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If was a British progressive rock and jazz rock band formed in 1969.[1] In the period spanning 1970–75, they released eight studio-recorded albums and undertook 17 tours of Europe, the US and Canada. The band were acclaimed by George Knemeyer in a Billboard concert review as "unquestionably the best of the so-called jazz-rock bands".[2]
The band was formed in 1969 by Dave Quincy, Dick Morrissey, and Terry Smith.[1] They were managed by Lew Futterman, who was also the band's album producer. Signed by Chris Blackwell to Island Records in the UK and to Capitol Records in the US, their debut album, If (1970), entered the charts in both the States (Billboard) and the UK. The second album, If 2, was released the same year. They toured in Europe and the United States during the early 1970s, with two US tours during their first year, performing at Newport Jazz Festival, Reading Festival, and the Fillmore East[3] (10 November 1970). They also shared billing with acts such as Rory Gallagher, Rush, Kiss, The Eagles, Bo Diddley, Strawbs, REO Speedwagon, Electric Light Orchestra, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad, Rod Stewart, The Faces, Black Sabbath, Taste, Brinsley Schwarz, Atomic Rooster, Traffic, Mott the Hoople and many more. [4]
Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida in 1987 and later re-formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007, where the sole surviving member, Paul Masvidal remains to this day. Cynic incorporates elements of progressive rock, alternative, and metal.[1][2][3][4]
Their first album, Focus, was released in 1993. Cynic disbanded in 1994, but they reunited in 2006 and released their second album in 2008.[5] Traced in Air was released through French label Season of Mist,[6] followed up by an EP titled Re-Traced in 2010 and an EP titled Carbon-Based Anatomy in 2011. Their third studio album, Kindly Bent to Free Us, was released in 2014.
In December 2017, after two years of an uncertain future,[7][8] founding member Sean Reinert confirmed his split from Cynic.[9] Reinert died at the age of 48 in January 2020.[10] Longtime Cynic bass player Sean Malone died at the age of 50 eleven months later, leaving Masvidal as the only remaining original core member.[11]
Virus2020 is the solo project of Rami Harrabi, a Tunisian artist born in 1989 in Sousse (TN), enthralled by Arab and north-African art, instruments, traditions and rituals. Harrabi is a composer, performer, sound-designer; he self published his debut album, "I don't know," in December 2021, followed by the second album "SECT", in 2022. "KHUSHUE", the third work, is now published published by Unexplained Sounds Group.
Currently his research focuses on music instruments such as mezwed, mezwej, matbeg, and yarghoul, traditional instruments used in North African and Middle Eastern countries. They are typically played with a range of micro-intervals that allows the creation of complex melodies. These instruments have double reeds, meaning two reeds vibrate simultaneously to produce sound. This characteristic allows for playing smaller intervals than possible with a single-reed instrument, so that musicians can create complex microtonal melodies and harmonies, alongside multiphonic effects.
Under tha name "RIG", Harrabi also runs a trio project in collaboration with Ismail Lassoued and Ghassen Ben Brahim, and collaborates with Rim Harrabi for video projects.
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Vital Weekly
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Avant Music News
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Luminous Dash
luminousdash.be/reviews/virus2020-khushue-unexplained-sounds
Ver Sacrum
www.versacrum.com/vs/2023/09/virus2020-khushue.html
Music by Virus2020 (Rami Harrabi)
virus2020.mystrikingly.com
Mastering by Raffaele Pezzella (a.k.a. Sonologyst)
Cover photo by Zohra Mrad
Photography by Rim Harrabi
Layout by Matteo Mariano
Published by Unexplained Sounds Group
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