The Conjuring (2012)

Guranfoe is an English rock group that formed in 2012 in Norwich. Guranfoe were called Gumbo Variation from September 2012 to May 2016. The band operated under the name Gumbo Variation from 2012-2016. Since their formation, they have released several live albums that highlight their talent as a band that can create some amazing improvisational, psychedelic fusion rock which features several different styles of music. Their music forges elements of progressive rock, improvisational jazz, psychedelic rock, folk-rock, electric fusion and ancient ragas. Sum of Erda is the debut studio album by Norwich-based Progressives Guranfoe.

Tim Berne s third ECM album, You ve Been Watching Me, sees the saxophonist-composer again leading his ultra-dynamic New York band Snakeoil, but with the quartet now a quintet with the arrival of guitarist Ryan Ferreira, whose sound adds textural allure. The group s 2013 release, Shadow Man, garnered Berne some of the highest praise of his career as a composer and bandleader, with JazzTimes marveling over how his work grows wilder and deeper. The four-star DownBeat review said: This music rocks and thinks, explores, deconstructs and, yes, it swings, in its own identifiably angular, Berne-ian way. Just as Berne has hit a new peak with his writing on You ve Been Watching Me, his band has reached a heightened state of collective interaction, realizing the compositions to a tee. Snakeoil with the leader on alto sax alongside pianist Matt Mitchell, clarinetist Oscar Noriega, percussionist Ches Smith and Ferreira on electric and acoustic guitars can still be bracingly kinetic. But there is new space in these compositions and more lyrical focus to the improvisations, leading to a dramatic, even cinematic experience in such tracks as Embraceable Me. Put simply, Berne s music has never been richer or more arresting.