Well this is a funky little number! Great guitar work and loved the interplay between the guitar/bass & drums. Heavy English influences there, to my ears anyway. Thanks!

Once this took off there was no looking back!!!I love a driving bass and explosive guitars....a unique sound...that I'm liking....alot!!

Forgot to say thanks also for the DL, this baby lives on my drive now, appreciate it.

Absolutely brilliant!! love the intro and all the tinkly spacy bits roaming around my head. Really dig the cut timing, amazing how the leads smoothed this right out as a melodic piece. 2 very talented people here making top notch fusion goodness..big time..-Ed

...of course PF Money is in 7 ;) Had to come back for a DL!!! Thanks guys!!!!!

Love the rhythm increments of the notes in the intro... very 1nteresting divisions! Yeah the 5/4 has a tinge of PF "Money" feel... wow, some really smokin guitar playin!!!! great track! hope we are treated to more stuff from you two! ;)

Man...what an awesome track! Great performances all around. Sweet production. Keys are awesome as is the guitar work. Simply excellent... *****

The evolving arp'ed chords to begin the show got me from the very start. Love those notes and sounds. This 'music boxy' sort of opening I just love. The groove of this shuffle works fabulously and Rob's guitar makes this baby shine..and oh does it shine! The production has a crystal clear depth allowing me to hear to the back of the mix. What this tune contains is amazing. Brian...just super creative stuff. Rob...man, you DID nail this thing so completely it's awesome to hear. The both of you locked down this thing so airtight and soulful. Alot of respect here for these two super musicians. Thanks for the artwork gentlemen. I am just starting my musical day here and the inspiration this generates is just what I need. Fabulous!!!!!!!!! ~Blake

Imaginative and skilled and just damn good stuff... recording quality is tops... man those sounds are dynamite... filling my ears with excellence... congratulations Brain and Robert!

Yep the riff played on the keys in the intro works wonderfully to set up the feel of the timing. Then into meat of the song I'm getting a Floyd feel to the whole thing from the bass, drums and keys. Rob's guitar doesn't sound like Gilmour but he does share with him the ability to make every note sound as if it was played with feeling. Nice touch to bring the intro riff back on the fade out. Enjoyed this a lot. Had to listen again.

Wonderfully atmospheric and original sounding track. Loved the intro and thought the unusual time signature worked really well. Inspiring! Richard

I just want to say a big thanks to Brian for letting me play on one of his creations. I really enjoyed working on this and Brian was very patient - doesnt this 5/4 kick along? Its so tight and beautiful - Brian, you are one talented man. Rob

I love 5/4 brian.. so let me take 5 and listen to you two faves jam it with no jive.. love that "summertime" theme rob.. my fave coltrane tune at the moment.. super nice reggae bass brian.. this just rips and trips along.. a truly monster song.. cheers..

Very well done ! Most beautiful collab ..You are extremely well working together for producing great music. Excellent compo and wonderful guitar work...Loved reallly what i heard!

Two of my favorite musicians.......doin' what they do best, ENTERTAIN !! No doubt.......the 5/4 was played with excellence and superb skills. Beautiful and inspiring creation,my friends.Brian and Rob.,... first rate composition.....outstanding..... !!!! What can I say.Kudos !! Larry*****

I'm feeling dizzy. I have enough trouble counting to 5 let alone keeping time. Lovely keys in the intro and then it rolls into that bass progression. Robbo's absolutely nailed it. Sensational composition, Brian and Robbo....words fail me, mate. Just superb tone and phrasing. Exceptional work from two HUGE talents. Congrats. Added to favs. Cheers Brian

Very CLASSIC Fusion, Dudes!!! Nothin' not to Love!!! This really reminds me of Holdsworth with Soft Machine and I LOVE IT!!!! GREAT TRACK!! and THANKS for the DL!!! Rob

Excellent collab Brian and Robert.. theres some classy playing going on here and I'm lovin every bit of it.

Proof, if anyone wanted it, that less is usually more! The sparse arrangement gives room for the instruments to breathe properly Great synth work at 2:30 - very reminiscent of ELP. Builds up beautifully and the piano at the end is awesome. I like your stuff Brian!!

Love this from the start...Jazz you say...? Then I guess I must like jazz more than I think..:-)Damn, this is fabulous....I`m sold on this one for sure...Really like the piano adds....Is there a d/l? I think so....I was drawn by the title of this one and would`nt probably have listened if it were different...Cool cat....Ohhhhhhh yes...Love it ..:-) You have a new fan.. pace n love Mags xx :-)

Hi Brian! Love the mood on this jazzy piece! when the beat kicks in at 2.00 something i´m sold :)Great composition and groove, wonderful piano sound and playing. I enyojed listening very much. Awesome work! Christer

Ultra cool tune! Sounds like, you really had fun doing this one. Love the way this tune builds up. Very jazzy and funky at the same time. Very enjoyable listen!

Some real discordant sounds in the beginning to keep one of center. Main theme piano and guitar set against bass and drums are awesome. Loved the synth lines. Cool!

Yeah! I enjoyed this especially coming from a drummer. I'm not used to hearing drummers do other stuff other than drums or percussion so it was definitely an extra bonus. As a keyboardist I have to say nice piano solo in there. Loved the percussion in the background. The bline kept me interested and gave it a little jazz feel to it. I give it a thumbs up! MV

A wonderful musical mind can create some awesome visuals using a pallet of instruments and notes...you have done that here Brain.. I liken listening to this piece to the process of an artist filling his canvas with bold and sensitive paint stokes in real time. Pleasing and intriguing to be there with you... just dynamite work!

The gradual build, subtlety of chord progession and cool but restrained impov was very impressive (and enjoyable!) Richard John

Tasty jazz tune. The intro is very creative and interesting... Once again , it is pure Brian Mattson signature. i like how the tune is evolving. The sound bed groove is superb. Very beautiful piano chorus .. You even managed to install some "blue " notes in it :o) ....quite exciting and inspiring ! Congrats on this new amazing jazz experience and THX for sharing it.

Wow the guitar bass and piano build such intensity in the opening. The bass and guitar put me in mind of a cat stalking with the piano lines reflecting sharp movements of its eyes. This is almost visual music. Love the development of the rhythm and the build in momentum. The piano work throughout is just gorgeous and particularly loved the piano lines at about the 4 min mark and its gets even better as the beat starts to swing out. I love the left hand stabs that come in intermittently. Sensational work as ever. Love it. Cheers Brian

Brian! Enjoyed it man! Love the way it kinda flows free till settling into the groove w/some incredible piano in the end section.... gorgeous use of the instruments to create that space!

You just have too much talent Bryan. Your keyboards in the center (after 2 minutes are soooooooo cool) and then that jazz piano toward the end, well it's all so good I'm speechless. Dave Deal

I'll comment on this song with one word..... CLASS

PURE CLASS, BRIAN!! LOVED IT!!! Piano is killer, synth guitar was stunning, percussion.....ALL TOP PERFORMANCES!! You KILLED me again!! Rob

Hello Brian, This is a great piece of music. It takes you on a wonderful musical journey. I love the heavy guitar synth (was it guitar synth?) that is a great sound one of my favourtes followed by some cool piano to bring you down to earth again. Great musianship.

Cool song Brain! Your use of the two time signatures is very different and creative. I like the way this builds and jazz it is. The piano played or programmed is still excellent and that running bass keeps the song grounded as the piano takes off. I get the feel of the Door's Rider On The Storm (compliment) but with much more technically and musically happening. Great listen! Farrell

I totally enjoyed the entire song................But Brian,when the jazzy piano kicked in,oh man ,was that sweet !!Great flow and vibe with the backing tracks..........the piano is killer!! Outstanding............***** wolf

Great use of bass and acoustic gtr in the intro, and the song just builds from there. Great rhythms throughout Brian, not just percussive, but the acoustic strumming and piano notes and how these beat against the other song elements. Your sense of how a song should build, flow and use of very effective timbres and dynamics is always SO impressive. This really is top notch stuff my man! Honored to be the first reviewer. Just awesome! Love it. ~Blake

Superb my friend. Very colorful soundscapes abound. Lots of tension with a great groove. Love it !!!!

Oh yea! Excellent piece of music, as usual, in all respects. Superb drumming with great tension and conflict. Well done, indeed.

Brian.......man,, I don't know how you do it !The imaginative quality of this track is exceptional.You're sense of ryhthmic adventure and syncopation is mind blowing. Add the unique selection of sounds,musicianship and production,brings this track to a satisfying listen !! Great work,my friend !! wolf *****

Powerful and unsettling. The track builds imaginatively. Edgy and hypnotic. Very effective! Richard

Stopping, starting, stabs, atypical rhythm, and great use of musical color spectrum make this piece very intriguing. Always guaranteed innovative and high quality tunage here Brian. You've got such a great mind and know how to work the piece as a whole. Wonderful playing, concept and production. Congrats on another fine track! ~Blake

I echo Selftort's first sentence. Brian, you always display such a compromise from the norm in your rhythms and melodies. Such a gifted mind in how you correlate composition. Great feel! Those low notes on the piano add such color. The percussion is absolutely superb! Well done.....as usual.... Only 4 reviews? Hmmm, oh well, their loss....

Uh Oh I can feel the beast stalking me! Man this track has a lot of ear catching candy in it. I dig the bangs on the piano and the tinkling keys. Nice work! Farrell

It's always a good sign when one of my favourite artists has a song at the top of the New Songs page when I come in. That's an incredibly eerie intro. Wonderfully percussive track, with even the piano being used to great percussive effect. Wonderful combination of sounds textures and moods. Has an almost "stalking feel " to it. And I'm imagining the beast to have certain feline characters. It's big and awesome, but I'm thinking it's also pretty sleek. Lovely work Brian. Cheers Brian

oooh this intro is cool...its real heavy..man the drums are really driving this and the thick guitars and bass top it off Then there's the keyboard work and some creative melody flowing. Great drum work in this track.

Spooky intro, GREAT drum work, matched to perfection by the guitar & piano. You have some superb ideas floating around on everything I've heard of your stuff. The mark of a good mix is when you can listen into it and hear everything that's going on - this track exemplifies that - the separation between instruments is absolutely spot on. This site inspires me whenever I get the time to pay a visit.

i really like this track it has a oriental feel about it, which i like the percussion work excellent, very enjoyable, sue

Another gem!! Once again, the only realistic comparison I can make is with the late, great Frank Zappa. The instrumentation is refreshingly clear and has a modern feel to it which is recorded really well. It's so easy to overcook this stuff but you give each of the instruments space in which to breathe, and this separation means eveyr voice shines in its own right. I could listen to this stuff for hours.

funnily enough my wife is a VIRGO and i had that image this morning while she was showering..oooh behave pete.... that ...mandolin? is epic...it starts off very quiet this song but very soon gets nice and stereophonic...like really nice jazz feel where you don't know where it is going but each surprise is a good one...live the pan pipe synth sound as wel...always gives me goosebummples cheers pete not sure if i have heard this on nexus?

very creative percussion line..i am a fan of this genre (soundtrack) and i heard a little bit oriental melodies..this is very nice for me :) overally this is very very creative work..very well arranged and performed..

Yes indeed... You have such a tight grasp of concept. Your use of percussion is marvelous... I enjoy how your work progresses though modulation. The 3/4 is used beautifully. When a composer can differ from one piece to the next, this clearly shows me just how imaginative their minds are. But not only that, it's that they have the facility to extrapolate that imagination into sound. I love your work Brian...It's very refreshing... Edgard Varese once said in 1920...The present day composer refuses to die. Meaning there are not enough composers who break free from the restraints of institutionalized musical composition. You broke free...

Love this work,, as with some much of your music. !! I can only imagine brian,, that each composition you create is a great creative journey for you in the composing. - many other comments in the reviews vbelow capture my same feelings.

Another great one Brian !! Love the groove on it, laid back and sort of moody(to me anyway) Keeps you on your toes and wondering what comes next lol ,great arrangement filled with suprises. Great sounding mix and a real pleasure listening to it. It`s a Fav. Christer

Creative precussion is very pleasing to my ears and you've got it here Brian....along with some very interesting sound scapes...love the sound of the tom fills and apparent split stero effect used there.... a very patient piece especially with that character change at the 5 minute mark to the end! Well done!

Love ths intro.....the choir REALLY works well, with that percussive theme. Drums sound awesome. What's cool to me, is the feeling of King Crimson, yet not the sound. Your use of instrumentation is wild. MAN!!! I LOVE your music. Rob

This has some of the most interesting,expertly concieved and arranged sounds ,textures and varied influences I've heard....really an amazing composition.Your use..... control of ambience and vibe is phenominal !! Brian ,this is Outstanding.....A fav. for sure !! Larry T....

this is music i love. so many warm sounds mixed with great percusion line. I like it realy, wonderful mood, great production.

I really like this. It's nicely balanced with great sounds and tonal quality. Very Impressive!

Excellent percussion and recording.Mix is good, and enough things going on to grab the listener's ear. Peace, Tsargoth

This is absolutely too cool. The whole thing is great. You need to come over and teach me how to do percussion like that, it's fabulous.

What a great sound you're getting, everything is so warm and real breathy. Some excellent playing, no matter how you did it. from a sound quality view, this is one of the best I've heard.

Man you got some talent sir, I love this. Very much like something from Ray Lynch. Very nice compesition, the drum accents and other percussion is great. Nice peace of work, What boards were you using on this.

Intellegent drum programing a big part of this - the synth work shines as "live" in this - rather then leaving that paint-by-numbers feel of some constructions. I have no idea how much you play and how much you sample... and that's very very cool!

Very neat song -- it holds your attention as a listener, doesn't it? Mysterious piece, really. Lovely build-up.

Interesting work. Has an Oriental feel for me. Interesting use of percusion instruments against the synth. Excellent mix. Regards John

The drum programing in this composition is steller..Love the separation that is achieved with the sounds that are injected...the progressions (chord structure) add dynamics to the piece that give it an epic soundtrack quality...spaced perfectly to keep the listener honed in. It's nice to hear a track that is derived from a percussionist's perpective....after all, The drummer's started all this anyways..lol. Hey Brian..I hear your experience big time...Enjoyed very much! This is very nice work! B.

I just absolutely adore this song! It's got everything in there I'd envisage putting into a masterpiece!! Wonderful stuff - more please Brian!!!

Great song!!!Awesome playing from both player...nice use of whammy from Jack...at the speed of light :-)and great synth leads!To me this song got certain jam feeling...but very intelligent and well breathing arrangement. Gary C

There is always that stunning musical artist who always keeps us in line out there in the musical universe and Brian is always keeping me in line....so after that I will keep on practicing.....that wae just friggin awesome!......:)Thx, Bud

Well,as Su (Sirens) said,WOW!! Man this is damned cool. Sucha heavy rhythm,sitting tight at the bass end,allowing the guitars to fly into the blue. The guitar/synth was awesome!!!! LOVE the rhythm and the real dramatic lead lines. Sigh.......... Too short,the great songs are always too short, Awesome. Nigel.

great guitar work on this track. the quality of your mix is excellant oh and !wow! like the speed sue

Man, you sure can come up some unique sounds and rhythms! This is an attention grabber for sure! Enjoyed it! Farrell

Various wild and entertaining time signatures that I can't quite grasp. Awesome. Love it. Drums sound wonderful as does that guitar and tone. Congrats to you and Jack. Unique through and through. Tough timing to nail. Excellent performance with tons of troll mojo. Fave button Brian! Peace~Blake

Sounds are so unique and powerful... in a rhythmic excursion of the imagination... quality musicianship on display. Very cool Brian... I love Jack's guitar style... you have a wonderful collaborative connection going.

Different, that's for sure. Well of course I like it, it's awesome. Great playing too.

Great composition ! nice use of the whammy-pedal ! overall great sounding piece of music. Me like it. Christer

Ya Baby!! right into the slot!! What a great track! So completely different in regards to the timing elements..just made me smile with approval in the highest regards!! The counter rythems that emerge from this SO mathematically correct composition just holds the listener at bay...perfect. This is ear candy at it's best, Everyone should get a taste of this!! Excellent work Brian !

Great drums and very nice guitar work for this awesome tune . For sure , once again, very creative music ... Love it ! Alexis

I like it !!! -- cool tone with the main music movement. Somehow the title,, Troll,, seems to be a perfect fit to what the music says. - seems also like a combat between synth guitars!!

dark! it truly sounds like a troll trollin', then having a spat with a bird or two, then finishing up with a birdsnack! very emotional piece! Cheers!

This is very hard to dance to. I guess that's why I like it. Very inventive and impressive piece. Nicely done!

haha! that one was a BLAST Brian!!! was fun trading leads with ya! great job with the composition and production! once again an honor working with ya!

I have no idea where this came from, but order me up a subscription to it! It is so awesomely different I can't begin to describe it, other than to say, WOW! Nice. I don't know what it is, but i like it.

Drums killed me....LOVE that beat.....turn 'em up a notch :-) Very cool track.....LOVE your music!! Some real nice guitar work too. Rob

What a cool rhythm, its like syncopated or something. Great sound on the drums. This is a very creative piece of music that got my attention right away...now those guitar riffs are just off the wall...I love it.

Yeah man,this has that "Troll Stomp" beat going on. Nice dark nasty vibe to it. Would make any decent troll wanna dance. Peace, Tsargoth