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Sunset Cliffs ($9.99) | In Flux out-of-print | |
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| RedShift 2000 | Kinesis 1994 |
Soul Travels out-of-print | Wanderers of the Neverending Night out-of-print | |
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| Kinesis 1993 | Kinesis 1992 |
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Centric Jones - Foreign Tea ($10.99)
Centric Jones is a progressive rock duo from Colorado and is another permutation of Fonya, Chris Fournier teaming this time with drummer Tobe London. Chris plays bass, guitars, keyboards, and electronic percussion; Tobe plays drums, acoustic/electronic percussion, and keyboards. Nick Kerzner sings on the one vocal track. Foreign Tea (2009, 70-minutes) is the new pinnacle of the Fonya style, still recognizable as such, but with more diversity due to the input of a second musician. There are some stellar drum performances here, and this new intensity in the rhythm section means that Centric Jones can stand with any space rock you care to name. But significantly, this is much more structured and symphonic than most space rock, really a progressive rock/space rock hybrid. Note this is a CD-R. The discs are Taiyo Yuden Watershield discs, which look as good as silk-screened discs and have a 100-year data integrity guarantee. You’ll probably get tired of this album after 80 years anyway.
Project Moonbeam - same ($10.99) Project Moonbeam (2008) is for all intents and purposes a new Fonya CD, but even better. Chris Fournier is still at the helm, but whereas Fonya was Fournier solo, Project Moonbeam includes contributions from several other musicians, primary among them electric violinist Cyndee Lee Rule. Other musicians contribute drums and guitar here and there, while two guest vocalists sing on one track each. The bulk of the album is instrumental. Fonya fans will find much that is familiar but also many new elements, as Fournier has expanded his sonic arsenal with some of the superb software instruments now available, including the M-Tron (Mellotron). The music is a mix of progressive space rock, symphonic rock and electronics, a further development of the unique Fonya style. Note this is a CD-R. The discs are Taiyo Yuden’s Watershield discs, which have excellent long-term reliability, look as good as silk-screened discs, and you can take them in the bathtub with you.
