The Music or The Money?, by Mats/Morgan Band

The Music or The Money?

by Mats/Morgan Band

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jack_the_riffer Original Version: (Side Mats) 2, 9, 14, 7, 21, 27, 4, 26, 32, 18 (Side Morgan) 6, 22, 23, 24, 10, 11, 5, 28, 13, 29, 31, 17.

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1.	You Have to Wait in the Rain 01:19
2.	If I only Had a Clavinet 04:57
3.	Fortsätt Mats! 01:49
4.	Sylox 04:44
5.	Asaw X 02:32
6.	Watch Me Pleasure 03:56
7.	Spinning Around 04:14
8.	Jeriko 08:05
9.	Coco 03:05
10.	Inget Har Hänt 04:03
11.	Tyrschon 02:42
12.	Nordic Ice 02:01
13.	Third Movement Farmor Märta 02:53
14.	I Wanna 04:48
15.	Let's Stay Positive 01:28
16.	Harmonium 4 03:01
17.	The Difference Between Powerful and Loud 03:43
18.	Baader Puff 09:23
19.	Dr. Thor 07:13
20.	Advokaten and the Jazz 06:53
21.	Daisy 05:33
22.	Banned Again 05:06
23.	Griefen 04:16
24.	Secret Room Out-takes 02:46
25.	Resp Rush 00:30
26.	Hjortron Från Mars 07:02
27.	If I Only Had a Planet 00:43
28.	Q 02:58
29.	I Know Where I Have It 04:26
30.	Zepp 02:20
31.	Bass 02:46
32.	Advokaten le Messiaen 03:13
33.	Paltsug 02:13	buy track
34.	Slut-text 07:32

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"..influenced by Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Earth, Wind & Fire. (They are) tight and precise and seem capable of playing absolutely anything with great gusto...the Mats/Morgan men integrate everything and make it their own."
– Audiophile Audition

"Voted the #1 'fusion' drummer in the 2010 Modern Drummer reader's poll: Morgan Agren"

“I am floored by their ability to legitimately execute everything from light jazz to super-human staggered 16th note hell to the most violent Pantera-like machine-gun groove to overly-complex synclavier Zappa music… This band can do everything; and it’s just two weird guys from Sweden.”
– Ink 19

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released May 18, 2010

The Music or the Money? was the second album by Mats/Morgan, which was originally self-released in 1997 and only available at their shows. The album showcases two different halves to the musician's work; spontaneous playing on compositions and improvisations by the duo with and without additional musicians and as a sort of stylistic counterpoint to that, music that relies on heavily programmed electronic materials, in the vein of Frank Zappa's synclavier works – it remains Mats' favorite album by the group. Both are top drawer players, but their music is not simply a chops-fest of blurred, fast notes - there is a lot of humor and restraint mixed into the virtuosity, which gives them a unique sound. This new edition of The Music or The Money? adds over 45' of unreleased material, all of which features the current version of the Mats/Morgan Band; Mats, Morgan and bassist Gustaf Hielm, who was the bassist of technical metal legends Meshuggah for many years.

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Mats/Morgan albums available on Bandcamp:

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/radio-da-da-the-teenage-tapes

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-2

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-or-the-money-2

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/trends-and-other-diseases

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heat-beats-live

- cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thanks-for-flying-with-us

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