First day of high school. Guy sitting in front of me turns around and says "Hey, you want to be in a band?"  Thus the epic saga of Anacrusis started.  That guy was Jon Van Wie, who became the most amazing guitarist I have ever known. 

A couple years later Jack Lovinger took me to see Tony Williams Lifetime at the Village Vanguard.  They had some guitar player who was mind blowing (probably Allen Holdsworth).  Shortly before I had accidentally seen Mahavishnu Orchestra (we meant to see Johnny Winter).  The combination inspired me to write this piece of music and insist that the band learn a long, torturously complex tune.  From then on we proceeded to write a body of amazing prog rock, some of which turned out to be proto-speed metal.  I think people had a hard time reconciling our age (15-17 years old) with the complexity of the music.  I think all this went down around 1972 or 73. 

Amanita Re - Mastered

The Guss is the music of the composer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Gustavson. Mark received a classical music education and has a strong interest in world music and electronic music. The music is a fusion of styles including pop, rock, funk jazz, experimental and whatever else is in ear’s reach. Now and again guests join the band to expand the consciousness of the unconscious.

All tracks  are recorded in a spontaneous manner typically in a single take. Most lyrics are also spontaneous improvisations derived from the feelings of the moment. We let the guitar and drums interact and the music just happens. Most if not all of the music is inspired from this interaction.

The recording equipment up until January 2019 consisted of a dated Fostex 8 track and a few microphones...We simply lay down a guitar and drum track and let it unfold the way you are hearing it by bouncing tracks. We just have to make music to live. Music of any kind, music that speaks for itself... 

In January 2019 recording equipment was upgraded to Logic X and a UA Apollo MKll Quad Core Recording interface...We entered a new building and still trying to find the light switch so bare with us as we keep lighting matches...  

MW

Amanita Re - Mastered

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