2 L 8 2 B NORMAL

Multinational unit THE PITTS & MINNEMANN PROJECT was instigated by US composer and keyboardist Jimmy Pitts, who alongside German drummer Marco Minnemann and a vast array of guest performers made an album worth of music that, as described in the CD booklet, reflects the instigators mood swings over a period of a few months. The end result became the album "2l82b Normal" which was released through the Russian label MALS Records in the fall of 2012.

The Pitts/Minnemann Project has crafted a CD that should be of interest to most anyone with a taste for challenging, instrumental progressive rock of the kind that demands a lot from the listener. A certain taste for jazz rock and improvisational music is required, as well as an understanding and taste for variety that stretches from progressive electronic music to progressive metal within an overall arguable fusion context. I'd guess that fellow musicians might make out another key audience for a production of this kind, at least those among them who truly enjoy listening to musicianship of the highest quality.