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One can meet Cody under his alter ego "Ludrium". Infiltrate The Mother Ship for example offers progressive rock, game music, fusion, and synth stylings. His newest solo project is Cody Carpenter's Interdependence, released in 2018 on Blue Canon Records.
Cody planed to create this time music in the jazz rock realm. So he first contacted bass player Jimmy Haslip, with whom he already worked some years ago. Influenced by the early Genesis and keyboardist Keith Emmerson he wanted to try something in that direction. While on the albums by Ludrium are mostly vocal tracks, Cody decided to make a pure instrumental album this time.
Those who know the music of Keith Emmerson will soon get familiar with Jinrai Fuuretsu. Cody's fingers slip smoothly over the keys of his synthesizer. Hard for bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Scott Seiver to follow his tempo. Face The Future should rather be called Face The Past, because here, too, bass, keys and drums merge to form a close-knit team of Jazz Rocks.
All tunes in common is that they are fast paced and the synthesizer as the dominant instrument carries the melodies. Cody Carpenter's Interdependence is in the tradition of jazz rock, which is often referred to in America as fusion jazz. Despite all the terminology that clings to this style, this album is not about showing off one's own virtuosity, but about living out the joy of music that is closest to one's own. |
Cody
Carpenter, the son of movie genius John Carpenter, steps out the huge
shadow of his father. In addition to contributing music for two of his
father's films, Vampires (1998) and Ghosts of Mars (2001),
Carpenter composed and performed the full-length score for "Cigarette
Burns" and "Pro-Life" in Showtime's Masters of Horror (2005)
movie series. Cody co-wrote, co-produced, and performed on the
acclaimed Lost Themes (2015) and Lost Themes II (2016)
with his father and Daniel Davies.
