Finnegans Wake started in Belgium and were identified with Rock in Opposition-style avant-prog, even after group mainstay Henry Krutzen's 2001 move to Brazil. After moving, Krutzen drew upon both European and Brazilian musicians to realize his conception for Finnegans Wake, whose music often maintained a strong sense of groove even when complexly scored -- that is, until the release of 2010's The Bird and the Sky Above, which abandoned rock for the world of free jazz and creative improvisation (to the chagrin of some fans). The group had been rock-based despite various stylistic side trips throughout its series of albums titled after colors -- i.e., Yellow (1994), Green (1998), and Blue (2008) -- so one might reasonably expect a return to rock on 2011's Red. In fact, since blue is equated with cool and red with hot in practically everything including, of course, music (with trumpeter Miles Davis and prog rockers King Crimson being merely two musical artists who drew that connection), one might expect Red to up the ante on Blue's most heated rock moments. But no; Red and The Bird and the Sky Above are cut from the same cloth. Red consists of a ten-part chamber suite in D-minor, inventively titled "D Minor Suite," mainly "written" by Krutzen, who plays tenor sax as well as percussion and a steelpan-related resonating instrument called a hang. A total of 13 musicians participate, including former Finneganers flutist Alexandre Johnson and pianist Marcilio Onofre in Brazil and newest member bass saxophonist Markus Stauss, recording his parts in Basil, Switzerland. Pianist Jean-Luc Plouvier (Univers Zero, X-Legged Sally, Louise Avenue) plays piano on one track, recorded in Brussels, with the remaining musicians, including the string quartet Quarteto Vórtece, contributing in Brazil.

1		Solo
2		Septet
3		Duet
4		Trio
5		Quartet
6		Sextet
7		Quintet
8		Another Septet
9		Another Duet
10		Another Solo

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