The Fusion Reactor #67 - Se7en

Yeah, it's a movie reference. That's the closest I'm getting to the 10/31 "holiday" this year. I mean, if it's a holiday, why do I have to work? So it must not be.

The theme of this show was seven. The number seven? No, the song length - about 7 minutes. At this point the song has been given enough time to develop, but has not gone overboard into the epic territory. This show also marked the return of the Classic Jazz Track. I'm not sure why that was missing from the last few shows, but I sure was glad to have it back. I hope you were. No epic this week, we had plenty a few shows back.

So, the playlist...

KBB - The Desert of Desires 07:38
Jaco Pastorius - Kuru/Speak Like A Child 07:41
Kansas - All The World 07:12
Passport - Looking Thru 07:44
Machine and the Synergetic Nuts - Neutral 07:49
Salem Hill - All Fall Down 07:14
Gilgamesh - (a) We Are All; (b) Someone Else's Food; (c) Jamo And Other Boating Disasters - From The Holiday Of The Same Name 07:50
Tony Williams Lifetime - Lonesome Wells (Gwendy Trio) 07:30
Neal Morse - In the Fire 07:25
Wes Montgomery - West Coast Blues 07:27
De Fenestra - Rodent Dance 07:32
Saviour Machine - Twelve-Hundred-Sixty Days 07:28
Dave Weckl Band - Mesmer-Eyes 07:51
Clarke, DiMeola & Ponty - Indigo 07:12
Ozric Tentacles - Trees of Eternity 07:25
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Jekyll And Hyde (And Ted And Alice) 07:05

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The Fusion Reactor #66 - New to Me

Thanks to the recent birthday and the kind gifts of friends and family members, I got some new (not in release dates though) music and thought I'd put together a show that spotlights some of those. I don't have the playlist ready right now, but check back soon.

This one ended up being a little bit heavier than I usually shoot for, but I think there was a nice balance between the prog and the fusion.

Rhythm Buddies - Thunderbird In Thirds Party 3 13:11
Allan Holdsworth - Low Levels, High Stakes 09:05
Frank Gambale - Salvador Once More 09:58
Adrian Belew - Beat Box Guitar 05:09
Adrian Belew - Asleep 05:24
Gong - Sleepy 07:19
Gong - Heavy Tune 06:26
Visual Cliff - Rapture 07:44
Visual Cliff - Romans 10 06:07
Visual Cliff - Beneath The Sand 05:05
Chick Corea Elektric Band - Tale of Daring, Chapters 1-4 15:52
Chick Corea Elektric Band - Free Step 07:47
Ajalon - The Illusion Of Permanence 07:33
Jan Hammer & David Earle Johnson - Night 08:03
Phil Keaggy - Chorale #198 00:53

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The Fusion Reactor #65: Epics

I didn't know what I was going to play for this show. It was a mystery even to me, even after the show started. I knew this much:

When I came home, there was a package there. I opened it to find the remaster of the Santana/McLaughlin classic Love, Devotion, Surrender. One thing was sure: I was going to play something from this. So I started off with the epic Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord from that.

After that... Well, just check out the playlist:

Artist - Song (Time)
Santana & McLaughlin - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord (15:45)
Ajalon - On The Threshold Of Eternity (16:06)
Schleigho - Witch Hunt (14:32)
Ozric Tentacles - Tentacular Explosion (Reading Dec '85) (10:09)
Chick Corea Elektric Band - Blues For Miles (15:10)
Rush - The Necromancer (12:32)
Miles Davis - Rated X - Billy Preston (14:34)
Dave Bainbridge - The Everlasting Hills Parts 1-5 (19:36)

Epics are the essence of prog. Plus they're easy and fun to program. Personally I think it turned out great.

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The Fusion Reactor #64 - Return to Mahavishnu

This week I featured Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and solo (and collaborative) works of the members thereof. Plus I added some great prog tunes to the playlist, and what popped out was a very ear-pleasing result. The playlist:

1 Dream - Mahavishnu Orchestra 11:10
2 Mr. D. C. - John McLaughlin 07:07
3 Knives Out - Radiohead 04:15
4 Heather - Billy Cobham 08:19
5 Rockers - Jerry Goodman 08:23
6 Asbury Park - King Crimson 06:54
7 Untold Passion - Schon & Hammer 06:47
8 The Shadow of Lo - Return To Forever 10:32
9 Trilogy - Iona 08:55
10 Alan Corday - Chick Corea Elektric Band 07:08
11 Midnight Tango - Al DiMeola 07:28
12 Mass Transit Highway(s) - Volta Do Mar 04:18
13 Tradition - Stanley Clarke 07:12
14 The Call - Vertú 07:23
15 Liars - Revelation Project 09:49
16 Montana - Phil Keaggy 04:46

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