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artguyken 
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 Topic: RushFan4's New CD Thread 10- Fromuz -Seventh StoryPosted: May 29 2010 at 01:18 |
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Thanks for that. I thought Michael Popke did a great job and certainly appreciated his kind remarks.
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rushfan4
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 08:14 |
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I received this quarter's edition of Progression magazine earlier this week, and the lead article is a story about From.UZ and Seventh Story. Michael Popke had nothing but nice things to say about the band and the album. He also said that Ken Westphal's album cover is a "stunning image that ranks among the finest album covers of 2010". I just thought that I would share that info here in case anyone was interested.
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Garion81
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 15:19 |
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^ Read my edit
 That would be great |
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
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artguyken
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 15:15 |
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We need to get you a big screen TV!
Hopefully From.uz will be in the States in 2011. |
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Garion81
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 15:10 |
While I will enjoy the DVD I meant live live. In person. It is how I enjoy music best anyway. I love the phones and all the recordings but man siting right in front of a group on fire like these guys are is priceless. What I mean is like when we saw Emerson and Lake last Sunday. You hear the moog on record and it is nice. For instance I love that the bass note he hits on it just before the ending notes of Tarkus where it seems to to broaden out and flows over you. In concert that note shakes the floor if you happen to be on the same floor as the stage. It shakes your bones. There is no comparison. Same with the end of Lucky Man Hard to get that same effect form the Home theater unless you like making your neighbors angry. I mean there were pieces of dust coming down form the raised curtains and little pieces of plaster coming from the ceiling of the old Orpheum Theater in LA. Absolutely tremendous. Edited by Garion81 - May 04 2010 at 15:18 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 12:32 |
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Torodd has posted an interview that he did with the band here. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=67125&PID=3640458#3640458
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artguyken
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 12:22 |
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I just got a message from Al Khalmurzaev, saying that they have begun work on new material. Garion, you'll get your wish with the live DVD of Seventh Story, due this summer. Sorry to tell you, though, the yelling is still at the beginning, as are the spoken parts between songs. It is fun to see them play, though.
And after that, there will be a double DVD - double CD released by end of year - an all acoustic set. |
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Garion81
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Posted: May 03 2010 at 18:29 |
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been listening to it today and thinking about its appeal. Well it doesn't sound like Genesis so that is a big plus these days. I am thinking you could put this band and Liquid Tension Experiment in the same category but I like these guys more. No offense to LTE but they just don't put the same time into it the way Fromuz does. This album is stunning in its breadth of instruments and styles. I would love to hear this played live. I bet it would kill (without out the sound effect voices of course) Man does that conversation ruin the beautiful piano intro to Taken. That has always been my biggest complaint about these guys is the non musical passages they stick in there that go on for minutes sometimes. Anyway minor complaint really. I really like these guys energy and drive. BTW anyone pick up that sampler from Ten-T that has them doing Starless from King Crimson?
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LiquidEternity
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 22:13 |
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Oi! I've been slacking. Time to write this review.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 15:05 |
Mind? Not at all. Thanks much for doing it! Now we'll see if you get any participants! |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 26 2010 at 11:59 |
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I am finally getting around to listening to Audio-Diplomacy. It can also be streamed on the bands label.
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 12:46 |
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I hope that you don't mind Ken, but as a tie in to this thread, I have created a poll for members to select their favorite Fromuz album cover. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=66803&PID=3628603#3628603
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artguyken
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:59 |
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their music is the sort that requires multiple listens!
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 14 2010 at 08:06 |
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I do need to listen to Audio Diplomacy and it is near time to revisit Overlook. But in the meantime I played Seventh Story again this morning and it sounded frickin' awesome. It was my best listen yet.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 21:51 |
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I'd love for us not to get hung-up on this one song. If you'd like to see segments from the Fromuz debut release, "Audio Diplomacy", you can watch at youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fromuz+progressive+rock&aq=f
The top half dozen are from that. Then the next couple are from a promo of the upcoming "Inside Seventh Story" DVD. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 19:18 |
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The riff throughout the entire song sounds familiar to me. Maybe it is La Villa Strangiato that I am also hearing. I am tired and confused and tend to get song titles mixed up. I'll have to listen to Parallels and then YYZ and maybe other songs to figure out what I am hearing.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 14:28 |
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Ahah! Yes. Rush Fan, I hear it. A friend just sent me YYZ. The intro is nearly note for note. Beyond that, I hear no similarity, but the riff at the beginning. Gotcha.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 10:23 |
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oh, hi, Olav!
From.uz has a "Seventh Story" concert DVD ready for release, as well as an acoustic set of songs from all three albums that have been released. |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 06:15 |
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And I don't disagree with you, as I am not familiar with the song in question. All I know is there was no intentional similarity.
My point in quoting the article is that different ears hear different things. The more familiar you are with a band, the more likelihood your ears will detect a similarity. I listened to what I could find online at iTunes and Amazon, but you know how that is, they're only 30 second clips. So I still can't comment from knowledge of XYZ. |
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Windhawk
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 22:49 |
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I don't remember if I mentioned YYZ in particular on that song, but at least in my notes RUSH is mentioned and underlined. This band has taken me on an interesting musical journey on their 3 albums released so far. And as I understand it they have their next 2 already more or less finished as well.
Oh, and hiya Ken, nice to see you popping in here :-) |
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