The Dream Team

Voted third Best Bassist in this magazine’s 2024 Readers’ Poll, Jonas Reingold has released Transmutation, Karmakanic’s sixth studio album, in between extensive tour duties with Steve Hackett. Prog spoke to Reingold to discover how he gathered together its spectacular starry cast from across two continents.

Alison Reijman

“It’s great to look at the calendar and have gigs all year. If I can fit in some Karmakanic gigs in between, I am happy to do so.” “I’m so lucky. I have been in this [prog] business for 25 years and I’ve got to know the best players – that’s how I see Karmakanic. It’s not a band per se: it’s people getting together under my baton.” Swedish bass maestro Jonas Reingold is very content when Prog catches up with him at his Vienna base. For Transmutation, his sixth studio album as Karmakanic, he’s assembled a prodigious array of musicians and engineers – which he describes as the “Real Madrid of prog” – to realise his latest recording adventure. “This is my contribution to this little universe we’re currently…

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