Mind Capsule

A formidable live presence as well as an accomplished studio project, Mind Capsule combines melodic rock, abstract groove, meticulous arrangements and scorching improvisation within the format of the classic power trio. Underscoring the chemistry between the players is a generous give-and-take that exploits their shared influences (Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Cream, Mahavishnu, the Police) while leaving room for their more divergent musical preoccupations and obsessions (ambient space-rock, 60s pop, early thrash, Bitches Brew-era groove science).

The music is dark, meditative and exploratory, and the trio extends their creative reach through the use of triggered electronics, vintage keyboards and a rich vocabulary of tones and effects. Blending old and new, analog and digital, classic and modern, their sound locates itself somewhere between psychedelic blues-rock and stripped-down prog. The tight, melodic interplay and dense, propulsive rhythm sections balance group interaction and individual histrionics with equal facility�each of the players' distinct, idiosyncratic styles can be heard throughout, but never at the expense of cohesion or their collective voice as a group.