Ouroboros, by Naked Truth

Ouroboros

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	1.	Dust 07:37
	2.	Dancing With The Demons Of Reality 04:07
	3.	Garden Ghosts 09:01
	4.	Orange 05:05
	5.	Rite Of Nightly Passage 05:05
	6.	Yang Ming Has Passed 05:21
	7.	In A Dead End With Joe 04:45
	8.	Neither I 08:46

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"Naked Truth fuses the polyrhythmic electro-acoustic beats of King Crimson and Stickmen drummer Pat Mastelotto, the fuzz-inflected lines of electric bassist and producer Lorenzo Feliciati, and the jazz-informed textures of Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, piano and synthesizer player Roy Powell, and finally the unique voice of avant-jazz cornetist Graham Haynes.

On Ouroboros, their second release, the members of Naked Truth push the envelope of contemporary electric instrumental music, an edgy blend of jazz, prog-rock, ambient music and electronica. The album will be released on November 12th through RareNoiseRecords and will be available on CD and digital download.

The opener, “Dust” pits aggressively driving rhythms from Feliciati and Mastelotto against the relaxed, ambient textures of Powell’s spacious piano and Haynes’ lyrical cornet work floating over the top in half-time. Atmospheric offerings like the lyrical “Orange” and the cinematic “Garden Ghosts” weigh in on the other side of the dynamic spectrum from the thunderous barrages of powerfully kinetic playing heard elsewhere on Ouroboros, as on the crunching, rock-edged “Dancing with the Demons of Reality” and the intense, syncopated backbeat number “In a Dead End with Joe.”

The slamming, upbeat “Right of Nightly Passage” sounds like electrified trumpeters Miles Davis and Jon Hassell sitting in with King Crimson, with Mastelotto providing an insistent undercurrent of “Thela Hun Jinjeet” styled drumming on the tom toms. Haynes’ muted and wah-wah-inflected cornet lines float ominously over Felicati’s bubbling bass lines and Mastelotto’s precision fills in the groove on “Yang Ming Has Passed”. The newest member of Naked Truth also provides some ethereal harmonized trumpet work on the sparsely appointed noirish closer, “Neither I,” that lends a chilling sense of mystery to the proceedings. A distinct feeling of search and discovery permeates every track on this adventurous renegade outing that defies genre categorization."

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released October 30, 2012

Graham Haynes: Cornet and fx
Lorenzo Feliciati: Electric bass, Electric Guitars and Keyboards
Roy Powell: Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Prepared Piano, Ipad
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and Electronic Drums and Percussion

Further Musicians:
Aidan Zammit : Strings arrangement on Dust

1. Dust
2. Dancing With The Demons Of Reality
3. Garden Ghosts
4. Orange
5. Rite Of Nightly Passage
6. Yang Ming Has Passed
7. In A Dead End With Joe
8. Neither I

Composed, Arranged and Performed by Naked Truth
Published by RareNoiseRecords (PRS)

Recorded in October 2012 in Orange Studios (NJ)
Studio Engineer: James Dellatacoma
All drums recorded and edited by p@ at p@’s place in Dripping Springs, TX
Except Dust, Garden Ghost, Rite of Nightly Passage recorded by James in Orange Studios (NJ)

Mixed by Bill Laswell at Orange Studios (NJ)
Produced by Lorenzo Feliciati
Executive Producer for RareNoiseRecords: Giacomo Bruzzo

© + ℗ RareNoiseRecords 2012

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Avian Thug

Jan 2016
Ouroboros

Oct 2012
Shizaru

Jul 2011

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