Show 34 - Terrific Trio

[Rick and Roll]

In the spirit of "Extended Play" I'm doing another full-length CD show. And we have 3 excellent ones:

Blezqi Zatsaz - The Tide Turns (2003)

L'Etre Et Le Neant
The Asphaeings Are Back!
Afterimage
Parallel Paradise
Thy Fake
The Well Tempered Drawbar
Ways Of Control
Azzivulla's Suite (Fleeting Dream, Pangs of Death, Back To Our Minds, Hereafter)
Lilith
Soul Mirror
The Gates of Ixtlan
Once And Again

This is a good birthday present for Magoo, since I know he really likes these guys. From Brazil, this is a 70-minute instrumental masterstroke. A hint of fusion, the guitar and keyboard solos are blistering yet tasteful. Thanks to the Moon for turning me on to this...and hearing it in its entirety is always a good thing.

Zenpool - Kharmonics (2005)

Scirocco
Majiker
Night Of A Thousand Stars Pt. 1
For Bleeding Hearts And Artists
The North Shore of Heaven
Gridspace
Come The Time
Hashish
My Happy Place
This Lonely Corner
Earthbound

Yep, that's him. Carl Kirkendall, or "Kirk" for our purposes His CD, mostly by miself, with a few friends. Steve Hall plays guitar on tunes 1,2,4 (Bleeding Hearts is a great tune), Von Babasin (Offandon) is the bassist on tune 2, Joel Kelly on vocals, tune 2.

Will Stiemsma on bass on "Come The Time", and "Earthbound" has Brian Eckels on guitar and Chris Hankins on drums.

The rest of the CD is dead air. Kidding! Kidding! Kirk fills in all of the rest amazingly. Sit back at home, or tell the boss to stuff it and turn it up at work.

"My Happy Place" right after "Hashish"? Hmmmm.....

Little Atlas - Wanderlust (2005)

The Ballad of Eddie Wanderlust
Higher
Weariness Rides
The Prisoner
Home
On And On
Mirror of Life

OK folks, here we go. Wojtek, take a memo....this one is my early vote for CD of 2005!

The first CD (Surface Serene) is very pleasant, and has a bit of a mellower feel. I was quite taken by them at Rosfest 2004 (the highlight being a great version of "Firth of Fifth", complete with the intro piano and the Hackett lead...nailed).

Ran into Steve Katsikas, the singer and keysman, at Rosfest 2005 (he was with Man On Fire to help them out on keyboards). I mentioned I would play some off of Surface Serene, since I had skipped Little Atlas on my Rosfest show. The next day, I bought Wanderlust, and it blew me away. It's got all of the 70's prog/rock hooks, with a current vibe and great musicianship. SO we'll hear that instead!

Steve did a bit of the first tune at the Rosfest party. Hopefully, he can be in the shoutbox during the show (he said he will try).

Did I mention I like it?

[podakayne]

to hear capt. kirk and the Zenpool in extended mode!



way to go!

[roger]

Kirk, the zenpool is great! good call, Rick.

now, maybe when my divorce goes through I can finally get some new music...

[podakayne]

glad i could catch what i did, kirk & the Zenpool is prime stuff. and little atlas...has a big sound.



p.s. roger — "sorry about the mess"...but at least you'll have funds for new music...(on a lighter note i have high hopes for your happyness)

[roger]

thanks, poda.

yeah, I'm an optimist, I'll get through it.

[kirk]

hey pod and roger- thanks for the kind words!

rick- thanks so much for the feature.
i'm glad you like FBH&A! actually, it's my favorite also,
although majiker would probably be "the single"cut.

we've had great reception so far, but this is
like "making it in the home town", playing for family.
it's a truly special place we have here.

the majiker crew has all signed on for the next cd,
so we'll be taking it up from there.
i'll still be contributing some solo pieces like "my happy place"
to the mix. i just did a major studio upgrade, everything
at 24 bit, considering mixing the next one in 5.1 surround.
i'd like to get some feedback on that, does anyone listen
to music on the home theatre system?

also, i'm glad to see little atlas receiving the deserved kudos!
i know steve from a yahoo prog list we belong to.
great guy, a band that's really starting to happen.

roger- hang in there buddy. when you get rolling on the music,
let me know what i can do.

p e a c e

kirk/zenpool

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by kirk
hey pod and roger- thanks for the kind words!

rick- thanks so much for the feature.
i'm glad you like FBH&A! actually, it's my favorite also,
although majiker would probably be "the single"cut.

we've had great reception so far, but this is
like "making it in the home town", playing for family.
it's a truly special place we have here.

the majiker crew has all signed on for the next cd,
so we'll be taking it up from there.
i'll still be contributing some solo pieces like "my happy place"
to the mix. i just did a major studio upgrade, everything
at 24 bit, considering mixing the next one in 5.1 surround.
i'd like to get some feedback on that, does anyone listen
to music on the home theatre system?

also, i'm glad to see little atlas receiving the deserved kudos!
i know steve from a yahoo prog list we belong to.
great guy, a band that's really starting to happen.

roger- hang in there buddy. when you get rolling on the music,
let me know what i can do.

p e a c e

kirk/zenpool

the pleasure was mine......

about the surround sound....that sound you hear is "sharcnorris" drooling.......