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MΞTΛTHΞSIS
Mitch Protheroe
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Duration: 00:32:36
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Tracks
The Vision; Fly Once More; Livelihood (Vision Of Future Unity); Clown Amadeus; Sea Of Intuition; Decypher (Broken Musicbox); The Post-Modern Self; Balancing The Apex; Realtopia (Meaning Of Life); Chromatic Odyssey; Spiralling (With Feeling); The Portal
Personnel
Mitch Protheroe
composer / conductorAdditional Personnel / Information
Mitch Protheroe: programming pianos, bass guitars/chapman sticks, drums and percussion, woodwinds, brasses, synths, sound effects and any other instrument
Album Description
MΞTΛTHΞSIS is a through-composed progressive jazz work built around dense rhythmic structures, intricate percussion, shifting forms, and relentless musical transformation. Rather than following conventional song structures, the album unfolds as a continuous succession of evolving ideas, abrupt transitions, interludes, and explosive climaxes, creating a listening experience that feels less like a collection of songs and more like an unpredictable journey through a constantly mutating musical landscape.
Driven by an almost excessive devotion to percussion, rhythmic detail, and chromatic movement, MΞTΛTHΞSIS is a record of extraordinary density and kinetic energy. Its arrangements collide, fracture, and reassemble with the force of a hurricane, balancing tightly controlled compositional architecture against a sense of barely contained chaos. Intricate rhythmic subdivisions, rapid-fire instrumental passages, and cascading harmonic ideas propel the music forward like a rollercoaster, veering between exhilaration, tension, surprise, and unrestrained joy.
The album's intro, interludes, and outro contribute to a larger sense of progression, allowing contrasting musical environments to emerge within the broader composition. Brief passages serve as moments of transition, disorientation, or anticipation before the music surges into its next wave of activity. Even the unexpected presence of a hidden track extends the spirit of discovery beyond the apparent boundaries of the album itself.
At its core, MΞTΛTHΞSIS is an exploration of musical transformation: the constant rearrangement of rhythmic, harmonic, and structural ideas into something new. Its chromatic shredding and explosive percussion are not simply displays of technical intensity, but components of a larger compositional vision in which complexity becomes movement, dissonance becomes momentum, and precision coexists with unpredictability.
The result is an intensely kinetic, unapologetically intricate, and relentlessly forward-moving work of progressive jazz — a whirlwind of interlocking rhythms, shifting perspectives, and euphoric musical excess.
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