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Most of us know that Kevin Moore, the mastermind behind Chroma Key, was the keyboard player for American prog metal band Dream Theater up to 1995. Back then he already showed the world how talented a keyboard player he was, with his atmospheric use of the instrument, as well as being a technically pretty advanced player.

However, if you are to expect a prog metal band when you are about to listen to some Chroma Key, I'm sorry to inform you that you're awaiting a huge letdown. You see, Chroma Key's music is all in typical Kevin Moore-style, but sound wise it has more in common with electronic music alike trip-hop than it has with his previous (metal) band Dream Theater.

So what is there for the listener to expect? Well, for starters you are treated to 9 atmospheric and breathy compositions, which all have their roots in electronic music (trip-hop as I mentioned before), but with a twist of space-rock added to them. The songs are an average 4.30min long, which means they're rather conventional, commercial wise, in length. Yet each of these songs has rather a lot of depth to it compositional wise. Moore's keyboards are always there, either as a lead instrument or providing that extra touch to the background.

Moore's vocals by the way are rather an acquired taste so to speak. He might sound a bit monotonous to some, but I like his vocals. They tend to blend in perfectly with the airy atmosphere of his music. For those who know Kevin Moore's other project O.S.I. (The Office of Strategic Influence): his music here is a sort of basis for his O.S.I. work, only with O.S.I. he also incorporated metal elements.

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