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.

Power Trio Roy Powell, Jacob Young and Jarle Vespestad Make Self-Titled RARENOISERECORDS Debut With ‘INERSTATIC’ Available June 12

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Jacob Young, Jarle Vespestad, Roy Powell

Interstatic, INTERSTATIC

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The genre-defying triumvirate of adept pianist, organist, and composer Roy Powell, guitarist Jacob Young and drummer Jarle Vespestad comes out blazing with a vengeance on InterStatic, their self-titled RareNoiseRecords debut and second release overall, following their ambitious 2011 outing, Anthem. Seamlessly combining elements of jazz, experimental, ambient and rock, the scintillating power trio stretches in typically intense fashion, extending the organ trio tradition established by Jimmy Smith and taken to realms beyond on such groundbreaking recordings as Tony Williams Lifetime’s Emergency! (with Larry Young and John McLaughlin) and John Abercrombie’s Timeless (with Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette).

NAKED TRUTH ACHIEVES CREATIVE SYNERGY ON NEW ALBUM SHIZARU – AVAILABLE JULY 12 ON RARENOISERECORDS

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Cuong Vu, LORENZO FELICIATI, PAT MASTELOTTO, Roy Powell

LORENZO FELICIATI’S NEW QUARTET INCLUDES ACCLAIMED TRUMPETER CUONG VU, KING CRIMSON DRUMMER PAT MASTELOTTO AND PIANO WIZARD ROY POWELL

NAKED TRUTH - SHIZARU

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Picture a post-apocalyptic world where isolated parties from remote parts the globe communicate with each other in empathy and harmony as they share common tales of struggle, survival and hope amid a bleak wasteland. Now imagine the soundtrack of this scenario and you’ve got a grasp on the gritty, groundbreaking music of Naked Truth. Conceived by Italian bassist Lorenzo Feliciati, Naked Truth also features American trumpeter Cuong Vu, British keyboardist Roy Powell and American drummer Pat Mastelotto. The quartet’s riveting eight-track debut, Shizaru [on RareNoiseRecords], draws from such outpost sources as Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Bill Laswell, King Crimson, avant-jazz, free-jazz, prog-rock, art-rock and ambient. What makes it wholly unique, however, is the unit’s creativity and chemistry, and what Feliciati calls a “horizontal” approach to the music. He offers, “My intention was to have a ‘band’ project in which everyone has equal input, with me coordinating the music that the members send in from different corners of the world. Instead of a vertical approach, in which one instrument plays the melody or solos while the others provide support in the background, each voice is equal and contributes to the musical conversation as it moves along horizontally.” He continues, “Typically, a song would start with a bass riff or keyboard texture or percussion idea, and then each member would add whatever they felt was needed as the track came around to them; so it was the four of us playing and them improvising on each other’s playing-an eight-hands-on process!”

Young, Powell & Vespestad -][- Anthem [PVY Records Corp]

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Jazz, Organ, Roy Powell

Greeting’s everyone, it’s great to be among the living. I know it’s been awhile but things have been considerably slow lately in the music business, hopefully things will pick up very soon. –Rob Young

Young, Powell & Vespestad - Anthem

Young, Powell & Vespestad -][- Anthem – [PVY Records Corp., 2011]

Organist and pianist Roy Powell is originally from England but after success with his first CD has been living in Oslo for some time. He has released 7 CDs under his own name (one of which Solace received 4 stars in Downbeat). He is a world-class pianist/organist with virtuosity as a key ingredient; at home in clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s (where he has performed many times) or at festivals in Europe such as Maijazz, London and Jazz Baltica.

“A compelling beautiful series of performances, authoritative, disciplined and full of warmth” – Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times

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