento” (DiN52) is the fifth DiN CD collaboration between label boss Ian Boddy & renowned composer and touch guitarist Markus Reuter. They were there at the birth of DiN in 1999 with their inaugural release Distant Rituals (DiN2) and this latest work not only affectionately looks back to that album but forges ahead into new musical territory.

The album opens with the powerful tour de force of “Gyroscope” with its ever evolving guitar arpeggios and thunderous percussion. The following track “Spindrift” has a mysterious harmonic feel highlighted by Reuter’s beautiful guitar playing & Boddy’s ambient production. “Linger” & “Stay”  form a pair of soundscapes where Reuter’s guitar loop ambiences are intermingled with extraordinary analogue textures from Boddy’s Serge modular synthesiser. The former provides a breathing space within the album after the two opening tracks whereas the latter brings the CD to a gentle, drifting close. The title track hearkens back to the duos first collaborative album with it’s pulsing cut up treatment of a Reuter guitar loop soundscape and perhaps informs the listener as to the nature of this “Memento”. Although Boddy often keeps in the background in terms of lead solo work when working with Reuter the track “Deadlock” features an Ondes Martenot style synth line that soars above this dark emotionally laden piece.

Once again Reuter & Boddy have proved to be a potent musical team with their balance of styles producing a complex, deep album. Effortlessly crossing genres between prog and ambient electronica it not only looks back to their roots but creates new sonic landscapes for the listener to explore.

Memento

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Recording label for the genre-busting artists
Security Project, Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson, Stick Men, Phurpa, KTU, TU, 3Below, Inna Zhelannaya, Markus Reuter, Crystal Beth, DeepEnergyOrchestra(DEO), 
Matte Henderson, Under The Psycamore and more.

Absinthe

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