3rd release by Hox Vox project, Das Chamäleon is a 5 track EP about mutant music, obtained through bizarre pairings or juxtaposing uneven genres. So it's again a concept album (or better concept EP), but this time I tried to create more cohesion between avant and melodic parts, in fact I made a large use of 4/4 tempo, which is not exactly my favourite.
I even slipped for a while into a Santana-like groove, despite I don't particularly like the mexican slowhanded guitarist... an euphemism to intend I never listen to him, except when he played with McLaughin on Love Devotion Surrender.
Everything on this record is made by me, cover included (except some crowd cheering samples in Plastic Boots), so it's somewhat a step further.

Tracks description:

• Springbound is an electronic/IDM number. I think sometimes its melodies remind The Gasman style, I like his work so this is a consequent fact.
• Plastique Boots is a fake live act between white reggae and punk rock. Track is very basic, I resisted to add another guitar or some atmospheric pads as I needed a simple but crisp phase between Springbound and Entr'Acte.
• Entr’acte - inspired by famous Renè Clair movie - puts together electronics and latin. Song is based on an opposition between two solutions in melting cold electronics with a warm melody.
• Cockroach got the darker Residents influences plus a slow and harsh fusion bass guitar, this is a "dual" song as Entr'acte, but this time it's based on a root melody played first straight then reversed, with different arrangements.
• Das Chamäleon starts in a funky fashion and developes a series of themes usually considered as incongruous, being the manifesto of whole record: jazz, avantprog, latino à la Santana, post-rock, funk again. Song closing got the best bassline I've conjured in my tiny carrier.

My ADSL works again, so let's summarize what's happened meanwhile.

Endlessly looking for a job in a very hard recession, I'm recording my last record. It's composed of five pieces: first four tracks are almost finished, now I'm working on last one. It's very complex and twisted, so I wonder as usual if I'm goin' too baroque or - worst - quite wanky.
(I don't want to say titles as I can change them on the go, or even 5 minutes before upload; so better be vague).

I already made album's cover, so I only need to finish last song, go back to final arrangments on first four songs, and make last maniac analysis before upload and see if there's feedback.
I think I'll subscribe last song of record to Garageband experimental rock contest if the result will be what I got in my mind. Can't say "exactly" because the track as I said up here is quite zigzagging so it's difficult to imagine all the details in an overall view. This could result in a drastic simplification, but I take this option as very far.

Slowly LaGuardia climb up the charts in Garageband, got a 3.2 score now and it's about at half way in all-times progressive charts (#1,015 of 2,167), but sadly it's only #50 on 66 in active Prog Contest. Still I think it was better subscribe it on Experimental rock contest, but I was a newbie and didn't get the situation.