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It's somehow incredible how some music artists are able to read and adapt themselves in the constantly mutating world of music industry, showing a remarkable understanding of not only what may work or not work, in the contemporary music scene, but also a certain cleverness in maintaining their artistic identity, without having to compromise their vision and sonic roots.

This is most certainly the case of Masters Of Reality, an American Rock collective that has been abstaining themselves from releasing new studio albums for 16 years, since their previous 2009 album called Pine Cross Dover.

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Since the very early days of her remarkable journey into the evolution and expansion of Contemporary Jazz, it was very apparent to music lovers and the music press worldwide that the talent and vision of the Japanese Piano and Keyboard Maestro Hiromi Uehara, universally known solely as Hiromi, would have made through the years an enormous impact in the world of modern music.

The Grammy Winner artist from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, since her debut album Another Mind released in 2003, has enchanted crowds all over the world  through not only high-energy and legendary live performances, but also for the Japanese composer's capacity and vision to unify layers of Jazz, Funk, Electronica, Classical and Fusion and fusing them together in an electrifying, imaginative and exuberant free-form style.

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In early 2024, a new music project called Killerstar was born, led by British artists Rob Fleming on vocals, guitars and synths duties and by James Sedge on drums, proving to be one of the most interesting emerging projects of the year, thanks to a clever and inspired mix of solid songwriting and well-crafted songs, crammed with uplifting choruses, evoking memories of 70's Glam Rock with contemporary free-form Rock'N'Roll.

Killerstar were soon and curiously pigeonholed, in the early days following their eponymous debut album, as a band carrying a strong David Bowie-esque mood within their songs, maybe because Fleming and Sedge had employed, back then, several highly rated fellow music artists who played with Bowie, such as Earl Slick on guitar, Mark Plati on guitars and keyboards, Mike Garson on piano, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass, Donny MacCaslin on saxophone, Tim Lefebvre on bass and Emm Gryner on vocals, to play on Killerstar's debut album.

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