Country: Venezuela
Sub Genre: Fusion
Label: Prosthetic Records
Release date: September 17, 2013
Tracklist:
1. The Tango I - 02:39
2. The Tango II - 02:48
3. The Tango III - 01:41
4. Spam II - 04:18
5. The Triangle Tune - 06:56
6. High Spirit - 06:14
7. Viroliano Tries Prog - 02:20
8. Viroliano Tries Jazz - 03:05
9. Viroliano Tires Metal - 01:56
10. Eleven Drums - 05:08
11. 2 AM - 05:39
Line-up:
Felix Martin - 14-string guitar
With
Nathan Navarro - bass and Chapman Stick
Marco Minnemann - drums (1-10)
Charlie Zeleny - drums (11)
Description/Reviews:
A glance at the album’s tracklist reveals Martin’s stylistic ambition; the three-part series of “Viroliano Tries Prog,” “Viroliano Tries Jazz” and “Viroliano Tries Metal” says enough on that front. To be fair, though, those song titles give the wrong impression of The Scenic Album. While it is chock-full of different genres, they function as cards he plays throughout the album’s runtime, not bells and whistles he throws in for novelty’s sake. While “Viroliano Tries Metal” is as brutish as expected, the track still blends in with The Scenic Album’s overall aesthetic, camouflaging itself amongst the other behemoths on this record. “High Spirit” begins by exploring progressive metal in a way Animals As Leaders once did, and “Triangle Tune” is both complex and affecting-- it wouldn’t even surprise me if, in an alternate universe, the track were placed on a more caffeine-laced copy of the latest Scale the Summit record. The song conveys emotional substance in such an instrumentally industrious way, toying with dynamics and distinct styles from one moment to the next. But these parts of The Scenic Album overshadow the rest, for they illustrate a picture of Felix Martin himself, not the aggregate parts of his biggest influences.
Read the full review by Jacob Royal at sputnikmusic.com
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