Got my signed Relocator CD!
So I heard of Relocator on the Dividing Line Broadcasting Network, cannot really remember who played it, but it does not really matter. While playing this album Michael, the bassist, was in the IRC channel chatting with the listeners, which included me. We were discussing the music and how cool it was. Talking a bit with him and listening to the music I decided to buy the CD, which I do not regret! I talked Michael into getting me a signed CD, and he held his promise, what a great guy!
So what can I say about this CD? First of all the artwork is pretty cool, you are greeted with a blue front cover which looks a bit worn and torn, just a bit like stonewashed jeans, there are also some nice big letters telling you this is RELOCATOR! Flipping it on the other side you see a dessert with a deep blue sky, with the same effect as on the front of the CD cover, looks pretty cool. Inside the booklet you find a page for each song on the album, each page contains a picture frame with art from different artists inside suiting the mood of each song. On the last two pages you find credits, and in my case signatures as well on all the artists except Derek Sherinian, I guess I have got to get that one some other day. What can I say, all in all pretty nice artwork, simple yet very nice.
So what about the music? I guess you want to know about that as well. First of all it is hard to classify this album, but it is mainly progressive metal with a lot of melodic, jazzy and fusion passages. The music reminds a bit about Planet X, which Derek Sherinian founded, though still even though they have their similarities, there are a lot of difference between the two bands.
On the album you find 8 very good songs. The titles are as follows.
- Red Vibes
- Biosphere
- Relocator
- Proxima
- Aavishkar
- 13 Reasons
- Urban Blue
- The Alchemist
The songs vary in duration and are between 5 and 12 minutes long, just as you would find on many other albums in this genre.
I have listened to the songs about 6 to 7 times now, and I do not get tired of listening to them. New passages and unheard stuff pops into my ears all the time, stuff that I did not hear the first time. The songs consist of very distinctive melodic and very interesting keyboards by Derek Sherinian, as well as awesome hard riffs and metal solos by Stefan Artwin. Great deep and melodic bass passages by Michael Pruchnicki. Technically great drumming, very precise and good groove by Frank Tinge. Unfortunately we only hear Bartek Strycharski on 3 tracks on his violin, but what we hear is very good, it adds a lot to the music.
It is really hard for me to describe the songs, but I find them great, a lot of different sounds you never get tired of, also an album you can yeah from both ends without getting confused, a lot of great instrumental passages, what else can you expect?
If you like progressive metal very similar to Planet X you should definitely get this album, it is worth all the money. This band consists of a bunch of great guys and I approve of the music! Go get it!
To listen to some of their tracks and find a way to buy their CD visit them at their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/relocatorproject
or their personal webpage: http://www.relocator-project.com/