Artist : Mustafa Khetty – Morpheus Project

Album : Mozaick

Release Date : 19-03-2021

Added : 26-04-2021

The 'Morpheus Project' is the work of the adopted Irishman of Sri Lankan origin 'Mustafa Khetty' who is a classical composer but who, thanks to his different places where he has lived, both in the East and in the West, forged himself a very broad musical culture which explains this magnificent album 'Mozaick' imbued with different influences that can be described as progressive world music. And if you want to penetrate the musical world of this artist, the best way is to enter it through this magnificent video which combines dance with his music and which shows this fusion between the two arts for a result of extraordinary strength with this astonishing musical mix between electric instruments and influences from all over the world between east and west.

'Rage Before The Storm' introduces the album in a relaxing atmosphere filled with multiple flavors where we can find scents of the East but also psychedelic influences of the beginning of 'Floyds', then, 'Shrill' brings an additional dose of progressive with successions of different soundscapes putting strings, a piano and electric instruments in turn and moving from classical atmospheres to jazz, the metal singer 'Onur Cobanoglu' being invited on this track. Then follows the instrumental 'Dancing With Elves' which begins solemnly with sounds of church organ and which takes off fairly quickly with a lively rhythm and electronic sounds supported by a guitar reminiscent of the sound of 'Carlos Santana' until the middle of the title which takes a completely different turn with a very calm part with an acoustic guitar which is joined by a piano and which gains momentum on the same theme with a rhythm section leading the dance and which falls back into the sweetness of a few piano notes. 'It's Who We are! Mozaick ', part of which served as the basis for the video described above, is the longest title and takes us on a journey, first of all, to exotic countries with sounds that 'Johnny Clegg' would not have denied, then, follows a patchwork of influences that intertwine with each other as we have already seen above. With 'Tomorrow Never Comes', we continue to travel the world with an oriental introduction highlighting traditional percussions, then, the electric instruments join the traditional instruments in a marked tempo in which 'Mustafa Khetty' offers us a very expressive vocal performance before a swaying instrumental section always led by an imaginative rhythm basis and which leaves room in the last third to a much quieter part. The end of the album features shorter but equally endearing compositions with first of all the ballad 'Waiting' with a remarkable new performance by 'Onur Cobanoglu', a ballad which gradually gains momentum for a final intense, then, 'Istanbul Swing', takes us on a delicious mix between oriental sounds and jazzy influences and we are not so far finally from the latino rock of 'Santana' with a characteristic guitar solo by in the second part and 'Nights to Remember' (see video here) offers several facets with an energetic introduction and a rather classic sung part bringing us back to melodic rock, the album ending in a very beautiful way with the instrumental 'Cry for Freedom' which is a classical piece introduced by a piano/cello duo joined by keyboards and magnificent aerial vocalizations and which has been and which was the subject of a video filled with a very special emotionici.

In summary, the 'Morpheus Project' of 'Maustafa Khetty' is still a great discovery 2021 and offers us a completely original facet in progressive music, bringing together music and musicians from the East and the West and as I often repeat, musical creation always offers beautiful things when it is multi-cultural because, from this union, projects are often born bringing some novelty that all progressive lovers are constantly looking for in their quest of new musical horizons...

Line Up / Musicians

Mustafa Khetty (Vocal) + Guests : Emircan Ünsev (Guitar, Keybords), Arda Keremoglu (Guitar, Keybords), Arda Taner (Keybords, Piano), Berke Köymen (Drums), Irfan Keçebasoglu (Bass), Emirhan Üçkardas (Guitar), Cem Ergunoglu (Keybords), Onur Çobanoglu (Vocal), Erkan Erzurumlu (Guitar), Onur Nar (Cello, Violin, Viola, Percussions), Burcu Arslantas (Vocal), Gencay Kiymaz (Drums), Mehmet Özen (Bass), Gustavo Eiriz (Guitar, Violin), Sebastian Fahey (Keybords), Engin Ergen (Violin), Göksun Çavdar (Clarinette), Turgut Özüfler (Kanun), Türker Dinletir (Ney), Manual Villar (Sitar, Cello), Matias Chapiro (Piano), Zilan Küçükbalaban (Vocal)