FUSION 2012

[ProgUK]

Its been a great year for fusion!

Some of the highlights:

Snarky Puppy-Ground Up
Funky Knuckles - As of Lately
Dean Brown-Unfinished Business
Drew Zingg - Drew Zingg
Avengers-On a mission
Donald Fagen-Sunken Condos
John McLauglin - Now Here This
Koos Wiltenburg Group - Hands On
Herring- Subject To Change W/O Notice
Tribal Tech-X
EQ - To Speak
HBC
Hiromi-Move
Nik Bartsch's Ronin Live
Fazjaz- Season IV

[rapidfirerob]

Here's my list:
Bombastic Meatbats- Live Meat and Potatoes
Jimmy Herring- Subject To Change W/O Notice
Spectrum Road
Micahel Landau- Organic Instrumentals
The Avengers- On A Mission
HBC
RTF- Mothership Returns
John McLaughlin- Now Here This
Gary Husband- Dirty and Beautiful-Volume 2
Tribal Tech-X
Hiromi-Move
Chad Wackerman- Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations
Fazjaz- Season IV

[Fracktured]

Hiromi-Move Why is this only a Japanese release? I can only find it in very expensive import. I'd love to hear it but not for $35 - $50.

[ProgUK]

not half as expensive as my penchant to collect Japanese Fusion in general. I cant stop and im getting broke!

[raconteur troubadour]

Hiromi-Move Why is this only a Japanese release? I can only find it in very expensive import. I'd love to hear it but not for $35 - $50.

I read somewhere the American release is April 2013. It's really good, her songwriting continues to mature along with those monsterous chops. Stylisticly, this album is more along the lines of the Time Control stuff, kind of a whole band thing, although undoubtably she's the focus.

[Trane]

Santana's Shape Shifter is at least as good as RTF's Mothership Returns (even better since RTF is no new material)

[simon moon]

Alex Machacek, Herbert Pirker, Raphael Preuschl - FAT
Panzerballet - Tank Goodness
Tribal Tech - X
John McLaughlin- Now Here This

[Shadow]

Most are fusion and there are a few more getting released this month:

UK Reunion - Live In Tokyo
Nektar - A Spoonful Of Time
Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos
Keith Emerson Band - Three Fates Project
The Fusion Syndicate
The Prog Collective
Mind - Structure
Dissonati - Reductio Ad Absurdum
Koos Wiltenburg Group - Hands On
John Mclaughlin - Now Hear This
Special Providence - Soul Alert
Trix - Power
Fazjaz.jp - Season IV
Tomotaka Sekiya - Live at Last Waltz
Tekazu Session (really 2011 but found it this year and it fucking kicks ass)
Cailyn - Four Pieces (new PE member and very nice cd)
Lalle Larsson's Weaveworld - Nightscapes
HBC - Henderson Berlin Chambers
Pat Metheny - Unity Band
Eclat - L'esprit du cerde
Dean Brown - Unfinished Business
Panzerballett - Tank Goodness
The Avengers - On A Mission
4 front - Malice In Wonderland
Cosmos - Mind Games
Ligro - Dictionary 2
Hiromi - Move
FAT
Consider The Source - It! We'll Do It Live
Mahogany Frog - Senna
Karcius - The First Day
Cosmic Dancer - Universe At Large
Szobel
Laborator (undated, those bastards)
Carpe Nota
Santana - Shape Shifter (couldn't find a date)
Return To Forever - The Mothership Returns
EQ - To Speak
David Fiuczynski - Planet Microjam
Forgas Band Phenomena - Acte V
Trevor Rabin - Jacaranda
Tompox Band - Hungarian Electric
Steve Smith and Vital Information - Live! One Great Night
Gekko Project - Electric Forest
Mike Stern - All Over The Place
Morglbl - Brutal Romance
Spectrum Road
Renegade Creation - Bullet
Eter-K - Watching The Universe (once again no date)
Phishbacher - Journey To Turtleland
Michael Landau Group - Organic Instrumantals
Gary Husband - Dirty & Beautiful Vol 2
Tribal Tech - X
Ohmphrey - Posthaste
Points North - Road Less Traveled
Chad Wackerman - Dreams Nightmares and Improvisations
The Aristocrats - Boing.....

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