Bassist and composer Oytun Ersan lights the fusion fuse on this collection of hard hitting modern gems. He mixes and matches with a team that includes Dave Weckl/dr, Gary Husband/key, Eric Marienthal/sax and a rotating team of strings, horns and guitarists.
Ersan’s electric bass is incessantly funky on snappy pieces such as “Oh, That Butterfly,” and Marienthal is an animal on both alto and soprano saxes during the sweet “Ocean” and “Bright and Mysterious Maze.” The team gets rockfish and metallic with Okan Ersan’s guitar on “L.A” with the team getting Weather Reportish on the serpentine “Rooms.” A gorgeous “Sacred Solace” includes etherial vocals by Aynuc Adogu and Simbe Akdogu along with contemplative keys and violins, showing a soft touch to Ersan’s pen. Modern and moving.