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rushfan4 
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 Posted: April 08 2010 at 21:51 |
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I know that I am not the only one that hears YYZ on the song Parallels.
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 21:03 |
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I just read a strong review on a Dutch prog site, Background Magazine, which says interestingly:
"But the real strength of this
quartet is the fact they have composed
original music. No hints of Yes,
Genesis or any other classic
band. The music sounds so fresh and tasty. And they bring a lot to the
table:
besides the standard guitars/bass/dums/keys, they also use instruments
like
vibraphone, marimba and tubular bells. Although their music is not
strictly
instrumental, there are not that many vocals on the album.
Surprisingly I didn’t even miss these. The
music is so lush and fantastic, it just takes me away to a much nicer
place…"
http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/ (CD Reviews/F/From.uz)
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 19:52 |
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Kak zhal! (It's a pity! - Russian) Yes, Brian, agreed! (on all counts)
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 17:02 |
 art boyken wrote:
Quirks? ha! You mean like the hollering at the beginning of the album? What's that about?
I'll ask Vitaly about XYZ.
Brian, that was especially funny knowing your love of Genesis and the art of Genesis.
And thanks for the plugs. ;0)
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 and the military marching cadence on Overlook for another example.
I thought you would appreciate that. Actually if you think about it came out as a compliment because I love early Genesis music.
We really do have to get that radio show going Ken.
I really kick myself sometimes that we couldn't find away to go see Fromuz at Bajaprog a few years ago. Now there is no festival and the town of Mexicali took abig hit from that earthquke a few days ago. 
Edited by Garion81 - April 08 2010 at 17:02
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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: April 08 2010 at 16:08 |
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Vitaly told me that he did not have Rush or "XYZ" in mind at all when he wrote this, though he does admire them.
As they say in the movies:
"Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental"
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 14:32 |
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Quirks? ha! You mean like the hollering at the beginning of the album? What's that about?
I'll ask Vitaly about XYZ.
Brian, that was especially funny knowing your love of Genesis and the art of Genesis.
And thanks for the plugs. ;0)
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Garion81
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 11:43 |
I think this is their best to date. They have matured very nicely through the three projects. They have some quirks I don't care for but overall a very fine band. The vocals on this one really add something to the music and I think are a great element addition. The vocals seem to draw the song out of the music.
As for the artwork, meh! It reminds me of very bad early Genesis music. 
(Just kidding Ken.) 
Actually he modified my Bison in my sig and added flames to it to model off his blazing bison covers. Have had the extreme pleasure of meeting Ken a few times and even attended Proto-Kaw shows together. I have some of his artwork on my wall at home and my wallpaper on my computer(s).
Edited by Garion81 - April 08 2010 at 11:44
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 08:31 |
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It has been nearly a week, time to give this album another spin. The song Parallels is to Rush's YYZ what Porcupine Tree's Time Flies is to Pink Floyd. A serious tribute to the forefathers of prog. The song takes the YYZ riff and incorporates it within their song to develop an entirely new song, but the tribute is definitely there. I wonder what the back story is behind this, if there is any.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 07 2010 at 21:49 |
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Raff, dear lady, you're far to hard on yourself. You are entitled to your opinion. What made so funny to me was that I was the proof reader on the review before it was posted. I thought Vitaly had written it and teased him about it. Anyway, I got a good laugh out of it and there were/are absolutely no hard feelings
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 09:47 |
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The Overlook album cover reminds me a little of the Transatlantic covers.
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 09:12 |
You know, I made a huge blunder in my Overlook review - the one I originally wrote for ProgressoR (there is an edited version of it here) - when I called its cover 'cheesy'  . In fact, it reminded me of some DT stuff... When Ken added me as a friend on Facebook, and I realized that he was the artist, I would've liked the earth to open up and swallow me whole  . He's a very nice guy, and one hell of an artist too.
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 09:06 |
That's cool. It is a cool album cover. I like it. The Overlook cover is really cool too.
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 08:58 |
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Oh... I forgot to answer the frog question. I'd begun using "mechanimals" in the art for "Overlook". After I had the idea for the cascading stream staircase and pool of water, I tried putting a Captain Nemo Nautilus type submarine in, but didn't like it. Then I had an octopus, but it too, didn't fit. My illustrator friend, CB Mordan, said "what about some lily pads and maybe a mechanical frog?" It just felt right.
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 18:00 |
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Oh... Raff!!!! I laff! My successor at ProgressoR.
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 17:59 |
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The concept is simply my vision of a world I began creating with the first Fromuz album. There is a progression from some of the lower tiers on "Audio Diplomacy" to the surface on "Overlook" and then into one of the buildings of the town on "Seventh Story".
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 16:21 |
I think the concept of the cover art is something like the decay of a once classy music hall, or at least it's a contradiction between the idea of the civilization, music, maybe academism on one side and the passage of time, nature and loose creativity on the other. That's my guess. 
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 16:12 |
Me, Ken, the Progressor reviewer  ....
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artguyken
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 16:05 |
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Hello Raff. ? who?
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 16:01 |
artguyken wrote:
and if you happen to be on Facebook, the official From.uz Fan Page is:
http://www.facebook.com/artguyken?ref=profile#!/pages/Fromuz/115179999288
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Hello Ken  !
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artguyken
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Posted: April 01 2010 at 15:46 |
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and if you happen to be on Facebook, the official From.uz Fan Page is:
http://www.facebook.com/artguyken?ref=profile#!/pages/Fromuz/115179999288
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