RELOCATOR

This debut has 8 songs, all pretty lengthy but with a strong individuality with strong and easy-to-memorize themes (ex: the mid-eastern theme in Aavishkar, the heavy and bulldozer-like a la Meshuggah riff in The Alchemist, the super-catchy keyboard and guitar theme in Red Vibes, the classic prog-metal approach on Biosphere, etc?). Improvisation is fully present on the guitar, bass, violin and keyboard side (Derek Sherinian is a master of this skill). We have the violin present on 3 of the 8 tracks and with it's interventions (a la Jerry Goodman and Jean Luc Ponty) the music of Relocator has a higher grade of originality, a sort of "the cherry on top of?". On this album we can find all the progressive fusion metal elements: complex and aggressive guitar riffs, fretless bass runs, keyboard shredding (handled by Derek Sherinian), fusion/shred guitar solos, interesting drum patterns, modal approach, poly-rhythms, etc... . To resume this, an excellent album and although it is self-released, the production is super professional made. Highly recommended if you like Planet X, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Gordian Knot, Cynic, etc? .