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Finely Tuned Elephant

Active since: 2019

Finely Tuned Elephant is an instrumental jazz-rock fusion quartet from Ottawa, Ontario: Jordan Robinson (guitar), Cyrus Robertson Orkish (bass), Alex Lugli (keyboards) and Kyle Iveglia (drums). Guitarist Jordan Robinson formed the band in 2019 as a trio with Kyle Iveglia and bassist Félix Labrosse, who played on the debut, Perfect Coincidence (2020). The Fast Life (2022) followed, with Robinson on guitar and bass. Cyrus Robertson Orkish joined in 2022 and Alex Lugli in 2025.

No Goats (March 27, 2026), the first album recorded by the full quartet playing together, is a concept album about four goats in disguise trying to sneak into an elephants-only club

No Goats

By Finely Tuned Elephant

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Chunky Monkey; Gamblin' Man; Moongazing In Tokyo; Over Yonder; Thievius Raccoonus; Koko Town; Rush Hour; No Goats.

Jordan Robinson

Jordan Robinson is an Ottawa guitarist, composer and producer, and the founder of the instrumental jazz-rock fusion band Finely Tuned Elephant, which he started in 2019. He has writing credits on all three of the band's albums, Perfect Coincidence (2020), The Fast Life (2022) and No Goats (2026), and produced all three at Finely Tuned Studios, the Ottawa studio he has run since 2014. No Goats, the band's first album recorded as a full quartet with Cyrus Robertson Orkish (bass), Alex Lugli (keyboards) and Kyle Iveglia (drums), was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Robinson.

New Music from Smith, Wendel, Fraser, Sweenie & More

by Bob Osborne
April 9, 2026

This selection offers a sophisticated journey through the expansive landscape of contemporary and classic jazz, seamlessly blending intricate post-bop textures with avant-garde exploration and orchestral grandeur. From the evocative, cinematic atmospheres to the raw, legendary improvisations, the tracks traverse a broad spectrum of emotional and technical brilliance. Modern leaders provide a fresh dialogue between tradition and ...

Benji Porecki, Evening Sky, Finely Tuned Elephant, Jenny Klukken

by Cheryl K.
March 30, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by keyboardist Benjie Porecki; multi--instrumentalist/composer Brian Eaton; the ensemble Evening Sky; guitarist Gilad Barakan; reed player Martin Archer and vocalist Claire McAllister; electronic musician/conceptualist Joseph Branciforte and Fender Rhodes artist Jozef Dumoulin; the quartet Finely Tuned Elephant; and marimba player Jenny Klukken.