In search of the lost chord

"The Moody Blues became stars because of their creative fusion of a classical and rock sound on their 1967 release, Days Of Future Past. They solidified that star status in 1968 with the release of In Search Of The Lost Chord. It was, for the most part, another concept album as it traced a spiritual journey which included a search for the lost chord ... In Search Of The Lost Chord is both thoughtful and fascinating and remains a timeless celebration of rock music at its creative best".

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"The debut album from jazz imprint Mabuta is as unapologetically challenging as it is effortlessly communicative. Very much the progeny of South Africa's restless, youth-driven jazz movement, "Welcome To This World" travels through narratives in which musical lines struggle for dominance, pull apart, resolve and ultimately achieve a dizzying degree of sonic harmony. Cape Town-based bassist, composer and producer Shane Cooper started Mabuta in 2017 as a vehicle to bring his jazz prowess and electronic music ideas together under one umbrella. His background in both spaces is impressive ... Mabuta is the Japanese word for "eyelid" and plays on the eyelid as the doorway between the dream world and the real world. All of the tension between these two states comes out in the record. From start to finish, the work sees jazz integrate seamlessly with electronic music to create musical representations of deep sleep, REM and the dissociation of the freshly woken mind".