Avian Thug, by Naked Truth

Avian Thug

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	1.	Rapid Fire 03:44
	2.	Lazy Elephant 04:54
	3.	Trap Door 04:12
	4.	Tense Shaman 09:19
	5.	Avian Thug 06:13
	6.	Day Two At Bedlam 06:25
	7.	Moon At Noon 13:02

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Recorded in the South Of England at the end of their 2013 European Tour, Avian Thug is the third studio album by jazz-rock ensemble Naked Truth, after Shizaru in 2011 and Ouroboros in 2012.

Founded by Italian bassist, producer composer and Lorenzo Feliciati, Naked Truth sees Graham Haynes resuming his role as trumpet/cornet player, Roy Powell man the Hammond organ, analog synths and prepared piano and finally Pat Mastelotto deliver his usual energy on acoustic and electric drums and percussion.

Avian Thug develops its themes across seven compositions, stretching from intensely furious electric jazz cavalcades, whose ancestry can be traced back both to Miles’ electric work but also more recent European progressive jazz and progressive rock, to extended soundscapes, whose colors are reminiscent of the work of Jon Hassell or Nils Petter Molvaer.

Over the last four years, Naked Truth’s writing style has become progressively more incisive and focused, aided by the very tight co-production work of Lorenzo Feliciati and Bill Laswell, who also is responsible for the final mix of Avian Thug. Graham Haynes’ trumpet tone has acquired clarity and expressiveness, Feliciati’s bass work is now more essential as are Powell’s presdigitations on analog keyboards and prepared piano, supported by Mastelotto’s polyrhythmic ever inventive and powerful electronic and acoustic drum and percussion work.

Naked Truth’s music was always recognizable as erupting from a magmatic cauldron of inventions; with Avian Thug it reaches a new maturity where instrumental prowess and poetic insight are tightly knit into a vigorous but balanced weave of form and substance.

credits

released January 22, 2016

Graham Haynes : Trumpet and Electronics
Lorenzo Feliciati : Basses, Guitars, Keys
Roy Powell : Electric Keyboards, Analog Synths, Organ, Prepared Piano.
Pat Mastelotto : Acoustic and Electric Drums and Percussion.

1. Rapid fire
2. Lazy elephant
3. Trap door
4. Tense shaman
5. Avian thug
6. Day two at bedlam
7. Moon at noon

Composed, arranged and performed by Naked Truth
Published by RareNoisePublishing (PRS)

Produced by Lorenzo Feliciati and Bill Laswell

Recorded end of 2013 at Yellowfish Studios, East Sussex, UK
Additional recording at Pat’s Worm Hole, Dripping Springs, USA

Mixed by Bill Laswell at Orange Studios, NJ
Mastered by Mike Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studios, NYC

Artwork and Design by ROK

Executive Producer for RareNoiseRecords : Giacomo Bruzzo

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Avian Thug

Jan 2016
Ouroboros

Oct 2012
Shizaru

Jul 2011

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