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░ ██ ██ Artist: Flaud Logic ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Flaud Logic █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: self-released ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Flaud Logic originated in Brooklyn, New York in █
█ 2008. Originally an attempt to demo some song █
█ ideas composer Michael Kaplan had written over the █
█ years, it gradually evolved into a full-length █
█ album featuring performances from a cadre of █
█ talented musicians including Michael Romeo █
█ (guitar), Frank Wyatt (saxophone), Joe Bergamini █
█ (drums), and Benny Lackner (Rhodes). █
█ Michael Kaplan is a songwriter, keyboard player █
█ and vocalist. Michael has studied piano and jazz █
█ theory privately, and at the Westchester █
█ Conservatory, and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, █
█ where he worked with Richard Thompson, deAndre █
█ Hampton, and Benny Lackner. He is now studying █
█ harmony, counterpoint, and composition with Dr. █
█ Kendall Briggs of the Juilliard School. █
█ Previously, Michael held the role of keyboardist █
█ and singer for a New-York-based progressive rock █
█ group, but ultimately left to pursue his own solo █
█ project, now known as Flaud Logic. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ █
█ We have many 'band projects' nowadays. Maybe it's █
█ the fact that you can actually make music on your █
█ own with help of computers and then you try to █
█ find the musicians to help you out instead of the █
█ old-fashioned way of gathering a band together. █
█ Flaud Logic is a band-project. It was originated █
█ in Brooklyn, New York circa 2008. It was born from █
█ an idea of the musician Michael Kaplan to demo his █
█ songs. From them it was slowly evolving to a full █
█ album and many musicians were added into the █
█ process, including Michael Romeo (guitar), Frank █
█ Wyatt (saxophone), Joe Bergamini (drums), Benny █
█ Lackner (Rhodes) and many others. █
█ Flaud Logic (2013) was released early this year █
█ and like in old days it features 4 songs. Well, █
█ not exactly' The album is indicated to have 2 long █
█ songs between 8 and 10 minutes, a short one with █
█ bit more than 4 minutes and an epic with more than █
█ 22 minutes. Unfortunately, the epic song was █
█ divided into 7 different tracks, even though the █
█ CD indicates one single track. █
█ When it comes to the music Flaud Logic (2013) is █
█ really hard to describe. It's a big cauldron of █
█ influences and ideas thrown into the album. For █
█ example, the album starts with 'Secret Engine'. It █
█ starts as a slow marching band kind of sound but █
█ it has Prog Metal crossing his path the whole █
█ time. The track has Frank Wyatt saxophones and █
█ it's one of the most interesting on the album. █
█ Also, it's quite clear that Michael (vocals and █
█ keyboards) is a big fan of Dream Theater, cause █
█ it's possible to hear the influence all around. █
█ More precisely, on this track after the 6 minutes. █
█ 'Say Goodbye' is completely different. It is █
█ slower and full of 'smoke' if it's possible to █
█ classify music like that. Between the verses you █
█ have great vocalizations with different kinds of █
█ melodies. But again, you can hear Dream Theater in █
█ the choruses, although there's a great change in █
█ the middle of the song. When it comes to the third █
█ track 'Shannah', it's almost incomprehensible why █
█ this track is here. It's a shorter track with a █
█ pop romantic kind of sound that makes me think █
█ about Santana in his later years. In my opinion, █
█ it's a weak song, with weak lyrics and completely █
█ out of place within the whole album. █
█ The epic 'One Year', like I said, is divided into █
█ 7 parts. As far as I understood, it deals with a █
█ couple that spent a whole year apart. Not really █
█ sure what the reason is, though. 'One Year' has █
█ many interesting ideas and many great moments like █
█ the epic piano beginning or 'Prologue', the Neal █
█ Morse influenced 'I Got Her' and the instrumental █
█ 'Truth Of Heart' that is full of Q&A between █
█ keyboards and guitars. Unfortunately, in general, █
█ the transitions between the parts don't fit and █
█ most of the time you feel like there's too much █
█ going on within the music. For example, the fourth █
█ part 'Stronger Than Words' is pretty much an █
█ Evanescence track with female vocals in a Gothic █
█ Metal style and on top of that 'growl' vocals in █
█ the middle. █
█ All in all, Flaud Logic (2013) is an album with █
█ many interesting ideas and many great musicians █
█ involved. But it needed a bit more polishing in █
█ the songs. Not always the instrumental parts fit █
█ the vocal melodies and the transitions between the █
█ different parts within the songs sound forced █
█ sometimes. As if Michael was trying to show that █
█ he can play so many styles or like if he wanted to █
█ put all the influences and bands he likes within █
█ his music. But because of that Flaud Logic (2013) █
█ lacks in unity and you feel like there's too much █
█ going on all the time. One thing for sure, second █
█ Flaud Logic will be something to pay attention on. █
█ But still, it is a worthy try and is recommended █
█ to give it a try and see it yourself. █
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░ 1. Secret Engine 8:17 ░
░ 2. Say Goodbye 9:43 ░
░ 3. Shanna 4:27 ░
░ 4. One Year I. Prologue 2:49 ░
░ 5. One Year II. A Meeting 2:03 ░
░ 6. One Year III. I Got Her 6:13 ░
░ 7. One Year IV. Stronger Than Words 5:02 ░
░ 8. One Year V. Arrival 0:50 ░
░ 9. One Year VI. Truth of Heart 2:53 ░
░ 10. One Year VII. Reflections / Grande 3:55 ░
░ Finale ░
░ 46:12 ░
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