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PONTUS Releases Official Music Video for Title Single off of 'Black Hole BBQ'


Pontus New York-based Progressive Instrumental Space rock band PONTUS has released the official music video for the title single off of their album, Black Hole BBQ. The video for "Black Hole BBQ" was pieced together by different videos taken from the recording process and edited in with some live footage taken throughout the years. Included are short videos of the live studio tracking of drums, cello, and percussion. The making of the album and the video was a collaboration with both Faculty and students at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn. Pontus’ day gig is at Feirstein graduate school where he manages the post-production facility and teaches music technology. The musicians performing on Black Hole BBQ include Pontus H.W. Gunve (All guitars, composition, and production), Tripp Dudley (Drums, Tabla, and Percussion), Ian O’Brien (Modular Synth), Chris Kelly and Dan Kramer (Bass), Eric Allen (Cello), Katie Thode (Flute). The album was mixed by Rocky Gallo at Virtue and Vice Studios and mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet Mastering.



" Black Hole BBQ" Tracklist:
1. Black Hole BBQ - Shelagh's Quest
2. March of Mysceria
3. Sukhothai - Dawn of Happiness
4. Exotic Matter
5. Infinity Plus One
6. Polar Vortex
7. For Jules
8. Telus Mater

Download / Stream Black Hole BBQ Online:
music.apple.com/us/album/black-hole-bbq/id1482244298
open.spotify.com/album/5bbM3XOiy5rRZNcLrTJYrD
www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Pontus-H-W-Gunve/dp/B07YZTCB76/ref=sr_1_1
www.pontusmusic.com/store

“People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.” – Yoko Ono

If there is truth in that statement, then perhaps the true measure of a musician is the reaction and response his or her music gets. Pontus Gunve has garnered quite a few reviews over the years that can be an indication of that relationship. It’s a great place to start in understanding Pontus Gunve and his group PHWG.

Pete Feenstra at Get Ready to Rock said, “Pontus has a keen sense of the musical possibilities his impressionist style offers him.” Translated from Swedish, Jan-Erik Zandersson said this in Nya Upplaga, “Musically, this is a kind of progressive post-rock with a historical focus.” In a review of Gunve’s latest disc, Andrew Metzgler of Mountain Weekly News said, “The on