With psychedelic drones, modes and odd meters, Israeli composer Gadi Caplan, wields a progressive fusion of world music with songs that free themselves from labels by taking liberties and leaving behind formulas. While most new progressive rock is more metal based, Caplan’s latest album Morning Sun soars with the power of 70’s rock, the complexities of Jazz, and the evolving nature of classical music.

Caplan released two albums, Opposite Views (2011) and Look Back Step Forward (2013) which were appreciated by both Jazz and Rock communities alike, receiving welcomed reviews from various magazines and radio play by many stations from Boston and New York to Texas and California, and as far as England, Belgium, Germany, Japan and Israel. Critics have hailed the albums with such remarks as “Fantastically arranged and written work by an undiscovered genius”, and “Delectable stuff from start to end, ‘opposite views’ is the prog album destined to be talked about for decades if not ever.”

In 2014 Caplan joined NYC based band The Weeping Willards on lead guitar. This new musical venture yielded an unexpected musical collaboration between Willards singer/composer Danny Abowd and Caplan. The two started working on some of Caplan’s sketches and within a few months wrote five new songs together. Two more compositions by Caplan and a collaboration with former fellow InnerCombustion band member Dylan Jackson were added to the Morning Sun sessions, which were mostly recorded and mixed by Willards bass player Jesse Gottlieb. The album varies in sounds and textures tremendously, from soft ballads with classical structures such as La Morena to upbeat electronica on Lili’s Day and all out fusion jams on Hemavati.