In a smoky haze of boundary-pushing jazz fusion, Michael HERTER paints a cinematic cityscape with delicate piano and saxophone on "City in the Autumn Rain", while Bobby Wallisch Jr. & Acid.Prof deliver raw emotional depth through dark jazz rock fusion. The Utter unleashes contemporary death jazz mayhem with accordions and effects-laden bass, as Mike Casey's ambitious "Valencia" weaves global influences into a forward-thinking multicultural tapestry. Missing Scenes crafts mysterious sonic vignettes inspired by Kurosawa's Dreams, while syn.terra fuses organic jazz with industrial mechanics.