Octave Cat - "Strawberry Fields Forever > Pogo" from MiniBeard festival 6.25.2021 Hammonton, NJ.
Eli Winderman - keys, Jesse Miller - bass/mix, Charlie Patierno - drums

photo by Ron Adelberg

Strawberry Fields Forever > Pogo 6.25.2021

Pluck

Artwork by Kurt Redeker of Knew Conscious - 'HADO'
www.knewconscious.com


We Are Water

Artwork by Allie Pristas (Azura)
http://artazura.com/

Puddles For Oceans

The Werks Live at The Werk Out Music Festival 2010, Zane Shawnee Caverns. Bellefountaine, Ohio

The Werks - The Werks Live at The Werk Out Music Festival 2010 - 05 Burning Groove

Trick Shots

Empty, Clear, and Quiet." Papadosio release their second collaboration with Ram Dass, "The Antidote For Fear". The deep and humble words in this incredible talk were interpreted musically during a studio improvisation. The music is intended to sonically illustrate a journey from being in a state of fear to a state of what Ram Dass calls, "spacious awareness". "Fear will have no new faces, fear has emptied out its bag of tricks, and still there is the human heart that seeks to see love.

The Antidote For Fear

“Characteristically smooth and funky with laid-back vocals and mellow horn accents, the tune is by all definitions blissful.” - Live for Live Music

Read more about where I've been here: https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/michal-menert-interview/

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See You Again

Studio Versions of:
1. When the Dust Settles
2. Scheme
3. Atlas
4. EHM
5. Golden Gate

Golden Gate

Top Down - Single

Top Down

This Uber-groovy, 14 minute long version of Curve is part of Papadosio's epic return show @ the 9:30 Club in Washington DC on the Future Forest Tour. The entire high quality mastered set can be purchased here:
http://papadosio.com/shop/2-2-2013-chicago-il-house-of-blues-320kbps-mp3/

Curve (4.19.2013 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club)

On their new LP Magic, jamband favorites The Werks transcend their roots while never losing their identity. Poignant songwriting and engaging melody come together on a record that showcases their maturation as a multidimensional group of uniquely creative musicians.

The virtuosic rhythm junkies of The Werks have released four highly acclaimed studio albums over the past ten years - Synapse (2009), The Werks (2012), Mr. Smalls Sessions EP (2014), and Inside a Dream (2015) - performed well over one thousand shows (including launching their own multi-day music festival The Werk Out), and released countless live recordings including last year’s Live at The Werk Out live album. In that time they’ve earned a devoted fan base across the world and reputation as one of the most energetic, compelling, and downright entertaining live acts in the business. They’ve developed a hard won confidence, and a willingness to fearlessly chart new sonic territory on Magic. 

“This is our first truly multi-genre album” says Chris Houser. “Each track has its own unique vibe and sound. We didn’t write these songs to please people, we wrote them because this is what we hear when we turn off the outside and let the creativity flow.” 

The songs on Magic started as sketches the band members crafted independently. Coming together in their sonic dojo The Werkspace, those seeds of groove were nurtured by the group, growing into fully wrought songs through holistic arrangement and organic improvisation. “Our writing is collaborative,” explains Dan Shaw, “but starting with demos written individually gives each band member a chance to leave their fingerprint on a tune.”

The songwriting finished, the band decamped to Sonic Lounge in Grove City, Ohio. There lead engineer and producer Joe Viers (Blues Traveler, Twenty One Pilots) settled down to work with the studio’s legendary Amek/Neve 9098i mixing console. One of only thirteen in the world, Sonic Lounge’s was originally installed in Olympic Studios in London, England, where it served to document the unique creative mojo of Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, and more.

Joining Viers were assistant engineers and producers Aaron Oakley and B.J. Davis, and the unstoppable horns of Columbus’ own Hoodoo Soul Band - Chris Young (trumpet), Kevin O’Neil (tenor), and Phil Clark (Baritone) – while Kenny Holmes, tour manager and right hand man, was the gaff tape that held it all together.  Finally Columbus native and current Los Angeles, CA resident Brian Lucey (Train, Dr. Dog) mastered the record.

From those sessions emerged a rare jewel of a record; Magic is muse put to tape, a direct download of the creative spark. “This is a recording of the music that’s in our souls” explains Rob Chafin. “In a way, the past decade has been leading to this moment. We play and write together so seamlessly now, we’re able to channel the inspiration in our hearts out into our instruments, and come at this from a pure place.” Together, these visionaries have crafted a record where melodies take flight, dancing and twisting around the sonorous main of the tune itself. By fusing their spirited improvisation to a core of immediately engaging songwriting, The Werks have truly performed a feat of modern musical Magic.