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    Posted: April 01 2010 at 11:14
In continuation of my meager attempt to divert some PA forum discussion time away from Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater and the other usual suspects, here is my 10th installment of Rushfan4's New CD Discussion Thread.  This month's recommendation is different from many of my other recommendations in that it comes from the jazz rock/fusion side of progressive rock.  This month's recommendation is the newest Fromuz release titled Seventh Story.
 
 

Here is a link to their PA page, http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2917, where the track Taken can be listened to.  In addition, there are 2 other songs from their previous albums. 

I have given this album a couple of listens now and I am enjoying it.  It is mostly instrumental but there are some vocals.  Although this is in the jazz rock/fusion category this is more of the acid jazz type that I really like.  At times, it reminds me of my favorite band Rush.  I downloaded the album from eMusic, so those of you with an account there might want to check it out.
 
Here is a link to the band's website where additional information can be found about them. http://www.fromuzband.com/
 
Here is a link to their MySpace page where there is a sampler of the new album, as well as some tracks from their previous two albums.  http://www.myspace.com/thefromuz
 
 
Or it can be purchased or downloaded from the band's record company 10T here.  http://10trecords.com/store/from-uz-seventh-story/
 
Here is their last.fm page where samples can be heard, but unfortunately I am not aware of anywhere where the entire album can be listened to.  http://www.last.fm/music/Fromuz
 
There are 3 reviews and 9 additional ratings of this album that you can check out on their PA page to see if this might interest you.   Hopefully, some of those reviewers will see this thread and also participate.  Please use this thread to discuss your thoughts on this album. Your likes and dislikes regarding the music and the lyrics, etc...  I look forward to what I hope will be an active and lengthy discussion.
 
In case you missed the first nine installments of the New CD discussion thread please check them out here at these links as I am more than happy to go back to these threads and further discuss them with anyone who is interested:
 
Knifeworld - Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat -  http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=62529&PID=3457937#3457937
Roswell Six - Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65438
 
I should note that for those who frown about these things, I am not a representative of any of these bands.  I do not get paid to endorse them.  All of these albums are albums that I purchased as downloads.  Actually, I did purchase the Roswell Six CD from ProgRock records, so it wasn't a download.  They are all albums that I have really enjoyed and therefore I am trying to bring them to the attention of PA members so that they may enjoy them to.  Obviously, I can't guarantee that anyone else will like these albums since it is all a matter of taste, but I have a feeling that there are some of you out there who will. LOL 

 
I should also mention that although I am a Collaborator here at PA, this thread and recommendation is made entirely independently of my duties as a PA collaborator, and is also totally independent of the PA Artist of the Month that is endorsed by M@x, the site's owner. 
 
 
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A friend of mine designed the artwork for this album (Ken Westphal from right here in Kansas City...he also did the Proto-Kaw albums and other Livgren albums. Also did the latest by John Elefante) and he keeps telling me to check them out.

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^ He used to hang around PA in 2006-2007, If I remember well.
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 12:33
It does look as though you can listen to the entire songs on the 10T website.  http://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/fromuz/discography/
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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 12:35
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

^ He used to hang around PA in 2006-2007, If I remember well.


He used to. Now he's over at Power Of Prog a lot. That and Facebook.

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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 12:38
Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

A friend of mine designed the artwork for this album (Ken Westphal from right here in Kansas City...he also did the Proto-Kaw albums and other Livgren albums. Also did the latest by John Elefante) and he keeps telling me to check them out.

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I like the artwork of the album cover.  Very nice colors to it.  I'm not sure what the concept is.  The place looks like a palace.  Is the pond with the frog suppose to represent a prince who needs to be kissed to turn from a frog to a prince?
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

A friend of mine designed the artwork for this album (Ken Westphal from right here in Kansas City...he also did the Proto-Kaw albums and other Livgren albums. Also did the latest by John Elefante) and he keeps telling me to check them out.

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I like the artwork of the album cover.  Very nice colors to it.  I'm not sure what the concept is.  The place looks like a palace.  Is the pond with the frog suppose to represent a prince who needs to be kissed to turn from a frog to a prince?


Not sure. I just sent him an email. I'll alert him of this thread.

Listening to it right now. Seems I've dismissed them too soon.

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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

It does look as though you can listen to the entire songs on the 10T website.  http://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/fromuz/discography/


Cool!

It's definitely a good album. The spoken parts were a good idea, though I would have preferred some different conversation subjects.


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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 14:14
I'll need to get the headphones out and listen closer to the conversations.  Unfortunately I haven't paid close enough attention yet to the subject matter.  Mostly just listening to the musical parts at this point.
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Points: 187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 15:36
Hello, everybody! I'm glad some of you are diggin' "Seventh Story".

You can hear it and all the first 2 albums either at 10T, as mentioned, or at our Power of Prog page:
www.powerofprog.ning.com/profile/Fromuz
and I'm there, too:
www.powerofprog.ning.com/profile/Artguyken

And as someone mentioned other album art I've done, you can either check it out at my FB page, or my website: www.kenwestphal.com

Let me know if I can answer any of your From.uz questions.
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Points: 66264 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2010 at 15:45

Hi Ken, did you see my rudimentary interpretation of your artwork?  Anywhere close to a proper interpretation?
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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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Originally posted by artguyken 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


Hello KenSmile!
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Hello Raff. ? who?
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Me, Ken, the Progressor reviewerWink....
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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. Tongue
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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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Oh... Raff!!!! I laff! My successor at ProgressoR.
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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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That's cool.  It is a cool album cover.  I like it.   The Overlook cover is really cool too.
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