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Justin F.
Craig, age 27, born and raised in Decatur, Illinois is currently blasting forth
with eleven songs of Cyber-Retro-Psychedelia recorded, written, and
performed by him for your listening enjoyment. A Gander on the Ghost
Ship is his first (and definitely not last) album.
From 1991-1994, Justin played alto saxophone in the award winning and internationally performing MacArthur High School Jazz Band.. Downbeat Magazine chose him as the Best Student Jazz Soloist in North America in 1994. He also served a brief stint as a clarinet and saxophone player with the I Corps Army Band at Ft. Lewis, WA. After a 2-year residence in Washington state (Tacoma, Puyallup, and West Seattle), he returned to Decatur, Illinois to record his music. He is currently at work on more music and a book.
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This
is a refreshing slice of hypnotic and whirling tunesmithery; by turns elegant
and shimmery, plodding and creepy, and always provocative.
Some of the most interesting lyrical imagery (Alice in Wonderland meets the Apocalypse) and musical textures --from trippy keyboards and odd distorted guitars to beautiful piano textures.
There is even a strangely haunting violin-sounding sax solo in 'Aquantummyopia'. And the last two songs ('Red Shift' and 'Sing-A-Long') represent the most striking emotional and tonal reversal heard in quite some time. - Les Moore
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Compliments of the artist...
"When oneness is not properly understood,
In two ways is loss sustained:
-The denying of reality is the asserting of it,
The asserting of emptiness is the denying of it."
---Seng t'san
"Nothing is more dangerous than a beautiful melody."
---Friedrich Nietzsche
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