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| Markus Reuter (of Stick Men & Centrozoon) - USA 2016 Tour - & FREE DOWNLOAD Dear Friends in Music MARKUS REUTER is on tour in the USA this Fall, after finishing two weeks tour with Stick Men in Europe (between October 11-23), celebrating the 20th anniversary of his own project CENTROZOON. It's a combo of live concerts, live radio shows and radio interviews. If You are in the area, please check out one of the busiest and the most productive men in circulation on the progressive music market in the universe and beyond. And in my opinion, one of the most unique, original, innovative and talented musicians of XXI Century. November 3 - WDIY/Bethlehem, PA Radio appearance @ Galactic Travels (with host Bill Fox) - 11pm November 4 - WPRB/Princeton, NJ Radio appearance @ Music With Space (with host Mike Hunter) - 12 midnight November 5 - Mt. Laurel, NJ Private show: Living Room Concert Series - time TBA November 6 - WXPN/Philadelphia, PA Radio appearance @ Star's End Radio (with host Chuck van Zyl) - 2am November 8 - WLFR/Pomona, NJ Radio appearance @ Digital Dreams Radio (with host Mark Dickson) - 10pm November 9 - Charlottesville, VA Live @ IX Art Park - 8pm November 10 - Asheville, NC Live @ Living Room Concert / Streamside Concerts - 8pm November 11 - Charleston, WV Live @ Kanawha United Presbyterian Church - 8pm November 12 - Baltimore, MD Live @ (venue TBA, time TBA) November 13 - Beacon, NY Live @ Quinn's - 8pm November 15 - Philadelphia, PA Live @ The Rotunda - 8pm Event Horizons Concert Series with special guests: Chuck van Zyl, Nocturne Blue November 17 - Farmington, CT Live @ Edge Media Space / Farmington H.S. (Rm. 809) - 7pm November 18 - Bordentown, NJ Live @ The Cosmic Crossings with Centrozoon and Nocturne Blue November 19 - New York, NY Live @ Spectrum - 8:30pm with special guest Nocturne Blue November 20 - WVKR/Poughkeepsie, NY Radio appearance @ Secret Music (with host Scott Raymond) - 11am November 20 - Branchburg, NJ Private show: Living Room Concert Series - time TBA February 4, 2017 - Dallas, TX Live @ I Came for the Light and Stayed for the Shadows (time TBA) w/Nocturne Blue Please let me introduce to Your World of Music, my friend MARKUS REUTER, whom many might know as one of the members of the seminal avant-progressive rock band STICK MEN, that also feature the legendary iconic stick player Tony Levin and the drum maestro Pat Mastelotto. This Compilation of Markus' work, available as FREE DOWNLOAD (of course donations are more than welcome) was assembled with the intent to help other music lovers to become aware of his extraordinary music. Direct link for the FREE DOWNLOAD: www.markus-reuter-moonjune.bandcamp.com I have asked a mutual friend of mine and Markus, Dr. Bernie Quiroga, to write liner notes for this collection of wonderful tunes. I was a mere Markus Reuter fan until May 20th 2015. By mere fan, I mean I would have the different Stick Men/Crimson ProjeKCt CDs, Todmorden 513, Same Time Next Life by Adrian Benavides, and the Iapetus Store free download compilations. After Markus and Stick Men took the stage of the Nescafι de las Artes Theatre in Santiago, Chile that night, I transformed into a die-hard fan. I started to buy each of the CDs that featured Markus as a performer and producer, one by one, starting with Kopfmensch and the four TUNER albums, and took it from there. I have been touched deeply by the music of this very prolific man. Throughout these past 12 months, I have been listening to Markus more than any other musician. Different moods, different challenges, different approaches. All are immensely rewarding. I consider myself blessed to have had the privilege to give this music ears. His music touches different fibers within you. When I bought The Cult of: Bibbiboo, I wasn't aware that it had been such a groundbreaking album in multiple genres; I just loved the rhythms and textures. When I bought Modus Novus and let it assault my senses, I had no idea about the manifesto behind the Quartet for the End of Time. When I dabbed into the beauty of the collaboration between Markus Reuter and Zero Ohms, I was unaware that they had been nominated for the prestigious Schallwelle prize (an important award for German electronic music) for that music. Markus is an innovator and a path-breaking discoverer, but to me, being a relative newcomer to his music, Markus is a very dear friend. Markus befriended me both as a person and through his music. I assembled this collection of tracks with the intent to help other music lovers to become aware of Markus Reuter's fantastic legacy. His first anthology, Kopfmensch, is a beautiful amalgam of material, and it leaves you wanting more. This new collection builds on that, and takes several steps further. It was not trivial to put together a collection that both gives a comprehensive view to Markus's music as well as a collection that is eminently listenable on its own. Like The Beatles' White Album. Or Pat Mastelotto's Recidivate or Trey Gunn's I'll Tell What I Saw. Or the three volumes of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. Or King Crimson's Heavy ConstruKction. No skips needed. All killer, no filler. You push play, and then, a couple of hours or so later, you realize it is over. You just spent some time with a close friend, drinking a sweet cup of coffee, sharing memories and good times. MADE WITH LOVE Dr. Bernie Quiroga, July 1st, 2016 Earlier this year, MoonJune Records, in association with Markus' label Unsung Records, has released a double live album of STICK MEN "Midori", with special guest David Cross (of the King Crimson hall of fame). In January 2017, MoonJune Records will release an exciting collective project of Markus Reuter with the English guitarist Mark Wingfield and London based Israeli musos, Yaron Stavi on bass guitar and Asaf Sirkis on drums. In meanwhile, MoonJune Music (booking representative of the band) is partnering with Stick Men for the promotion of the band's long awaited brand new studio album "Prog Noir" to be released this October, 2016.. Markus Reuter, born in Lippstadt, Germany in 1972, is a German multi-disciplinary musician, composer, record producer and instrument designer. His work spans (and frequently fuses) art rock, progressive rock, loop music, contemporary classical music and alternative pop. Reuter is a member of multiple ongoing bands and projects (including centrozoon, Tuner, Stick Men, The Crimson ProjeKct and Europa String Choir). Most recently, he has begun to establish himself as a contemporary classical composer via the performance and recording of his large-scale orchestral piece Todmorden 513. He plays Touch Guitars, the brand of touch style instruments which he co-designed with luthier Ed Reynolds. Markus Reuter's websites: www.markusreuter.com In meanwhile, please support Markus Reuter, download the compilation, share the link, and enjoy his great music. And check his webstore: www.iapetus-media.com Yours in Music Leonardo/MoonJune write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |