Album Notes

The second release from Bodhisattva Jones, Imaginary Weather is in part a tribute to the late, great Josef Zawinul; composer, keyboardist and co-founder of Weather Report. It also features a sly nod to the great British progressive rock bands of the early seventies, yet is nothing if not cutting edge in sound texture and composition. Or, as Michael Gallant put it in the April 2008 issue of Keyboard Magazine: "Imaginary Weather plays like updated Weather Report gone electronica...combining a Zawinul-esque palate of synths with fluid, energetic drum programming. His touch on acoustic piano is as excellent as his command of electronic axes; Joe would have seriously dug the intensity, floating grooves, and deft execution of Imaginary Weather." Slightly more varied and uptempo than 2007's Emotion Controlled Oscillator, Imaginary Weather will take you on a journey to many exotic internal worlds. The work of Portland, Oregon artist Brett Harrison, whose unique photography graces the cover, can be accessed at bharrisonfoto.com.

Bodhisattva Jones is the nom-de-sequencer of Michael Allen Whipple, a multi-instrumentalist and producer living in Portland, Oregon. Bodhi loves to make chips and wires sound like flesh and bone. Or transmute the flute into the wonderful world of silicon. This virtual band has been producing music since the turn of the century, and sees no reason to stop now.