Apogee - The Art Of Mind (2015)
Apogee - The Art Of Mind (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 372 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 134 Mb
Full Scans ~ 339 Mb | 00:55:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Progressive Promotion Records #PPRCD 029
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 372 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 134 Mb
Full Scans ~ 339 Mb | 00:55:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Progressive Promotion Records #PPRCD 029
APOGEE is the well established side Project by Versus X singer, guitarist and composer Arne Schäfer. The Art of Mind is the eigth APOGEE album and invites the listener to follow a highly emotional, complex and adventurous journey through the history of progressive rock.
APOGEE music is complex progressive rock based on the great progressive music of the seventies but often emerging out of the established rock field in various directions. The musical influences of APOGEE´s music are covering a wide range of styles from classic progressive rock into folk, heavy rock, jazz, baroque and renaissance music, minimal music, and new musics. In contrast to Versus X where I play guitar and sing, in APOGEE vocals and all instruments except drums are performed by myself via multitrack recording.
Musically I prefer complex structures, combining song-like elements with extended instrumental parts, featuring odd rhythms, unusual harmonies, mystical atmospheres and improvised guitar solos.
The main thing about composing to me is absolute freedom. I always worked by the "trial and error principle" and from there my style developed. A very important thing is a wide arc of musical tension within the longer pieces.
I love strong contrasts like soft/heavy, quiet/loud, dense/spaced, slow/fast, etc. Before I record a long piece of music, it´s basic musical structure has to be clear as a whole. Before that it has been permutated and recrystallized a lot of times in my head and written down as a series of working titles for single elements or recorded as rough versions on tape (I am not able to write or play after musical notation).
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Apogee - The Art Of Mind (2015)
Apogee - The Art Of Mind (2015)
Track List:
01. The Art of Mind [19:56]
02. Inside the Wheel [08:57]
03. Games You Play [09:33]
04. The Price to Pay [08:07]
05. Sea of Dreams [09:06]
Personnel:
Arne Schäfer (Versus X) - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Eberhard Graef - drums, percussion
Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015
EAC extraction logfile from 20. November 2015, 16:26
Apogee / The Art of Mind
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EAC extraction logfile from 20. November 2015, 16:26
Apogee / The Art of Mind
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Used output format : User Defined Encoder
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Apogee - The Art Of Mind (2015)
