For those unaware, Tentacles (out April 1st, 2022 via MoonJune Records) is a 30-minute limited edition EP and the first in over 6 years from the supergroup Stick Men.

Jam packed with musicality, its grooves and high energy are truly infectious, which goes a long way to showcasing the fact that you simply will not hear this kind of music from any other band!

And sure, ok, the King Crimson influence is obvious, the comparison unavoidable, but these guys - Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter - come together to redefine that sound, adamantly exploring different ideas where, perhaps, Crimson left off.

1. Tentacles (06:39)
2. Ringtone (05:57)
3. Company of Ghosts (06:50)
4. Danger in the Workplace (05:32)
5. Satieday Night (04:57)

Opening on the ferociously-paced, energetically hardened Prog AOR of the title track Tentacles, a track that highlights Mastelotto’s vivacious drumming, Reuter’s touch guitar lines, and Levin’s forthright chapman stick to perfection, that is followed by some masterfully enveloped experimentations within electronics born out through Ringtone and the creepingly organic, intricately rhythmic, stuttered approach to the aptly-titled Company of Ghosts.

Then comes a magnificent Reuter moment where he veritably transforms his instruments sound into a machinic monster, ploughing forward with both Levin and Mastelotto in hot pursuit within the powerhaus Danger in the Workplace (complete with Middle-Eastern sequence), the EP coming to a close on the textural sensibilities of Andy Summers on the rhythmically harmonic, layered instrumental grains of Satieday Night.

Musicians:
Tony Levin: Chapman Stick, Touch Guitars® U10, Vocoder
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and Electronic Drums & Percussion
Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars@ AU8, Soundscapes

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