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Living the Dream is the second chapter of FAT – next-generation guitar modernist Alex Machacek's Fabulous Austrian Trio, featuring bassist Raphael Preuschl and drummer Herbert Pirker. With the sensitive touch of a jazz guitarist, the intervallic ingenuity and harmonic density of a post-serialist composer, and a seemingly endless capacity for improvisational empathy, Machacek has been turning heads on his own and when performing alongside such iconic musical forces as Terry Bozzio, Jeff Sipe, and Gary Husband. No less than John McLaughlin remarked that "Machacek's music starts where other music ends." Born in Austria – native nation of Haydn, Strauss, Webern, and Schoenberg – Machacek revels in the company of his countrymen throughout Living the Dream. In Preuschl and Pirker, Machacek has cultivated a trio of boundless resourcefulness, with the technical capacity to support and enrich his ecstatic flights and the depth and taste to keep the potentially demanding music emotionally grounded. Machacek’s deft hand as a producer further elevates the trio’s captivating dynamic with cunning electronic touches and subtle overdubs. Across a program of eleven original compositions (four by Preuschl, the rest Machacek’s), Living the Dream is a compelling document of a remarkable new ensemble as they fearless probe the boundaries of a post-fusion universe.
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supported by 119 fans who also own “Aux Delices De Tunis”
Fresh approach to music and very adventurous approach to music, sense of humor. I quickly ran out and bought all the FAT albums and everything with Alex as a leader. Alex is a great guitarist as well. Good luck to them in any venture they find themselves in. Fusionbass470
supported by 46 fans who also own “Aux Delices De Tunis”
Occasionally an album flows over me without notice. Somehow this one did. I simply have no memory of it but I definitely played it. Well, that's a good reason to listen again at some point, I guess.
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OK, second time, paying a bit more attention, I understand why. It's incredibly relaxed music. You _can_ just have it playing, and it's warm and uplifting without being distracting or over-engaging or too challenging. Beautiful. Peter Jones
supported by 45 fans who also own “Aux Delices De Tunis”
This is an amazing recording both musically and technically capturing some amazing musicians playing together to leave us something of wonder daveappleton