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Elephant9’s 2024 album Mythical River sounds like a fiery, explosive masterclass in modern progressive jazz-fusion and psychedelic heavy-organ rock. The Norwegian powerhouse trio—led by Ståle Storløkken’s dizzying array of vintage keyboards—crafts a dense, visceral sonic landscape packed with distorted Hammond organ swirls, blistering Fender Rhodes solos, and roaring synthesizer riffs. Backed by Nikolai Hængsle’s thick, driving basslines and Torstein Lofthus’s ferocious, polyrhythmic drumming, the music surges between manic, fast-paced jazz-rock improvisations and heavy, slow-burning space-rock grooves. It feels raw, virtuosic, and overwhelmingly alive, capturing the volatile energy of a high-octane live performance channeled into a dark, hypnotic, and cinematic studio journey.