''El Rojo'' is the second full-length studio album by

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, otherwise known as "the psychedelic instrumental jazz-laden alter ego" of

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. Released in 2009, the album marks the debut of keyboardist

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(then of

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), who replaced Mick Schauer.

Background

The title of the album began as the working title for a song that was never included on the album. "El Rojo" was used because it reminded the band of the

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band

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. Dan Maines further elaborated upon the King Crimson allusion, noting that Fallon intended ''El Rojo'' (Spanish for "the red one") as a reference to ''

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''. However, Neil Fallon has given another explanation for the title which indicated that "El Rojo" was: As Fallon explains, "Bill Proger's Galaxy" makes reference to a pseudonym adopted by a friend: The Bakerton Group first met Per Wiberg while the latter was touring with

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and then again when Wiberg toured with

. During the Opeth tour, The Bakerton Group invited Wiberg to jam on stage with them and, based on that chemistry, asked Wiberg to join the band for the ''El Rojo'' recording sessions. Opeth's tour scheduling allowed for Wiberg to collaborate with the band in the studio.

Track listing

Personnel

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* Dan Maines –

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– Keyboards *

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– Producer

References

External links

The Bakerton Group
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