Tracklist:

1.Starship Syncopation
2. King Bozzi (Feat. Sam Greenfield)
3. The Sorcerer
4. 305 (Feat. Chris Potter & Electric Kif)
5. Burning
6. Sell By Date
7. Midwest Conquest
8. Chateau
9. Utopia (Feat. Marti Fischer)
10. Quotidian Fields (Feat. Bruce Hornsby)

Collaboration in its purest form is something that features the two artists involved while drawing something out of each other that they never would have been able to pull off on their own. This is why I love doing it. It keeps my creative mind spinning and inspired. I did a short run of concerts a few years back that featured the Metropole Orkest, and we’ve discussed working on a project together ever since. I’ve never seen an orchestra who is so versatile in being able to play classical and also groove based music. I knew that we’d be able to capture something really special if I utilized them alongside my band. When writing this album I knew that the hard hitting groove and funk elements needed to be represented, but in a new and unique way that I’ve not been able to explore on past projects. As someone who’s eternally curious, I wrote and demoed about 25 songs to see what kind of space I could explore with 50 extra musicians in the band.