Das Rad - Funfair (2024) [Hi-Res]

Das Rad once again refuse to stand still with this fifth release. Since recording Veer in 2023, the sublime voice of new member Peter Rophone has become fully integrated into the music, and bassist Jon Short consolidates his position by being in at the ground floor on these new pieces, forming a flexible and dynamic rhythm team with drummer Steve Dinsdale.

All the basic tracks on this new release were recorded live in the studio, followed by the band's trademark careful editing, refinement and further orchestration of the top line music - Rophone's haunting and intimate multi tracked voice, Nick Robinson's incisive guitars, plus mood + mystery from Martin Archer's overdriven keys and multi instrumental woodwinds.

This process gives the music a very organic basis without any sacrifice of complexity or variety. Improg - progressive music based in improvisational practice - in the truest sense of the word, moving from hard hitting to pure abstraction.

Nick Robinson - guitars, mellotron
Martin Archer - keyboards, woodwind
Peter Rophone - voices, acoustic guitar
Jon Short - bass, double bass
Steve Dinsdale - drums, synthesizer

Tracklist:
1. Das Rad - The Kindly Ones (08:12)
2. Das Rad - Look In (10:43)
3. Das Rad - Steps Out Of Line (02:47)
4. Das Rad - Lookout Later (09:06)
5. Das Rad - Dream Of Golden Sun (05:56)
6. Das Rad - One Star Away (04:32)
7. Das Rad - Dissolving In The Mirror (07:36)
8. Das Rad - Grimbling (08:01)
9. Das Rad - Lookout Again (01:27)
10. Das Rad - Funfair (04:38)
11. Das Rad - Impossible Picnic (05:46)
12. Das Rad - Warfair (06:17)
13. Das Rad - The Empress At Home (03:23)