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I cannot watch the interview, it is what it is, but if You have some spare time, You can just listen the audio, and if I said some BS, no, I do not apologize! Hahaha…

And I hope to be less busy next week when I am back from Summer Frog Festival in Katowice, Poland. I had a tremendously busy last 2 months, I am not sure I’ve been so busy since who knows when, definitely  sine the glorious pre-covid era days.
Yours truly
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
And check the festival info for
MOONJUNE MUSIC FESTIVAL TOELDO 2023
MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 11385

Tickets for SECOND INTERNATIONAL MOONJUNE MUSIC FESTIVAL TOLEDO 2023 are on private/silent sale

moonjunefestival.pngThis message is sent to a select number of friends and hard core MoonJunista fans. 

This is a private/silent pre-sale, loyal friends and supporters have priority.\
General sale starts June 24, 2023.

Dear Friends in Music

Tickets for SECOND INTERNATIONAL MOONJUNE MUSIC FESTIVAL – TOLEDO 2023 are on sale as of today:
Short link: https://t.ly/EIbb
From $125 to $400 for 4 nights of International MoonJunista gathering in one of the most beautiful historic cities in the world.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY!
With participation of:
• SOFT MACHINE
• PAQUEANDO feat. DIEGO AMADOR & JOSÉ MARIA BANDERA
• MARKUS REUTER ANCHOR & BURDEN
• DWIKI DHARMAWAN WORLD PEACE BAND feat. DEWA BUDJANA
• BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS
• JACO ABEL FLAMENCO ELÉCTRICO TRIO
• AMOS LORA BAND
• ANA ALCAIDE
• FERNANDO GIRÓN BAND
• ANTHONY GARONE & DENNIS REA
And with very special appearance of two music legends:
DEREK SHULMAN and ROY BABBINGTON (no they will not perform!)
As well the celebrated music scribes and connoisseurs SID SMITH and ADAM BARUCH,
and veteran music business impresario BILL HEIN. And expect a few surprise guests as well.
After a very successful first edition of the festival that took place in Jajce (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the native city of Mr. MoonJune, in June 2022, the Second Annual International MoonJune Festival will take place this year in the beautiful city history of Toledo. Spain, between September 28 and October 1.
After many difficulties related to venues unavailabilities, local political elections in Spain, the little big dream of Leonardo Pavkovic is becoming a reality, with a little big help of Mauricio Aguinaco of M Films Producciones, festivals’ creative and organizational director, and support of the local iconic venue Circulo de Arte, and Cinco Notas, the managing company of the venue.
The festival will be officially announced this weekend, but in meanwhile I am reaching first to a select number of hard core MoonJunista fans and friends. The venue has a limited capacity of 200, and we can only sell 165 tickets, they are expected to be gone very quickly. Except production crew, a limited amount of journalists, special guests, local authorities and regional authorities, there is no space for expansion, and we want all people who are coming to this unique event to feel comfortable. Everything will be professionally audio and video recorded. Audio recording and audio post-production will be handled by two MoonJunista veterans, Jesus Rovira of La Casamurada and Markus Reuter. All aspects of video production will be handled by the very experienced Mauricio Aguinaco, Mr. MoonJune’s festival associate and creative director.
The space we have chosen for this edition will be El CIrculo del Arte de Toledo, once upon a time an old church of San Vicente, founded by King Alfonso VI shortly after the Muslim conquest of Spain. It was the former headquarter of the Spanish Inquisition, and now a chapel for worship and the creation of art.

 

An immersive, multi-sensory experience, where the planetary MoonJune talent from different parts of the world – United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Spain, Indonesia, Uruguay, Israel, Mexico – will come to perform their music, offering a unique penta-sensorial experience of flavors, smells and audiovisuals designed to delight all the senses in the ancient city of Toledo, the capital of the La Mancha region, which is not only famous for Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes and Windmills of Consuegra.

 

HEARING – music from a great gathered talent.
SIGHT  concerts accompanied by projected images complementing the live performance.
TASTE – involving the gastronomic richness of La Mancha region: cuisine, wine, olive oil.
SMELL – feeling the smell and fragrance of its unique natural environment.
TOUCH – touching the mysticism of the walls and buildings of the ancient town, feeling its rich bi-millennial history.
MoonJune’s guiding principles – or as Leonardo Pavkovic prefers, modus moonjundi – are in tune with what legendary British bass player Roy Babbington – of the Soft Machine’s home of fame -, memorably described as poetic entanglement. That is, the art of being alert to, and confidently acting on, the affinities and happenstances of the moment, in a spirit of openness, curiosity, and goodwill. MoonJune’ mission is to spread unity, joy, and hope through music, toward the elusive goal of peace and understanding on this troubled earth.
The dynamic personality of the founder of the Festival Leonardo Pavkovic – resident in Toledo since December 2021–, the epicenter of the Festival initiative and its spiritus movens, is a unique phenomenon on the world music scene, being for years one of the most creative forces that support, produce, develop and organize ambitious musical projects around the world. The MoonJune Music Festival is a celebration of creative power and a gathering of international friends, musicians, journalists, music activists and, of course, music lovers.
Please support the festival, and come to have a unique MoonJune-in-Toledo experience in one of the most beautiful regions of Europe, in one of the world’s most beautiful historic cities, Toledo, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive monumental and cultural heritage.
All attendees will receive full personal attention by ‘Toledo MoonJunit’, and early buyers will be fully assisted with traveling and logistic tips – car rental, hotel or AIRBNB booking, gastronomy suggestions, and more. The closest airport is Madrid, only 55 minutes by car.
Our associated partner Rafael Carmena Bravo’s travel agency Best Mice. Upon the purchase of the ticket, You will be directed to the right e-mail address to start arranging Your stay.
Suggested multi-day itinerary: Arriving in Toledo on Wednesday, September 27 and leaving on Tuesday, October 3 or Wednesday, October 4. In that ay You can have a day or two to explore beautiful surroundings of Toledo: Almonacid Castle, idyllic villages Guadamur and Orgaz, Windmills of Consuegra, olive oil mils and extra virgin olive oil tasting, wine and food tasting, and more.
Late September weather is gorgeous and pelasant in general.
Be creative, use the Google, and count on Toledo MoonJunit for help and tips.
Our website will be ready this weekend and the festival will be announced officially, and ticket sale will be available to the general public.
For now, between today and July 7, we only sell the full package, and if anything is left, we will sell individual days from July 8th.
Again, here is the link and You can explore all possibilities, and be aware, we only have 165 tickets available for sale, 145 reserved seatings and 20 standing. NO GUEST LIST.
Thank You and we are looking forward to see You in Toledo in September.

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MOONJUNE RECORDS
BANDCAMP FRIDAY
APRIL 7 – MAY 5, 2023
Dear Friends in Music
MoonJune Records is continuing to offer this very popular promotion, which is also the the stock clearance while MoonJune Records is preparing itself for the brand new worldwide distribution, one of the reason why so many new releases were out win hold until this Summer.
APPLIES ONLY to CDs LISTED BELOW – PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE LIST! THIS OFFER IS VALID UNTIL THE NEXT BANDCAMP FRIDAY.
5 CDs for $30
Free shipping to Spain. $5 shipping to Europe, $10 shipping the rest of the world.
10 CDs for $50
Free shipping to Spain. $5 shipping to Europe, $15 shipping the rest of the world.
15 CDs for $75
Free shipping to Spain and Europe, $20 shipping the rest of the world.
50 CDs for $200.
Free shipping to Spain and Europe, $35 shipping the rest of the world.
BUY
BUY
Choose 5 CDs from the list below
Choose 10 CDs from the list below
BUY
BUY
Choose 15 CDs from the list below
Choose 50 CDs from the list below
Once You choose 5/10/15 or 50 CDs, please email Your selection to:
Choose from the below list only, PLEASE USE ONLY THE FOLLOWING ABOVE OR FOLLOWING LINKS TO PURCHASE any of 4 PACKAGES:
Allan Holdsworth – Flatttire
Arti & MestieriFirst – Live In Japan
Boris Savoldelli – Biocosmopolitan
Boris Savoldelli & Elliott Sharp – Protoplasmic
Delta Saxophone Quartet – Dedicated To You…
Dennis Rea – Giant Steppes
Dewa Budjana – Mahandini
Dewa Budjana – Surya Namaskar
Dewa Budjana – Dawai In Paradise
Dewa Budjana – Naurora
DFA – Work In Progress Live
Doubt feat. Michel Delville – Never Pet A Burning Dog
Doubt feat. Michel Delville – Mercy, Pity, Peace, Love
Dusan Jevtovic – Am I Walking Wrong?
Dusan Jevtovic feat. Asaf Sirkis – No Answer
Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara – Dune
I Know You Well Miss Clara – Chapter One
Ligro – Dictionary 2
Ligro – Dictionary 3
Machine Mass feat. Michel Delville – Plays Hendrix
Machine Mass feat. Michel Delville, Dave Liebman – Inti
Mahogany Frog – DO5
Mahogany Frog – In The Electric Universe
Mahogany Frog – Senna
Mark Wingfield – Tales From The Dreaming City
Mark Wingfield & Gary Husband – Tor & Vale
Markus Reuter – Sun Trance
Markus Reuter Oculus – Nothing Is Sacred
Moraine – Metamorphic Rock
Phil Miller In Cahoots – Conspiracy Theories
Reuter Motzer Grohowski – Shapeshifters
simakDialog – The 6th Story
Slivovitz – Hubris
Slivovitz – Liver
Susan Clynes – Life Is…
Talinka – Talinka
Talinka – Rainbow Over Kolonaki
Tesla Manaf – Tesla Manaf
The Wrong Object – After The Exhibition
Tohpati Bertiga – Riot
Tohpati Ethnomission – Mata Hati
Tohpati Ethnomission – Save The Planet
Tony Levin – World Diary
Vantomme feat. Tony Levin – Vegir
Various Artists – Gospel For JFP – Tribute To Jaco Pastorius
Wingfield Chapman Adewale – Zoji
Wingfield Reuter Sirkis – Lighthouse
Wingfield Reuter Stavi Sirkis – The Stone House
XaDu – Random Abstract
Xavi Reija – Resolution
Yagull – Yuna
Yagull – Kai
Yagull – Films
Thank You for Your continued los support, greetings from Toledo, Spain.
Leonardo ‘Mr. MoonJune’ Pavkovic
MOONJUNE RECORDS NEW RELEASE
ANCHOR & BURDEN
‘Kosmonautik Pilgrimage’​​​​​​​
CD / HD 24 bit DOWNLOAD
CD $15 +shipping
HD Download $10
CDs are being shipped from Spain with CORREOS DE ESPAÑA. Shipping to Spain and Europe is $3 per CD. Shipping anywhere else in the world is $5 per CD. This is by far much better deal than when MoonJune was shipping from the USA. 
WHEN BUYING DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FROM UK OR EUROPEAN UNION, THEN CHANGE ‘YOUR COUNTRY’ TO USA, ZIP CODE 10001, AND YOU WILL DISCOVER WHY. SAVE MONEY!
Kosmonautik Pilgrimage is Anchor and Burden‘s sixth, and the band’s first album with drummer Asaf Sirkis, and it should come as no surprise that he sounds like he has been in the band since the beginning. The music is rich and eventful, from the atmospherics and thunder of opener “Corridors of Silent Screams” to the pattern repetition of “Cerebral Transfixations” to the serpentine melodies of “Secret Laboratory.” It definitely rewards repeat listening.
    – Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz
‘Royal Augmentation’ – video teaser
‘Self Assembly’ – video teaser
View
View
Featuring two omni-present and most recorded musicians on MoonJune RecordsMARKUS REUTER (of Stick Men) and ASAF SIRKIS (who is also the new drummer for Soft Machine, substituting John Marshall who is retiring due to his health issues).
MARKUS REUTER – Touch Guitars AU8 & S8, Soundscapes
ALEXANDER PAUL DOWERK – Touch Guitars S8
BERNHARD WÖSTHEINRICH – Keyboards & Electronics
ASAF SIRKIS – Drums & Percussion
Direct link, for more info and album purchase options:

https://anchorandburden.bandcamp.com/album/kosmonautik-pilgrimage

All music written and performed by Anchor and Burden 
Recorded by Arno Jordan at Castle Studios, Röhrsdorf, Germany
Mixed by Stefano Castagna at Ritmo&Blu Studio
Mastered by Lee Fletcher

Produced by Markus Reuter & Alexander Paul Dowerk

Artwork: Ruben Pang,  www.rubenpangstudio.com
Graphic Design: Alexander Paul Dowerk

Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Fully supported by MoonJune Music.

Direct link, for more info and album purchase options:
ANCHOR & BURDEN performing live at the First International MoonJune Festival, Jajce, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 25, 2022.
ANCHOR & BURDEN FULL DISCOGRAPHY
GET ME THERE
Check also this seminal release featuring MARKUS REUTER
REUTER MOTZER GROHOWSKI – ‘Bleed’
Markus Reuter – Tim Motzer – Kenny Grohowski
CD $15 / HD Download $10
STICK MEN  featuring MARKUS REUTER
WEST COAST North America TOUR 2023
Feb 3 – Vancouver, BC, Canada (Rickshaw Theatre)
Feb 4 – Eastsound, WA (Orcas Center)
Feb 5 – Everett (Seattle), WA (Historic Everett Theatre)
Feb 7 – Portland, OR (Alberta Abbey)
Feb 8 – Eugene, OR (The WOW Hall)
Feb 9 – Redding, CA (The Dip)
Feb 10 – Arcata, CA (Arcata Playhouse)
Feb 12 – Mill Valley (SF Bay Area), CA (Sweetwater Music Hall)
Feb 14 – San Jose, CA (The Ritz, San Jose)
Feb 15 – Fresno, CA (The Painted Table)
Feb 16 – Stockton, CA (Haggin Museum)
Feb 17 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 19 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 22 – Costa Mesa, CA (The Wayfarer)
Feb 23 – Escondido (San Diego), CA (The Grand – Ritz Theater)
Feb 24 – Phoenix, AZ (The Rhythm Room)
Feb 26 – Santa Fe, NM (Tumbleroot Brewery)
Feb 28 – Golden (Denver), CO (Buffalo Rose)
March 1 – Palmer Lake, CO (Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts)
March 3 – McKinney (Dallas), TX (Guitar Sanctuary)
March 4 – The Woodlands (Houston), TX (Dosey Doe – The Big Barn)
March 5 – Austin, TX (Parish)
More shows to happen in August 2023 (USA) and in November/December 2023 (Europe).
STAY TUNED!
MARKUS REUTER and ASAF SIRKIS
Two Most Recorded Musicians
on MoonJune Records​​​​​​​ (130 albums)
Markus Reuter – featured on 21 albums
Asaf Sirkis – featured on 14 albums
CHECK THEIR MUSIC
TAKE ME THERE
TAKE ME THERE
TAKE ME THERE
ALEXANDER
DOWERK
touch guitar
MARKUS
REUTER
touch guitar
ASAF
SIRKIS
drums
BERNHARD
WÖSTHEINRICH
keyboards
MOONJUNE RECORDS NEW RELEASE
ANCHOR & BURDEN
‘Kosmonautik Pilgrimage’
FULL ALBUM VIDEO STREAMING
CD / HD 24 bit DOWNLOAD
BUY VIDEO STREAM – 1 EURO
January 13, 2023
Start time 9:00 PM GMT+1

On the day of the release of the band’s new album “Kosmonautik Pilgrimage”, MoonJune Records and Anchor & Burden are screening the complete live-in-studio session (65 minutes!) and will be chatting with all the fans at the same time. This is a rare opportunity to see the full uninterrupted performances of this unique music.

For your 1 EUR ticket to this streaming event you also get access to our “Molten Burden” album as a free bonus download.

Direct link:
REPLAY IS AVAILABLE FOR 48 HOURS! 
Either You watch live, or when You can!
Please check Your time zone:
Los Angeles – 12noon  /  Phoenix – 1pm
Chicago & Mexico City – 2pm  /  NYC – 3pm
Chile, Argentina, Brazil – 5pm  /  London- 8pm
Berlin – 9pm / Tel Aviv – 10pm  /  Moscow – 11pm
Melbourne & Sydney – 3am  /  Tokyo – 5am (January 14)
BUY VIDEO STREAM – 1 EURO
CD $15 +shipping
HD Download $10
CDs are being shipped from Spain with CORREOS DE ESPAÑA. Shipping to Spain and Europe is $3 per CD. Shipping anywhere else in the world is $5 per CD. This is by far much better deal than when MoonJune was shipping from the USA. 
Kosmonautik Pilgrimage is Anchor and Burden‘s sixth, and the band’s first album with drummer Asaf Sirkis, and it should come as no surprise that he sounds like he has been in the band since the beginning. The music is rich and eventful, from the atmospherics and thunder of opener “Corridors of Silent Screams” to the pattern repetition of “Cerebral Transfixations” to the serpentine melodies of “Secret Laboratory.” It definitely rewards repeat listening.
    – Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz
‘Royal Augmentation’ – video teaser
‘Self Assembly’ – video teaser
View
View
Featuring two omni-present and most recorded musicians on MoonJune RecordsMARKUS REUTER (of Stick Men) and ASAF SIRKIS (who is also the new drummer for Soft Machine, substituting John Marshall who is retiring due to his health issues).
MARKUS REUTER – Touch Guitars AU8 & S8, Soundscapes
ALEXANDER PAUL DOWERK – Touch Guitars S8
BERNHARD WÖSTHEINRICH – Keyboards & Electronics
ASAF SIRKIS – Drums & Percussion
Direct link, for more info and album purchase options:

https://anchorandburden.bandcamp.com/album/kosmonautik-pilgrimage

All music written and performed by Anchor and Burden 
Recorded by Arno Jordan at Castle Studios, Röhrsdorf, Germany
Mixed by Stefano Castagna at Ritmo&Blu Studio
Mastered by Lee Fletcher

Produced by Markus Reuter & Alexander Paul Dowerk

Artwork: Ruben Pang,  www.rubenpangstudio.com
Graphic Design: Alexander Paul Dowerk

Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Fully supported by MoonJune Music.

Direct link, for more info and album purchase options:
ANCHOR & BURDEN performing live at the First International MoonJune Festival, Jajce, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 25, 2022.
ANCHOR & BURDEN FULL DISCOGRAPHY
GET ME THERE
Check also this seminal release featuring MARKUS REUTER
REUTER MOTZER GROHOWSKI – ‘Bleed’
Markus Reuter – Tim Motzer – Kenny Grohowski
CD $15 / HD Download $10
STICK MEN  featuring MARKUS REUTER
WEST COAST North America TOUR 2023
Feb 3 – Vancouver, BC, Canada (Rickshaw Theatre)
Feb 4 – Eastsound, WA (Orcas Center)
Feb 5 – Everett (Seattle), WA (Historic Everett Theatre)
Feb 7 – Portland, OR (Alberta Abbey)
Feb 8 – Eugene, OR (The WOW Hall)
Feb 9 – Redding, CA (The Dip)
Feb 10 – Arcata, CA (Arcata Playhouse)
Feb 12 – Mill Valley (SF Bay Area), CA (Sweetwater Music Hall)
Feb 14 – San Jose, CA (The Ritz, San Jose)
Feb 15 – Fresno, CA (The Painted Table)
Feb 16 – Stockton, CA (Haggin Museum)
Feb 17 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 19 – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
Feb 22 – Costa Mesa, CA (The Wayfarer)
Feb 23 – Escondido (San Diego), CA (The Grand – Ritz Theater)
Feb 24 – Phoenix, AZ (The Rhythm Room)
Feb 26 – Santa Fe, NM (Tumbleroot Brewery)
Feb 28 – Golden (Denver), CO (Buffalo Rose)
March 1 – Palmer Lake, CO (Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts)
March 3 – McKinney (Dallas), TX (Guitar Sanctuary)
March 4 – The Woodlands (Houston), TX (Dosey Doe – The Big Barn)
March 5 – Austin, TX (Parish)
More shows to happen in August 2023 (USA) and in November/December 2023 (Europe).
STAY TUNED!
MARKUS REUTER and ASAF SIRKIS
Two Most Recorded Musicians
on MoonJune Records​​​​​​​ (130 albums)
Markus Reuter – featured on 21 albums
Asaf Sirkis – featured on 14 albums
CHECK THEIR MUSIC

2022

MOONJUNE RECORDS RELEASES
FALL 2022
Dear Friends In Music
As many of you know, MoonJune Music and MoonJune Records have relocated to the beautiful historic city of Toledo, the former capital of Castilla and the first capital of Spain. I have lived in NYC since 1990, I started MoonJune in 2001, and a few years ago I decided to move to the old continent, closer to my Mediterranean/Balkan roots, choosing Spain as my new home country. Moving and traveling the world is very easy for me, I never get tired of traveling, touring and sightseeing. But moving a company and a huge inventory and a large amount of personal belongings (including more than 12,000 CDs from my personal collection and a few thousand books) was not so easy. A two month sea-cargo shipment ended up being a 6 month odyssey, including handling so much bureaucracy, but due to my dual citizenship (I have an Italian passport), the bureaucracy, was actually the easiest part of the whole process and I was able to relocate without paying any import duties, but shipping per se cost me a small fortune. In the meantime, I’ve been involved with multiple tours for some of the artists on my booking roster, and now, with a new office, located just behind one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world, I’m pretty much ready to continue doing what I’m known for: running an eclectic indie record label in this inconvenient environment, very unfriendly to independent music. And I had very little time to promote my latest releases and not so much to offer them to the general public as well as physical distribution. Well, it’s never too late, and now, at the end of this important year in my life, I present to you the 6 MoonJune releases, which I hope will catch your attention.
Three albums feature the omni-present MARKUS REUTER, the most recorded artists on MoonJune, and besides band/projects leaders, to notice the presence of several prominent and legendary prog, jazz and rock artists such as KENNY GROHOWSKIEIVIND AAARSETPETER BANKS (R.I.P.), DAVID CROSSDAVID JACKSONCOLIN CARTERBILLY FICCAMARILYN CRISPELLPAT MASTELOTTO.
CDs are shipped from Spain. FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN EUROPE (only $1USD for additional CD), $5 SHIPPING to the USA and anywhere else in the World. Sorry no tracking number, unfortunately Spanish Postal Service does not offer such service for regular packages.
REUTER MOTZER GROHOWSKI – ‘Bleed’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $15 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $10 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: MARKUS REUTERTIM MOTZERKENNY GROHOWSKI.
STEPHAN THELEN – ‘Fractal Guitar 3’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $15 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $10 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: STEPHAN THELEN, MARKUS REUTEREIVIND AARSETJON DURANT, FABIO ANILE, STEPHAN HUTH, YOGEV GABAY,  BILL WALKER, TIM HARRIES, ANDI PUPATO, MANUEL PASQUINELLI, J. PETER SCHWALM, BARRY CLEVELAND.
DUO ATANASOVSKI – ‘Liberté Toujours’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $15 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $7.50 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: VASKO ATANASOVSKI, ARIEL VEI ATANASOVSKI, MARKO CHURNCHETZ, JOST DRASLER, MARJAN STANIC.
CLINT BAHR – ‘Puzzlebox’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $14 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $7.50 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: CLINT BAHR, PETER BANKS (R.I.P.), COLIN CARTER, MARILYN CRISPELL, DAVID CROSS, STEPHANIE FEYNE, BILLY FICCA, DICK GRIFFIN, MIKE HOUGH, DAVID JACKSON, DAN PARKINGTON, JEFF SCHILLER.
MASK OF CONFIDENCE – ‘Mask Of Confidence’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $14 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $7.50 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: STEFANO CASTAGNA, MARKUS REUTER, FABIO TRENTINI, PAT MASTELOTTO, JEFF COLLIER, ANGELA KINCZLY, GIOVANNI FORESTAN.
MAHOGANY FROG – ‘Faust’
For more info and two purchase CD and/or HD Digital Download:
CD $14 (free shipping anywhere in Europe; $5 shipping the-rest-of-the-world)
Download $7.50 (WAV or FLAC or ALAC/M4A or MP3-320)
feat: GRAHAM EPP, JESSE WARKENTIN, SCOTT ELLENBERGER, ANDY RUDOLPH.
Thank You for Your continued los support, greetings from Toledo, Spain.
Leonardo ‘Mr. MoonJune’ Pavkovic
MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 1138
STICK MEN
feat. TONY LEVIN, MARKUS REUTER, PAT MASTELOTTO
on tour 2022+2023
Dear Friends in Music
STICK MEN featuring TONY LEVINMARKUS REUTER, PAT MASTELOTTO  will be very active in the next 24 months
2023
NOV 19, SAT – Concepción, Chile (Teatro de la Universidad)
NOV 20, SUN – Santiago, Chile (Teatro Nescafé)
NOV 23, WED – La Paz, Bolivia (Teatro Campo Ferial Chuquiago Marka)
NOV 24, THU – Cochabamba, Bolivia (Teatro Centro Cultural More Humor)
NOV 26, SAT – Buenos Aires, Argentina (Teatro Centro Cultural Konex)
2023
FEB 03, FRI – Vancouver, BC, Canada (Rickshaw Theater)
FEB 04, SAT – Eastsound, WA (Orcas Center)
FEB 05, SUN – Seattle, WA (The Historic Everett Theater)
FEB 07, TUE – Portland, OR (Alberta Abbey)
FEB 08, WED – Eugene, OR (WOW Hall)
FEB 09, THU – Redding, CA (The Dip)
FEB 10, FRI – Arcata, CA (Arcata Playhouse)
FEB 12, SUN – Mill Valley, CA (Sweetwater Music Hall)
FEB 14, TUE – San Jose, CA (The Ritz)
FEB 15, WED – Fresno, CA (The Painted Table)
FEB 16, THU – Stockton, CA (The Haggin Museum)
FEB 17, FRI – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
FEB 18, SAT – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
FEB 19, SUN – Los Angeles, CA (The Baked Potato)
FEB 22, WED – Costa Mesa, CA (Wayfarer)
FEB 23, THU – San Diego, CA (The Historic Ritz Theater)
FEB 24, FRI – Phoenix, AZ (Rhythm Room)
FEB 26, SUN – Santa Fe, NM (venue TBA)
FEB 28, TUE – Denver, CO (Buffalo Rose)
MAR 01, WED – Palmer Lake, CO (Tri-Lakes Center For Arts)
MAR 03, FRI – McKinney, TX (Guitar Sanctuary)
MAR 04, SAT – Woodlands, TX (Dosey Do)
MAR 05, SUN – Austin, TX (Parish)
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AUGUST – 2 weeks tour, territory TBA
NOVEMBER – 3 to 4 weeks tour in Europe2024
MARCH – 3 weeks tour, territory TBA
NOVEMBER – Japan+MoonJune, now based in Spain, is offering FREE SHIPPING to all European buyers until Dec. 31st, applicable to the all STICK MEN, TONY LEVIN, MARKUS REUTER’s related projects featured on MoonJune’s BandCamp.

​​​​​​​For more info and to purchase CDs, please click on any of the links or on the images here below.

stickmen-moonjune.bandcamp.com
markus-reuter-moonjune.bandcamp.com
tonylevin-papabear.bandcamp.com
petelevin-moonjune.bandcamp.com (with Tony Levin)
stephanthelen-moonjune.bandcamp.com 
(with Markus Reuter)
markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com (with Markus Reuter)
dominiquevantomme.bandcamp.com/album/vegir-hd (with Tony Levin)
beledo-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/seriously-deep (with Tony Levin)
   (CD only, no free shipping for Beledo’s 2LP)

If You purchase more than $100 on the above albums, You will receive in less than 24hrs a 25% discount code on everything listed on MoonJune’s BandCamp:
moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/artists

Thank You and hope too see You on some of STICK MEN’s shows around the world.
LATEST RELEASES:
STICK MEN – Tentacles
REUTER MOTZER GROHOWSKI – Bleed
STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 3
TONY LEVIN albums
STICK MEN albums
PETE LEVIN albums
MARK WINGFIELD albums
STEPHAN THELEN albums
MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 11385
Dear Friends in Music
The 87th annual DownBeat Readers Poll is open for voting. A time-honored tradition, it’s the longest-running poll in music. If you’re a subscriber to any of DownBeat products (eNewsletter, print magazine or digital edition), then you are eligible to click below and vote for your favorite jazz, blues and beyond artists of the past year. Results will be published in the magazine’s printed and online December issue along with the inside story on many of the honorees.
First of all, YOU MUST BE a subscriber in order to vote. it’s FREE to subscribe to DownBeat’s E-newsletter.
Direct link to vote:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/DB22Readers
In order to vote, please subscribe first: Subscribe to DownBeat’s FREE eNewsletter [HERE]!
Message from Frank Alkyer, DownBeat’s editor and publisher:
“Welcome to the 87th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll. To be very clear, this is a poll for actual DownBeat Readers. It is not a fan poll. You MUST subscribe to the magazine or our FREE weekly newsletter to vote. Any other votes will be disqualified.The first step is to enter your name and email address below. Then proceed through the ballot and vote for your favorite artist, group or album in each category. IMPORTANT: Please vote in each category only once; multiple votes will be also be disqualified. You may select a name from the ballot, or you may write in a vote, but you cannot do both within the same category.”
Every year I am asking label’s fans and supporters to vote for MoonJune. Why? Not only that it helps MoonJune, a brutally independent record label run solely by yours truly, but because also because many of MoonJune associated artists that are based in secondary and tertiary music-industry territories, far from the glitziness and eyes of New York, Los Ángeles, London, Paris or Berlin. Being associated with MoonJune, they can be better exposed internationally, they can get more attention in their own country, and they also can apply for grants. MoonJune musicians often come from places such as IndonesiaSerbiaSpain, SloveniaBosnia & HerzegovinaBrazilBelgiumUruguay not only from the USAUKGermany or Italy. And soon there will also artists from IranSouth Africa and so on and on. Musicians cannot do everything by themselves, they need help, guidance, support – specially if they are coming from secondary and tertiary territories.

This year, MoonJune Records has moved to Toledo (Spain) after 21 years operating from New York City. It’s a big move and a big challenge. The label is on a temporary hiatus until the first week of September, due to complex logistics of sea-cargo delivery MoonJune Records will reassume operations with some releases this coming Fall and from 2023, there will be brand new resurrected MoonJune Records with new attitude and many exciting releases in that no-defined genre exploring and expanding boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown, and anything in between and beyond. Last June, MoonJune had it’s own music festival, in the historic beautiful city of Jajce in Bosnia & Herzegovina, and in June of 2023, a similar festival will be held in Toledo, Spain.

In order to vote in the 87th Annual DownBeat Readers Pollthe magazine requirement is to be subscribed, and the E-SUBSCRITION is absolutely FREE, with no obligation to buy anything, and You will be receiving occasional email newsletter from them, and DownBeat doesn’t cover only jazz, they have covered King Crimson, The Allman Brothers Band, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, The Doors, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and many other. They are very open minded.

Direct link to vote:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/DB22Readers
Please select: Subscribe to DownBeat’s FREE eNewsletter [HERE]!

Once signed, You will receive an e-mail that will let You vote!
Please check Your SPAM FOLDER!

Besides voting for MoonJune in the Record Labels category, I suggest also to vote for the following:

Allan Holdswsorth – in the category (1) Hall Of Fame.
Soft Machine – in category (4) Jazz Group.

Beledo, Seriously Deep (MoonJune) – in category (6) Jazz Album Of The Year (albums released between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022.
Beledo – in category (16) Piano.
Gary Husband – in category (17) Keyboards.
Beledo – in category (19) Guitar.
Tony Levin – in category (20) Bass.
Tony Levin and/or Percy Jones – in category (21) Electric Bass.
Asaf Sirkis and/or Gary Husband and/or Kenny Grohowski – in category (23) Drums.
Markus Reuter (touch guitar) and/or Tony Levin (stick) – in category (26) Miscellaneous Instrument.
Beledo – in categories (30) Arranger.
Leonardo Pavkovic – in category (32) Producer.
Stick Men – in category (35) Beyond Artist.

Stick Men, Tentacles (MoonJune) – in category (36) Beyond Album.

Direct link to vote:
downbeat.com/readers-poll
Please select: Subscribe to DownBeat’s FREE eNewsletter [HERE]!

Of course, You can vote for whoever You like, Your friends, favorite new and niche musicians.  And do not think this kind of polls are not important – it’s a fake news. They are VERY important for independent labels and musicians. We all love Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, and other legends – but less known artists deserve a bigger spotlight, more attention. Now more than ever.  Legends and big names will always be there, no matter what.
Yours truly and immensely thankful
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
in the name of the extended MoonJunista family.

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MOONJUNE RECORDS is a boutique independent record company based in New York City, run by a world-traveling renaissance man and out-of-the-box independent music impresario Leonardo Pavkovic. MoonJune Records is a label of progressive music, which explores and expands boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown and anything in between and beyond.

DownBeat Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category:
20th place 2021 / 4th place 2020 / 3th place 2018
4th place 2017 / 7th place 2016 / 11th place 2015

All About Jazz Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category: 3th place 2020

MOONJUNE MUSIC (BOOKINGS & MANAGEMENT) has handled booking of close to 3000 shows since its formation in 2001. These shows have encompassed full tours, festivals, individual dates, clinics and workshops in more than 80 countries across the globe, specializing in tours in Latin America, Japan and Asia (over 75 tours in Japan since 2002).

Formerly booking management for (R.I.P.) ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (2005-2016), (R.I.P.) ELTON DEAN (2002-2006), R.I.P. RYO KAWASAKI (2018-2020).

Leonardo Pavkovic and MoonJune Music & MoonJune Records have worked with following artists: Alan Hertz, Alan Pasqua, Alex Machacek, Alex Maguire, Alex Skolnick, Alexander Dowerk, Allan Holdsworth, Andy Summers, Anthony Crawford, Antoine Guenet, Antonio Sanchez, Archibald Ligonniere, Area, Art Themen, Arti & Mestieri, Asaf Sirkis, Banco, Barry Cleveland, Beledo, Beppe Crovella, Bernhard Wöstheinrich, Bill Bruford, Bill Simms Jr., Boris Savoldelli, Brian Auger, Carles Benavent, Centrozoon  Chad Wackerman, Copernicus, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Corrado Rustici, Curved Air, D.F.A., Daevid Allen, David Cross, David Jackson, David Spinozza, David Torn, Davy Knowles, Dede Yanto, Dennis Chambers, Dennis Hamm, Dennis Rea, Deus Ex Machina, Dewa Budjana, Discus, Disney On Ice, Doubt, Dušan Jevtović, Dwiki Dharmawan, Eddie Jobson, Elton Dean, Endang Ramdan, Eric Lawrence, Ernest Tibbs, Ernesto Holman, Fabio Golfetti, Finisterre, Flash, Forgas Band Phenomena, Francis Dunnery, Frank Gambale, Freddy Baker, Gary Boyle, Gary Husband, Gary Novak, Gilad Atzmon, Gintas Janusonis, Guy Davis, Ernest Tibbs, Hatfield & The North, Hugh Hopper, Jan Akkerman, Jeff Berlin, Jeff Ciampa, Jeff Siegel, Jerry Marotta, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Locke, Joe Lovano, Joel Taylor, Joey Alexander, John Etheridge, John Marshall, John McLaughlin, John Tropea, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, Jorge Pardo, Josh Werner, Kai Eckhardt, Kamal Musallam, Keith Tippett, Ken Hensley, Kenny Grohowski, Kurnia Cucu, Latte E Miele, Leo Lyons, Le Orme, Leo Lyons’ Ten Years After, Leon Gruenbaum, Lenny White, Liam Genockey, Lincoln Goines, Mahavishnu Project, Mark Fletcher, Mark Wingfield, Marko Djordjević, Marko Minnemann, Markus Reuter, Mauro Pagani, Mel Collins, Michel Delville, Mike Clark, Mike Pope, Moraine, Nektar, New Trolls, Nguyên Lê, Nic France, Nicolas Meier, Ofer Assaf, Osanna, PFM, Pat Mastelotto, Percy Jones, Pete Levin, Phil Manzanera, Phil Miller In Cahoots, Pip Pyle, Renaissance, Richard Sinclair, Riza Arshad, Robby Ameen, Robby Krieger, Romain Labaye, Ronald, Bruner Jr., Roy Babbington, Rudy Zulkarnaen, Ryo Kawasaki, Sailyk Ommun, Scott Henderson, Sean Wayland, simakDialog, Sisonke Xonti, Sophia Domanchic, Sonar, Soft Moon, Status Quo, Stu Hamm, Susan Clynes, Terry Bozzio, Theo Travis, Three Friends, The Wrong Object, Tim Motzer, Tohpati, Tony Bianco, Tony Levin, Travis Carlton, Trey Gunn, Vasil Hadžimanov, Vernon Reid, Vinnie Colaiuta, Virgil Donati, Wadim Dicke, Xavi Reija, Yagull, Yaron Stavi, Zhang Ling (Big John Blues), and many others.

During his association with 2 Plus Music & Entertainment (2010-2015, in partnership with the legendary Gentle Giant frontman and then successful mainstream music business impresario Derek Shulman), MoonJune’s Leonardo Pavkovic has worked also with Bernie Marsden, Billy Sheehan, Billy Sherwood, Bobby Kimball, Circa, Gary Cherone, Jake E Lee, John Sykes, Loudness, Mike Portnoy, Ron Mancuso, Texas Hippie Coalition, Tony Kaye, Whitesnake.

Images from the recent FIRST INTERNATIONAL MOONJUNE MUSIC FESTIVALNext edition of the festival: TOLEDO, Spain – June 2023. Photos by Borislav Kresojevic.
Dear Friends in Music,
PETE & TONY LEVIN, two legendary brothers, are touring again this year with their band LEVIN BROTHERS featuring ALY RYERSON on flute and JEFF SIEGEL on drums.
Confirmed dates:
JUNE 15, TUE – Marlboro, NY (The Falcon)
JUNE 16, WED – Piermont, NY (The Turning Point)
JUNE 17, THU – Natick, MA (The Natick Arts Center)
JUNE 18, FRI – Broad Brook, CT (Broad Brook Opera House)
JUNE 19, SUN – Hudson Falls, NY (Strand Theater)
JUNE 21, TUE – Stanhope, NJ (The Stanhope House)
JUNE 22, WED – Lewes, DE (The Room at the Cedar Grove)
JUNE 23, THU – Kennett Square, PA (Kennett Flash)
SEPT 06, THU – Rochester, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
SEPT 07, WED – Rochester, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
SEPT 08, THU – Waterloo, ON (The Jazz Room)
SEPT 09, FRI – Sarnia, ON (The Somerset Room)
SEPT 10, SAT – Detroit, MI (Token Lounge)
SEPT 11, SUN – Benton Harbor, MI
SEPT 13, TUE – St. Paul, MN (Metronome Brewery)
SEPT 14, WED – Milwaukee, WI (Shank Hall)
SEPT 15, THU – Moline, IL (Rascals)
SEPT 16, FRI – Chicago, IL (Comedy Shack at Reggie’s)
SEPT 17, SAT – Indianapolis, IN (Irving Theater)
SEPT 18, SUN – city and venue TBC/TBA
The band will have another small bunch of shows in the end of the year in NY State and surroundings, and hopefully will go to Japan early next year before the extraordinary busy schedules of TONY LEVIN, with tours of STICK MEN and PETER GABRIEL.
LEVIN BROTHERS was founded by Pete and Tony Levin in 2013, After 5 decades of glorious career playing with virtually who is who in all genres of music – jazz, fusion, rock, pop and world music, and after guesting on each other’s projects, two brothers finally decided to have their own jazz band. Levin Brothers released 2 albums: the self-titled first album in 2014, and the follow up live albums ’Special Delivery’ in 2017 and “Live at the Daryl’s House” in 2020.. The band has toured all over the USA, and has performed  internationally in Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Japan.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Tony Levin, one of the most recorded bass players in history of music, has become bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Carly Simon, Paul Simon, Seal, and many others, as well jazz artists Buddy Rich, Gary Burton, Steve Gadd and Chuck Mangione. He currently records and tours with Stick Men, Levin Brothers, King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.
After graduating from the Juilliard School, Pete Levin became a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances with many artists, including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, David Sanborn, Annie Lennox, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny White and Paul Simon. He has released nine solo albums.
A veteran of the New York Jazz scene, Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel has worked with a virtual who’s-who of jazz artists. A member of Sir Roland Hanna’s Trio from 1994-1999, Jeff has performed and recorded with Jazz legends including Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Lee Shaw, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Helen Merrill and Mose Allison.
Ali Reyerson  has consistently ranked among the top flutists in the Downbeat Jazz Poll for well over a decade.  She has become an international touring/recording artist collaborating with the vast array of musicians such as  Roy Haynes, Kenny Barron, Hubert Laws, Stephane Grappelli, Art Farmer, Mike Mainieri, Joe Beck,  nd Luciano Pavarotti.  Ali was musical director of the Hudson River Regional Jazz Festival (2001-’04), and she is Jazz Chair for the National Flute Association,  and founder of the NFA Jazz Flute Big Band.
STICK MEN World Tour 2022-2023
feat. TONY LEVIN, MARKUS REUTER, PAT MASTELOTTO
Final list of all concerts: dates, cities, venues (approximately 80-85 shows), to be announced soon.

So far….

JULY 2022

JUL 11, MON – Tokyo, Japan (Billboard Live Tokyo) – 2 shows
JUL 12, MON – Yokohama, Japan (Billboard Live Yokohama)
JUL 14, MON – Osaka Japan (Billboard Live Osaka) – 2 shows
OCTOBER 2022
OCT 4, TUE – Burlington, VT
OCT 5, WED – Amherst, MA
OCT 6, THU – Ardmore, PA
OCT 7, FRI – Vienna, VA
OCT 8, SAT – TBA
OCT 9, SUN – Hudson Falls, NJ
OCT 10, MON – Boston, MA
OCT 11, TUE – Woodstock, NY
OCT 12, WED – New Haven, CT
OCT 14, FRI – Mexico City, Mexico
OCT 18, TUE – San Jose, Costa Rica

** More dates to be confirmed and announced in Mexico and Colombia.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
NOV, 20, SUN – Santiago, Chile

** More dates to be confirmed and announced in Chile, Uruguay, Argentina., Brazil, Boiivia

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2023
FEB 03, FRI – Vancouver, BC
FEB 04, SAT – Eastsound, WA
FEB 05, SUN – Seattle, WA
FEB 07, TUE – Portland, OR
FEB 08, WED – Eugene, OR
FEB 09, THU –  Redding, CA
FEB 10, FRI – Arcata, CA
FEB 14, TUE – San Jose, CA
FEB 15, WED – Fresno, CA
FEB 16, THU – Stockton, CA
FEB 18, SAT – Los Angeles, CA
FEB 19, SUN – Los Angeles, CA
FEB 20, MON – Los Angeles, CA
FEB 22, WED – Costa Mesa, CA
FEB 23, THU – San Diego, CA
FEB 24, FRI – Phoenix, AZ
FEB 25, SAT – Flagstaff, AZ
FEB 28, TUE – Denver, CO
MAR 01, WED – Palmer Lake, CO
MAR 03, FRI – Dallas, TX
MAR 04, SAT – Woodlands, TX
MAR 05, SUN – Austin, TX
** More dates to be confirmed and announced in California and New Mexico.
NOVEMEBER 2023
** European Tour. Dates to be confirmed and announced early next year.
ATTENTION: MOONJUNE WORLD operating as MOONJUNE RECORDS (record label) and MOONJUNE MUSIC (booking, management) is in process of moving all operation and headquarter from NYC/USA to Toledo/Spain. While booking can be done from any location in the world having a decent internet connection, the label needs a break due to logistics – all stock is being shipped by boat cargo on June 8th and expected date of arrival in Spain is July 18th or 25th. All activities of the label, from its new headquarters on Calle de la Ciudad in the heart of the historic city of Toledo, will be fully operational from August 10, 2022, and only a limited number of physical products will be sold and shipped in July and early August. We apologize for the inconvenience but the MoonJune Records life will improve significantly. We appreciate Your understanding.
Photo of Toledo by Tony Levin, June 3, 2022
MoonJune Music announces
The First International
MoonJune Music Festival
24-25-26 JUNE 2022
JAJCE, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
DRONE VIDEO OF BEAUTIFUL JAJCE & SURROUNDINGS
The First International MoonJune Music Festival will be held in the beautiful Bosnian town of Jajce, Bosnia & Herzegovina, a native place of Leonardo Pavkovic of MoonJune Music (international booking and management company) and MoonJune Records (independent boutique record label). Every year, always in June, the IMJMF will be held in a beautiful location around the world, The next two editions are planned for June 2023 in Toledo, Spain, and for June 2024 in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
This Festival is exclusive for the eclectic music of MoonJune artists only.
The First International MoonJune Music Festival will be professionally audio and video recorded and streamed live worldwide. Free access, no tickets to be sold .
More info with Leonardo PavkovicE-mail here.
Official national press conference for major countries and regional media will be held in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on May 26, 2022, with the presence of Leonardo Pavkovic and Jajce’s mayor Mr. Edin Hozan, and video connection with Markus Reuter and Borislav Kresojevic. (The event will be streamed live worldwide.)
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 – WATERFALL OPEN AIR STAGE (8pm)
CENTROZOON
Markus Reuter – Touch Guitar, electronics (Germany)
Bernhard Wöstheinrich – keyboards, electronics (Germany)
BORIS SAVOLDELLI ONE-MAN ORCHESTRA
Boris Savoldelli – vocals, electronics (Italy)
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – CITY CENTER OPEN AIR STAGE (8pm)
DENNIS REA & TERRANE
Dennis Rea – guitar (USA)
Wadim Dicke – bass guitar (Russia)
Boris Savoldelli – vocals (Italy)
Sailyk Ommun – vocals (Tuva (Russia)
Vasco Trilla – drums, percussion (Portugal/Spain)
BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS
Beledo – guitar, piano (USA/Uruguay)
Yaron Stavi – bass guitar (UK/Israel)
Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)
with guests:
Boris Savoldelli – vocals (Italy)
Ofer Assaf – sax (Israel)
Nguyên Lê – guitars (France)
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 – CITY CENTER OPEN AIR STAGE (8pm)
MARKUS REUTER ANCHOR & BURDEN
Markus Reuter – Touch Guitar (Germany)
Alexander Paul Dowerk – Touch Guitar (Germany)
Bernhard Wöstheinrich – keyboards, electronics (Germany)
Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)
DWIKI DHARMAWAN BAND feat. Nguyên Lê
Dwiki Dharmawan – piano, keyboards (Indonesia)
Nguyên Lê – guitar (Vietnam/France)
Boris Savoldelli – vocals, electronics (Italy)
Yaron Stavi – bass guitar (UK/Israel)
Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)
with guest:
Ofer Assaf – sax (Israel)
Opening presentations by Adam BaruchDennis ReaAnthony Garone, Borislav KresojevicVlad Oboronko, Leonardo Pavkovic and Jajce’s mayor Mr. Edin Hozan.
IN SHORT
You can’t find a more culturally diverse record label and booking agency than MoonJune, so it’s wholly fitting that the first in a planned series of international festivals will take place this June (wink) in MoonJune founder Leonardo Pavkovic’s native Bosnia-Herzegovina, a crucible and crossroads of myriad cultures since ancient times. Gathering a planetary cast of MoonJune musicians spanning the USA, Uruguay, Indonesia, France/Vietnam, Republic of Tuva, Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain/Portugal, and Israel, the inaugural event will be staged at historic public spaces in Leonardo’s hometown of Jajce, a famed beauty spot and UNESCO World Heritage Site candidate.
MEMORIES TO MAKE
The festival culminates a commemorative expedition where the “MoonJunit” – Leonardo Pavkovic himself, his earliest friend Borislav Boro Kresojević, musician/scribe Dennis Rea, and documentarians Vlad Oboronko and Anthony Garone – journey to portentous locales from Leonardo’s past where the seeds of the now global “MoonJunista” community germinated. The festival activities will be part of an illustrated biography of Leonardo in book form, and a documentary movie about Mr. MoonJune’s formation, present and future plans, plus audio/video documentation of the festival itself.
Mr. MOONJUNE
Born in Jajce in 1962 when Bosnia was still a part of Yugoslavia, from an early age Leonardo yearned to discover the unknown lands on the “other side of the mountain.” Gradually forging his own path with serendipity on his side, this polyglot citizen of the world relocated to NYC and went on to build an improbably successful one-man international music enterprise in defiance of standard music-biz practice – remarkably, with no concession of musical excellence and imagination. Along the way, he gathered around himself an ever-expanding constellation of adventurous musicians ranging from gifted lesser- known talents to such zeitgeist-defining figures as drum exemplar Bill Bruford, who hailed Leonardo’s abilities as an “enabler” of aspiring musicians, and guitar avatar Allan Holdsworth, who affectionately dubbed him “Nardini” and his singular approach to life “Nardinism.”
BACK TO THE ROOTS
In 2019, 39 years after he’d left Bosnia for distant shores, Leonardo tramped back over the mountain to Jajce to present a concert featuring MoonJune musicians Dwiki Dharmawan (Indonesia), Kamal Musallam (Palestine), Asaf Sirkis (Israel), and Boris Savoldelli (Italy). He and the assembled musicians met with an extended ovation from townspeople and municipal officials appreciative of the global connections he’d forged with their home. That homecoming concert, organized by lifelong friend and fellow son of Jajce Borislav Kresojevic, set the table for the First International MoonJune Music Festival, again organized by Borislav, sponsored by the town, and free to all in Jajce’s spectacular waterfall park and public square.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
MoonJune’s guiding principles – or as Leonardo prefers, “modus moonjundi” – are in tune with what legendary British bass player Roy Babbington (Soft Machine and much more) memorably described as “poetic entanglement.” That is, the art of being alert to, and confidently acting on, the affinities and happenstances of the moment, in a spirit of openness, curiosity, and goodwill. In this anniversary year, the MoonJunit’s mission is to spread unity, joy, and hope through music, toward the elusive goal of peace and understanding on this troubled planet earth.
DWIKI DHARMAWAN
Indonesia
BELEDO
Uruguay/USA
BORIS SAVOLDELLI
Italy
NGUYÊN LÊ
Vietnam/France
BERNHARD WÖSTHEINRICH
Germany
SAILYK OMMUN
Republic of Tuva
VASCO TRILLA
Portugal/Spain
ANTHONY GARONE
USA
ADAM BARUCH
Poland/Israel
MARKUS REUTER
Germany
DENNIS REA
USA
ASAF SIRKIS
Israel/UK
YARON STAVI
Israel/UK
WADIM DICKE
Russia
OFER ASSAF
Israel
ALEXANDER DOWERK
Germany
VLAD OBORONKO
Russia/USA
EDIN HOZAN
Bosnia & Herzegovina
BORISLAV ‘BORO’ KRESOJEVIC
Sweden/Bosnia & Herzegovina
LEONARDO ‘MOONJUNE’ PAVKOVIC
Italy/USA/Bosnia & Herzegovina
MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 11385
After 21 years,
MoonJune is moving from NYC
to the new HQ in Toledo, Spain
Dear Friends in Music
Two years behind schedule (I guess you can guess why), MoonJune Music is finally moving into new headquarters, after 21 years of business in arguably the greatest big city in the world, New York, which I’ve called home since August 1990., when I have arrived with zero expectations but with many dreams and hopes, from the beautiful Italian region of Apulia, leaving a more than ‘comfortable’ life, to try something new in my life and to be owner of my own destiny. New York City was very generous to me. In 2001 I founded MoonJune Music and subsequently MoonJune Records. It’s a long story why it all happened and how it happened. Among other things, it will be revealed in my upcoming book ‘The Other Side Of The Mountain’ which I’m co-writing with my good friend  and fellow ‘moonjunista’ Dennis Rea (Moraine, Iron Kim Style, DR). Despite certain ‘comfort’, my life was pretty turbulent until I was 28, when I decided to quit my past, put in motion my present and embrace the future, and head to NYC to found myself in the concrete jungle of the Big Apple, and after 31 years, I can say that I was lucky enough to enjoy life to the fullest extent, and to create MoonJune in 2001 out of nothing,  thanks to a very generous help of my friends, without any plan or action and without knowing where all that would take me to. I have created my own world of my own comfort, the MoonJune Extended Family Universe.
I still love NYC, my love for that phenomenal city will never cease, I will be eternally grateful to the Big Apple, no other city or geographic location could influence my life more than New York City. But the time to move has arrived a couple of years ago, interrupted by the COVID plague, but now I am here, finally, in Toledo, a city-museum, with more than 2000 years of history, suitable for a 60 years young romantic warrior (on May 17th 2022 I will be 60).
But in reality, very little will change: I will continue to book shows all over the world as I always did (around 3000 contracted shows in over 60 countries on 5 continents) , I will continue to travel internationally (Madrid will become my home airport instead of JFK or La Guardia), and I will continue to run my label MoonJune Records, in my usual and unorthodox way. MoonJune Records will be exclusively releasing my own productions or co-productions and I will be working exclusively with the people I choose to work with, who are any friends from the past, present and the future. No demos will be accepted, no plans will be made, no budgets will be established. Not obsessions to sell, no paranoia about the streaming, no worries about what others would say what we do. Our duty is to do what we like to do and that we like what we do. The recorded music business has changed forever, there are many obstacles and challenges, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop doing what we love.
When it comes to fulfilling CD orders, MoonJune will be taking a break until early to mid July 2022. The label’s inventory will be shipped this week from NYC via airfreight with some other personal belongings (CD and book collection, magazines, memorabilia and much more), and the whole process can take between 2 and 5 weeks (3-4 days actual shipping and the rest is bureaucracy. Therefore, no CDs, T-shirts, LPs, or books can be shipped until the entire contingent arrives in Toledo, Spain. I apologize for all those who have purchased physical products in the last 5 days and intend to purchase physical products in the next 4-6 weeks. But this move has to be made, for a better future of MoonJune Records.
In recent years, sales of CDs and other MoonJune Records items have dropped significantly anywhere in the world except the US, averaging 20% ​​per item. Imagine if someone has to buy a CD for $15, VAT is $3 and shipping is $15 on average. $33 for a CD? You must be kidding!!
Being located in Spain, all that nightmare for European customers will be over. Without VAT and only 3.80 Euros per package sent within Europe and 1.95 Euros within Spain. And shipping packages to Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Central and South America is much cheaper than shipping from the US. And shipping packages from Europe to the US is 75% cheaper because it ends from the US. USA to Europe. And to keep US buyers happy, MoonJune will charge a very low shipping fee, only $4 USD, a little less than the actual cost, to keep the same shipping cost as shipped from NYC anywhere in the USA.
Due to inability of BandCamp to bulk edit quantities for all 250+ physical items on sale currently on MoonJune Records’ website, the price for each physical item is temporarily $100 and it will be changed to the suitable and regular price once the inventory is in Spain. I apologize for the inconvenience. In 7-10 days, only the following CDs will be available for sale:
    • STICK MEN – Tentacles
    • MASK OF CONFIDENCE – Mask Of Confidence
    • CLINT BAH – PuzzleBox
I appreciate Your patience on this matter.
All digital downloads are still at their regular prices and MoonJune is offering 30% discount on all digital goodies until Thursday, June 2nd, 2022.
After the purchase, please type this discount code at the checkout:
              TOLEDO2022MOONJUNE
and 30% discount will be applied automatically to Your purchase.
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL
MOONJUNE MUSIC FESTIVAL
JAJCE – June 24-25-26, 2022
To be officially announced on May 26
in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina
at the national press conference.
More info soon!

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 – WATERFALL OPEN AIR STAGE

CENTROZOON
    Markus Reuter – Touch Guitar, electronics (Germany)
    Bernhard Wöstheinrich – keyboards, electronics (Germany)

BORIS SAVOLDELLI ONE-MAN ORCHESTRA
    Boris Savoldelli – vocals, electronics (Italy)

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – CITY CENTER OPEN AIR STAGE

DENNIS REA & TERRANE
    Dennis Rea – guitar (USA)
    Wadim Dicke – bass guitar (Russia)
    Boris Savoldelli – vocals (Italy)
    Sailyk Ommun – vocals (Tuva (Russia)
    Vasco Trilla – drums, percussion (Portugal/Spain)

BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS
    Beledo – guitar, piano (USA/Uruguay)
    Yaron Stavi – bass guitar (UK/Israel)
    Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)
with guests:

    Ofer Assaf – sax (Israel)
    Boris Savoldelli – vocals (Italy)
    Nguyên Lê – guitars (France)SUNDAY, JUNE 26 – CITY CENTER OPEN AIR STAGEMARKUS REUTER ANCHOR & BURDEN
    Markus Reuter – Touch Guitar (Germany)
    Alexander Paul Dowerk – Touch Guitar (Germany)
    Bernhard Wöstheinrich – keyboards, electronics (Germany)
    Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)DWIKI DHARMAWAN BAND feat. Nguyên Lê
    Dwiki Dharmawan – piano, keyboards (Indonesia
    Nguyên Lê – guitar (Vietnam/France)
    Boris Savoldelli – vocals, electronics (Italy)
    Yaron Stavi – bass guitar (UK/Israel)
    Asaf Sirkis – drums (UK/Israel)
with guest:
    Ofer Assaf – sax (Israel)
MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 11385

STICK MEN – Tentacles
This 30-minute LIMITED EDITION EP is the first new STICK MEN music
in 6 years. Jam packed with musicality, its grooves and high energy are truly infectious. You won’t hear this kind of music from any other band!
Only and exclusively available at the band’s merch table on the
Stick Men’s Tentacles tour and on MoonJune’s BandCamp page.
24bit/96khz Download / FLAC, WAV, ALAC-M4A, MP3-320
Buy Download
COMPACT DISK
$15+shipping
SIGNED COMPACT DISK
(by all 3 musicians)
$35+shipping
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Tony Levin: Chapman Stick, Touch Guitars® U10, Vocoder
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and Electronic Drums & Percussion
Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars@ AU8, Soundscapes
Written and produced by Stick Men
Mixed by Benjamin Schäfer at Horus Sound Studio. Mastered by Fabio Trentini.
Cover design by Hajo Müller.
STICK MEN
Tentacles 2022 Tour
MARCH 31, THU – ROCHESTER, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
APRIL 1, FRI – ROCHESTER, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
APRIL 2, SAT – LIVERPOOL, NY (Sharkey’s)
APRIL 3, SUN – PAWLING, NY (Daryl’s House)
APRIL 5, TUE – PORTLAND, ME (One Long Fellow Square)
APRIL 7, THU – NATICK, MA (The Center For Arts Natick)
APRIL 8, FRI – ALBANY, NY (The Linda – WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio)
APRIL 10, SUN – QUEBEC CITY, QC (La Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 11, MON – QUEBEC CITY, QC (La Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 12, TUE – MONTREAL, QC (Club Soda)
APRIL 13, WED – TORONTO, ON (The Garrison)
APRIL 14, THU – DETROIT, MI (The Token Lounge Westland)
APRIL 15, FRI – BENTON HARBOR, MI (The Livery)
APRIL 16, SAT – MILWAUKEE, WI (Shank Hall)
APRIL 19, TUE – CHICAGO, IL (Reggies)
APRIL 20, WED – INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Irving Theater)
APRIL 21, THU – CINCINNATI, OH (Ludlow Garage)
APRIL 23, SAT – ASHEVILLE, NC (The Grey Eagle)
APRIL 24, SUN – RALEIGH, NC (Lincoln Theater)
APRIL 26, TUE – WINCHESTER, VA (Bright Box Theater)
APRIL 27, WED – WASHINGTON, DC (City Winery Washington DC)
APRIL 28, THU – SELLERSVILLE, PA (Sellersville Theater)
APRIL 29, FRI – KENNETT SQUARE, PA (Kennett Flash)
APRIL 30, SAT – NEW YORK CITY, NY (The Iridium)
STICK MEN – Tentacles
 
This 30-minute LIMITED EDITION EP is the first new STICK MEN music
in 6 years. Jam packed with musicality, its grooves and high energy are truly infectious. You won’t hear this kind of music from any other band!
Only and exclusively available at the band’s merch table on the
Stick Men’s Tentacles tour and on MoonJune’s BandCamp page.
24bit/96khz Download / FLAC, WAV, ALAC-M4A, MP3-320
Buy Download
COMPACT DISK
$15+shipping
SIGNED COMPACT DISK
(by all 3 musicians)
$35+shipping
BUY CD
Tony Levin: Chapman Stick, Touch Guitars® U10, Vocoder
Pat Mastelotto: Acoustic and Electronic Drums & Percussion
Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars@ AU8, Soundscapes
Written and produced by Stick Men
Mixed by Benjamin Schäfer at Horus Sound Studio. Mastered by Fabio Trentini.
Cover design by Hajo Müller.
STICK MEN
Tentacles 2022 Tour
MARCH 31, THU – ROCHESTER, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
APRIL 1, FRI – ROCHESTER, NY (Lovin’ Cup)
APRIL 2, SAT – LIVERPOOL, NY (Sharkey’s)
APRIL 3, SUN – PAWLING, NY (Daryl’s House)
APRIL 5, TUE – PORTLAND, ME (One Long Fellow Square)
APRIL 7, THU – NATICK, MA (The Center For Arts Natick)
APRIL 8, FRI – ALBANY, NY (The Linda – WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio)
APRIL 10, SUN – QUEBEC CITY, QC (La Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 11, MON – QUEBEC CITY, QC (La Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 12, TUE – MONTREAL, QC (Club Soda)
APRIL 13, WED – TORONTO, ON (The Garrison)
APRIL 14, THU – DETROIT, MI (The Token Lounge Westland)
APRIL 15, FRI – BENTON HARBOR, MI (The Livery)
APRIL 16, SAT – MILWAUKEE, WI (Shank Hall)
APRIL 19, TUE – CHICAGO, IL (Reggies)
APRIL 20, WED – INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Irving Theater)
APRIL 21, THU – CINCINNATI, OH (Ludlow Garage)
APRIL 23, SAT – ASHEVILLE, NC (The Grey Eagle)
APRIL 24, SUN – RALEIGH, NC (Lincoln Theater)
APRIL 26, TUE – WINCHESTER, VA (Bright Box Theater)
APRIL 27, WED – WASHINGTON, DC (City Winery Washington DC)
APRIL 28, THU – SELLERSVILLE, PA (Sellersville Theater)
APRIL 29, FRI – KENNETT SQUARE, PA (Kennett Flash)
APRIL 30, SAT – NEW YORK CITY, NY (The Iridium)
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4 page article on MoonJune in January 2022 issue of PROG
I am humbled and honored that PROG readers have voted for me and my indy record label in the magazine’s annual reader’s poll. Third place came as a pleasant surprise, which gives me more inspiration and strength to pursue not only my dreams and goals, but dreams and goals of my moonjunista friends from the label’s roster, to create and produce more uncompromised progressive music in the hostile music business or business of music environment accompanied by the current events that are affecting our planet. – Leonardo Pavkovic
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MoonJune Records · Ridgewood · Queens · New York City · New York · 11385
MIND BENDING ENERGY
of TRUCE 2
MARKUS REUTER
FABIO TRENTINI    ASAF SIRKIS
CD • $15 +shipping
24bit DOWNLOAD $10
SIGNED CD • $25 +shipping
SIGNED CD + BONUS DIGITAL TRACKS $35 +shipping
SIGNED CD with PERSONAL DEDICATION + BONUS DIGITAL TRACKS $50 +shipping
V.I.P. PACKAGE SIGNED CD with PERSONAL DEDICATION + BONUS DIGITAL TRACKS + PRIVATE ZOOM MEETING WITH THE BAND • $125 +shipping

TRUCE 2 is the 120th release on MoonJune Records, the first release in 2022. A very special album for the NYC-based independent label, and this is what 5 protagonists of the realization of this album are saying about it:

MARKUS REUTER (touch guitar, electronics) 
A bit over 2 years ago, the first TRUCE album come to us as a big surprise. Upon its release it was an instant success and fan favorite. That was another, most-welcome surprise. Now, two years later, we are about to put out the follow up album, TRUCE 2.
The time between these 2 recording session is where things got interesting. No need to explain about the practical impact the pandemic had on us. Cancelled concerts, cancelled recordings sessions, etc. Things had turned out quite differently from what we had in mind for the band.
But anyway, as we were playing the first few takes in the studio in July 2021, we quickly realized that playing like on the first album just didn’t work. This was suddenly a new band that was like a stranger to us. Yes, we’re the same people, but it felt like there were new souls in our bodies. The self-reflection and the emotional rollercoaster had left an imprint in our souls, and it is reflected in the music for me. There simply was a different story to tell this time… And we had to discover that story as we went along.
Fortunately I can totally rely on my allies, and it didn’t take long to find renewed energy and interconnectedness that made us create a wonderful set of instant composition that excites us. It’s a reminder of the power of music.
Fabio Trentini plays basses, Asaf Sirkis plays the drums, and I play Touch Guitar and electronics. The setup was similar to the first album’s recording, but this time Fabio had 3 basses with him: The Wal fretless bass that he had use with us before, but also a fretted 5-string bass, and an electric upright bass. We were recording at Ritmo&Blu studios in the north of Italy, with engineer and co-producer Stefano Castagna, who became very important in the post-production process. And then there was Leonardo Pavkovic, who inspired us with his proverbial enthusiasm, encouragement, optimism and smiles.
The album was recorded over 2 days, with a third day that was reserved for ‘overdubs and repairs’. Fabio and I then met once again with Stefano a few weeks later, to mix and master the album in just a few days. A major change for us, considering that the previous TRUCE album was recorded in one afternoon with virtually no overdubs.

FABIO TRENTINI (fretless bass guitar, fretted bass guitar, electric upright bass) 
As a musician and as a music producer, I’ve always been the kind of guy who needs to have the whole situation under control. I never considered myself a good improviser at all. TRUCE taught me the art of letting myself fall, trusting my bandmates and trying to come up with something interesting in real time, without planning things. To me, it means an important enrichment musically speaking, but most importantly I see it as sort of therapy and a spiritual experience. The first album came into being all at once, the recording session took less than a day, and we were able to come up with some very energetic and pretty wild material. TRUCE 2, even if it’s based on improvisations just like the previous album, is a layered work. We invested more time into some overdubs and treatments, and managed to channel more colours and ideas into the record.

ASAF SIRKIS (drums) 
Playing with the TRUCE trio has always been an ‘in the flow’ musical experience for me. As a drummer, I’ve enjoyed a certain freedom of expression unlike any other band I’ve played in! I believe that, to a large degree, this is due to the trio’s sympathetic way of playing together as well as each of the musician’s serious dedication and honest and organic contribution to the music. Compared to our first album, TRUCE 2 has been a journey of discovery. How can we go to places we haven’t been before? Is the question that was often raised while we where recording this album. That exploration has been been both intense and rewarding and I hope you’ll enjoy this musical journey with us.

Artwork by Ritxi Ostáriz
STEFANO CASTAGNA
(recording engineer, mixing and mastering engineer) 
I was flattered by the request of the band and their label to intervene in the post-production, mixing and mastering of their second album which was recorded in my studio, and I immediately thought that the best thing to do could be to press the accelerator, which, in some respects, connects me to a period in which rock merged with the concepts of improvisation without necessarily falling into the formalities of jazz.
From a technical point of view, all recordings were made digitally in the 24/96 format. For post production and mixing, the computer and some digital solutions were used for those indispensable aspects, but in essence the work was mainly carried out in an analog environment using physical hardware. I have always believed that music has more expressive possibilities when the mixing follows certain criteria of greater involvement of human action. Often the mixes were “performed” in real time and without automation, trying to keep the philosophy of improvisation unchanged, in my opinion the strong point of all this work.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/kgdV_oflAso (in Italian with English subtitles)
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC (record producer, enabler)
When I suggested to Markus Reuter to record a power trio album in which he can be the protagonist and ferocious soloist, he immediately accepted the challenge and he couldn’t say no to my suggestion to count on one of our mutually favorite drummers, Asaf Sirkis. Markus ’choice for the bass position was reserved for his old pal and collaborator for over 2 decades, Fabio Trentini. I love the ideas of power trios. Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, ELP, Rush, The Police, King’s X, Stick Men are some of the greatest and some of my favorite rock trios. MoonJune Records has different trio set ups on its label roster, some of them including Markus Reuter (‘Lighthouse’ with Mark Wingfield and Asaf Sirkis; and ’ShapeShifters’ with Tim Motzer and Kenny Grohowski). Markus Reuter and Asaf Sirkis are two omnipresent ‘moonjunistas’, two artists who released more albums on their own or in various projects than anyone else. I truly believe that all three of us have grown together: my label has grown thanks to them, releasing some outstanding music which feature their immense multi-dimensional and genre-crossing talent, and they both grown musically, embracing new challenges and conquering new sonic dimensions with exemplary new and innovative music. Easily, two of my all time favorite musicians and dear friends and companions on various tours and recording sessions around the globe. producer and bass maestro from the Italian Dolomite Alps, Fabio Trentini, is a newcomer in the ‘moonjunista’ world, and I am sure there will be new opportunities to make some more great music together in the near future, whenever and wherever that future is.
TRUCE will be a touring band, some shows to be booked this year, only in Europe, and later this year there will be recording of TRUCE 3 album, and 2023 the band plans to visit as many places possible and to play to as many people possible.COVID permitting, of course.
PLEASE CHECK TRUCE’s 1st ALBUM
MoonJune’s 100th Release, January 2020
MARKUS REUTER – Truce
featuring
FABIO TRENTINI and ASAF SIRKIS
Visceral, sinuous, and amazingly good. Add equal parts King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, with additional scoops of Funk and Rock… throw it all into a blender and mix! Moments of blistering solos, subtle harmonies, and the interplay of three musicians at full command of their craft. – Chris Clement
SPECIAL OFFER, SPECIAL PRICE!
VALID FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY 2022
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CD • $10 +shipping
Dear Friends In Music
MoonJune Records is wishing You a great and happy 2022, after a few bad years, let’s hope this one will be the year of resurrection for our Planet.
Thank You for voting in the recent DownBeat Magazine and Prog Magazine Reader’s polls. 
Perhaps You can spread some love for my brutally indy record label for another Reader’s Poll, this time in the prestigious JazzTimes Magazine.
This one is pretty straightforward and You can read here below all the instructions and suggestions how to vote.
​​​​​​​Simply go to:
and click on the SURVEY button. And besides voting for MoonJune Records in the category of Record Labels, please feel free to vote for whoever You wish in any category (deadline is on January 10, 2022), and here are some MoonJune related suggestions:
Artist of the year: Percy Jones
Best New Artist:  Srdjan Ivanovic
Best New Release: BELEDO: Seriously Deep
                                 PAKT: PAKT
                                 STEPHAN THELEN, Fractal Guitar 2
Best Record Label: MoonJune  (it’s listed)
Best Electric/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Group/Artist: PAKT
Best Flutist: Magic Malik
Best Pianist: Beledo
Best Keyboardist: Gary Husband
Best Guitarists: Dewa Budjana
​​​​​​​Best Acoustic Bassist: Tony Levin
Best Electric Bassist: Percy Jones
Best Drummer: Kenny Grohowski
Best Composer:  Dewa Budjana
JAZZ and BEYOND JAZZ MoonJune Releases in 2021
(click on each album cover for more info)

2021

MoonJune Records New Release
STEPHAN THELEN
Fractal Guitar 2 (Re-Mixes)
Limited Edition CD + LP
Featuring: 
Stephan Thelen, David Torn, Markus Reuter, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Henry Keiser, Jon Durant, Barry Cleveland, Chris Muir, Bill Walker, Fabio Anile, Andy West, Michael Manring, Manuel Pasquinelli, Andy Pupato, Andy Brugger. 
HD DOWNLOAD • $10
CD • $15 + shipping
LP • $29.95 + shipping
ALL PACKAGES TO UK INCLUDE BANDCAMP VAT NUMBER.
ALL PACKAGES TO EU INCLUDE BANDCAMP IOSS NUMBER.
From Stephan Thelen:

Fractal Guitar 2 remains one of my own favorite albums, not just for musical reasons, but also because it was such an enjoyable working experience in which many of my musician friends sent me file after file after file of amazing and spellbinding music. In the end, there were so many tracks that ultimately did not make it to the album, but were simply too good to just let go of. A good example is Andi Pupato’s Middle Eastern percussion track for my remix of Point of Inflection which wasn’t quite right for the main album, but set the stage for the very different vibe of the remix.

Also, while preparing the mixes for Fractal Guitar 2, it became clear that the extensive material for this album had the potential to be remixed and remodeled in many different ways. Knowing that some of my friends were excellent and creative remixers, I reached out to see who would be compelled to re-imagine the pieces. A big thank you to Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, David Torn and Barry Cleveland for their incredible remix skills and musical imagination. In an e-mail written after hearing Bill Laswell’s remix, Barry wrote to me: „This is fascinating on multiple levels. A sort of master class, really …Even King Tubby would raise his eyebrows at that schnizzle.“ Of course, he’s right.

Check previous Stephan Thelen releases
CDs, LPs, HD DOWNLOADS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PERCY JONES,
THE BASS LEGEND AND ICON!
December 3, 2021
To celebrate Maestro’s Birthday, MoonJune and PAKT are releasing
another live album of the improv super-group (Digital Format only!)
DOWNLOAD • $10
PERCY JONES – bass
ALEX SKOLNICK – guitar
KENNY GROHOWSKI – drums
TIM MOTZER – guitars, electronicsRecorded live by Paul Ligner at the open air stage at @Sharkey’s, Liverpool (Syracuse), NY, September 11, 2021, during the EPIC FEST. Mastered by Markus Reuter. Edited by Tim Motzer, All tunes named by Tim Motzer.

PAKT Live at Epic Fest, Liverpool/Syracuse by Tim Motzer 

So the setting for the Epic Fest was outdoors on the massive grounds of Sharkeys B&G with a huge festival stage built with accompanying live sound system. It was a surreal setting. An old cabin cruiser boat sat near the stage with a gaping hole in the bow. Next to it were hundreds of empty childrens school chairs, just set out in the field in all forms of random positions. Quite strange. I have some photos somewhere. Epic Fest is mostly a Prog Festival, with some great bands, one whose name I can’t recall, were playing Zappa music, and they sounded great. Leonardo presented the debut of the PAKT t-shirt on this gig. It was good to be here.

Our travel entailed 3/4 of PAK(T) and our label honcho and manager Leonardo in a van from NYC, quite a long journey complete with speeding ticket! As for me, I had an early start but was quickly trapped by an accident on the I-76 expressway getting out of Philly. This put me behind by over an hour, and added stress, so it was gonna be close. Once I made it through to I-80, I had to press the pedal-to-the-metal to 80-90mph to make our soundcheck. I listened to Nefertiti and Red on the way up, and made it just in time. Thankfully no speeding tickets for me! The rest of the band was on stage set up. Rushing is a crazy thing when you’re on tour. But it all worked out. A great and helpful crew here, and the sound is quite good, and BIG! It was so great to reconnect with Percy, Alex, and Kenny! Nice vibes! After soundcheck, we retired to the ‘green room’ which offered many sugary delights on the table, cupcakes, jellybeans, assorted candy, donuts, etc but no real food. Sugar is the last thing we were looking for. It was quite odd. Eventually we were fed some bar food prior to the gig—strange salads, and something resembling chicken tenders! In the green room was a giant swordfish suitable for a big trophy wall. Everything here was surreal to us. We chatted about all kinds of things and joked about the lack of deli tray. remember saying to Percy that Steve Hackett was playing the same day as us in Liverpool UK, as we were playing Liverpool NY. Percy worked with SH on Voyage of the Acolyte back in ’75, I think it was. Liverpool Syncronicities.

But what a gig it was. I’m happy this one was documented. I think this set echoed our travel day, speeding upstate NY trying to beat time. It was a great sprawling set. We stretched and unleashed some great music. It was fresh and good to play again, and felt like we were all in it together, chemistry, one collective improvisation. High points all around. I love the way we listen, and carve out and sculpt the music. Great vibe, and the audience was loving it and vocally letting us know. We even got deep into some mutated sputtering blooze. You never know what will show up or vector in during our sets. I think this concert displays some jaw-dropping soloing too, and exquisite interplay. Folks there were so blown out, and we talked to many afterwards. Magic was present. I’m so happy this was recorded and it does sound great. You don’t always get a good sounding recording night to night. Markus Reuter did a great job mixing and mastering this set. Thanks Markus! I think you’ll agree. Can’t wait until our next gigs in December. We hope you’ll come see us, and in the meantime, enjoy this PAKT in Liverpool concert. Until soon!

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2CD and two Digital Only Live Albums.
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PERCY JONES currently records and tours
with 3 active MoonJune projects:
PAKT + MJ12 + BOX OF NOISE
PAKT with PERCY JONES, ALEX SKOLNICK, KENNY GROHOWSKI, TIM MOTZER
MJ12 with PERCY JONES, CHRIS BACAS, STEPHEN MOSES, DAVID PHELPS
BOX OF NOISE 
with PERCY JONES, ALEX MACHACEK, KENNY GROHOWSKI
BandCamp: coming soon

 

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Please use this code: CYBERMOONJUNEDAY2021
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Dear Friends in Music

PROG MAGAZINE ANNUAL READER’S POLL 2021 needs your attention.

MOONJUNE RECORDS and MOONJUNE MUSIC needs Your Support.
Please vote for artists, personalities, albums, events related to MoonJune Records label roster and MoonJune Music booking roster.
To cast your votes you can e-mail your choices using the subject line ‘Readers’ Poll 2021’ to this email: prog@futurenet.com
Closing date for entries is December 6.
Please do not forget the subject line an create a brand new clean email without text or email forward.

And suggestions (2021 related) in available CATEGORIES are:

PROG’S UNSUNG HERO

suggestion: LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
(There is no category: LABEL OF THE YEAR – MoonJune operated by one-man-only Leonardo Pavkovic, is celebrating 20th anniversary in 2021; scroll down for more info.)
PROG PERSON OF THE YEAR
suggestion: PERCY JONES
(I strongly urge all MoonJune fans and supporters to vote for Uncle Percy, who after disappointments of all sorts with his own/former band Brand X, is experiencing a personal renaissance being in 3 active bands; PAKT, MJ12 and newly formed BOX OF NOISE.)
BEST BAND

suggestions: PAKT, MAHOGANY FROG

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

suggestions (MJRs 2021 releases):
    BELEDO – Seriously Deep
    PAKT – PAKT
    ASAF SIRKIS – Solar Flash
    DEWA BUDJANA – Naurora
    STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 2
    DENNIS REA – Giant Steppes
    MAHOGANY FROG – In The Electric Universe
FEMALE VOCALIST

suggestions: SYLWIA BIALAS, KEAROMA RANTAO

MALE VOCALIST

suggestions: BORIS SAVOLDELLI

GUITARIST

suggestions: BELEDO, DEWA BUDJANA, ALEX SKOLNICK, TIM MOTZER, STEPHAN THELEN, MARKUS REUTER, DAVID TORN, DENNIS REA, GRAHAM EPP, JESSIE WARKENTIN

BASSIST

suggestions: PERCY JONES, TONY LEVIN

KEYBOARDIST

suggestions: GARY HUSBAND, GRAHAM EPP, JESSIE WARKENTIN, PETE LEVIN, BELEDO

DRUMMER

suggestions: KENNY GROHOWSKI, ASAF SIRKIS, GARY HUSBANDMANUEL PASQUINELLI 
From Leonardo Pavkovic, MoonJune Records & MoonJune Music.
Dear Friends In Music
Why I am asking You to vote for MoonJune.

I do not have publicist, I do my own publicity, then I shamelessly end up promoting what I do. But that’s not only beneficial for my brutally Indy label but is beneficial for my artists as well. Except a few, all my artists are ‘unusual’ and from some secondary and tertiary progressive music territories, far from the lights of the niche micro-mainstream of the related genres and subgenres, and more than often they do not fit in cliches of what is and who is Prog Rock or Jazz or (con)Fusion. That’s why I have to shout loudly to those often narrow minded worlds of prog snobs, Jazz police and confused fusioneers. Yes, we exists, we who are not easily boxed in prefabricated cliches of what’s what and what’s not, and who does it right and who does it wrong.

MoonJune Records and MoonJune Music celebrate 20 years of existence in 2021, 20 years of running away from business cliches, 20 years of running by myself only a boutique independent agency (over 2500 concerts on all 5 continents in multiple genres), 20 years of running a brutally independent record label (approaching 120 label’s releases in January 2022). I do my own publicity and promotion, occasionally I use someone else, a third party, if I am too busy. And I am busy most of the time. I travel with several artists on my booking roster around the world, and when I am in NYC with my wife and son, and when cooking more bookings, that’s when I ‘run’ the label. Very challenging.

The world was challenging, MoonJune Music has suffered consequences of the COVID-19, close to 300 shows cancelled, and MoonJune Records’s existence depends on the MoonJune Music income. Without my bookings and other side business activities, there would be no MoonJune Records.

Now it’s time to vote in the PROG MAGAZINE’s annual Readers Poll. PROG is the biggest and the most influential progressive rock magazine in the world, and getting great results it really helps. Don’t trust those who say, it doesn’t help. Of course, it does. Anything in this over-saturated but shrinking progressive music world helps.

And You can vote in all categories and to vote for those that you like the best. But if you vote for Yours Truly – Leonardo Pavkovic, which means MoonJune (they don’t have category RECORD LABEL), and artists, projects and albums on my label, that would be wonderful and truly appreciated. And it will help current and future independent artists on the label’s roster.

Life is though and challenging, but being a stubborn optimist and positivist, a dreamer and a fighter but with the sense for the common sense and the knowledge of the reality, I cannot but continue what  I am doing.​​​​​​​ MoonJune is gradually moving to Toledo, Spain, it will take some time, due to the current situation, to put all my ducks in a row, but I have no doubt, it will be done sooner than expected, and some new horizons in the MoonJunista Universe will be open for new sonic adventures and much more.
Yours truly and stubbornly
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
MoonJune Records
MoonJune Music

 

MOONJUNE CYBER MONDAY. 20% OFF
Please use this code: CYBERMOONJUNEDAY2021
at the checkout to receive 20% discount
on anything on MoonJune’s BandCamp:
(valid only until midnight NYC time November 29, 2021)

Dear Friends in Music

PROG MAGAZINE ANNUAL READER’S POLL 2021 needs your attention.

MOONJUNE RECORDS and MOONJUNE MUSIC needs Your Support.
Please vote for artists, personalities, albums, events related to MoonJune Records label roster and MoonJune Music booking roster.
To cast your votes you can e-mail your choices using the subject line ‘Readers’ Poll 2021’ to this email: prog@futurenet.com
Closing date for entries is December 6.
Please do not forget the subject line an create a brand new clean email without text or email forward.

And suggestions (2021 related) in available CATEGORIES are:

PROG’S UNSUNG HERO

suggestion: LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
(There is no category: LABEL OF THE YEAR – MoonJune operated by one-man-only Leonardo Pavkovic, is celebrating 20th anniversary in 2021; scroll down for more info.)
PROG PERSON OF THE YEAR
suggestion: PERCY JONES
(I strongly urge all MoonJune fans and supporters to vote for Uncle Percy, who after disappointments of all sorts with his own/former band Brand X, is experiencing a personal renaissance being in 3 active bands; PAKT, MJ12 and newly formed BOX OF NOISE.)
BEST BAND

suggestions: PAKT, MAHOGANY FROG

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

suggestions (MJRs 2021 releases):
    BELEDO – Seriously Deep
    PAKT – PAKT
    ASAF SIRKIS – Solar Flash
    DEWA BUDJANA – Naurora
    STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 2
    DENNIS REA – Giant Steppes
    MAHOGANY FROG – In The Electric Universe
FEMALE VOCALIST

suggestions: SYLWIA BIALAS, KEAROMA RANTAO

MALE VOCALIST

suggestions: BORIS SAVOLDELLI

GUITARIST

suggestions: BELEDO, DEWA BUDJANA, ALEX SKOLNICK, TIM MOTZER, STEPHAN THELEN, MARKUS REUTER, DAVID TORN, DENNIS REA, GRAHAM EPP, JESSIE WARKENTIN

BASSIST

suggestions: PERCY JONES, TONY LEVIN

KEYBOARDIST

suggestions: GARY HUSBAND, GRAHAM EPP, JESSIE WARKENTIN, PETE LEVIN, BELEDO

DRUMMER

suggestions: KENNY GROHOWSKI, ASAF SIRKIS, GARY HUSBANDMANUEL PASQUINELLI 
From Leonardo Pavkovic, MoonJune Records & MoonJune Music.
Dear Friends In Music
Why I am asking You to vote for MoonJune.

I do not have publicist, I do my own publicity, then I shamelessly end up promoting what I do. But that’s not only beneficial for my brutally Indy label but is beneficial for my artists as well. Except a few, all my artists are ‘unusual’ and from some secondary and tertiary progressive music territories, far from the lights of the niche micro-mainstream of the related genres and subgenres, and more than often they do not fit in cliches of what is and who is Prog Rock or Jazz or (con)Fusion. That’s why I have to shout loudly to those often narrow minded worlds of prog snobs, Jazz police and confused fusioneers. Yes, we exists, we who are not easily boxed in prefabricated cliches of what’s what and what’s not, and who does it right and who does it wrong.

MoonJune Records and MoonJune Music celebrate 20 years of existence in 2021, 20 years of running away from business cliches, 20 years of running by myself only a boutique independent agency (over 2500 concerts on all 5 continents in multiple genres), 20 years of running a brutally independent record label (approaching 120 label’s releases in January 2022). I do my own publicity and promotion, occasionally I use someone else, a third party, if I am too busy. And I am busy most of the time. I travel with several artists on my booking roster around the world, and when I am in NYC with my wife and son, and when cooking more bookings, that’s when I ‘run’ the label. Very challenging.

The world was challenging, MoonJune Music has suffered consequences of the COVID-19, close to 300 shows cancelled, and MoonJune Records’s existence depends on the MoonJune Music income. Without my bookings and other side business activities, there would be no MoonJune Records.

Now it’s time to vote in the PROG MAGAZINE’s annual Readers Poll. PROG is the biggest and the most influential progressive rock magazine in the world, and getting great results it really helps. Don’t trust those who say, it doesn’t help. Of course, it does. Anything in this over-saturated but shrinking progressive music world helps.

And You can vote in all categories and to vote for those that you like the best. But if you vote for Yours Truly – Leonardo Pavkovic, which means MoonJune (they don’t have category RECORD LABEL), and artists, projects and albums on my label, that would be wonderful and truly appreciated. And it will help current and future independent artists on the label’s roster.

Life is though and challenging, but being a stubborn optimist and positivist, a dreamer and a fighter but with the sense for the common sense and the knowledge of the reality, I cannot but continue what  I am doing.​​​​​​​ MoonJune is gradually moving to Toledo, Spain, it will take some time, due to the current situation, to put all my ducks in a row, but I have no doubt, it will be done sooner than expected, and some new horizons in the MoonJunista Universe will be open for new sonic adventures and much more.
Yours truly and stubbornly
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
MoonJune Records
MoonJune Music
Bass Icon and Photographer
the Legendary Tony Levin’s
King Crimson Print Collection Available for Pre-Orders
Shipping Early 2022
This year was the 40th anniversary of King Crimson’s Discipline album, and, when not out on the road with the band, I’ve been busy preparing a high quality print collection of 8 of my favorite photos I’ve taken of the band through the years (of which 6 are from the Discipline era). All are archival prints, made by the great Jon Lybrook, of Intaglio Editions.
                                    – Tony Levin, November 2021
For detailed information and all descriptions, please visit:
TONY LEVIN is available for interviews.
All PRESS/MEDIA INQUIRIES with WILLIAM JAMES
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• Eight stunning, limited-edition prints spanning Tony Levin’s work with King Crimson since the early 1980s.
• Every print is signed, numbered, and certified by Intaglio Editions LLC.
• Prints are made by contemporary photogravure printmaker, Jon Lybrook.

• Oil-Based Etching Ink made in Italy used for printing.

• Printed on 300 g/sm Waterleaf Fine Art Paper made in Germany.
• Signed by Tony Levin with #H Graphite Pencils made in Great Britain.
• Available as individual prints or in a limited-edition, custom-crafted clamshell print collection box.
• The first public orders are assigned print numbers 11-50 out of the limited edition of 500 prints total of each photography.
• Each photograph has a very detailed information
• Pre-orders are now being accepted at TonyLevinPrints.com
• $499 + shipping (FedEx) per print, fully insured.
Special Limited Edition Print Collection Box with all 8 prints, offering the lowest numbered prints in this collection to the public.
$3,699 + shipping (FedEx), fully insured.
Prints 11-50 assigned to buyers of this very special gift collection set.   Ships in early 2022. Classic King Crimson moments as photogravure prints, curated and signed by Tony Levin and identically numbered, in a limited edition, custom-crafted, clamshell print collection box. A complementary pair of cotton gloves for proper handling your prints is included. First public orders of this collection are assigned lowest print numbers 11-50, out of 500 prints total.
Collection of eight King Crimson photogravure prints, hand-selected by Tony especially for this project, come with signed Certificates of Authenticity and white, cotton gloves are included in a special edition print collection box.  Only 50 of these special box sets will be produced and sold. You may return your signed print for a complete refund within 14 days if not completely satisfied. Our traditional intaglio prints are made of high-quality materials designed to to last for generations.
Limited Time Offer: Complementary T-shirt gift with every Box Set purchase, courtesy of Tony Levin and MoonJune Music. Please specify your preferred T-shirt. Available from S to 5XL.
This t-shirt will be offered by MoonJune Music and Tony Levin from November 15. Ships around December 1st 2021. Stay tuned!
Tony Levin has been photographing his touring experiences since the early 1980s. Tens of thousands of photos later, he’s compiled eight of his favorite photographic moments from forty years of touring with King Crimson. Tony discusses with Anthony Garone of Make Weird Music how this all “happened”.
This collection is a must-have for any serious King Crimson collector and can be purchased as a set or individually. Tony’s photography offers a unique perspective from the stage that cannot be replicated.
All photos are hand-titled and signed by Tony Levin and authorized by Robert Fripp. They are a limited print run of 500 photogravure prints. The first public orders of the Special Edition Box are assigned print numbers 11-50.
Each print is handmade on a traditional intaglio press using materials that will last for generations. They are printed with low or acid-free ink on 22.25 x 15.5” Hahnemuhle Copperplate Brite White, 300 g/sm alpha cellulose paper with torn, deckled edges. These same ink and paper formulas used in Tony Levin’s print collection have been used by printmakers in Europe for hundreds of years.
Signed and stamped certificates of authenticity are issued with every print. The traditional, fabric-lined, limited-edition, clamshell-style, 24” x 17” print collection box for Tony Levin’s King Crimson Print Collection is custom-crafted using archive-grade materials for storing and preserving prints cleanly and elegantly. Cotton gloves are included for clean handling of the prints.
For detailed information and all descriptions, please visit:
Tony Levin has a music and rock photography career spanning over five decades, and remains one of the most sought-after bass players in the world. If you grew up in the 1970s and 80s, he has played on or helped produce some of the greatest musical recordings you have ever heard. His unique position from the stage during live performances of such groups as Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Seal, Yes his own bands Stick Men, Tony Levin Group and Levin Brothers, and others has given us the opportunity to see these star performers, both backstage and in packed auditoriums, from his personal perspective.
His extraordinary photos can be seen in two self-published and highly successful and rewarded photography books:
• Images from A Life on the Road
Available here -> moonjunemusic.myshopify.com
• Crimson Chronicles volume 1 – the ’80s
Jon Lybrook is a Fine Art Printmaker based in Colorado. Jon has worked with photographers and artists for nearly two decades through his company, Intaglio Editions LLC. He has studied the craft with traditional printmakers from around the world including Henrik Boegh, Dan Welden, Mark Lunning, Ron Pokrasso, David Hoptman, and has worked as both a printmaker and consultant.
“Jon Lybrook is a true master. His prints exude an expertise, that only very few fine art printers in the world control on the same level.”
– Professor Henrik Bøegh,
Grafisk Eksperimentarium, Copenhagen, Denmark
MoonJune Records · New York City · New York City · New York · 11385
MoonJune Records New Release
BELEDO
Seriously Deep
BELEDO guitars, acoustic piano, synth
TONY LEVIN upright bass, bass guitar
KENNY GROHOWSKI drums
with special guests
JORGE CAMIRUAGA vibraphone (1, 4)
KEAROMA RANTAO vocals (2)
BORIS SAVOLDELLI vocals (6)
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BELEDO is Uruguayan born, NYC based multi-instrumentalist, predominantly guitarist and pianist, who grew up in Montevideo and was a prominent player on the jazz scene in his native Uruguay, is joined by drummer Kenny Grohowski, who in addition to taking part in several MoonJune recording dates, has worked with John Zorn, John Medeski, Imperial Triumphant, as well as the most recent incarnation of Brand X. Completing the core trio for the record is bassist Tony Levin, whose stellar list of credits includes Paul Simon, John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie and King Crimson.

The centerpiece of the album is Beledo’s arrangement of Eberhard Weber’s composition, Seriously Deep. Originally appearing on the ECM album, ‘Silent Feet’, the album and that track in particular had a huge impact on Beledo and his friend Jorge Camiruaga when they first heard it upon its release in 1978.

Lasting over 14 minutes the track, with its graceful gently unfurling melody, features Beledo on electric guitar and acoustic piano. Beledo’s high-end undulating solo is complimented by Levin’s ruminative response at the opposite end of the tonal, adding up to a beautifully balanced performance.

A different kind of emotion lies at the core of Mama D, a track dedicated to the late South African singer, Dorothy Masuka and performed here by Botswanese vocalist Kearoma Rantao. With lyrics written by Beledo that chronicles Masuka’s life from the oppression of the apartheid regime to the struggle for a more equitable existence in the modern South Africa, Rantao’s powerful performance glows like a beacon shining at the center of the track’s complex, shifting arrangements.

A very different vocal is heard on A Temple In The Valley with Italian composer and singer Boris Savoldelli adding his athletic wordless singing to a track whose wistful, bitter-sweet melody sounds like a hidden gem from the Canterbury Scene. A gorgeous song-without-words, it’s a tune you might find on an album by Hatfield And The North or Caravan.

That the album features both written and improvised music is very much the core of Beledo’s approach. “I like to make sure that the musicians have all the materials in advance and that the arrangements are already digested by the time we get to the studio. Then the improvisations will flow without stress. I tend to write everything, but it is not to box people into what’s written but in the hope that it will create a frame of infinite points that will expand the possibilities of expression. The improvisations are an aspect that takes more than a 50% of my compositions and when it comes to my guitar playing it is the aspect that I feel it allows me to express my true self,” says the guitarist.

While the core trio worked live face-to-face in the studio, COVID meant that the vocal contributions had to be done remotely. Beledo is especially pleased with the results. “Boris and Kearoma gave a 200% to their performances, sang their lines soulfully and masterfully, and they created their own arrangements such as where they overdub more than one voice. It is amazing how two people singing two different songs in different parts of the world added extra choir parts at the end of certain phrases. I’m so pleased my music inspired them in the same way.

His writing either for instrumental or vocal settings exhibit a supple eloquence. Coasting Zone and Maggie’s Sunrise suggest reflective moods with a yearning quality redolent in their melodies and solo lines. The latter in particular enhanced by Beledo’s piano work and his guitar’s yearning quality that occasionally brings to mind Allan Holdsworth’s plangent tones. Maggie’s Sunrise features Jorge Camiruaga on vibraphone, a life-long friend of Beledo who shared a passion for that Eberhard Weber Colours album back in 1978.

Yet it’s a characteristic of Beledo’s finely honed approach to guitar playing that he isn’t concerned with any kind of obvious showboating or gratuitous displays of technique. Dexterous bursts of speed can be at their most engaging and exciting when they are deployed sparingly, that is, as and when the music demands it. Beledo is just as likely to be carefully crafting atmospherics as undertaking unnecessary dashes up and down the fretboard.

Good examples of this are found on Knocking Waves and Into The Spirals, two tracks that were improvised live in the studio between Beledo, Grohowski and Levin and which demonstrate his textural approach as a means of enhancing the moment, showing real empathy with the work of his colleagues.

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MoonJune Records is an independent one-man-operated record label from New York City focusing on progressive music which explores and expands boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown, and anything in between and beyond.
DownBeat Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category:
• 4th place 2020
• 3th place 2018
• 4th place 2017
• 7th place 2016
• 11th place 2015
All About Jazz Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category:
• 3th place 2020
Interview with Leonardo in Cirdec Songs by Cedric Hendrix:
https://cirdecsongs.com/2020/06/27/leonardo-moonjune-pavkovic-the-cirdecsongs-interview
Interview with Leonardo in All About Jazz  by Chris Slawecki (the most read article in 2018 on the world’s biggest jazz website):
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/leonardo-pavkovic-nothing-is-ordinary-leonardo-pavkovic-by-chris-m-slawecki.php
Interview with Leonardo in Big Beautiful Noise by Lee Henderson:
https://www.bigbeautifulnoise.com/leonardo
Interview with Leonardo in Jazz Quad Belarus by Leonid Auskern:
https://bit.ly/3EHaDzs
MoonJune Records · New York City · New York City · New York · 11385
MoonJune Music presents
another evening of eclectic free-spirited music
LIVE at the SHAPESHIFTER LAB
BROOKLYN, NYC
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15
TWO LEGENDARY MUSICIANS, TWO VIRTUOSOS
PERCY JONES MJ12  8pm
ALEX SKOLNICK ‘MYSHKIN’ 7pm
LIVE IN CONCERT + WORLDWIDE STREAMING
​​​​​​​Alex Skolnick will guest on a couple of MJ12 tracks!
TWO LEGENDARY VIRTUOSO MUSICIANS
Virtual and in person ticket cover charge
• $10 Live Streaming
• $15 Liv-In-Person concert with no streaming
• $20 Live concert + access to streaming for 7 days
• $20 Live Streaming + streaming for 7 days + MP3 of the whole show
• $35 Live concert + streaming for 7 days + MP3 of the whole show
Direct link for purchasing options:
YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP MULTIPLE CAUSES:
* MJ12 NEEDS HELP TO MAKE NEW STUDIO ALBUM
​​​​​​​* MUSICIANS ARE FINALLY WORKING, NEED $UPPORT
* YOU ARE SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUE
* YOU ARE SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL
Please check PERCY JONES MJ12 debut album
featuring STEPHEN MOSES (drums),
CHRIS BACAS (sax), DAVE PHELPS (guitar).
(digital only!)
Special price to download 
Percy Jones MJ12 debut album
 – $6.00 –
This offer is valid until Midnight NYC time, Friday, October 15, 2021.
From October 16, the price will be $9.00.
PLEASE SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC
 – SORRY NO CDS ARE AVAILABLE –
ALEX SKOLNICK ‘MYSHKIN’
This is a solo project of the heavy metal guitar icon and legend Alex Skolnick, versatile also as a jazz, fusion and progressive rock electric guitarist, as well world music acoustic guitarist. ‘Mishkin’ is an imaginary voyage through the human mind and spirit, exploring and expanding sonic boundaries using ambient soundscapes, loops, space guitar solos and much more.
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PERCY JONES MJ12
MJ12 is Percy Jones solo project started with the collaboration with NYC based drummer Stephen Moses. Their sound combines prog-fusion-rock, free jazz and sly humor in precise romps, crushing grooves, drone-based improvisations. In Percy words: “We took the name from Majestik 12, which was supposedly a group of 12 scientists and engineers assembled in the late 40’s to investigate UFO’s. There is an ongoing debate as to whether this group actually existed or not. Stephen Moses and I had been doing gigs for a while where we would invite guests to sit in. We did all improv, so this was actually M&J +1 or 2. After a while we started using David Phelps and Chris Bacas on a regular basis if they were available. At this point we started writing stuff, but keeping a lot of the improv thing going to keep it spontaneous. The end result was bits and pieces of ideas coming from everybody that we’re all tied together to try and make a coherent tune, but with lots of blowing inside.” The band is coming back to the live scene after a 2 years hiatus due to the lockdown and COVID-19, and after the ProgStock Festival in Rahway, NJ on October 3 (with Alex Skolnick kindly subbing for Dave Phelps); the band will perform in Brooklyn, NYC at the ShapeShifters Lab on October 15, 2021
Percy Jones (bass guitar)
Percy Jones grew up near Llandrindod Wells, Wales. He studied electronic engineering at the University of Liverpool before joining Liverpool Scene in 1967 He was a member of jazz fusion band Brand X from 1974 to 1980, and a reformed version which lasted from 1992 to 1997. He was in NYC based band Tunnels from 1990 until 2005. Still residing in New York, he is currently a member of MJ12. Jones is best known for his unique fretless bass sound. Jones was also briefly a member of the jazz fusion group Soft Machine, and has contributed to recordings by David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Steve Hackett, Roy Harper, Paranoise, Suzanne Vega, Richard Barbieri, Nova and Fovea Hex, amongst others.

Stephen Moses (drums)

After several years playing as part of “the loft jazz scene” in NYC with the likes of James Chance, John Zorn, Phillip Johnston, Eugene Chadborne, Ken Simon, Dave Hofstra (and many others) Stephen started getting busier with more rock and jazz/rock in the CBGB’s scene with Giant Metal Insects and Quality Trio with Jim Matus & Percy Jones. Alice Donut formed after that and took Stephen on the road and the studio for several years and a dozen albums followed by a few tours with Rasputina. Then a few years ago Stephen rejoined Percy to do what we do today.
Dave Phelps (guitar)
Guitarist David Phelps is currently a member of Peter Apfelbaum’s 11-piece band The New York Hieroglyphics, which includes many of today’s best creative musicians, including drummer Dafnis Prieto, bassist Patrice Blanchard, trombonist Josh Roseman and vocalist Abdoulaye Diabate. Their newest album “It Is Written” was released in August 2005 on the ACT label. He also leads his own band the Eclectic Troubadours. David grew up in Denton, Texas, the home of the University of North Texas, formerly known as North Texas State. As a youngster, he started playing the bass clarinet and later played in bands with many of the children of North Texas faculty members. David, along with his twin brother, bassist Drew Phelps, attended North Texas, studying with Rich Matheson and guitar guru Jack Peterson, among others. David then traveled to Alberta, Canada where he studied at the Banff Centre with jazz greats Dave Liebman and Dave Holland (both Miles Davis alumni). He also studied with John Abercrombie, Steve Coleman and Kenny Wheeler.
Chris Bacas (saxophone)
Chris began his career at age fifteen as a sideman with a club band in York, PA, and after attending North Texas State, he began his jazz performance career in earnest. Beginning in 1983, Chris played in the Glen Miller Band, The Tommy Dorsey Band, the Artie Shaw Band, and Buddy Rich’s legendary Big Band until Rich’s passing in 1987. Over the past twenty years, Chris has appeared at festivals all over the world, including the Nice, North Sea, Cork, Santiago, Montreal, Moers Texaco, Annapolis, JVC New York, and Central PA Jazz Festivals. He has performed in Copenhagen at the Tivoli Gardens; in Los Angeles at The Hollywood Bowl and LA’s Comedy Store; in New York’s Blue Note and Birdland; at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase; and in Washington D.C. at Blues Alley and One Step Down.
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Dear Friends In Music
It’s another BANDCAMP FRIDAY, and You are getting tons of messages from all 77 corners of the world. I know, Your inbox might be full, it’s the BandCamp competition time among indy labels and indy artists.
But we all need Your support!
MoonJune is offering 20% discount on EVERYTHING on
MoonJune’s BandCamp  moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com
valid until Midnight Los Angeles time on October 2, 2021
At the checkout, please use this discount code:
october2021mooncamp
and 20% discount will be applied automatically.
Yours truly
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
MOONJUNE RECORDS – one-man indy record label
MOONJUNE MUSIC – one-man indy international booking agency
“Leonardo, you are a magician, enabler, a Don Quixote, and my favorite one-man company in the world. […] I don’t think any single actor in my realm of the musical cosmos knows so many people and can remember them all. Long may you continue your ‘improvisations, surviving, pursuit of your passions, and navigations on the fly’. You sound like a musician without an instrument in his hands.”  – Dr. Bill Bruford
STICK MEN
TONY LEVIN – MARKUS REUTER – PAT MASTELOTTO
USA/CANADA TOUR 2021
MARCH 29, THU – TBA (to be announced)
MARCH 30, FRI – TBA
APRIL 1, SAT – TBA
APRIL 2, SUN – TBA
APRIL 5, TUE – PORTLAND, ME (One Long Fellow Square)
APRIL 6, WED – MANCHESTER, NH (venue TBC)
APRIL 7, THU – NATICK, MA (TNAC)
APRIL 8, FRI – ALBANY, NY (The Linda, WAMC)
APRIL 10, SUN – QUEBEC CITY, QC (Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 11, MON – QUEBEC CITY, QC (Salle d’Youville)
APRIL 12, TUE – TBA
APRIL 13, WED – TORONTO, ON (Garrison)
APRIL 14, THU – DETROIT, MI (The Token Lounge Westland)
APRIL 15, FRI – BENTON HARBOR, MI (The Livery)
APRIL 16, SAT – MILWAUKEE, WI (Shank Hall)
APRIL 19, TUE – CHICAGO, IL (Reggie’s)
APRIL 20, WED – INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Irving Theater)
APRIL 21, THU – CINCINNATI, OH (Ludlow’s Garage)
APRIL 22, FRI – TBA
APRIL 23, SAT – ASHEVILLE, NC (The Grey Eagle)
APRIL 24, SUN – TBA
APRIL 26, TUE – TBA
APRIL 27, WED – TBA
APRIL 28, THU – SELLERSVILLE, PA (Sellersville Theater)
APRIL 29, FRI – NEW YORK CITY, NY (The Iridium)
CRUISE TO THE EDGE 2020
MAY 2, MON – PORT CANAVERAL, FL (CTTE 2022)
MAY 3, TUE – DAY AT THE SEA (CTTE 2022)
MAY 4, WED – PRIVATE ISLE OF LABADEE, Haiti (CTTE 2022)
MAY 5, THU – DAY AT THE SEA (CTTE 2022)
MAY 6, FRI – PRIVATE ISLE OF COCO CAY, Bahamas (CTTE 2022)
MAY 7, SUN – PORT CANAVERAL, FL (CTTE 2022)
Soon tour dates for the following artists to be announced:
BELEDO & HIS FRIENDS feat. Pete Levin, Scott Petito, Kenny Grohowski
PAKT feat. Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer
PERCY JONES MJ12 feat. Stephen Moses, Chris Bacas, Dave Phelps
SOFT MACHINE and more
November-5-2021 New Release on MoonJune Records
BELEDO
SERIOUSLY DEEP
with
BELEDO guitar, acoustic piano
TONY LEVIN upright bass bass guitar
KENNY GROHOWSKI drums
with special guests
JORGE CAMIRUAGA vibraphone
KEAROMA RANTAO vocals
BORIS SAVOLDELLI vocals
PRE-ORDERS FROM OCTOBER 15m 2021

Percy Jones MJ12 featuring special guest Alex Skolnick (which is ½ of PAKT) with Stephen Moses on drums and Chris Bacas on sax, is performing on Saturday, October 2 at at the ProgStock Festival 2021 – The American Northeast’s Only International Progressive Rock Festival, which will be held in Rahway, NJ at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)

The comeback gig of the full band with the MJ12 guitarist Dave Phelp, supposed to be on October 15, 2021 at the ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, and that is still happening after this last minute unexpected booking at the ProgStock Festival, due to the unavailability of Brand X, and PAKT’s drummer Kenny Grohowski couldn’t make it, to have PAKT).

For tickets for the live show at UCPAC:
progstock.com/2021/tickets

Can’t make it to the festival this year, but want to join in the fun from the comfort of your own home? Each day of the festival will be broadcast as a single event on the StageIt livestreaming platform. Information about on-demand viewing of ProgStock 2021 performances after the festival ends will be provided later this fall.
www.progstock.com/2021/tickets

Check MJ12 on BandCamp:
percyjonesmj12.bandcamp.com

Dear Friends in Music

The oldest and the most respected jazz magazine in the USA and probably in the whole world, is open to vote for your favorite record label, favorite artists and albums and musicians – jazz & beyond jazz, in the 86th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll.

downbeat.com/readers-poll

Every year I am asking label’s fans and supporters to vote for MoonJune. Why? Not only that it helps MoonJune, a brutally independent record label run solely by yours truly, but because also because many of MoonJune associated artists that are based in secondary and tertiary music-industry territories, far from the glitziness and eyes of New York, Los Ángeles, London, Paris or Berlin. Being associated with MoonJune, they can be better exposed internationally, they can get more attention in their own country, and they also can apply for grants. MoonJune musicians often come from places such as IndonesiaSerbiaSpain, SloveniaBosnia & HerzegovinaBrazilBelgiumUruguay not only from the USAUKGermany or Italy. And soon there will also artists from ChileIranSouth Africa and so on and on. Musicians cannot do everything by themselves, they need help, guidance, support – specially ion they are coming from secondary and tertiary territories.

In order to vote in the 86th Annual DownBeat Readers Pollthe magazine requirement is to be subscribed, and the E-SUBSCRITION is absolutely FREE, with no obligation to buy anything, and You will be receiving occasional email newsletter from them, and DownBeat doesn’t cover only jazz, they have covered King Crimson, The Allman Brothers Band, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, The Doors, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and many other. They are very open minded.

Direct link to vote:
downbeat.com/readers-poll
Please select: Subscribe to DownBeat’s FREE eNewsletter [HERE]!

Once signed, You will receive an e-mail that will let You vote!
Please check Your SPAM FOLDER!

Besides voting for MoonJune in the Record Labels category, I suggest also to vote for the following:

Allan Holdswsorth – in the category Hall Of Fame
Soft Works ‘Abracadabra Live In Osaka’ in category Historical Album.

Legends such as Allan HoldsworthElton Dean and Hugh Hopper, who are not with us anymore, deserve more attention in this poll, as well their Soft Works companion, the legendary drummer John Marshall. Despite my effort and push, DownBeat somehow completely ignored this historic album of Soft Works which marks the beginning of the legacy of Soft Machine which includes Soft Machine Legacy and Soft Machine (2002-2021 and onward), but also the beginning of MoonJune Records and my booking and management agency MoonJune Music.

And please consider also Gary Husband (piano, keyboards and drums category), Tony Levin (bass and electric bass category), Soft Machine (jazz band category), and all other great musicians featured on MoonJune albums.

Again, You are not only helping an independent label run by one person only, but also You are helping talented artists from around the globe, which, if not for MoonJune, You would never ever know of. Thanks to MoonJune Records, artists such as simakDialogDewa BudjanaDwiki Dharmawan, Tohpati, Xavi ReijaBeledoVasil HadzimanovDusan Jevtovic, Vasko AtanasoivskiDennis ReaMark WingfieldSrdjan IvanovicMichel Delville, Dominique Vantomme and others, became familiar to fans of the progressive jazz.

There are many categories to choose from in the 86th DownBeat’s Reader’s Poll. The only limitations are for the choice of albums – only those albums released between July 1, 2020 and June 30th 2021 qualify.

You might know, MoonJune always sells CDs and direct downloads 2-3-4 months more month before the official release, and before digital distribution, to boost the direct sale on the MoonJune’s website. Downbeat has this release dates on file, if You decide to vote for any of below mentioned albums and musicians involved with those albums. (Click on each album to stream the music on BandCamp.)

SOFT WORKS feat. Elton Dean, Allan Holdsworth, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall – Abracadabra In Osaka (Jan 30, 2021)
VASKO ATANASOVSKI ADRABESA QUARTET – Phoenix (Jan 30, 2021)
MARK WINGFIELD with JANE CHAPMAN and ADRIANO ADEWALE – Zoji (Jan 30, 2021)
DWIKI DHARMAWAN – Hari Ketiga (Jan 30, 2021)
DENNIS REA – Giant Steppes (Feb 2, 2021)
STEPHAN THELEN – Fractal Guitar 2 (May 28, 2021)
MARKUS REUTER –  Sun Trance (Sep 3, 2020)
GARY HUSBAND & MARKUS REUTER –  Music Of Our Times (Jul 9, 2020)
STICK MEN – Owari (Dec 23, 2020)

Of course, You can vote for whoever You like, Your friends, favorite new and niche musicians.  And do not think this kind of polls are not important – it’s a fake news. They are VERY important for independent labels and musicians. We all love Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, and other legends – but less known artists deserve a bigger spotlight, more attention. Now more than ever.  Legends and big names will always be there, no matter what.
Yours truly and immensely thankful
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
in the name of the extended MoonJunista family.

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MOONJUNE RECORDS is a boutique independent record company based in New York City, run by a world-traveling renaissance man and out-of-the-box independent music impresario Leonardo Pavkovic. MoonJune Records is a label of progressive music, which explores and expands boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown and anything in between and beyond.

Celebrating 20 years this late Spring, with a catalog of 120 current releases before this end of 2021.

DownBeat Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category:
4th place 2020
3th place 2018
4th place 2017
7th place 2016
11th place 2015

All About Jazz Readers Poll’s Record Label Of The Year category:
3th place 2020

MOONJUNE MUSIC (BOOKINGS & MANAGEMENT) has handled booking of close to 3000 shows since its formation in 2001. These shows have encompassed full tours, festivals, individual dates, clinics and workshops in more than 80 countries across the globe, specializing in tours in Latin America, Japan and Asia (over 75 tours in Japan since 2002).

Current booking roster: STICK MEN (worldwide), SOFT MACHINE (worldwide), PAKT feat. ALEX SKOLNICK, PERCY JONES, TIM MOTZER, KENNY GROHOWSKI (worldwide), TONY LEVIN (worldwide), MARKUS REUTER (worldwide), PETE LEVIN (worldwide), GARY HUSBAND (worldwide), PERCY JONES (worldwide), CHAD WACKERMAN BAND (worldwide, except Europe), SONAR (also with DAVID TORN) (worldwide, except Europe), FRANK GAMBALE BAND (worldwide, except Europe), GONG (also GONG with STEVE HILLAGE) (worldwide, except Europe), STEVE HILLAGE BAND (worldwide, except Europe), ALEX SKOLNICK (worldwide, except Europe and USA), LEO LYONS’ TEN YEARS AFTER (worldwide, except Europe), SCOTT HENDERSON (North & Central America), MARK WINGFIELD (worldwide), BELEDO (worldwide), OFER ASSAF BAND (worldwide except Europe),  CARAVAN (worldwide, except Europe), STU HAMM (worldwide, except Europe), SKOLHAMM ASYLUM (worldwide, except Europe), THE SECURITY PROJECT feat. JERRY MAROTTA & TREY GUNN (Central & South America, Asia), PFM (worldwide, except Italy), LE ORME (worldwide, except Italy), CLAUDIO SIMONETTI’S GOBLIN (Central & South America, Asia), FRANCIS DUNNERY – IT BITES (Asia), JAN AKKERMAN (worldwide, except Europe), PHIL MANZANERA (worldwide, except Europe), ASAF SIRKIS (worldwide, except Europe), DWIKI DHARMAWAN (worldwide except Indonesia), BORIS SAVOLDELLI (worldwide except Italy & Russia), ALEX MACHACEK (South America, Asia). More artists to be signed in 2021/2022.

Formerly booking management for (R.I.P.) ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (2005-2016), (R.I.P.) ELTON DEAN (2002-2006), R.I.P. RYO KAWASAKI (2018-2020).Leonardo Pavkovic and MoonJune Music & MoonJune Records have worked with following artists: Alan Hertz, Alan Pasqua, Alex Machacek, Alex Maguire, Alex Skolnick, Allan Holdsworth, Andy Summers, Anthony Crawford, Antoine Guenet, Antonio Sanchez, Archibald Ligonniere, Area, Art Themen, Arti & Mestieri, Asaf Sirkis, Banco, Barry Cleveland, Beledo, Beppe Crovella, Bill Bruford, Bill Simms Jr., Boris Savoldelli, Brian Auger, Carles Benavent, Chad Wackerman, Copernicus, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Corrado Rustici, Curved Air, D.F.A., Daevid Allen, David Cross, David Jackson, David Spinozza, David Torn, Davy Knowles, Dede Yanto, Dennis Chambers, Dennis Hamm, Dennis Rea, Deus Ex Machina, Dewa Budjana, Discus, Disney On Ice, Doubt, Dušan Jevtović, Dwiki Dharmawan, Eddie Jobson, Elton Dean, Endang Ramdan, Eric Lawrence, Ernest Tibbs, Ernesto Holman, Fabio Golfetti, Finisterre, Flash, Forgas Band Phenomena, Francis Dunnery, Frank Gambale, Freddy Baker, Gary Boyle, Gary Husband, Gary Novak, Gilad Atzmon, Gintas Janusonis, Guy Davis, Ernest Tibbs, Hatfield & The North, Hugh Hopper, Jan Akkerman, Jeff Berlin, Jeff Ciampa, Jeff Siegel, Jerry Marotta, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Locke, Joe Lovano, Joel Taylor, Joey Alexander, John Etheridge, John Marshall, John McLaughlin, John Tropea, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, Jorge Pardo, Josh Werner, Kai Eckhardt, Kamal Musallam, Keith Tippett, Ken Hensley, Kenny Grohowski, Kurnia Cucu, Latte E Miele, Leo Lyons, Le Orme, Leo Lyons’ Ten Years After, Leon Gruenbaum, Lenny White, Liam Genockey, Lincoln Goines, Mahavishnu Project, Mark Fletcher, Mark Wingfield, Marko Djordjević, Marko Minnemann, Markus Reuter, Mauro Pagani, Mel Collins, Michel Delville, Mike Clark, Mike Pope, Moraine, Nektar, New Trolls, Nguyên Lê, Nic France, Nicolas Meier, Ofer Assaf, Osanna, PFM, Pat Mastelotto, Percy Jones, Pete Levin, Phil Manzanera, Phil Miller In Cahoots, Pip Pyle, Renaissance, Richard Sinclair, Riza Arshad, Robby Ameen, Robby Krieger, Romain Labaye, Ronald, Bruner Jr., Roy Babbington, Rudy Zulkarnaen, Ryo Kawasaki, Scott Henderson, Sean Wayland, simakDialog, Sisonke Xonti, Sophia Domanchic, Sonar, Soft Moon, Status Quo, Stu Hamm, Susan Clynes, Terry Bozzio, Theo Travis, Three Friends, The Wrong Object, Tim Motzer, Tohpati, Tony Bianco, Tony Levin, Travis Carlton, Trey Gunn, Vasil Hadžimanov, Vernon Reid, Vinnie Colaiuta, Virgil Donati, Xavi Reija, Yagull, Yaron Stavi, Zhang Ling (Big John Blues), and many others.

During his association with 2 Plus Music & Entertainment (2010-2015, in partnership with the legendary Gentle Giant frontman and then successful mainstream music business impresario Derek Shulman), MoonJune’s Leonardo Pavkovic has worked also with Bernie Marsden, Billy Sheehan, Billy Sherwood, Bobby Kimball, Circa, Gary Cherone, Jake E Lee, John Sykes, Loudness, Mike Portnoy, Ron Mancuso, Texas Hippie Coalition, Tony Kaye, Whitesnake.

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Objet : MoonJune news: Israeli drum maestro ASAF SIRKIS’ has new album ‘Solar Flash’ featuring Gary Husband (keys)

 

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ASAF SIRKIS – Solar Flash
featuring GARY HUSBAND

Dear Please download the album in any or all formats of Your choice:
WAV, FLAC, ALAC/M4A or MPR-320 (24bit/96khz files)

DOWNLOAD LINK: 
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DOWNLOAD CODE: 
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Download includes also digital booklet, and is valid ONLY for one e-mail address. If You wish to send the album to someone else for review, please ask for another code. MoonJune and all artists on the label’s roster appreciate any and all kind of reviews – good or bad, long or short, by professionals or by hobbyists –, radio airplay, social media chit-chat, and gossip about this album. But if You cannot review the album, no problems at all, just download the files, and enjoy some great music.  

Thanks
Yours in Music
Leonardo Pavkovic
MoonJune Records
Celebrating 20 years: 2001-2021.

Direct link for the album: CD and 24bit HD Download
asafsirkis-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/solar-flashSOLAR FLASH is the new album of Israeli born and UK based drummer, composer, arranger and educator Asaf Sirkis, featuring a stellar line-up consisting of English keyboardist extraordinaire Gary Husband, Scottish bassist Kevin Glasgow, and special guests Polish vocalist Sylwia Bialas and USA born English guitarist Mark Wingfield.Expect some haunting ‘outer space’ electro-acoustic sounds with a wide range of dynamics ranging from Erik-Satie-like gentle ballads all the way to high energy electric Prog-jazz-improv and everything in between.In the words of Mr. Robert Wyatt:
“I’ve known Asaf’s gifts for years, certainly enough to say that as far as I can see, there’s NOTHING he can’t do when he puts his mind to it. Of course on this innovative record his kit skills just keep expanding but what really gets to me here are his ethereal, haunting compositions, which take the soloists into uncharted territories, guiding them but allowing them freedom to dip and dive through their solos in their own sympathetically idiosyncratic ways. So this is a remarkable recording which, with its very distinct individual voices, has nevertheless the feel of a single living organism: Quite acombination!” In the words of Dr. Bill Bruford:
“Listening to Asaf Sirkis at work, two things are immediately obvious: passion and commitment. Blessed with technical skills that are disarmingly under-played, his middle-Eastern sensibility balances the potentially volcanic with the meditative and reflective. A master of creative surprise, it’s on the edge of your seat listening when Asaf’s in town.”ASAF SIRKIS – drums, compositions, arrangements
GARY HUSBAND – acoustic piano, keyboards
KEVIN GLASGOW – 6 string electric bass guitar
with special guests:
SYLWIA BIALAS – vocals (1, 3, 4)
MARK WINGFIELD – electric guitar (3, 5, 8)Recorded at La Casamurada studio, Banyeres del Penedes, Catalunya, Spain, by Jesus Rovira. Mixed by Christoph Reiss. Mastered by Alex Klebl at Marell Music, Germany.  Album artwork by Sylvia Bialas. Photos of the Solar Flash Band by Borislav Kresojevic.Produced by Asaf Sirkis of StoneBird production in association with Leonardo Pavkovic of MoonJune Records. International release executive production by Leonardo Pavkovic.
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BANDCAMP FRIDAY
TODAY AUGUST 6 ONLY
50% DISCOUNT
using the code PAKT50PAWLING at the checkout
Regular price $10.00 / Discount price $5.00
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MoonJune Records announces
Digital Only Release
PAKT – Live in Pawling, July 22, 2021
PERCY JONES bass guitar
ALEX SKOLNICK guitar
KENNY GROHOWSKI drums
TIM MOTZER guitars, electronics
Mastered by Markus Reuter. Painting and PAKT logo by Tim Motzer.
DIGITAL ONLY ALBUM!
Not available on Spotify, Amazon or Apple Music!

In July of 2021, the newly formed supergroup PAKT – featuring bassist Percy Jones, guitarist Alex Skolnick, drummer Kenny Grohowski and guitarists and soundscapist Tim Motzer – have performed 4 shows promoting their debut album on MoonJune Records. For all 4 musicians that was the first time playing in front of the real audience, in 16 months,

JULY 22 – PAWLING, NY (Daryl’s House) 
JULY 23 – KENNETT SQUARE, PA (Kennett Flash Rooftop Series)
JULY 24 – BROOKLYN, NY (ShapeShifter Lab)
JULY 25 – SELLERSVILLE, PA (Sellersville Theater)

Every show is different from each other, every show is recorded, and all four shows will be released digitally this late Summer and early Fall. And this coming Winter PAKT will record studio album to be released in the late Spring of 2022. Supporting this digital only live albums, will make the new studio album possible.

Upcoming shows:
SEP 10 (Fri) – TBC
SEP 11 (Sat) – Syracuse, NY (Epic Fest)
SEP 12 (Sun) – Hudson Falls, NY (Strand Theater)

Eleven months before this July-22-2021 performance – on August-15-2020, the very first  PAKT performance – playing masked and distanced to a dimly lit empty venue in the midst of the pre-vaccine pandemic era – had  a surreal quality that informed the music. Now here we were about to make our our debut to a live audience at Daryl’s House in Pawling, once again playing completely and spontaneously improvised music. To be honest, we weren’t 100% sure how it would turn out. Would a comparatively normal situation – a room full of music lovers enjoying beverages and bites while listening intently – inspire us to go on similar spontaneous journeys? If so, would our audience go there with us? As soon as the lights went down, the travelling began. Throughout the evening, there were cheers and responses from our first crowd. It was as though we’d planned our arrangements as meticulously as a tune by Hall & Oates. By the time it was over, the answer to those questions had been a clear and resounding “yes.” We are grateful the Daryl’s staff and a sizable audience for taking a chance on a project that is thoroughly uncharted (in more ways than one) and proving to us that the PAKT experience has a life beyond one strange night in the midst of a pandemic. More live music to be released, enjoy!  – Alex Skolnick
DEBUT ALBUM OF PAKT, RELEASED ON JULY 20, 2021
Not available yet on Spotify, Amazon or Apple Music!
2CD  • $22 + shipping / 24bit DOWNLOAD • $11
More info:
MoonJune Records · New York City · New York City · New York · 11385

Dear Friends In Music
The hibernation is over, the world, slightly-all-the-time, is becoming more – sort of  – normal, or the normality we used to know is over, and now it became the new normality. After 14 months of not touring, finally, one of the artists on MoonJune’s booking roster is doing a small ‘local’ tour – LEVIN BROTHERS, featuring two legendary brothers PETE LEVIN (keyboards) and TONY LEVIN (bass) with JEFF CIAMPA (guitar) and JEFF SIEGEL (drums).
We decided to call it:
VACCINATING RHYTHM TOUR 2021
and dates are
JUNE 09 – MARLBORO, NY (The Falcon)
JUNE 10 – SELLERSVILLE, PA (Sellersville Theater)
JUNE 12 – LEWES, DE (The Room at Cedar Groove)
JUNE 13 – KENNETT SQUARE, PA (Kennett Flash)
JUNE 16 – PAWLING, NY (Daryl’s House Club)
JUNE 17 – HUDSON FALLS, NY (The Strand Theater)
JUNE 18 – SYRACUSE, NY (The Westcott Theater)
JUNE 26 – BEARSVILLE, NY (Bearsville Theater)
After this tour, Tony Levin will be extremely busy with KING CRIMSON, then THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR Music Camp (with Adrian Belew and Pat Mastelotto, as well Markus Reuter), then KING CRIMSON again, then STICK MEN in Europe in October, and again KING CRIMSON in Asia/Oceania, and much more in 2022.
It will be great to see some of You on this dates, You an also say to the band’s 5th member, Horatio Nardini, who will entertain fans at the merch table, selling CDs, LPs, Box Sets, Books, as well this great VACCINATING TOUR 2021 T-shirt, which we have just received, and Tony was very kind to take a nice selfie. If not able to come to one of the above mentioned shows, You can buy T-shirt on this MoonJune/PapaBear link:
I WANT THIS!
Fruit Of The Loom, Cotton Rich Vintage Wash Black T-Shirt, All sizes from S to 5XL!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY !
And tomorrow or today (depending in which part of the world You are), our dear TONY LEVIN will be 75 years young. Tony is one of the most iconic and the most recognizable musicians in the world, highly respected and with career spanning for almost 5.5 decades. He recorded and toured with who-is-who in the world of rock, jazz, prog, fusion, pop, avant and world music: Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Seal, Lou Reed, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Stevie Nicks, James Taylor, Peter Frampton, Liquid Tension Experiment, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Brian Ferry, Joan Armatrading, Tom Waits, Al Di Meola, Chuck Mangione, Bill Bruford, David Torn, Chris Botti, Todd Rundgren, Mike Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, Adrian Belew, Gary Burton, Steve Gadd, Allan Holdsworth, Terry Bozzio, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Mann, Buddy Rich, Laurie Anderson, Warren Zevon, Don Preston, Jerry Marotta, Larry Fast, Gary Husband, David Cross, Mel Collins, his brother Pete Levin and many others. Besides STICK MEN, Tony has done various sessions for albums on MoonJune Records: Dewa Budjana, Xavi Reija, Dominique Vantomme and for the upcoming albums of Beledo, Mark Wingfield and Kenny Grohowski.
MARKUS REUTER of STICK MEN, will chat live on ZOOM with TONY LEVIN  this SUNDAY, JUNE 6. You can be also part of this live interview, which is part of Markus’ LIVING THE DREAM Podcast Series, if You register at this link:
        10am – Los Angeles
        1pm – New York City
        6pm – London
        7pm – Berlin
Please check Your time zone. And once You register, You will be receiving the ZOOM link that will get You in, live. The chat will be about Tony’s life, 14 months of shutdown, his new book of photography ‘Images From The Life On The Road’, and upcoming tours with LEVIN BROTHERS,  KING CRIMSON and STICK MEN.
SIGN ME UP!
IMAGES FROM THE LIFE ON THE ROAD
new photography book of TONY LEVIN
directly from Tony Levin and MoonJune Music
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“With the extra free time this past year, my dream of a coffee table size book of photos from all the years on the road is now done and at the printers – we expect it soon. The book presents a view unlike any other of what it’s like on the road, with King CrimsonPeter GabrielStick MenPaul SimonPeter FramptonL’Image, and others. It’s “Coffee Table” size – 12” x 9”, soft cover, with 240 pages of color and b&w photos including about 80 players as well as scenes from our travels. They’re presented not as a history or a journal of tours, but as a journey itself – a visit to life on the road, with chapters like; Travel, BackstageGoing OnShowtimeBows, and I was sure to add an extensive ‘Index with Elaborations’ with stories behind some of the pictures.
      – Tony Levin
ORDER NOW
Featuring photos of musicians such as Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Sting, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Manu Katchê, Terry Bozzio, Mike Portnoy, David Sancious, Jerry Marotta, Richard Tee, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, David Cross, Pete Levin, Mel Collins, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, Bill Bruford, Markus Reuter, Peter Frampton, Dave Spinozza, Mike Manieri, Chuck Mangione, David Sanborn, Bill Rieflin, David Spinozza, Jon Anderson, Jakko Jakszyk, David Rhodes, and many others
ORDER NOW
25% DISCOUNT
25% DISCOUNT on everything on
at the checkout please sue discount code: tony75
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25% DISCOUNT on everything on
at the checkout please sue discount code: tony75
MoonJune Records · New York City · New York City · New York · 11385
Dear Friends in Music
Exactly 20 years ago, around my 39th birthday (May 17, 2001) my MoonJune Records odyssey started as a side amateur gig, aimed to help a few friends and a few progressive bands from Italy, while still working for the legendary Studio T Graphics located at Union Square in Manhattan. I had no idea what I was doing then.
In a very extensive interview with Chris Slawecki for All About Jazz in 2018, I have recounted how this MoonJune odyssey actually started. You can read the whole interview here:
The stew was boiling slowly but progressively during the whole 90’s, but a series of events in 2000, starting with January 1st 2000, when I reconnected with my old friend, the legendary Elton Dean, everything has changed, exponentially. And my life has changed forever.
Thank You all from the support all these years, and above all, I am grateful and thankful to all musicians who made my one-man-operated label, bigger than my life, with their extraordinary and uncompromising talent.
Yours truly
Leonardo Pavkovic
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CURRENT BOOKING ROSTER
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COMING OUT IN 2 WEEKS!
DEWA BUDJANA’s NEW STUDIO ALBUM
New studio album of the Balinese guitar maestro.
To be available on MoonJune Records next month
CD, HD Download and LP 
(Vinyl edition, we must wait a bit longer)
Featuring an extraordinary cast
of mega extraordinary musicians:
Simon Phillips, Carlitos Del Puerto,
Jimmy Johnson, Dave Weckl,
Joey Alexander, Paul McCandless,
Gary Husband, Ben Williams,
Mateus Asato and Imee Ooi.
STAY TUNED!​​​​​​​

Markus Reuter presents: LIVING THE DREAM podcast.
Please register if you wish to attend:
Check all special offers here below.
This is a FREE online event this upcoming Sunday celebrating MoonJune’s 20th anniversary. The online ZOOMeeting will take place on Sunday, May 16, 2021, 2pm NYC time (8pm Berlin time; please check Your time zone).
Special co-hosting appearance by the legendary jazz, fusion and prog scribe John Kelman of All About Jazz. The chat will be about adventures and misadventures of a one-man-army running a small enterprise in a very unorthodox way, achievements and debacles, stubbornness and persistence, human relationships, thick skin, lunacy, difficulties in the murky waters of the business of music, challenges, frustrations, joys, achievements, struggle, travels, touring, crude reality of the world in which we currently live, and above all – dreams. And its not all about Horatio Nardini.
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“Leonardo, you are a magician, enabler, a Don Quixote, and my favorite one-man company in the world. I don’t think any single actor in my realm of the musical cosmos knows so many people and can remember them all. Long may you continue your ‘improvisations, survivings, pursuit of your passions, and navigations on the fly’. You sound like a musician without an instrument in his hands.” (Dr. Bill Bruford)
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Please register Your participation at: markusreuter.as.me/20-years-MoonJune
You will be prompted to pay a 20 EUR donation to Markus Reuter, but donations are absolutely not obligatory at all, it’s a FREE ONLINE EVENT, but they are more than welcome. Those who donate 20 EUR, will receive 75% discount code for the first one-time purchase on MoonJune’s BandCamp exceeding USD$100, or 50% for any purchase under USD$100. All registered participants regardless of the donation amount, will receive one gift album in digital format for FREE, choosing from the vast choice on MoonJune’s BandCamp:
(Just send Your selection)
All goodies will be disbursed on May 16, after the MoonZoomeeting. 100% of donated money is going to Markus Reuter, and it will be applied to future Markus Reuter projects on MoonJune Records (Mr. MR is featured on 16 albums on MoonJune).
Please register Your participation at: markusreuter.as.me/20-years-MoonJune and support Markus Reuter and the independent music cause.
‘EPPUR SI MUOVE” – Galileo Galilei.
114 releases and over 2500 shows around the globe.
MoonJune Records is pleased to feature on the label
the first artist born in Bosnia & Herzegovina,
a native land of MoonJune’s honcho Leonardo Pavkovic: drummer, composer, arranger, educator
SRDJAN IVANOVIC, based in Paris, France.
SLEEPING BEAUTY album
is out now
Everything is a source of pleasure in this album: the magic of the trumpet, the candor of the flute, the inventiveness of the drums and bass, the lyricism of the guitar.
    – Jean-Claude Vantroyen, Le Soir (Belgium)
Ivanović feels the breadth of jazz, and through the mix of musicians from different parts of the continent, he seems to want to send a message about how much this genre today represents a universal musical language, connecting kindred souls by feeling, emotion, inclination towards beauty, or towards discovering beauty….’
    – Voja Pantic, Politika (Serbia)
‘Sleeping Beauty’ is a romantic, reflective, sensual-associative-emotional album. Nowadays, we probably need such sounds, so it’s really worth going to this fairy-tale land, if only to take a deep breath.
    – Marcin Pulawski, Laboratorium MF (Poland)
Lyrical, devilishly nuanced, sewn with musical subtleties.
    – Xavier Prévost, Les Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz (France)
CD • $15 +shipping
HD DOWNLOAD 24bit • $10

A ‘five-member’ ensemble, the International Blazin’ Quartet is led by Bosnian born and Paris, France, based drummer, composer, arranger and educator Srdjan IvanovicBlazin’ Quartet and their special guest maestro flutist Magic Malik, delivers on their 4th studio album ‘Sleeping Beauty’, a very profound, organic, timeless and articulate sound. Nine tracks of unpredictable, potent, refreshingly divorced from the sonic status quo while exceedingly brilliant creative mettle are offered, awaiting for the attentive listener’s pleasure.

Seldom does such an ensemble jazz cast weave so seamlessly, yet play with such heartfelt emotion, conviction and, at times, abandon. With an inherent, extraordinary chemistry on display, moments of the most rare, exquisite beauty materialize while ascending to the fore. A delightful, resounding lack of pretense, combined with abounding imagination and sparkling, upper-echelon performances, contributes to an album that’s as fresh and ingenious as ensemble jazz gets, from every facet.

Praised by Downbeat Magazine as “a band that twists and tweaks conventions” Blazin’ Quartet has been pushing the boundaries of improvised, ethnographies and electronic jazz since it’s creation in Amsterdam in 2008.

The multi-national Blazin’ Quartet features Srdjan Ivanovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina; drums, keyboards, compositions, arrangements) Andreas Polyzogopoulos (Greece; trumpet), Federico Casagrande (Italy; guitar), Mihail Ivanov (Bulgaria; double bass), and special guest Magic Malik (Ivory Coast; flute).

Also available via MoonJune
each album $12 / downloads $7.50 each
SPECIAL PROMOTION: all 5 digital albums for $22.00
srdjanovic.bandcamp.com
‘Sleeping Beauty’ album release concert stream
Free on Facebook Live
Starts on MAY-15-2021 at 7:00pm Paris time / 1:00pm NYC time
Viewable until MAY-22 at 11:40pm NYC time / 5:45am next day Paris time
DONATIONS MORE THAN WELCOME DURING THE STREAM!

In the words of Srdjan Ivanovic:

My life has consisted of many moves, changing countries, neighbourhoods and appartements, more often than I wanted to. I’ve come to realise that what has meant home for me is music, and in particular the music I hear in my head. This music is personal but if you wanted to categorize it I guess you would say that it’s rooted in the Balkans (as in the mix of strong cultures of the east and the west, not just as in ‘’party brass band music’’) and is expressed through Jazz, and Jazz for me means freedom and ex- pression, that’s what I fell in love with, the freedom and expression that be-bop brought and that flourished into many different sounding music creations.

Blazin’ Quartet has transformed over time in many ways, as the 3 previous albums and this new one might tell you. After moving to Paris I wanted to reinvent the band, find musicians that would bring something new but yet stay true to the innovative, ad- venturous spirit of the music we previously made. The musicians were chosen to fit this music and the ideas I had but also the music was chosen to fit these great musicians. They are all masters of their instruments and very strong personalities and I wanted to give as much of that as possible, within my own musical vision.

I also distilled my previous ideas about making an album and went for a photographic approach to music on tape – capturing a vibe, not looking for a perfect take. I was inspired by the idea of sleeping beauty, that only the awakened mind sees. To put it in another way – I never fully understood why a diamond is so much more valuable than the so many beautiful stones that you find on any beach. Anyway, with this album I wanted to deliver music that I felt was right, without giving in to preconceptions of what a ‘’jazz’’ album should be and let the musicians on it shine in their best light. I was really happy that an unexpected trumpet solo by Andreas – later turned duo when I overdubbed the keyboards – was a track that I loved and kept. Or that an unplanned guitar solo, by Federico, would end up on the album. On the tunes with Magic Malik, Rue des Balkans and Guchi (another unplanned event at the recording session, a tune from Jalkan Bazz, one of our previous albums) we again went for the vibe and the journey.

The title track, Sleeping Beauty is inspired by my wife Catherine. It’s not a typical decision to start an album with a ballad and to have a drum-trumpet free-jazz battle instead of a solo but I think that it actually makes sense. The birds in the intro and outro were recorded at our lockdown location, at dawn for the intro and at night fall for the outro. I was lucky enough to spend the lockdown in the coun- tryside, near Sancerre in France, and more than ever before spend three months in isolation and close contact with nature.

Finally – in the last years I have been listening so much to Ennio Morricone that I had to do something about that. I’m a big fan of melody – which I think is the king of music – and Ennio Morricone was a king of melody! The Man With the Harmonica is a very well known tune of his and I think we managed to stay true to it, without changing much, and at the same time transform it into some- thing almost unrecognisable. So, although the music didn’t really change, the vibe is not anymore the vibe of the duel between Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda in ‘’Once Upon a Time in the West’’ but instead it’s ‘’ours’’, I guess something more on the mediterranean side. The other tune ‘’A l’aube du cinquième jour’ is a tune that just with the melody takes you on a journey, proving my earlier point about melody! Again, we didn’t change much but gave it our own rendition that I think makes it very personal.

I met illustrator Severine Scaglia at the playground as a friend-parent and again, I thought that that’s a place as good as any to discover a great artist. I admired her collages for both their aesthetics and their message which illustrated so well her subjects. I think that this cover illustrates closely this music, a collage of very simple elements that through the illustrator’s vision awaken in the composition as a whole.

Finally, this album is a realisation of my people who believed in it, Leonardo Pavkovic of MoonJune Records, and the team at Le Coolectif, as well as press agent Valerie Mauge, and booker Sabrina Ouyang, who are helping bring it to you. As much as we can do, we need people to help us bring forward what we do.When initially asked to talk about this new album, my first thought was to say that beauty ‘’sleeps’’ in everything but when I think again I would rather say that everything is beautiful but we are ‘’asleep’’ and don’t experience it. But, sometimes, somebody creates something that touches us, wakes us up, and for a moment we see everything shining in it’s true light. I hope this recording does that to you.

Coming out in June, the new studio album ‘Solar Flash’, of the amazing drummer

Asaf Sirkis

, with a foreword by no more no less than

Robert Wyatt

, in company of maestro

Gary Husband

on piano and keyboards, and wonderful 6-strings bass guitarist Kevin Glasgow. Another sonic gem from the recording sessions at

La Casamurada

studio in the beautiful countryside of Catalonia, Spain. Special guests on 4 tracks each are

Mark Wingfield

(the omnipresent MoonJunista) on guitar and

Sylwia Bialas

on vocals (Sylwia also created beautiful artwork for the CD package). This is the 12th album featuring

Asaf Sirkis

, and the 8th album featuring

Gary Husband

, two among my favorite people and dear friends, on

MoonJune Records

.

**

Robert Wyatt

wrote: “I’ve known Asaf’s gifts for years, certainly enough to say that as far as i can see, there’s NOTHING he can’t do when he puts his mind to it. Of course on this innovative record his kit skills just keep expanding. but what really gets to me here are his etherial, haunting compositions, which take the soloists into uncharted territories, guiding them but allowing them freedom to dip and dive through their solos in their own sympathetically idiosyncratic ways. So this is a remarkable recording which, with its very distinct individual voices, has nevertheless the feel of a single living organism:

Quite a combination !”

**

Bill Bruford

on Asaf Sirkis: “Listening to Asaf Sirkis at work, two things are immediately obvious: passion and commitment. Blessed with technical skills that are disarmingly under-played, his middle-Eastern sensibility balances the potentially volcanic with the meditative and reflective. A master of creative surprise, it’s on the edge of your seat listening when Asaf’s in town.”

***** Special dedication on this album is for

Sun Ra

and

Eric Kamau Gravatt

, two among Asaf’s favorite musicians. You have to hear it, once is out! A hell of an album! And I am in Sonic Paradise, while listening this gem!

MoonJune Records New Release
SRDJAN IVANOVIC BLAZIN’ QUARTET
Sleeping Beauty

PRESS RELEASE

SRDJAN IVANOVIC BLAZIN’ QUARTET
Sleeping Beauty
srdjanovic.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-beauty

SRDJAN IVANOVIC BLAZIN’ QUARTET
Sleeping Beauty
MoonJune Records, 2021 (in association with Coolabel, France)
https://srdjanovic.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-beauty

‘five-member’ ensemble, the International Blazin’ Quartet is led by Bosnian born and Paris, France, based drummer, composer, arranger and educator Srdjan IvanovicBlazin’ Quartet and their special guest maestro flutist Magic Malik, delivers on their 4th studio album “Sleeping Beauty“, a very profound, organic, timeless and articulate sound. Nine tracks of unpredictable, potent, refreshingly divorced from the sonic status quo while exceedingly brilliant creative mettle are offered, awaiting for the attentive listener’s pleasure.Seldom does such an ensemble jazz cast weave so seamlessly, yet play with such heartfelt emotion, conviction and, at times, abandon. With an inherent, extraordinary chemistry on display, moments of the most rare, exquisite beauty materialize while ascending to the fore. A delightful, resounding lack of pretense, combined with abounding imagination and sparkling, upper-echelon performances, contributes to an album that’s as fresh and ingenious as ensemble jazz gets, from every facet.

Praised by Downbeat Magazine as “a band that twists and tweaks conventions” Blazin’ Quartet has been pushing the boundaries of improvised, ethnographies and electronic jazz since it’s creation in Amsterdam in 2008.

The multi-national Blazin’ Quartet features Andreas Polyzogopoulos (Greece; trumpet), Federico Casagrande (Italy; guitar), Mihail Ivanov (Bulgaria; double bass), Srdjan Ivanovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina; drums, keyboards, compositions, arrangements), and special guest Magic Malik (Ivory Coast; flute).

Previous Blazin’ Quartet’s releases:La mer, la pierre, la terre, l’oiseau (2017)
https://srdjanovic.bandcamp.com/album/la-mer-la-pierre-la-terre-loiseauJalkan Bazz (2012)
https://srdjanovic.bandcamp.com/album/jalkan-bazzFinding A Way (2012)
https://srdjanovic.bandcamp.com/album/finding-a-wayThis is a very special MoonJune releases for the label’s honcho Leonardo Pavkovic, the 4th artists from countries once part of his native Yugoslavia, after Dusan Jevtovic (Serbia), Vasil Hadzimanov (Serbia/Macedonia) and Vasko Atanasovski (Slovenia). Srdjan was born in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Leonardo was born in Jajce, a historic town, which was once upon a time, the first capital of the Kingdom of Bosnia, in 14th century.

SLEEPING BEAUTY EPK  youtu.be/t_2uG8JMwzs

In the words of Srdjan Ivanovic

My life has consisted of many moves, changing countries, neighbourhoods and appartements, more often than I wanted to. I’ve come to realise that what has meant home for me is music, and in particular the music I hear in my head. This music is personal but if you wanted to categorize it I guess you would say that it’s rooted in the Balkans (as in the mix of strong cultures of the east and the west, not just as in ‘’party brass band music’’) and is expressed through Jazz, and Jazz for me means freedom and expression, that’s what I fell in love with, the freedom and expression that be-bop brought and that flourished into many different sounding music creations. 

Blazin’ Quartet has transformed over time in many ways, as the 3 previous albums and this new one might tell you. After moving to Paris I wanted to reinvent the band, find musicians that would bring something new but yet stay true to the innovative, ad- venturous spirit of the music we previously made. The musicians were chosen to fit this music and the ideas I had but also the music was chosen to fit these great musicians. They are all masters of their instruments and very strong personalities and I wanted to give as much of that as possible, within my own musical vision. 

I also distilled my previous ideas about making an album and went for a photographic approach to music on tape – capturing a vibe, not looking for a perfect take. I was inspired by the idea of sleeping beauty, that only the awakened mind sees. To put it in another way – I never fully understood why a diamond is so much more valuable than the so many beautiful stones that you find on any beach. Anyway, with this album I wanted to deliver music that I felt was right, without giving in to preconceptions of what a ‘’jazz’’ album should be and let the musicians on it shine in their best light. I was really happy that an unexpected trumpet solo by Andreas – later turned duo when I overdubbed the keyboards – was a track that I loved and kept. Or that an unplanned guitar solo, by Federico, would end up on the album. On the tunes with Magic Malik, Rue des Balkans and Guchi (another unplanned event at the recording session, a tune from Jalkan Bazz, one of our previous albums) we again went for the vibe and the journey. 

The title track, Sleeping Beauty is inspired by my wife Catherine. It’s not a typical decision to start an album with a ballad and to have a drum-trumpet free-jazz battle instead of a solo but I think that it actually makes sense. The birds in the intro and outro were recorded at our lockdown location, at dawn for the intro and at night fall for the outro. I was lucky enough to spend the lockdown in the coun- tryside, near Sancerre in France, and more than ever before spend three months in isolation and close contact with nature. 

In the last years I have been listening so much to Ennio Morricone that I had to do something about that. I’m a big fan of melody – which I think is the king of music – and Ennio Morricone was a king of melody! The Man With the Harmonica is a very well known tune of his and I think we managed to stay true to it, without changing much, and at the same time transform it into some- thing almost unrecognisable. So, although the music didn’t really change, the vibe is not anymore the vibe of the duel between Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda in ‘’Once Upon a Time in the West’’ but instead it’s ‘’ours’’, I guess something more on the mediterranean side. The other tune ‘’A l’aube du cinquième jour’ is a tune that just with the melody takes you on a journey, proving my earlier point about melody! Again, we didn’t change much but gave it our own rendition that I think makes it very personal. 

I met illustrator Severine Scaglia at the playground as a friend-parent and again, I thought that that’s a place as good as any to discover a great artist. I admired her collages for both their aesthetics and their message which illustrated so well her subjects. I think that this cover illustrates closely this music, a collage of very simple elements that through the illustrator’s vision awaken in the composition as a whole. 

Finally, this album is a realization of my people who believed in it, my countryman Leonardo Pavkovic of MoonJune Records, and the team at Le Coolectif, as well as press agent Valerie Mauge, and booker Sabrina Ouyang, who are helping bring it to you. As much as we can do, we need people to help us bring forward what we do. 

When initially asked to talk about this new album, my first thought was to say that beauty ‘’sleeps’’ in everything but when I think again I would rather say that everything is beautiful but we are ‘’asleep’’ and don’t experience it. But, sometimes, somebody creates something that touches us, wakes us up, and for a moment we see everything shining in it’s true light. I hope this recording does that to you. 

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Please find two download link and codes for Phoenix and Hari Ketiga albums.

Download link: www.moonjunerecords.bandcamp.yum

VASKO ATANASOVSKI ADRABESA QUARTET Phoenix
Download code: smys-hwdn

DWIKI DHARMAWAN Hari Ketiga
Download code: dv7s-y39y

(If You experience any issue with downloads, please e-mail: noanoamusic@moonjune.com)

Reviews ands airplays are more than welcome, and will be appreciated if You can send the link or jpg/pdf of the feature on any of this two great and unique albums.

Yours truly in Music
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC

MoonJune Music (booking and management) is celebrating 20 years since its inception this March 2021. MoonJune Records (label) is celebrating 20 years since its inception this May 2021.

VASKO ATANASOVSKI – alto & soprano saxophone, flute (Slovenia)
SIMONE ZANCHINI – accordion (Italy)
MICHEL GODARD – tuba, serpent (France)
BODEK JANKE – drums & tabla (Poland/Germany)
Special Guest: ARIEL VEI ATANASOVSKI – cello (Slovenia)The Adrabesa Quartet consists of four exceptional musicians, brought together by its long-standing founder and leader: composer and saxophonist, Vasko Atanasovski.Vasko is a well-known and well-established European maestro, having collaborated with renowned musicians such as Hindi Zahra, Vlatko Stefanovski, and Living Color, among a celebrated career. His masterful, unpretentious approach to his instrument has seen him embrace a host of diverse genres, exhibiting a fluency and grace which compliments any musical setting.The quartet’s musicians are among the leading virtuoso instrumentalists in the world. Simone Zanchini is an Italian accordionist, who has been collaborating with Vasko since the early part of this new millennium. (Simone is the only founding member still with Vasko since the Adrabesa Quartet’s initial incarnation, back in 2005.) With the two having collaborated on numerous albums and concerts, Zanchini’s advanced musical stylings are a superb compliment to Atanasovski’s polished melodic sensibilities.A virtyoso on his instrument, Zanchini’s eccentric brilliance has garnered praise and recognition. In 2016, he received the coveted Orpheus Award – for “Best Jazz Album of the Year,” in Italy. Simone’s commanding presence has propelled what has become an extensive resume of collaborations; many with noted jazz musicians such as Bill Evans, Adam Nussbaum, John Patitucci, Jim Black, Paolo Fresu, Gianluigi Trovesi and Javier Girotto, among many. He regularly performs across the globe, and is a featured soloist with the Milan Scala Orchestra.The Adrabesa Quartet’s tuba player, Michel Godard, hails from France. Michel has enjoyed a distinguished career: one which has seen him work with many great artists, including Kenny Wheeler, Ray Anderson, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Henry Texier, Enrico Rava, Michael Riessler, Rabih Abou-Khalil and many others. Godard has also collaborated with Vasko for many years; including a most recent performance at the 2020 Maribor Festival – where the two were paired as featured artists, backed by the Slovenian Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra.The unit’s fourth member – who plays percussion and Indian tabla drums – is Bodek Janke. Currently residing in Poland, Bodek is the quartet’s newest member. His is also a career marked by accomplisment and embellished by stellar names. In 2008, he was awarded the “Jazzpreis Baden- Württemberg”, the highest award for jazz musicians in Germany and the “German Records Critics’ Award” (“Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkri- tik”), for his work on Olivia Trummer’s “Westwind.”In 2010, he was honored as “Best Soloist of the Year” at the Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis competiton, in Mannheim. He, too, has collaborated with scads of great artists, most notably of which are David Liebman, Ben Monder, Dave Binney and Billy Harper.After assembling the group for an ongoing, inspirational Melem (translation: “Soul Remedy”) project back in 2017, there was an organic chemistry which quickly emerged. Inspired, Vasko and company decided to produce an exquisite musical document, highlighting their own original works and incorporating an assortment of regional ethnic musical dialects. Compiling a collection of pieces as quirky and unconventional as the quartet’s instrumentation (sax, accordion, tuba and percussion), “Phoenix” stands as a shimmering testimony to both their considerable individual talents and corporate inventiveness. Inspired by some divergent musical roots — combined with a sense of nostalgia and genuine passion for their craft — the aptly titled album signifies the rebirth of a unit with a long-standing reputation for creative excellence across Eastern EuropeJoining the quartet’s magical sonic adventures is special guest, Ariel Vei Atanasovski. Ariel is Vasko Atanasovski’s 17-year-old son: a gifted young cellist, and ambitious understudy of renowned cellist, Professor Niko Sajko, at the Maribor Conservatory of Music and Ballet, and Slovenian virtuoso, Igor Mitrovic (also a Professor), at the Klagenfurt Music Conservatory. A musical prodigy, Ariel has remained active in various fields of music from a young age, and can already boast of numerous performances, international awards and original compositions. Boasting a musical maturity which belies his age, Ariel’s contributions only add to “Phoenix”s allure.
DWIKI DHARMAWAN Acoustic Piano, Mini Moog, Fender Rhodes, Harmonium, Occasional Vocal & Ambient Noises (Indonesia)
BORIS SAVOLDELLI Vocals, Vocal Effects, Live Electronics (Italy)
MARKUS REUTER Touch Guitars® AU8, Live Electronics (Germany)
ASAF SIRKIS Drums, Cymbals, Occasional Ambient Noise (Israel)

The tactic of bringing together exceptional musicians for spontaneous recording in an idyllic setting of La Casa Murada, a XI Century farmhosue transformed in temple of music and recording studio, has resulted in a growing body of work that does much to define the identity of Moonjune. Hari Ketiga, under the nominal leadership of Indonesian keyboard wizard Dwiki Dharmawan, takes this tactic into another realm entirely, building a many-layered artistic construction out of improvisation, reassembly, grand concepts, and unfettered creativity. The foundation of this massive work is a series of improvisations at La Casa Murada on May 17, 2017 involving Dharamawan (piano, electric piano, synthesizer, harmonium), Boris Salvoldelli (vocals and effects), Markus Reuter (Touch Guitar and electronics), and Asaf Sirkis (drums). These improvisations, some of which were quite lengthy, were then edited into backing tracks (in a manner somewhat like what Teo Macero used on Bitches Brew and other Miles Davis albums) by Pavkovic, and then Salvoldelli added more layers of vocals in collaboration with writer Alessandro Ducoli, who helped develop a cosmic storyline involving the destiny of the planet Earth and all its inhabitants. Dharmawan contributed some field recordings from Indonesia for another layer of sound. The result is a double CD set two and a half hours in length full of music that has been astonishing listeners since parts of it started sneaking out a couple of months ago. This is a stunning example of what can happen when musicians are encouraged to reach beyond their comfort zones, to do things they might never have tried in more structured situations. Dharmawan shows himself to be incredibly versatile, with some sections that are achingly lyrical, richly tonal, and full of emotion and other parts that are chaotic and filled with some of the strangest synthesizer playing you’ll ever hear. Salvoldelli is of course known for using his voice in unconventional ways, so his contributions are less surprising. Reuter is in territory only slightly removed from some of his more unconstrained previous work. He provides ambient washes much of the time, but also screaming feedback with really insane effects applied. Sirkis is often the keeper of the tempo in the absence of a dedicated bass player, devising some fascinating rhythms that don’t adhere to conventional patterns. All in all, there are too many points of interest to go into. Suffice to say that it’s never boring or predictable, and much of Hari Ketiga sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before. With individual tracks running all the way up to 34 minutes in length, listening to it may seem akin to binge watching an entire TV series in one sitting, but people do that all the time, so maybe there are listeners with an attention span up to this task. With Salvoldelli’s vocal antics, it’s hard not to pay attention when this music is playing, so casual listening is a challenge, but the depth of sound and creativity here should provide new discoveries for years to come.  – Jon Davis, Exposé Magazine
Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet – Promo Video
Dwiki Dharmawan Hari Ketiga – The Earth
Dwiki Dharmawan Hari Ketiga – The Man

If You have missed MoonJune Records‘s previous releases, please do not hesitate to ask for Download Promo Code.

SOFT WORKS – Abracadabra In Osaka (live 2003)
feat. Elton Dean, Allan Holdsworth, Hugh Hopper, John Marshall

https://softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/abracadabra-in-osaka-elton-dean-allan-holdsworth-hugh-hopper-john-marshall

STICK MEN –  Owari
feat. Tony Levin, Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto, special guest Gary Husband
https://stickmen-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/owari

MARK WINGFIELD –  Zoji
feat. Mark Wingfield, Jane Chapman, Adriano Adewale
https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/zoji

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Featuring musicians from all over the world, including SOFT MACHINE, ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, STICK MEN, TONY LEVIN, MARKUS REUTER, PAT MASTELOTTO, GARY HUSBAND, JOHN ETHERIDGE, THEO TRAVIS, JOHN MARSHALL, ROY BABBINGTON, ELTON DEAN, HUGH HOPPER, PHIL MILLER, ARTI & MESTIERI, DEWA BUDJANA, JOHN FRUSCIANTE, MARK WINGFIELD, ASAF SIRKIS, CARLES BENAVENT, DWIKI DHARMAWAN, NGUYÊN LÊ, DAVE LIEBMAN, ANTONIO SANCHEZ, JOE LOCKE, JIMMY JOHNSON, JIMMY HASLIP, CHAD WACKERMAN, VINNIE COLAIUTA, PETER ERSKINE, BOB MINTZER,  LARRY GOLDINGS, JORDAN RUDESS, MARKO MINNEMANN, BELEDO, BORIS SAVOLDELLI, ELLIOTT SHARP, BEN WILLIAMS, YARON STAVI, ALEX MAGUIRE, TONY BIANCO, VASIL HADZIMANOV, DAVID BINNEY, TOHPATI, MICHEL DELVILLE, DENNIS REA, GEOFF LEIGH, MARBIN, D.F.A., BEPPE CROVELLA, SIMAKDIALOG, XAVI REIJA, DUSAN JEVTOVIC, MAHOGANY FROG, MORAINE, SLIVOVITZ, LIGRO, TALINKA, YAGULL, MORAINE, THE WRONG OBJECT and many others.

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JOHN ETHERIDGE
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JOHN MARSHALL

In 2018 SOFT MACHINE have released their first studio album under the original name in 37 years called ‘Hidden Details’. In support of this widely acclaimed and heralded album, JOHN ETHERIDGE (electric guitar), ROY BABBINGTON (bass guitar), JOHN MARSHALL (drums) and THEO TRAVIS (saxophones, flute, Fender Rhodes piano) toured the world during 2018 and 2019. A live album from this extensive tour recorded at the Baked Potato, Los Angeles, USA on 1st of February 2019, is released now on CD and Digital Download on MoonJune Records (USA/Japan) and DYAD Records (UK).

STICK MEN with Leonardo Pavkovic

MOONJUNE MUSIC (BOOKINGS & MANAGEMENT) has handled booking of over 2500 shows since its formation in 2001. These shows have encompassed full tours, festivals, individual dates, clinics and workshops in more than 55 countries across the globe, specializing in tours in Latin America, Japan and Asia (75 tours in Japan since 2002).
Booking roster: STICK MEN (worldwide), SOFT MACHINE (worldwide), LEVIN BROTHERS (worldwide), TONY LEVIN (worldwide), PETE LEVIN (worldwide), NEKTAR (worldwide), MARK WINGFIELD (worldwide), SONAR (also with DAVID TORN) (worldwide, except Europe), FRANK GAMBALE BAND (worldwide, except Europe), GONG (also GONG with STEVE HILLAGE) (worldwide, except Europe), STEVE HILLAGE BAND (worldwide, except Europe), CARAVAN (worldwide, except Europe), MARKUS REUTER (worldwide), PERCY JONES (wordlwide), DAVID CROSS / DAVID CROSS & DAVID JACKSON BAND (worldwide, except Europe), ALEX SKOLNICK (worldwide, except Europe and USA), STU HAMM (worldwide, except Europe), SKOLHAMM ASYLUM (worldwide, except Europe), LEO LYONS’ TEN YEARS AFTER (worldwide, except Europe), SCOTT HENDERSON (worldwide, except Europe & South America), THE SECURITY PROJECT feat. JERRY MAROTTA & TREY GUNN (Central & South America, Asia), GARY HUSBAND (worldwide), PFM (worldwide, except Italy), LE ORME (worldwide, except Italy), CLAUDIO SIMONETTI – GOBLIN (Central & South America, Asia), FRANCIS DUNNERY – IT BITES (Central & South America, Asia), JAN AKKERMAN (worldwide, except Europe), PHIL MANZANERA (worldwide, except Europe), ERNESTO HOLMAN (North America, Asia), BELEDO (worldwide), NICOLAS MEIER (worldwide, except Europe), ASAF SIRKIS (worldwide, except Europe), GILAD ATZMON (worldwide, except Europe), DEWA BUDJANA(worldwide except Indonesia), DWIKI DHARMAWAN (worldwide except Indonesia), BORIS SAVOLDELLI (worldwide except Italy & Russia).
Formerly booking management for (R.I.P.) ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (2005-2016), (R.I.P.) ELTON DEAN (2002-2006), R.I.P. RYO KAWASAKI (2018-2020).
Leonardo Pavkovic and MoonJune Music & MoonJune Records have worked with following artists, either as main artist, or sidemen/sessionmen: Alan Hertz, Alan Pasqua, Alex Machacek, Alex Maguire, Alex Skolnick, Allan Holdsworth, André Dinuth, Andy Summers, Anthony Crawford, Archibald Ligonniere, Area, Arti & Mestieri, Asaf Sirkis, Banco, Beledo, Beppe Crovella, Bill Bruford, Bill Simms Jr., Boris Savoldelli, Brian Auger, Carles Benavent, Chad Wackerman, Copernicus, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Corrado Rustici, Curved Air, D.F.A., Daevid Allen, David Cross, David Jackson, David Torn, Davy Knowles, Dennis Chambers, Dennis Hamm, Dennis Rea, Deus Ex Machina, Dewa Budjana, Discus, Disney On Ice, Doubt, Dušan Jevtović, Dwiki Dharmawan, Eddie Jobson, Elton Dean, Eric Lawrence, Ernest Tibbs, Ernesto Holman, Fabio Golfetti, Finisterre, Flash, Forgas Band Phenomena, Francis Dunnery, Frank Gambale, Gary Boyle, Gary Husband, Gilad Atzmon, Guy Davis, Ernest Tibbs, Hatfield & The North, Hugh Hopper, Jan Akkerman, Jeff Berlin, Jeff Siegel, Jerry Marotta, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Lovano, Joel Taylor, Joey Alexander, John McLaughlin, John Tropea, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, Kamal Musallam, Keith Tippett, Ken Hensley, Kenny Grohowski, Latte E Miele, Leo Lyons, Le Orme, Leo Lyons’ Ten Years After, Lenny White, Liam Genockey, Lincoln Goines, Mark Fletcher, Mark Wingfield, Markus Reuter, Mauro Pagani, Mel Collins, Michel Delville, Mike Clark, Mike Pope, Moraine, Nektar, New Trolls, Nguyên Lê, Nicolas Meier, Ofer Assaf, Osanna, PFM, Pat Mastelotto, Percy Jones, Pete Levin, Phil Manzanera, Phil Miller In Cahoots, Pip Pyle, Renaissance, Richard Sinclair, Robby Krieger, Romain Labaye, Ryo Kawasaki, Scott Henderson, Sean Wayland, simakDialog, Sophia Domanchic,Sonar, Soft Moon, Status Quo, Stu Hamm, Susan Clynes, Terry Bozzio, Three Friends, Tim Motzer, Tohpati, Tony Bianco, Tony Levin, Travis Carlton, Trey Gunn, Vasil Hadžimanov, Vinnie Colaiuta, Virgil Donati, Xavi Reija, Yagull, Yaron Stavi, Zhang Ling (Big John Blues), and many others.
During his association with 2 Plus Music & Entertainment (2010-2015, in partnership with the legendary Gentle Giant frontman and then successful mainstream music business impresario Derek Shulman), MoonJune’s Leonardo Pavkovic has worked also with Billy Sheehan, Billy Sherwood, Bobby Kimball, Circa, Gary Cherone, Jake E Lee, John Sykes, Loudness, Mike Portnoy, Ron Mancuso, Texas Hippie Coalition, Tony Kaye, Whitesnake.

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Hello JEAN-PAUL
Hope all is well in Your world during this unprecedented time in the modern history.
Please find in this e-mail download code for the MoonJune Records’s newest release.
 
GARY HUSBAND & MARKUS REUTER – Music Of Our Times
 
For the BandCamp novices, here are instructions how to download the album:
All downloads are in HD, 24bit (superior than the CD 16bit files), and You can choose all or any formats: WAV, FLAC, ALAC/M4A or MP3-320.
 
This download comes with the PDF of digital booklet and the album can be entirely streamed on this link, with all the information related to the album. 
MoonJune Records still believe in the physical product, but the current environment in the music industry, out-bloody-outrageous hijack of the shipping prices, and everything at the end screwed by the consequences of the COVID-19, and MoonJune prefers sending high quality digital downloads, but still sending promotional CDs to top 250 contacts around the world (I remember days when I used to send 1000+ CD promos!), which now in recent years causes a substantial financial burden to the decaying world of the truly independent music, due to the outrageous shipping costs from the USA anywhere in the world.
Stay safe, healthy and sane in this insane world.
Cheers from New York City.
LEONARDO PAVKOVIC
MoonJune Records
Independent boutique record label of progressive music exploring and expanding boundaries of jazz, rock, avant, ethno, the unknown and anything in between and beyond.
MoonJune Records doesn’t support Spotify and other streaming services, and MoonJune artists have total control on digital distribution, in which MoonJune is absolutely not interested, therefore, almost all of MoonJune releases can be found on Spotify as well.
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GARY HUSBAND & MARKUS REUTER

Music Of Our Times
 
“This is the Köln Concert for the 21st Century. Sublime.” – Sal Pichireddu, Betreutes Proggen (Germany)
Check this video of Gary Husband reflecting on the current world situation, Allan Holdsworth and Music Of Our Times.

https://youtu.be/cxQfeOoMJow

GARY HUSBAND & MARKUS REUTER

Music Of Our Times
MoonJune Records, MJR101 (April 2020)

Yet another facet of two contemporary genii is revealed. Maestros Gary Husband and Markus Reuter embark on an impromptu journey of both mind and soul, in one of the most unique, timeless efforts ever to grace the MoonJune label – or, for that matter, the improvised and avant-garde genre – with the release of the recherché, “Music Of Our Time.”And, fittingly occupying the label’s 101 space – starting the second century of releases in the same fashion as MoonJune first came into being (with the initial release: Elton Dean & Mark Hewins’ “Bar Torque”) – yet another monumental duet takes shape: perhaps in defiance of the circumstances which prompted its creation, as well as the industry environment into which it is birthed.

Temporarily stranded after performing only one show in Japan, at Blue Note in Nagoya, and having the remainder of the Japan and China tour with Stick Men (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter) with very special guest Gary Husband (on keyboards), abruptly cancelled, together with producer Leonardo Pavkovic, Husband and Reuter quickly constructed a ‘Plan B’ on the fly. Acting quickly, they booked a block of studio time in a Tokyo before their return flights. In a candid, unrehearsed setting, the two bared their souls – uncovering further evidence of their fluid, inventive natures.

Inspired by the house’s beautiful Fazoli Pianoforti grand piano, Gary Husband unveils new depths of his unique musical prodigy. Markus Reuter proves the perfect compliment: kinetically synchronized in effortless perfection to his partner’s every shift and turn – with graceful elegance, and rich textures providing spacious understatement throughout proceedings.

The chemistry between artists takes its immediate and obvious form: through their mutual reverence of the musical moment at hand, exhibited through seemingly telepathic interplay and dynamics. The result is a priceless gem: “Music Of Our Time” is a lustrous jewel of exquisite beauty and magnificent stature … an ethereal creation, which ventures to places and spaces music rarely accesses.

Gary Husband: Fazioli F212 Grand Piano
Markus Reuter: Live Electronics, Touch Guitars® AU8Recorded live in studio with no overdubs on 3 March 2020 at NK SOUND STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan
Recording Engineer: Neeraj Khajanchi
Assistant Engineer: Hirokazu Kobayashi
Mixed & mastered by Markus ReuterAll music by Gary Husband and Markus ReuterProduced by Markus Reuter and Leonardo Pavkovic
(c) & (p) 2020 MoonJune Records (MJR101)
GARY HUSBAND – Equally versatile on drums, piano and keyboards, and being considered one of the virtuosos on any instrument he plays, Gary recorded and performed on all continents in past 4 decades with greats such as John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower, Billy Cobham, Quincy Jones, Nguyên Lê, Ulf Wakenius, Mike Stern, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Beck, John Etheridge, Al Jerreau, Soft Machine, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Stick Men, Markus Reuter, Level 42, Lenny Hite, Randy Brecker, Andy Summers, Eddie Jobson UK, Steve Hackett, Gongzilla, John Wetton, Jerry Goodman, Vinnie Colaiuta, Matt Garrison, Ranjit Barrot, Etienne M’Bappe, Alex Machacek, Dewa Budjana, Mark Wingfield, Asaf Sirkis, Keith Tippett, Theo Travis, and many others.
MARKUS REUTER – Markus is German multi-disciplinary musician, composer, record producer, sound engineer and instrument designer. Reuter’s work as recording artist, solo performer and collaborator spans (and frequently fuses) electrophonic loop music, contemporary classical music, progressive and art rock, industrial music, world jazz, jazz fusion, pop songs and pure improvisation. Initially trained as a pianist, he subsequently studied Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft and learned to play the Chapman Stick, later moving onto the U8 Touch Guitar. Reuter has released several solo recordings and worked extensively with other musicians. He is the member of the avant-progressive rock band STICK MEN (with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto of the King Crimson fame), in which he is the main composer. He is also one of the core members of the experimental band Centrozoon, half of the duo Tuner (with Pat Mastelotto) and was also a member of Europa String Choir. Reuter has collaborated with Ian Boddy, Robert Rich, No-Man singer Tim Bowness, and many others. Markus Reuter has joined Devin Townsend’s band in August of 2019.
Photos of Gary Husband and Markus Reuter: Leonardo Pavkovic.

Zone contenant les pièces jointes

Power trio masterpiece has arrived in New York from Poland via Austria. – The historic 100th release on MoonJune RecordsMarkus Reuter ‘Truce’ featuring Fabio Trentini on fretless bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums, accompanying touch guitar maestro in the sonic voyage to the cosmic Reuterschaft!. Brutally phenomenal, and good news is that we will record Truce 2 later this year at La Casamurada, where this album was recorded on May 15, last year.
Order your copy, or get a baby shower edition celebrating the arrival to this Planet of Uma Devi Reuter, Markus’ and Jessica’s beautiful daughter, or get HD download on MoonJune‘s website: https://markus-reuter-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/truce
(Today the post office is closed, it’s @Martin Luther King’s Day in the USA, all orders and promos are going out tomorrow, except the signed CDs which will be sent later this week directly from Austria.)

L’image contient peut-être : 1 personne, texte

2018

Thinking of and writing about Jimi right now –

THEWRONGOBJECT.BANDCAMP.COM
from the album Plays Hendrix

2014

https://thewrongobject.bandcamp.com/album/plays-hendrix

Augmented by the addition of the otherworldly talents of young maestro keyboardist, Antoine Guenet (The Wrong Object; Sh.TG.N; Univers Zero), fellow sonic adventurers — and Machine Mass founders — guitarist Michel Delville (The Wrong Object; douBt; Alex Maguire Sextet) and drummer Tony Bianco (douBt; Elton Dean; Dave Liebman) combine forces to steam through a set which provides a refreshing retake of some of the most

influential psychedelic rock classics from the ’60’s that changed the face of music! While the songs reference frameworks familiar to most classic rock aficionados, the comparisons end there: the trio follows flight plans which are uniquely their own, achieving moments stunningly fresh, instinctive, profound and moving. The addition of piano and keyboards to the tracks provides a welcome approach, imploring reharmonizations as well as complete revisions many hipsters, both young and old, will revel in!

In typical Machine Mass fashion, the music thumbs its nose at convention and is unapologetically uninhibited in its delivery. The group pushes boundaries on all front, producing a record that is as fascinating from a tonal / textural perspective as it is from the ‘harmonic rethink’ and the mass of corporate liberties taken within the song structures, respectively.

Machine Mass’ “Plays Hendrix” is an engrossing, brilliantly conceived retake on some of rock’s most adventurous classic moments; a quintessential album for fans of rock, psychedelic and progressive, alike.

L’image contient peut-être : une personne ou plus, guitare et texte


STICK MEN feat. TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO & MARKUS REUTER: New Video Clip and Japan Tour w/MEL COLLINS

STICK MEN to tour Japan in February 2017 with special guest the ultimate progressive rock sax legend MEL COLLINS STICK MEN s new video clip…
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Greetings from Bali, Indonesia and New York, USA
from Dewa Budjana (guitarist) and Leonardo Pavkovic (international manager).

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TIM GARLAND, GUTHRIE GOVAN, DANNY MARKOVICH,
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released worldwide by Audio Anatomy (Poland).

Indonesian guitar legend of Balinese ethnic heritage and balinese Hindu faith – Dewa Budjana – marks his initial Favored Nations release in grandiose style, offering his most ambitious album to date,“Zentuary.” Supported by an all-star cast of enormous proportions – including jazz drums (and occasional pianist) legend, Jack DeJohnette (Miles Davis; over forty years on the ECM label), the iconic progressive bass and stickman, Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel; King Crimson; Stick Men), and the extraordinary superstar sideman talents of Britain’s Gary Husband (Allan Holdsworth; John McLaughlin; Billy Cobham; Jack Bruce) – Budjana offers a profusion of cross-cultural delicacies which tease, cajole, enthrall and, ultimately, satisfy listeners. Special guests include guitarist Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats; Steven Wilson; GPS), Tim Garland (Chick Corea; Bill Bruford), Danny Markovich (Marbin), Czech Symphony Orchestra and Indonesian flutist/vocalist Saat Syah and Indonesian singers Ubiet andRisa Saraswati.

Dewa Budjana, a veteran player whose 30 years career has already been marked by collaborations with a virtual “who’s who” of jazz, fusion and prog luminaries (Peter Erskine, Vinnie Colaiuta, Antonio Sanchez, Chad Wackerman, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Haslip, Dave Carpenter, Reggie Hamilton, Ben Williams, Joe Locke, Larry Goldings, Janis Siegel, Dwiki Dharmawan, Ron Thal Bamblefoot, Billy Sheehan, and many others),  still manages to raise the stakes and elevate the level of his game on his fifth solo album.

Aside from his renowned skills on guitar, Zentuary documents Dewa Budjana‘s position as one of the genre’s most prolific, accomplished composers and arrangers. The music on this 2-CD set is a magnanimous affair, where its highly skilled participants are given ample space to create and express. The net result is a soaring, synergistic mélange of brilliant, articulate instrumental progressive rock, jazz-rock fusion and world music. After 4 successful and critically acclaimed releases on MoonJune Records (“Dawai In Paradise”, 2013; “Joged Kahyangan” in 2013, “Surya Namaskar” in 2014″, and “Hasta Karma” in 2015)  this is  – under the auspices of MoonJune Music and MoonJune Asia  – a Favored Nations debut of the Indonesian icon not to be missed!

Album available on Favored Nations in stores wordlwide and online, from October 14, 2016:
AMAZON USA: www.amazon.com/Zentuary-Dewa-Budjana/dp/B01KM1V47Y
AMAZON UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Zentuary-Dewa-Budjana/dp/B01KM1V47Y
AMAZON GERMANY: www.amazon.de/Zentuary-2CD-Budjana-Dewa/dp/B01KM1V47Y
AMAZON JAPAN: www.amazon.co.jp/Zentuary-Dewa-Budjana/dp/B01KM1V47Y

DISK ONE
1. Dancing Tears 09:11
2. Solas PM 09:18
3. Lake Takengon 07:45
4. Suniakala 08:40
5. Dear Yulman 08:21
6. Crack In The Sky 07:36

DISK TWO
1. Pancarona 08:12
2. Manhattan Temple 10:00
9. Dedariku 10:45
10. Ujung Galuh 07:05
11. Uncle Jack 10:50
12. Zentuary 02:50

DEWA BUDJANA all guitars, soundscapes
TONY LEVIN electric upright NS Design bass (all tunes; except 6 on Disk One and 6 on Disk Two),
Chapman Stick (tune 6 on Disk One)
GARY HUSBAND drums (tunes 1, 2, 4 & 6 on Disk One; 1, 4 & 5 on Disk Two),
keyboards & acoustic piano (all tunes; except 5 & 6 on Disk Two)
JACK DEJOHNETTE drums (tunes 3 & 5 on Disk One; 2 & 3 on Disk Two),
acoustic piano (tune 5 on Disk 2)
DANNY MARKOVICH curved soprano sax (tune 2 on Disk One; 4 on Disk Two)
TIM GARLAND tenor sax (tune 2 on Disk Two)
GUTHRIE GOVAN guitar solo (tune 4 on Disk One)
SAAT SYAH custom made Indonesian suling flute (tune 6 on Disk One; 3 on Disk 2)
UBIET vocals (tune 3 on Disk One)
RISA SARASWATI vocals (tune 6 on Disk One)
CZECH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by Michaela Růžičková (tune 4 on Disk One; 6 on Disk Two)

(C) Museum Gitarku/MoonJune Asia  (P) Favored Nations, 2016

All composition by Dewa Budjana (except ‘Crack In The Sky’ composed by Markus Reuter & Tony Levin).
Produced by Dewa Budjana for Museum Gitarku.
Associated producer Leonardo Pavkovic for MoonJune Asia.
Executive producer IGN Bagus Wijaya Santosa.

ZENTUARY VIDEO “TEASER”
DEWA BUDJANA on MOONJUNE RECORDS
DEWA BUDJANA
“Hasta Karma”

with
JOE LOCKE
ANTONIO SANCHEZ
BEN WILLIAMS

special guest
INDRA LESMANA
DEWA BUDJANA
“Surya Namaskar”

with
JIMMY JOHNSON
VINNIE COLAIUTA

special guests
GARY HUSBAND, MICHAEL LANDAU
DEWA BUDJANA
“JOGED KAHYANGAN”

with
PETER ERSKINE
LARRY GOLDINGS
BOB MINTZER

JIMMY JOHNSON
special guest
JANIS SIEGEL
DEWA BUDJANA
“Dawai In Paradise”

with
PETER ERSKINE
DAVE CARPENTER

and special guests
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Leonardo MoonJune PavkovicRobert Holz et 2 autres personnes ont publié dans Jazz Rock Fusion.
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
27 septembre, 02:19
Get your hands on all kinds of exclusive and limited edition merchandise when you pre-order Allan Holdsworth’s ‘Tales From The Vault’. Download immediately two versions of the tune EARTH (over 20 minutes of music), first ever studio recording of the master in 15 years.
 

Get your hands on all kinds of exclusive and limited edition merchandise when you pre-order Allan Ho…
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Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
12 septembre, 20:50
Allan Holdsworth reveals the artwork for Tales From The Vault 
More info to follow soon. 
http://www.pledgemusic.com/ projects/allanholdsworth
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‘Tales From The Vault’ artwork. More info to follow soon. http://www.pledgemusic.com/ projects/allanh…
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Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
13 septembre, 23:38
AH fans should enjoy this as well.
https://youtu.be/GbqINaa2d84Mark Wingfield and Nicolas Meier perform Mars Saffron and discuss playing together.
Mark Wingfield – electric guitar, composer
Nicolas Meier – acoustic guitar’Mars Saffron’ iwas originally released on from Mark’s album Proof of Light (2015) with Asaf Sirkis (drums) and Yaron Stavi (bass). The album is available at 24 bit 88.2 KHz at MoonJune’s BandCamp or on CD on MJR’s website.
Mark Wingfield and Nicolas Meier playinig Mars Saffron

Mark Wingfield and Nicolas Meier perform Mars Saffron and discuss playing together. Mark Wingfield -…
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
28 août, 03:10
Hello everybody 
The EARTH is ready…. 
The first studio track by the master in 15 years! 
http://www.pledgemusic.com/ projects/allanholdsworth 
Allan Holdworth – guitar 
Jimmy Johnson – bass 
Virgil Donati – drums 
Allan’s long awaited new track “Earth” is finally available for download, and it is ONLY available to Pledgers, who have generously pledged and patiently waited until now. If You would like to get Allan’s new track “Earth”, please visit AH Pledge page: 
http://www.pledgemusic.com/ projects/allanholdsworth 
All Pledgers are receiving the message with the direct link where to download Allan’s tune. 
http://www.pledgemusic.com/ projects/allanholdsworth 

Cheers 
Nardini aka Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic 
AH management 

and John McCracken 
John McCracken Music Group 
AH PledgeMusic Campaign manager/co-ordinator
Allan Holdsworth: Tales from the Vault

Allan’s recording his record of never-released tracks and you can hear it first! Pre-order for exclu…
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
20 août, 00:25
BIG SALE @MOONJUNE
25 CD TITLES @ $5 each + shipping
Mega Sale @MoonJune Recors: 25 CD titles @$5 each https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/merch

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BIG SALE @ MOONJUNE 25 CD TITLES @ $5 each + shipping         Dear Friends in Music MoonJune Records…
MoonJune Records Sampler – 75 tunes from 75 albums (for $5 only) on MoonJune Records, a truly independent record label from City of New York, focusing on progressive music that explores boundaries of progressive jazz, rock, ethno, avant and the unknown. High-quality download in FLAC or/and MP3-320 and more. ($10 contribution gives You an extra bonus album-download of Your choice. – $15 contribution gives You an extra 2 bonus album-downloads of Your choice. – $20 contribution gives You an extra 3 bonus album-downloads of Your choice.)
MOONJUNE SAMPLER (75 tunes, almost 8 hrs of music), by MoonJune Records Sampler

75 track album
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
19 avril, 18:11
LIGRO “Dictionary 3″
Available now on BandCamp and in 10 days also on CD on MJR’s website.
After a nearly three-year absence, the seminal Indonesian jazz and fusion master guitarist Agam Hamzah, and his power avant-jazz-rock trio returns to the spotlight with guns blazing! Ligro’s Dictionary 3 makes good on all of the promise suggested by their 2012 international debut on MoonJune Records, Dictionary 2 – finding the group in commanding form, delivering a soulful, ambitious effort that rocks with brute force and conviction.
Featuring a special guest appearance by the young Indonesian jazz keyboard prodigy, now based in Los Angeles, Ade Irawan (who was 18-year-old at the time of the recording), the album ventures to domains which highlight the amazing versatility, depth and unbridled sense of adventure that has become this multifaceted group’s trademark. Highlighted by the sometimes-explosive, sometimes-syncopated, but always highly engaging rhythms of renowned players, bassist Adi Darmawan (one of the Indonesia’s busiest and most in-demand bass players) and drummer Gusti Hendy (of the Indonesian mega pop-rock sensation Gigi), Dictionary 3 sees the band propelling each other to new musical heights, as they embark on a fresh journey that probes previously unexplored sonic terrain while keeping the accelerated mashed down to the floorboard!”
Dictionary 3, by Ligro

5 track album
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic
Leonardo MoonJune Pavkovic 24 février 19:49
BREAKING NEWS! New music from the master: Allan Holdsworth “Tales from the Vaults” – Album Pledge Campaign, check more at:www.pledgemusic.com/projects/allanholdsworth
Allan Holdsworth: Tales from the Vault (new album)

Allan’s recording his record of never-released tracks and you can hear it first! Pre-order for exclu…

LEVIN BROTHER
Pete & Tony Levin on tour in March 
with their jazz band
Dear MoonJune Friends
It’s my personal privilege to work as a booking representative for two great guys, two legendary musicians, two brothers, Pete and Tony Levin, and their very special project LEVIN BROTHERS. Their self-titled album Levin Brothers was officially released in September 2014 (liner notes by one and only and unimitable Anil Prasad)  by Seattle based Lazy Bones Recordings on CD and limited edition gold vinyl LP with smoky swirls. (The CD includes 14 tracks + 2 bonus cuts exclusive gto the CD)
Please visit Lazy Bones website for more info: www.lazybones.com/bands/levin-brothers
LEVIN BROTHERS
MARCH 2015 TOUR
 
PETE LEVIN – piano
TONY LEVIN – upright bass
ERIK LAWRENCE – sax
JEFF SIEGEL – drums
For more info, please check Levin Brothers website: www.thelevinbrothers.com
If You are interested in booking Levin Brothers please contact
Few reviews on Levin Brothers album
… a hearty portion of tightly cohesive songs that merge the best of Bach with the pace of bop.”
      – ​Ira Kantor’s, Elmore Magazine (USA)
“… every single cut qualifies as a standout!”
     – ​ Peter Thelen’, Exposè (USA)
“… This is pure jazz, inspired by the music that the brothers heard in the fifties and came to love.”
     – ​Wolfgang Giese’s, RockTimes (Germany)
” … there is a remarkable purity and innocence to this music. THE LEVIN BROTHERS manages to be both serious and playful without ever losing the passion and edge that comes from pairing two masters of their instruments playing a style of music they both love. A terrific album not just for fans of classic jazz, but for fans of music, period.”
      – Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault (USA)
“… a player from the Jazz league has teamed up with one from the Progressive league and they both show just how they can swing. ‘Cool’ doesn’t come close to fully describing this album.”
      – ​Travis Rogers, Jazz Times Magazine
​As a French Horn major, Pete Levin earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. In the early ‘70s he switched to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances by the likes of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Dave Brubeck, David Sanborn, Joe Louis Walker, Don Elliott, Freddie Hubbard, Annie Lennox, Paul Simon, Brian Ferry, Hiram Bullock, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Mangione, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter, Dave Stryker, Lenny White, and man y others. He currently leads The Monday Night Orchestra featuring internationally known New York musicians, core alumni members of the seminal freewheeling Grammy-winning Gil Evans Orchestra of the mid and late ’70s, reunited recently to celebrate the band’s legendary “Monday Night At Sweet Basil” era.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of music, Tony Levin has become the bass and Chapman Stick voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. In addition, he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Peter Frampton, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks, Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Laurie Anderson, Liquid Tension Experiment, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, Bozzio Holdsworth Levin Mastelotto and many others. Tony has major jazz credentials, having worked with Buddy Rich, Steps Ahead, L’Image, Gary Burton, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann, and many others. He currently records and tours with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Stick Men, and The Crimson ProjeKCt.​
Recently Tony Levin has recorded two sessions for MoonJune Records for the upcoming albums of the Indonesian guitar icon Dewa Budjana, with Jack DeJohnette on drums and piano and Gary Husband on piano, keyboards and drums.
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MoonJune Records New Release
MARK WINGFIELD “Proof of Light”
CD (Digipack) – Buy Now
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“Mark Wingfield…determination to take his instrument
into previously-unknown territory”  – Anil Prasad, InnerViews
Dear MoonJune Friends
Following in the tradition of the greatest pioneering guitarists of XX century – icons such as Beck, Torn, Rypdal, Fripp, Holdsworth, Belew, Frisell and Hendrix – American-born Englishman Mark Wingfieldoffers a completely new vision for the potential of sound and expression that the electric guitar holds, establishing an entirely new vocabulary and palette of tones. But, for Mark, that is where the “following” abruptly ends! With sensitive, dynamic support from fellow messengers, upright bassist Yaron Stavi and drummer extraordinaire Asaf Sirkis“Proof of Light” ventures to sonic destinations whose coordinates lie well off the intergalactic map. Fresh, vital and completely inventive, in the truest sense, the music this fabulous trio produces is reminiscent of the ECM “glory years”, from the late ’70’s through the mid ’80’s. The performances are bold and daring, and bordering on the telepathic; the compositions are profoundly visionary and innovative, yet still heartfelt. Equally pleasing to connoisseurs of ‘guitar albums,’ cutting-edge progressive jazz, and eclectic progressive music, “Proof of Light” ​ is immediately essential: showcasing Mark Wingfield as one of the most imaginative, imperative voices on guitar to emerge in this new millennium.
“In Proof Of Light, Mark Wingfield‘s debut album on MoonJune Records, the instruments have been relieved of their usual responsibilities and constraints and are thus able to better serve the emotional intensity of this highly charged and powerfully lyrical music. Mark Wingfield‘s guitar serves as thesinger through the creation of mercurial fluid vocalizing and often feels more like light coming through different layers of fabric than an electrified stringed instrument. Asaf Sirkis‘ amazing drumming seems to mimic weather conditions, full of dynamic tension and give and take. His style possesses the fullest imaginable range of pitches and velocities giving both structure and atmosphere to the songs. Upright bass has never sounded this assertive and large, and Yaron Stavi creates a gorgeous and authoritative looming presence in the music. All three players also take turns playing melodic leads. “Proof Of Light’is one of the most inspired and original recordings heard in recent years.”
          – Daniel Burke (contributor to Jazz Inside)
Like the artwork on his new album Proof of Light, Mark Wingfield’s music soars high above the subliminal, the terrestrial, the mundane, transporting us with his musical voyage. Eschewing the traditional role of the guitar in a trio, his axe takes on the role of a vocalist or a horn – shimmering and sometimes bellowing with expression and imagery of profound beauty. Progressive innovative guitar at its finest!
          – Jerry Gordon (Serenade to a Cuckoo, WPRB Radio, Princeton University)
Mark Wingfield‘s influences are rooted in John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Jimi Hendrix  and as well in  jazz, rock, Indian, Japanese, African and classical music. Part of the hallmark of both his guitar playing and his composing, is that these influences are fused with western classical music, and integrated into a distinctive musical voice. His compositions blend lyrical melodies with a distinctive harmonic palette and sometimes complex rhythmic components. He has recorded numerous albums as a leader, and has recorded or performed with internationally acclaimed musicians including Iain Ballamy, Kevin Kastning, Asaf Sirkis, Yaron Stavi, Thomas Strønen, Jeremy Stacey, Robert Mitchell, Jane Chapman, René von Grünig, Christoph Leistner. Wingfield was also involved with the ground breaking internet band ResRocket within which he played with such musicians as Tricky, Matt Black, Peter Gabriel, Elliott Randall, Todd Rundgren and Dave Stewart. ​
Yaron Stavi, based in Lodon and originally from Israel, has played and recorded previously with Gilad Atzmon, Robert Wyatt, Nigel Kennedy, Richard Galliano, David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, John Etheridge, Asaf Sirkis. 
Asaf Sirkis, also originally from Israel and based in London, has played and recorded previously with Gilad Atzmon, Tim Garland, Gwylim Simcock, Gary Husband, Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie, Jeff Berlin.
<–– Please click on the image to see the video of
salute and his little demonstration of his guitar playing on Way to Etretat
tune from his album
“Proof Of Light”.
MARK WINGFIELD “Ten Shades Of Light”
FREE DOWNLOAD
10 tunes from 10 previous Mark’s albums
Includes high-quality download in FLAC, ALAC, MP3-320, and more.
​BONUS: 2 PDFs of two different pieces on Mark Wingfield in Guitar Player Magazine, by Barry Cleveland.
American born Englishman, perhaps totally unknown and pretty obscure name to many, is arguably one the greatest electric guitarist that has emerged in the XXI century. Mark Wingfield is releasing his transcendental groundbreaking new album of immense beauty“Proof of Light” in February 2015 on  MoonJune Records. Here You can sample 10 of his tunes from 10 of his albums.
NICOLAS MEIER
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SOFT MACHINE
SWITZERLAND 1974
Live at Montreaux Jazz
feat. A. HOLDSWORTH
THE OPEN ROAD
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DEWA BUDJANA “Hasta Karma”

Tony is currently listening last two Dewa Budjana‘s albums while awaiting to be on the next two Dewa Budjana’s albums.

Tony is currently listening last two Dewa Budjana's albums while awaiting to be on the next two Dewa Budjana's albums.
Indonesian Guitar Icon DEWA BUDJANA’s New Album
DEWA BUDJANA – el. & ac. guitars
JOE LOCKE – vibraphone
BEN WILLIAMS – upright bass
ANTONIO SANCHEZ – drums
plus special guest:
INDRA LESMANA – piano, melodica (tracks, 4, 5, 6)
Vocals on track 4 by Jro KtutAll compositions and arrangements by
Dewa Budjana.
Produced by Dewa Budjana.
Recorded by Randy Crafton at the Kaleidsocope Sounds Studio in Union City, NJ on January 22, 2014.
Mixed by Robert Feist at Ravenswork Studio, Los Angeles in June & July 2014. Mastered by Robert Feist & Mark Fuller in July 2014.
Liner notes by John Kelman.
GET CD NOW
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Dear MoonJune Friends
this is a very special release of a very special friend, and one of my favorite artists today, Dewa Budjana.
Joined by a superb cast of marquee players, Dewa Budjana‘s new release (his 4th on MoonJune), Hasta Karma sets a new benchmark for modern progressive jazz excellence in the 21st century. With a vibe and feel more akin to that of a band with decades of experience together, Dewa Budjana and his stellar session-mates – the legendary NYC vibraphonist Joe Locke, and Pat Metheny Unity Group’s rhythm core: the fabulous, articulate young upright bassist Ben Williams, and the extraordinary maestro drummer Antonio Sanchez – create superlative atmospheric textures that transport listeners to destinations of soaring altitude. Augmenting proceedings further is the glowing work of the legendary Indonesian keyboardist Indra Lesmana.Showcasing his compositional and arrangement skills at their absolute finest, most finely-honed, Budjana has delivered his ultimate masterpiece in Hasta Karma. Capitalizing on their extraordinary gifts, Dewa Budjana pushes the band, and his music, to new, unparalleled heights. Oozing quality at every turn and dripping emotion throughout, this is music that is supremely visionary, ambitious and majestic. … and, perhaps in spite of its polish, it is undeniably straight from the heart.All the players involved contribute some of the most convincing performances of their impressive careers, yet the multifarious displays of individual greatness never upstage the corporate sanctity of the musical moment. Hasta Karma is modern progressive jazz at its most sensitive – and its very best.
DEWA BUDJANA
Hasta Karma
featuring
JIMMY JOHNSON
VINNIE COLAIUTA
with special guests
GARY HUSBAND
MICHAEL LANDAU
DEWA BUDJANA
Joged Kahyangan
featuring
JIMMY JOHNSON
LARRY GOLDINGS
BOB MINZTER
PETER ERSKINE
with special guests
JANIS SIEGEL
DEWA BUDJANA
Dawai In Paradise
with special guests
PETER ERSKINE
DAVE CARPENTER
ERNIE ADAMS
HOWARD LEVY
REGGIE HAMILTON
and many more
ADDITIONAL RECORDING SESSIONS OF DEWA BUDJANA IN 2015
THIS EXCITING CUNEIFORM RECORDS RELEASE
IS AVAILABLE NOW EXCLUSIVELY 
VIA MOONJUNE MAIL ORDER
Dear Friends in Music
MoonJune Music is pleased to announce this wonderful cd/dvd release on
the friendly brother-in-label
CUNEIFORM RECORDS
of
SOFT MACHINE
‘Switzerland 74’
(double disk, featuring Allan Holdsworth)
CD + NTSC (all region) DVD
$23.00 + shipping & handling ​
with MIKE RATLEDGE, ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, KARL JENKINS,
ROY BABBINGTON, JOHN MARSHALL
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AVAILABLE NOW •  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
Seminal performance of Allan Holdworth/Bundles period of Soft Machine from the Montreux Jazz Festival performance on July 4th, 1974. For the first time ever released officially, with all musicians’ consensus, this double disk package includes CD and DVD (all region, NTSC format). This brotherly Cuneiform Records release is available now via the MoonJune’s mail-order. All orders to be shipped first class in the USA, and first class international airmail anywhere in the world.
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SOFT MACHINE LEGACY, SOFT MACHINE, ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
ALBUMS ON MOONJUNE RECORDS
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
Burden Of Proof
JOHN ETHERIDGE
THEO TRAVIS
ROY BABBINGTON
JOHN MARSHALL
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
Live Adventures
JOHN ETHERIDGE
THEO TRAVIS
ROY BABBINGTON
JOHN MARSHALL
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
Steam
JOHN ETHERIDGE
THEO TRAVIS
HUGH HOPPER
JOHN MARSHALL
SOFT MACHINE 
Floating World Live
MIKE RATLEDGE
KARL JENKINS
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
ROY BABBINGTON
JOHN MARSHALL
SOFT MACHINE LEGACY
Live In Zaandam
JOHN ETHERIDGE
ELTON DEAN
HUGH HOPPER
JOHN MARSHALL
SOFT MACHINE 
Drop
MIKE RATLEDGE
ELTON DEAN
HUGH HOPPER
PHIL HOWARD
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
None Too Soon
with
GORDON BECK
GARY WILLIS
KIRK COVINGTON
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
None Too Soon
with
STEVE HUNT
SKULI SVERRISSON
GARY HUSBAND
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Blues For Tony
(digital only) with
ALAN PASQUA
JIMMY HASLIP
CHAD WACKERMAN
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH
Flattire
featuring
DAVE CARPENTER
ELTON DEAN
& THE WRONG OBJECT
The Unbelievable Truth
featuring
MICHEL DELVILLE
HUGH HOPPER
Numero D’Vol
with
SIMOPN PICARD
STEVE FRANKLIN
CHARLES HAYWARD
Happy New Year from New York City
2014 was great for MoonJune Records
Progressive Music Exploring Boundaries
of Jazz, Rock, Avant, Ethno & The Unknown
DEWA BUDJANA
feat. Jimmy Johnson
& Vinnie Colaiuta
Surya Namaskar
TOHPATI
feat. Jimmy Haslip
& Chad Wackerman
Tribal Dance
MARBIN
feat. Dani Rabin
& Danny Markovich
The Third Set
MORAINE
feat. Dennis Rea
Groundswell
XAVI REIJA
feat. Dusan Jevtovic
& Bernat Hernandez
Resolution
SUSAN CLYNES
Life Is…
MACHINE MASS
Michel Delville
Tony Bianco
feat. Dave Liebman
Inti
New Releases: January 2015
TESLA MANAF
Tesla Manaf
simakDIALOG
feat. Riza Arshad
& Tohpati
​special guest Beledo
Live at Orion
YAGULL
feat. Sasha Markovic,
Kana Kamitsubo, 
Beledo, Dewa Budjana
Kai
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Recorded during the simakDialog‘s first USA tour in 2013 at Orion Studios in Baltimore. On this double album of almost 2hrs of music, the Indonesian band offers up their own brand of inspired and spirited music of extreme integrity which listens as much as it speaks.
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Leader, composer and (Fender) Rhodes scholar, Riza Arshad, possesses one of the most capable sets of hands ever to grace a Fender Rhodes. His manipulation of this classic keyboard, whose warm and slightly rounded metallic voice has helped define modern jazz, brings out the very best it has to offer as he charts out new territories of sound. Arshad’s wonderfully sophisticated compositions form the perfect armature for the musicians to flesh out the sound in a very organic way that compels the listener to deeply take it all in. Tohpati’s guitar work is the perfect dancing partner to Arshad’s keys as he can lead or follow depending on the needs of each composition. His subtle atmospherics bring to mind David Torn, Terje Rypdal and Nels Cline, while his leadwork can possess both the fluidity of Holdsworth and the  aggressiveness of Jeff Beck. Though there is no shortage of acrobatic axe-wielding on “Live at Orion”, Tohpati’s democratic interplay with Riza’s gorgeous Rhodes is the real star here – creating a powerful synergy that gives voice to the whole of the music over its parts. The rhythm section of Endang Ramdan and Erlan Suwardana, each on Sudanese kendang percussion, along with Cucu Kurnia on assorted metal percussion and  the understated and convincing “Bitches Brew” funk groove of bassistRudy Zulkarnaen, creates a formidable foundation of one of the most original and  innovative progressive electric jazz artists today. ​NYC based Uruguayan guitarist Beledo is guesting on the closing tune of the album.​

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International debut of Tesla Manaf’s, the young and gifted Indonesian guitarist from the city of Bandung, who delivers his main goal as a musician – “to convert spoken words into notes”. Two al;bums on one cd: “A Man’s Relationship with His Fragile Area​” (2014) and “It’s All Yours” (2011)
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Tesla Manaf’s guitar work pairs the string texture and physicality of Andres Segovia and Django Reinhardt, with the phrasing and pacing of Ralph Towner and Pat Metheny, through to the present compositional ebbs and flows of Mary Halvorson and Gilad Hekselman. Mind you, these are merely scrap-book points of reference — the end result is extremely original, fresh and inspiring. There is at work here a youthful and enthusiastic sense of risk-taking which is most revealing and rewarding listen after listen. His unique approach to modern composition assures that you won’t necessarily find the traditional song elements of verse, chorus, solo, bridge or refrain and, if you do, they very likely will not occupy the accepted position or possess the interrelationship you have come to expect. This “turning on its head” approach to composition, along with each player’s technique and choice of instrument tone color, gives great impact to the experience of listening deeply to each track. “A Man’s Relationship with His Fragile Area (his last album recorded in 2014  – first 8 compositions on the CD)​ is all about movement – you find yourself taking the journey with Tesla Manaf (guitar), Hadis ‘Hulhul’ Hendarisman (clarinet, tarompet pencak, Indonesian flute), Rudy Zulkarnaen (upright bass) and Desal Sembada (drums). Your route is paved with gorgeous arpeggiated guitar lines intertwined with sinuous dancing clarinet and fueled by subtle yet insistent basslines with the most delicate use of drumkit. Midstream reflection of this musical experience is granted through the equally composed use of silence and pause. The effortless performance of these idiosyncratic songs belies their complexity. The second half of this cd includes Tesla’s earlier album “It’s All Yours” (recorded in 2011) featuring the Balinese ensemble Mahagotra Ganesha. Tesla’s guitar work on this recording possesses the playful melodicism of King Sunny Ade and is perfectly complemented by the resonant metallic voices of the Mahagotra Ganesha ensemble’s Gamelan, Gangsa, Ceng Ceng, Kantil, Gong and Kemplug.
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Fans of Allan Holdsworth might appreciate the music of Mark Wingfield.
Highly recommended by Allan’s manager Leonardo of MoonJune Records.FREE DOWNLOAD.
https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ten-shades-of-light
DISCOVER AN EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESSIVE FUSION GUITAR GENIUS, Mark Wingfield.
Mark’s new album “Proof Of Light, featuring Yaron Stavi on bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums to be released officially on MoonJune Records on February 17, 2015. BandCamp and iTunes download, and CD available on January 13, 2015.
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Promotional compilation – FREE DOWNLOAD (Contributions accepted =&gt; Pay-What-You-Can) MARK WINGFIELD…
New York, December 8, 2014
Dear MoonJune Friends
​please let me introduce You to the wonderful music of an unsung guitar genius, whose new album Proof Of Light will be released on MoonJune Records in February 2015.

MARK WINGFIELD

Ten Shades Of Light  (10 tunes from 10 albums)

Promotional compilation – FREE DOWNLOAD

(Contributions accepted => Pay-What-You-Can)

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​BONUS: 2 PDFs of two different pieces on Mark Wingfield in Guitar Player Magazine, by Barry Cleveland

ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE $12+ FOR THIS COMPILATION WILL RECEIVE HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF MARK WINGFIELD’S UPCOMING ALBUM “PROOF OF LIGHT” (featuring YARON STAVI and ASAF SIRKIS) BY JANUARY 1st 2015.  AND ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE $18+ WILL RECEIVE PHYSICAL CD (6 panels DigiPack) + HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD BY JANUARY 15, 2015.

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American born Englishman, perhaps totally unknown and a  pretty obscure name to many, is arguably one the greatest electric guitarist that has emerged in the XXI century. Mark Wingfield is releasing his transcendental groundbreaking new album of immense beauty “Proof of Light” in February 2015 on  MoonJune Records, which features two among my favorite musicians today, Yaron Stavi on upright bass, and Asaf Sirkis on drums. It’s not often an album is released that is so daring in its approach and revolutionary in its delivery that it actually changes one’s perspective of how music can be expressed and expands their vision of a genre.  It is the great privilege and honor for me to present just such an album of the otherworldly guitar stylings of critically-acclaimed guitarist, and in meantime, as an ‘appetizer’, I am inviting You to download Mark’s fabulous music from his ten previous albums. Stay tuned for more news on “Proof of Light”. ​

Yours in Music

Leonardo/MoonJune​​ ​

Direct link –> moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ten-shades-of-light​​

Mark WIngfield’s website –> markwingfield.com

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For British electric guitarist Mark Wingfield, the words “organic” and “electronic” are not mutually exclusive. He explores highly-imaginative tones and colors via his instrument and it’s done without reliance on conventional effects, amps or pickups. His unique take on the guitar has served as the basis for an impressively diverse discography and dozens of compositions that showcase how he extends the guitar’s boundaries, as well as the many genres and influences he chooses to integrate into his work. A handful of the forms Wingfield’s output encompasses include jazz, rock, classical, and global sounds from Africa, India, Japan, and Turkey.  Anil Prasad, Innerviews 
Read the interview with Mark by Anil Prasadi in  –> InnerviewsMark Wingfield shifts from Eno-esque ambient soundscapes…to ripping rock-tinged abandon… to cinematic guitar-synth. … Dramatic, intriguing.  – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
Mark Wingfield has created a unique electric guitar vocabulary…
his playing is characteristically deep, nuanced, and inventive.
 – Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player​ Magazine
Wingfield is proving to be a key proponent of adventurous, swinging and modern instrumental jazz-rock fusion in the 21st century. – Robert Silverstein, MWE3
The inimitable and one-of-a-kind Anil Prasad of Innerviews (the Internet’s first online music magazine, initially launched in 1994), and a loud and very proud outspoken critic of many music industry practices that are destroying the world of business of music, is writing the liner notes for Mark Wingfield’s upcoming debut on MoonJune Records Proof Of Light. For those still unaware of this very dear friend of mine for whom I have an immense respect (not just because I am the only non-musician ever interviewed in his online version of  Innerviews), please do Yourself a favor and check his extraordinary book.
Twenty-four of the world’s most renowned musicians share incredibly candid, in-depth thoughts on the joy and pain of the creative process, their careers and aspirations, conflicts and collaborations, and the realities of today’s music business in Innerviews: Music Without Borders, the first book by Anil Prasad. The eBook edition hit #1 on iTunes’ Arts & Entertainment and Music charts. iTunes also named it a “New and Notable Book,” as well as a “Best Under $5” pick. The eBook also charted in the top 20 music books at Amazon UK, and the top 30 at Amazon US.
Artists featured in the book include some of the greatest names in jazz, rock, world music, hip-hop, and electronica: Jon Anderson,Björk, Bill Bruford, Martin Carthy, Stanley Clarke, Chuck D, Ani DiFranco, Béla Fleck, Michael Hedges, Jonas Hellborg, Zakir Hussain, Leo Kottke, Bill Laswell, John McLaughlin, Noa,David Sylvian, Tangerine Dream, David Torn, Ralph Towner,McCoy Tyner, Eberhard Weber, Chris WhitleyVictor Wooten, and Joe Zawinul. Wooten contributes a foreword to the book.
The eBook is available as a free download and may be shared and retransmitted under a Creative Commons Attribution, No Derivatives license. You can instantly download the eBook in the format of your choice by going to:  www.innerviews.org/book.html

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Serbian-Japanese combo from New York City YAGULL

releases its official debut for MoonJune Records and finds the band expanding its post-rock

chamber soundtrack concept to great effect on this highly-polished sophomore effort.

Dear MoonJune Friends in Music
Yagull‘s official debut for MoonJune Records, Kai, finds the band expanding its post-rock chamber soundtrack concept to great effect.  The result is a simmering sonic bouillabaisse, chocked full of choice ingredients which delectably merge to blur the lines drawn by traditional genres — delightfully teasing the palette, while appealing to an expansive range of music aficionados! The group delivers twelve songs on this joyous outing: eight brand new compositions; two tunes from their previous album Films, reworked and revisited; plus, two tastefully-revised classic rock covers (Deep Purple and Free). The tracks showcaseYagull‘s considerably potent stylistic capacity, making for a savory, finely-polished sophomore release.This new effort finds Yagull now launching itself from a duo framework — with Sasha Markovic being joined by the extraordinary pianist, Kana Kamitsubo — this most special of occasions is perfectly accentuated by a host of guest contributors; featuring fellow MoonJune international recording maestros, Beledo (guitar, lute) and Dewa Budjana (guitar), in addition to Marko Djordjevic (drums), and many other great musicians. With Kai, Sasha, Kana & company have embarked on a majestic journey that will appeal to a broad range of listeners … and carry them along for the ride!
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Leonardo/MoonJune
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Dear MoonJune Friends

Here are some exciting news/updates about Allan Holdsworth.
After a very successful tour dates in August and early September with Jimmy Haslip on bass andVirgil Donati on drums, and with special guest Dennis Hamm on keyboards (LA, San Francisco and Oakland shows only), Allan is ready for the Phase 2 – 2014 Tour with Jimmy Haslip on bass andGary Husband on drums.

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH SEMINAR

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CLICK to hear directly from Allan about the event

Before the tour Allan will be doing aseminar in NYC on September 13 at the Cutting Room.
The event also includes AH signature Carvin guitar raffle.

This event is sponsored by Carvin Guitars, and presented byMoonJune and John McCracken Music Group.

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CARVIN GUITAR RAFFLE

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If You are in NYC area on September 13, hopefully You can come to this unique event. Allan will be talking about his career, about the life on the road, new album plans, and much more.
If You are not in NYC, You still can participate in the guitar raffle no matter where in the world You are located. The lucky winner will be picked randomly by Allan himself and the guitar will be signed by the master and shipped anywhere in the world for free.


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YOU CAN WIN AN

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SIGNATURE CARVIN

HH2 GUITAR

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ANYONE IN THE WORLD CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE RAFFLE.
Tickets are only available thoughEventBrite and cannot be purchased from the venue or day of the event.

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UPCOMING TOUR DATES

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH BAND

featuring JIMMY HASLIP (bass) and GARY HUSBAND (drums)

SEPTEMBER 17 – NORTHAMPTON, MA (The Iron Horse)

SEPTEMBER 18 – SOMERVILLE, BOSTON, MA (Johnny D’s)

SEPTEMBER 19 – TEANECK, NJ (Mexicali Live)

SEPTEMBER 20 – NEW YORK, NY (The Iridium)

SEPTEMBER 21 – NEW YORK, NY (The Iridium)

SEPTEMBER 22 – NEW YORK, NY (The Iridium)

SEPTEMBER 24 – CHICAGO, IL (Reggie’s)

SEPTEMBER 25 – CHICAGO, IL (Reggie’s)

SEPTEMBER 29 – OSAKA, JAPAN (Billboard Live)

SEPTEMBER 30 – TOKYO, JAPAN (Billboard Live)

OCTOBER 2 – TOKYO, JAPAN (Billboard Live)

OCTOBER 5 – JARASUM, S. KOREA (Jarasum Jazz Festival)

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