MP3 Mahogany Frog Do5 - ROCK: Instrumental Rock

Mahogany Frog is a recording/touring band. The music draws influence from an array of genres: electronica, progressive rock, jazz, late 50's "ultra" lounge, ambient/experimentalism. With the use of a plethora of keyboards (both analogue & digital), feedba

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ROCK: Instrumental Rock, JAZZ: Jazz-Rock

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"Mahogany Frog Do 5" is the fifth full-length release from this Winnipeg-based outfit. Over the past decade the group has been saturating their own brand of jazz-rock, an instrumental brew that is hard-hitting, challenging, experimental and noisy, but catchy as hell.

"Do 5", the most cohesive Mahogany Frog album to date, is 47 minutes of electric mayhem... it seems that the four members of MF are on a crusade to change the way people listen to music. Melodic, harmonized leads slice through lush walls of thick, warbling, tube-driven organs and synths. Snarling, feedback-ridden guitars riff hard in unison with a punchy, fuzzy bass. Amplified glitch-esque electronic beats melt into
sporadic, frantic drumming. The themes progress quickly, and the instruments change roles often.

Teaming up with Winnipeg recording wizard/producer Mike Petkau, the recording process in itself was a bit of an experiment. Recorded over
seven months during the winter of 2006/2007 at MCM Studios, the band gave themselves the liberty to take their time and try some new things.

Petkau, who's methods were somewhat familiar to the band (he had engineered the Frog's previous two releases "On Blue" and "Vs Mabus")
was open to trying unorthodox mic setups and amplification techniques, using the unique room (which is typically used for acoustic/choral
recordings) to it's potential. Everything was amplified full-tilt through a collection of vintage tube amplifiers, from the synths and guitars to electronic beats and acoustic percussion. The result is a heavy, explosive album that sounds like combusting vacuum tubes and tearing speakers, a hot, dirty trip through countless musical ideas. It is a record that fully captures all the elements involved getting pushed to their limit, from the personnel to the equipment... and the listener hearing it.

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