Mongol

The Japanese quartet (keyboards, guitars, bass, drums) offers a loud and intense style of jazz-rock fusion. MONGOL created only one album and it is a masterpiece of the genre. Here they try an energetic, symphonic-ornamented fusion style rather similar to KENSO and AIN SOPH. "Doppler 444" has been released in 1997 and it is today not easy to find it. This band is almost unknown and this should not be. The compositions by the keyboardist are finally powered by a dynamic and very energetic rhythms section. The fretless bass insures a jazzy tone while the drumming has more of a rock flavour. Solid performances, a rich production and a rock context that allows a jazzy touch (ex: U.K.) as well as a more heavier one (ex: DREAM THEATER).