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Showing posts with label Michael's Statement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael's Statement. Show all posts

Friday, April 8, 2022

Michael's Statement "Isolation"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 8, 2022
Tracklist
1. Aurora Borealis (4:38) 
2. The Light (5:54) 
3. Big Bang (13:54) 
4. Meine Welt, Deine Welt (6:29) 
5. The Truth In Between (4:15) 
6. Human Reality (8:13) 
7. Who Is Listening? (8:48) 
8. One Moment Of Silence (5:21) 

Total Time 57:32

Credits
Michael Vuckovac : drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, percussions (3, 5), Tubular Bells (3), orchestration (3), vibraphone (7), megaphone (8)
   With
Alberto Palacios: vocals (2, 6), electric guitars (6)
Dennies Lachenmajer: bass guitar (2, 8)
Thomas Hoss: piano, synth, Mellotron, Rhodes (2), piano, Mellotron and organ (5)
Mario Andrich: solo guitar (2, 8)
Peter H. Boer: bass guitar, bass pedals and upright bass (3)
Kim Neuweiler: solo guitar (3)
Peter Jonasson: slide guitars and classical guitar (3), guitars (7)
Ellen Welke: vocals (4)
Phillip Mohr: saxophone (4)
Thomas Eberhardt: fretless bass guitar (5), bass guitar (7)
Manuel Trabucco: saxophone (5)
Jason (Mr. Fake Zappa): vocals, saxophone, flutes and strings (7)
Monika Erol: vocals (8)

All music written and produced by Michael Vuckovac at Rockton Studios Pforzheim


Description/Reviews:
The majority of the material here is atmospheric in sound, spirit and execution, with floating keyboard and Mellotron sounding textures provided in liberal amounts with classical symphonic oriented arrangements making quite a few appearances too. The guitars adds depth and darkness in places and is also the provider of some fine, secondary harmonies throughout. While accessible and generally open and appealing in nature, some of the songs gets additional flavor by the inclusion of effects that can be harsh, quirky and at times truly dramatic in nature, which does add quite a bit of flavor to the proceedings. By and large this is more of an atmospheric laden creation however, and while there are songs here that probably are closer to symphonic progressive rock in nature I would suggest those with an interest in neo-progressive rock might be the audience that will find this album most appealing. (Olav M Bjornsen at progressor.net.facebook)
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Michael's Statement "Silent Creatures"


Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 24, 2017
Tracklist
1. The Birth (3:35)
2. Fear Of The Dawn (7:31)
3. The Power Of Youth And Madness (6:32)
4. Fata Morgana (5:15)
5. A Great Sign (10:17)
6. Diamonds And Pearls (4:57)
7. Silent Creatures (4:01)
8. Circles Of Black Forest (9:46)

Total Time 51:54

Line-up
Michael Vuckovac - drums, mellotron, piano, organ, keyboard, guitar, bass, percussions
    With
Joost Verhagen - vocals (2, 5)
Steve Mills - vocals (4, 6)
Peter Jonasson -  rhythm acoustic, electric guitars, bass (2, 5)

Description/Reviews
The music itself is very layered, grand, majestic, symphonically orchestrated but with a decidedly rock edge and while it’s not what I would call heavy there are certainly many moments of intensity. Songs will build with this intensity only to stop suddenly and move off melodically in another direction. Each of these pieces is made up of many different melodies, some complimentary some contrasting all of which adds to the music’s complexity. One moment the music will be heavily orchestrated with layers of keyboards, then it becomes quite percussive and then later still it incorporates little heard ethnic influences. 
Read the full review by Jerry Lucky

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Fata Morgana
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