Dreadnaught - "Musica En Flagrante" Review

Artist/ Band: Dreadnaught
Title: Musica En Flagrante
Label: Big Balloon Music/ Red Fez Records
Year of Release: 2004

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The Review:

Dreadnaught are one of those bands who is almost genre bending experience. Musically they hover around musical styles like ‘classical, rock, jazz, country, blues & avant-garde, noise, This is ‘fusion’ in the pure definition of the word! Musica En Flagrante is their fourth release (second one that ProgNaut.com reviewed) and this time it’s all-instrumental.

The band’s current line-up is made up of Bob Lord (bass, keyboards, programming), Justin Walton (guitars, keys, Rhodes, saxophone) and drummer Tim Haney, with guest musicians supplying harmonica and violin.

With the wide range of styles, Dreadnaught to me is an experience and they continue their own brand of progressive music on Musica En Flagrante. Its never boring, always fresh with each listen and in the truest sense, a "progressive" band. Dreadnaught is for those listeners that like adventurous music much like a rollercoaster with lots of twists and turns.

Dreadnaught has always intrigued me and it’s such a treat to hear their music. So go to their website, listen for yourself to the samples and then buy this modern document of progressive music.

Reviewed by Ron Fuchs on June 22nd, 2004

Tracks:

1. R. Daneel Olivaw

2. One Trick Pony

3. Kazak, The Hound of Space

4. Tiny Machines

5. Northern Pike

6. Gulf of Tonkin

7. Are Your Pants Down? (Pants Down)

8. Pull Your Pants Down (Pants Down)

9. Big Cats

10. Therondy For The Victims of Brother Theodore

11. Fanfare For A Losing Team

12. The Boston Crab

13. Winston Niles Rumfoord

14. Elba (never come back, I want you gone)

The Sirens Of Titan (Tracks 15-18)

15. Chrono-synclastic Infundibulum

16. Back Through Newport, Rhode Island

17. Unk And Boaz In The Caves Of Mercury

18. Salo

19. Royal Jelly