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Kosmonautik Pilgrimage MOONJUNE Engrossing jazz metal explorations. The first thing that leaps out about this release from the Berlin-based quartet is the striking cover art, which resembles a scene that might coalesce from oil paint dripped into water by Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dalí. The artwork perfectly mirrors the music, an interesting blend of avant-garde jazz, prog metal and electronic soundscapes. Markus Reuter and Alexander Dowerk, together with keyboardist Bernhard Wöstheinrich and drummer Asaf Sirkis, are the men behind the sound, with Reuter and Dowerk notable as masters of the touch guitar – an instrument that’s neither strummed nor plucked, but tapped with both hands, and which provides an impressive tonal range. Those with a liking for experimental music will appreciate adventurous tracks such as Cerebral Transfixations, a fluttering, crashing…

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