PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Chapeau! Aged 77(!), Belgium-born keyboardist Joel Vandroogenbroeck, known as the mastermind of BRAINTICKET, risks a new attempt. Hereby he has the complete Hedersleben core at his side, speaking of Nick Garratt (guitar), Bryce Shelton (bass), Jason Willer (drums), Kyrsten Bean (vocals, guitar) and Kephera Moon (vocals, keys). This altogether will guarantee a technically skillful presence, just for the record. For those who didn't know that beforehand, Vandroogenbroeck himself is one hell of a krautrock iconic figure, highly praised for the debut album 'Cottonwoodhill' in particular, which was released in 1971.

Nearly 45 years after that the krautish attitude hasn't faded away, though overall the music is more sophisticated and accessible for sure, not that raw anymore. Thus the extended suite Dancing On The Volcano in two parts appears as a spellbinding progressive amalgam of space, electronic, jazz and funk, this on top of that presented with a proper amount of jamming over the course of thirty minutes. Especially Joel's flute performance is striking as a matter of fact. For some time my focus has been here solely ... but it actually gets better futhermore! The following seven compact songs are proving them even more inspired, varied, playful.

And then - with the final Brainticket Blues on top - we're seemingly goin' back to the roots. While deriving from the blues origin this is something hypnotic spacey, which excellently mirrors the conversion from standard Rhythm & Blues to the experimental krautrock phase around the switchover of the 1960s to the 1970s, just decorated with a few narrations provided by Kyrsten Bean. Mixed by Jürgen Engler (Die Krupps) the album truely matches your prog collection. Joel Vandroogenbroeck is on his way beyond space and time, yes, still! With 'Past, Present & Future' he has administered a very fruitfull musical collaboration where all participants are acting on eye level.

... Is There Any More Of This To Expect?

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