NAKED TRUTH Returns with Ominous Beats and Ambient Beauty on “Ouroboros,” their Sophomore Release for RareNoiseRecords – Available October 23

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Graham Haynes, King Crimson, LORENZO FELICIATI, Naked Truth, PAT MASTELOTTO, RareNoiseRecords, Roy Powell, Stickmen

Cornetist Graham Haynes Joins Powerhouse Group on Their Second Release

Stream “Dust” and “Yang Ming Has Passed” from Ouroboros

Naked Truth, Ouroboros

Take the polyrhythmic electro-acoustic beats of King Crimson and Stickmen drummer Pat Mastelotto, add fuzz-inflected lines of creative electric bassist and producer Lorenzo Feliciati, add jazz-informed textures of Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, piano and synthesizer player Roy Powell, and finally blend in the unique voice of avant-jazz cornetist Graham Haynes: You will have the raw ingredients of one of the most powerful and unique instrumental groups on the scene today.

Bob Belden Unveils a Dark Narrative of Manhattan on Second Animation Project, “Transparent Heart,” Available on RareNoiseRecords, September 25

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Animation Project, Bob Belden, DL Media, Jacob Smith, Matt Young, Pete Clagett, RareNoiseRecords, Roberto Verastegui

Animation, Transparent Heart

Streaming Tracks From Transparent Heart

Following on the heels of Animation’s 2010 RareNoiseRecords debut, Asiento, and 2011’s Agemo, saxophonist-composer-bandleader Bob Belden tells his own story on Transparent Heart. With his new Animation lineup consisting of young musicians hired from his alma mater, the University of North Texas (23-year-old keyboardist Roberto Verastegui, 24-year-old bassist Jacob Smith, 29-year-old trumpeter Pete Clagett and 20-year-old drummer Matt Young), Belden unveils a dark narrative as heard through the musical diary he has composed over 29 years of living in Manhattan.