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This is the first release by a six piece group plus guests who use vocals, guitars, Chapman stick, Moog, bass, saxes, violin, viola, cello, string bass, bass, percussion and drums. What does it sound like? Well, it sounds like many things but it also doesn't sound like anything you've ever heard before in this particular combination. Really smart and clever songs and production. Very modern, very song form and very much its own thing.
"The body of music created by Mandrake Project concocts an...
"Phil Manley, founding member of the pioneering DC-trio Trans Am, and in-demand recording engineer (The Alps, Arp, Mi Ami, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips) has recorded his debut solo album. Life Coach, a title inspired by Tony Williams Lifetime and Charles Bullen's Lifetones project, is a dynamic collection of instrumental songs composed, performed, and recorded entirely by Phil. While there are reflections of Phil's work in Trans Am, Oneida, The Fucking Champs, and Jonas Reinhardt that a listener familiar...