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CLUTCH Side Project THE BAKERTON GROUP To Release 'El Rojo' In February
December 9, 2008Weathermaker Music, the label owned by touring juggernauts CLUTCH, has inked a multi-year, multiple-release North American deal with Sony/BMG-owned RED Distribution. First on deck, slated for a February 17 release through the formidable alliance, is the new THE BAKERTON GROUP CD entitled "El Rojo".
Produced by CLUTCH and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, Maryland, "El Rojo" will be the first full-tilt release from THE BAKERTON GROUP, the psychedelic instrumental jazz-laden alter ego of CLUTCH (all four original CLUTCH members make up THE BAKERTON GROUP). In addition, Per Wibergfrom OPETH was brought in to handle all piano, synth and keyboard duties on all 10 of "El Rojo"'s tracks.
"El Rojo" track listing:
01. Time Horizon
02. Chancellor
03. Peruvian Airspace
04. Bien Classico
05. Life on Lars
06. M(f)HS
07. The Gigantowakhia
08. Work 'em
09. Last Orbit
10. Bill Proger's Galaxy
In other CLUTCH-related news, some of the incredible footage from the band's first-ever live DVD/CD, "Full Fathom Five", will be featured on Comcast cable's On Demand "Concert TV" channel starting December 15, along with classic rock icons LED ZEPPELIN, JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK CROWES, DEEP PURPLE, SANTANA, U2 and MOTÖRHEAD. The band has also just returned from the U.K.'s Hard Rock Hell festival, a set that inspired Metal Hammer to report, "Once again, CLUTCH go about staking their claims to be one of the greatest bands in existence."
CLUTCH will end 2008 the same way it began it — on the road. In late December, they will headline a short run with VIKING SKULL and RUSSIAN CIRCLES as support. Starting February 11 to March 3, both CLUTCH and THE BAKERTON GROUP will simultaneously tour the the United States, before heading to the studio to record the new CLUTCH CD.
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