Traun

TRAUN is a music project created by drummer Dave Murray of <a href="spotify:artist:1xieC6GkoG1VsMEcD3A07K" data-name="Estradasphere">Estradasphere</a> (no, not of <a href="spotify:artist:6mdiAmATAx73kdxrNrnlao" data-name="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a> ;). The pieces consist of progressive episodic music ranging from Gypsy-Jazz, Metal, Classical, Fusion, World, Electronic, Cinema and various other genre amalgamations. The albums are intended to be listened to chronologically, as the songs reflect the beats of a science-fiction story described on the official website. Guest musicians include Timb Harris (<a href="spotify:artist:3H6yIZ1GLpc1WV51iuyZgp" data-name="Secret Chiefs 3">Secret Chiefs 3</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:2zq0uqN9Wq12tqrQQt1ozw" data-name="Mr. Bungle">Mr. Bungle</a>), Jamison Smeltz (<a href="spotify:artist:165XMyzGrm3VoS6jbcNQ3B" data-name="miRthkon">miRthkon</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:1YRGQOk4Mk9EpM6nTJhXtK" data-name="Daedelus">Daedelus</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0gaASCUAMqvXxGFDYaNFca" data-name="Ben Wendel">Ben Wendel</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:0rS1Y2DkDJhLiaR0MyJyCg" data-name="Kneebody">Kneebody</a>) and Tim Smolens (<a href="spotify:artist:1xieC6GkoG1VsMEcD3A07K" data-name="Estradasphere">Estradasphere</a>). The 4 albums were released together in order to preserve production continuity. This final installation of TRAUN is the official follow-up to the 2003 release, <a href="spotify:artist:0gh3C4ZnFsdzZrJlnPwJUg" data-name="The Deserts of Traun">The Deserts of Traun</a>. Album art, illustrations and animation were done by Colby Bluth, who has worked in the field of animation for Disney, Fox, Apple, Samsung and many other studios