The idea started in the summer of 2008 when bassist Jonas Reingold and guitarist Roine Stolt got together to develop some ideas that were under the unfashionable label of "fusion". For those of you who are not familiar with the phrase "fusion", or are too young to remember the wild & vivid 70's of bellbottom denims, Shure SM 58 haircuts, Rhodes pianos with fuzz-wha, ring modulator & drum kits bigger than a school bus. It's a music form that fuses jazz, rock, african, electronics, folk or any other music form known to man or animal.

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