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Ben Monder standing in for Kurt Rosenwinkel. “Having Kurt on Flashbacks just brought a sound in my head to life. When you play music with him it just lifts everything. I actually wrote some of the tunes on “Flash-backs” with Kurt in mind and some of the odd weaving melodies are directly inspired by his melodic approach. His record “Heartcore”, with its long through composed melodies, odd forms and almost futuristic approach, changed my concept of writing for good! So it that had its effect on Flashbacks. Funny thing is, Kurt told me that my CD Release The Day actually inspired some of his writing on Heartcor”