The Fusion Reactor #195 - The New Breed of Fusion

[moses]

I thought I'd take a look at where fusion went (directionwise, of course) after the 70's "golden age." This show focuses on newer stuff, mostly from the 90's and 00's, with one inclusion from a very important 80's album.

7for4 - Spiral Dance
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Radio-Activity
Gamalon - Cabin No.14
Whoopgnash - Tiny Bone
Rosco Il Est Content - Outoksaï
George Brooks Summit w/Steve Smith-McCoy
Tribal Tech - Susie's Dingsbums
Wackerman, Chad - Holiday Insane
Tunnels - 7,584,333,440 Miles Away

[Rick and Roll]

To me the Gamalon is special and that is 1987....could that be the one? Or is there two...

[moses]

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

To me the Gamalon is special and that is 1987....could that be the one? Or is there two...

Oops yeah there are two... The Mahavishnu and the Gamalon. My mistake. The Mahavishnu is from 1984.

[OverHillandDale(Admin)]

why don't you replace one of them with Garaj Mahal or Pat Methany? Maybe a Fufu. And I sure there are a few others to.

For the Mahavisna, you can use the Project instead of Orchestra.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by moses

Oops yeah there are two... The Mahavishnu and the Gamalon. My mistake. The Mahavishnu is from 1984.

I figured you were referencing the Mahavishnu (I didn't know the year until I Googled it). I've never seen the master live, although the Dregs did Birds of Fire live - Steve Morse crowed "we got an original member in the band" (Jerry Goodman).

The Gamalon had the same effect on me as Mahavishnu has on others - I was in a record store called the Record Theatre (I hear is now closing all its stores, the Baltimore location's been dead for years) - and they were cranking it (I'd never heard music that loud in a record store except for Chris Lamka's Gongzilla shows at his store). That record blew me away.

There's a guy named Jerry Everett who takes over the 90.5 FM signal in Maryland (the station, WXPN, is out of Philly, and on Thurs 4:30-8:00 he broadcasts out of Kent Co on MD's Eastern Shore). He broadcasts out of Kent County High School and plays all instrumental fusion, mostly the fast kind. I'm not sure it's able to be heard up your way Moses, but his playlists are not too dissimilar from the Reactor.

Alas, next Thursday is his last show for the summer (because of school) - Jerry is older, but he's at the mercy of the school schedule.

[moses]

I'll take some of those suggestions into account for next week's show! Thanks!