Archipelagopher by MJXII

Ok, so here's a collection of genuine, original prog rock, art rock, fusion, post-fusion, etc. tunes. This project is very much an example of me and my cohort (Solo Goodspeed) delving into Zappa-esque, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, King Crimson-like territory. Yes, somewhat uncharacteristically (for me) almost every tune features lyrics and singing...and it's definitely more of a "rock" record than a "jazz" one.

This is a collaboration project which I myself and fellow composer, Solo Goodspeed worked on years ago, but we never officially released. Most of the tracks were done by me sending a "guide track" to Solo (i.e. - the chords and basic harmonic rhythms throughout the piece along with the intended melody) to which he then would orchestrate and sing the lyrics (all of the lyrics are all mine with the exception of the track "Overspent").

The exceptions are as follows: "Intelligentia Artificialis"; I did all the music except for the synth trumpet solo, and "Space Moose", which I wrote the lyrics for and played guitar on, but the rest of it is entirely Goodspeed.

*It should be noted that I basically started this project with the idea of specifically writing tunes for Goodspeed to do his thing with. Moreover, virtually all of these songs were written with a kind of "tongue in cheek" type of humor, as well as dipping into the realm of "crazy conspiracy culture", as per the common parlance. Entertainment is the goal.

**I've also included two tracks which feature me (doing everything on them), "Ye Are Not Evolved" as well as "Munchausen by Proxy". They seemed to fit this release quite well.