The iMAGiNARiUM is the largest of my projects, both in terms of ensemble size and scope. I might say its the most comprehensive and representative of the totality of my musical self.  Whereas my other projects have a clear musical focus, the identity of the iMAGiNARiUM is mercurial and often leaves the listener wondering what they will hear next.  A strong cinematic quality is present in both the compositions and orchestrations, hence requiring a large ensemble.  Chapter one: the clocks have gone mad (2016, Red Palace Records) has over 20 musicians on it.  The music draws on post rock, psychedelica, jazz, world music, exotica, gospel and more.  It was initially recorded over a week at Tedesco Studios (Paramus, NJ) in 2009 and I spent 5 years editing, overdubbing and expanding the initial recordings!  I love the original artwork by Nate Duval and its retro circus poster vibe.  The iMAGiNARiUM has performed at The Painted Bride Arts Center (Philadelphia, PA) and at various venues in NYC including DROM and The Stone.  In September 2021 we returned to the studio to record again.  This followed a few years of heavy composing for me (much due to the time I had at home during the pandemic.)  I was writing pretty consistently but a lot of what I was writing felt like small musical vignettes- not exactly songs.  I felt like they were somehow complete on their own but part of a larger structure.  That’s when I realized that what I was writing was really one long composition and I began editing and stringing all the smaller sections together.   Some sections are not short at all (10 minutes or longer) but the whole structure came into focus.  It came to about 150 minutes of music.  Through a rather unique set of circumstances, I brought nine musicians to Brattleboro, VT for 4 days to rehearse and record this behemoth musical undertaking.  Only 3 musicians from the original ensemble (Meg Okura, John Lee, and Jason Fraticelli) spilled over into this iteration which now includes Anwar Marshall (drums), Rich Stein (percussion), Jessica Lurie (woodwinds), Josh Lawrence (trumpet) and Sae Hashimoto (mallet percussion).  The story of this recording session is so epic and really needs a bio of its own but thankfully was captured through the cinematic eye of Dan Sharnoff.   The recording took place at the amazing studio Guilford Sound in the rolling hills of southern Vermont.  Whereas the first album took five years to complete, the second took only 1 year and is three times the music.  I feel quite good about that.  Added to the original 2 days of recording were many hours of recording at my home studio, and a day at The Bunker Studio.  To the original nine musicians were added Itai Kriss (flute), Jon Irabagon (tenor sax), Alex Asher (trombone) and Tim Keiper (ngoni and calabash).  Two previous recordings that were originally meant to be part of Gatos do Sul got reworked and are included in this latest iMAGiNARIUM album. 
I can’t wait to share this music with the world and is currently called chapter 2: Meet the Time Travelers, chapter 3: Uncharted Dimensions and the Perils of Unbridled Enthusiam, chapter 4: Somewhere After the Fall.  Stay posted for its release, hopefully sometime in late 2023/early 2024.