Morpheus Project (Mustafa Khetty) - Eclectic Prog?

have alerted the Eclectic team

excellent album

A forum search revealed nothing for either Morpheus Project or Mustafa Khetty, which is surprising since the project's debut album "Mozaick" was released more than three months ago now, and has been getting plenty of airplay on various prog radio stations and podcasts, as well as some pretty decent reviews on the Internet.

Mustafa Khetty was born in Sri Lanka and during his early life was exposed to Indian classical music until in 1971, aged 11, Mustafa left tropical, humid Sri Lanka for "damp, soggy" beloved Ireland, where exposure to classical and choral music, literature, prose and poetry inspired him. He started writing music at age 12 and had scored the first sketches of a rock/classical fusion concerto, toccata and fugue and other pieces by 15. Since then he has been a World traveller, gold bullion trader and a techno entrepreneur, and he has lived in the Middle and Far East, but buried inside him has always been the Irish schoolboy who lived to make music during the golden days of prog rock, until his Sri Lankan parents' disapproval ripped those ambitions away. 

Eventually, in 2017, he returned full circle to his first passion after nearly 35 year as an investor and IT entrepreneur. He is perhaps best known for the piece "Requiem for New Zealand", which he wrote in early 2020 to commemorate the first anniversary of what has been described as "one of New Zealand’s darkest days", when 51 Muslims were killed by a single gunman in consecutive mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday Prayers on 15 March 2019, but his music ranges across different genres and fusion of both western and eastern styles and instruments, merging soundscapes and forming a tapestry of moods, emotions, rhythmic patterns and harmonic layers. Often described as world music, his creative spirit is free from rules, boundaries and parameters. A bohemian at heart, his music is a reflection of his travels and experiences.

"Mozaick" (Released March 19, 2021)

1. Rage Before The Storm (2:44) 

2. Shrill! (5:55) 

3. Dancing With Elves (6:17) 

4. It’s Who We Are! Mozaick (8:43) 

5. Tomorrow Never Comes (7:15) 

6. Waiting (3:28) 

7. Istanbul Swing (4:17) 

8. Nights To Remember (3:52) 

9. Cry For Freedom (4:19) 

Total Time 46:50

- Mustafa Khetty / composition, arrangements, vocal (5)

- Emircan Ünsev / guitars (1-8), keyboard/synthesizer and programming (3, 5-8), arrangement (3, 5-8)

- Arda Keremoğlu / guitars (2, 3, 5-9), keyboard/synthesizer and programming (3, 5-8), arrangement (5, 6)

- Arda Taner / keyboard/synthesizer and programming (3, 6-8), piano (9)

- Berke Köymen / drums (3, 5-8)

- İrfan Keçebaşoğlu / bass (3, 5-8)

- Emirhan Üçkardaş / guitars (1, 3, 8), arrangement (1, 3, 8)

- Cem Ergunoğlu / keyboard/synthesizer and programming (1, 2, 4), arrangement (1, 2, 4, 7)

- Onur Çobanoğlu / vocal (2, 5, 6, 8)

- Erkan Erzurumlu / guitars (2, 4)

- Onur Nar / cello (2, 4), violin (2), viola (2), percussions (4, 5, 7)

- Burcu Arslantaş / voice (2, 4)

- Gencay Kıymaz / drums (2, 4)

- Mehmet Özen / bass (2, 4)

- Gustavo Eiriz / guitars (4), violin (9)

- Sebastian Fahey / keyboard/synthesizer and programming (4, 9)

- Engin Ergen / electric violin (1)

- Göksun Çavdar / clarinet (4)

- Turgut Özüfler / kanun (4)

- Türker Dinletir / ney (4)

- Manual Villar / sitar (4, 5), cello (9)

- Matias Chapiro / piano (9), arrangement (9)

- Zilan Küçükbalaban / voice (9)

I've suggested Eclectic here, since the album flits around from Prog Folk to World Music and even a touch of Neo and Heavy Prog as well in places, so Eclectic seemed the best fit overall.

I've not added the project to progfreak, since I don't know if you would want to make the entry here as 'Morpheus Project' or 'Mustafa Khetty', should it eventually be approved.