UK Avant-Prog band Das Rad published the official music video for the track “Dissolving In The Mirror” from new album “Funfair” out on August 30, 2024 via Discus Music. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Das Rad once again refuse to stand still with this fifth release. Since recording “Veer” in 2023, the sublime voice of new member Peter Rophone has become fully integrated into the music, and bassist Jon Short consolidates his position by being in at the ground floor on these new pieces, forming a flexible and dynamic rhythm team with drummer Steve Dinsdale.
All the basic tracks on this new release were recorded live in the studio, followed by the band’s trademark careful editing, refinement and further orchestration of the top line music – Rophone‘s haunting and intimate multi tracked voice, Nick Robinson‘s incisive guitars, plus mood + mystery from Martin Archer‘s overdriven keys and multi instrumental woodwinds.
This process gives the music a very organic basis without any sacrifice of complexity or variety. Improg – progressive music based in improvisational practice – in the truest sense of the word, moving from hard hitting to pure abstraction.
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/funfair-180cd-2024
Tracklist:
01. Medley: The Kindly Ones / Look In / Steps Out Of Line / Lookout Later 30:56
02. Dream Of Golden Sun 05:55
03. One Star Away 04:31
04. Dissolving In The Mirror 07:36
05. Grimbling 08:00
06. Medley: Lookout Again / Funfair / Impossible Picnic / Warfair 18:08
07. The Empress At Home 03:22
Lineup:
Nick Robinson / Guitars, Mellotron
Martin Archer / Keyboards, Woodwind
Peter Rophone / Voices, Acoustic Guitar
Jon Short / Bass, Double Bass
Steve Dinsdale / Drums, Synthesizer