Prometheus Risen

Out in the high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico, some 7,500 feet above sea level in the foothills of the majestic Sangre de Christo Mountains, strange and wonderful things were bubbling up when keyboardist Brian Haas and drummer Matt Chamberlain met in the magical adobe style Frogville Studios for three days of unadulterated improvisation. Unlike their previous collaboration, 2013's Frames, which was meticulously through-composed by Haas and performed with exacting precision by the duo, 'Prometheus Risen' is a free-flowing, no-holds- barred, in-the- moment encounter based on daredevil instincts, a shared arranger's aesthetic and mutual trust. Together on 'Prometheus Risen,' Chamberlain and Haas present spontaneous composition at it's finest. Chamberlain underscores pieces like Space Colonization, Orange Purple Sunshine and African Crowley with his signature massive beats, while also providing a rainbow of colors throughout by thinking orchestrally from behind the kit with his sampling/looping skills. Haas' melodious, fuzz inflected electric keyboard motifs (tweaked with Space Echo), alternately cascading and minimalist piano flourishes and deep dub bass-lines drive numbers like Less Munitions, More Mentations and Cosmic Vision.