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Flagrant Obsessions |
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MJM Audio: Great electronic jazz with real percussion. Progression: For the listener who enjoys ...synthesized sound with an experimental flair, Sonic Frontiers is worth a listen. Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA): Truly musical genius of the 90's. Sit back, relax and enjoy. |
Percussive Arts Society: ...Mike Myers has a great deal of talent. Every cut on this CD has moments of inspiration. Mesquite News: ...Rivals the best 70's fusion bands... Experience Music: ...Recorded with painstaking care and exhibiting a subdued confidence that makes the difficult sound effortless and the exotic sound comfortably familiar. Pristine sound, clean graphics, confident performances and creative compositional touches set this apart.
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Bad Attitudes |
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CDelight: March 1997:Instrumental one-man jazzrock/progrock project. The album is dominated by skilful drumming with a superb production. Keyboards are cheerfully tuned and sound mainly analog, without exaggerating clinical soundscapes. Towards the end some superfluous percussive explorations. Tarkus: December 1996 - This review could have been really short: Buy this record! There are similarities to ELP (the symphonic part of the music) combined with virtous jazzrock like Chick Corea, Tribal Tech, Simon Phillips and Bill Bruford. ...A beautiful instrumental synth-album - no guitars, but varied with good samples and percussion sounds. Excellent sound quality / production. ...Also 7/8 signatures, thrilling harmonies and a warm mood. Even your wife may like this one! Conclution: Buy this record today. Compact Disc Services: Summer 1997 Catalog (England):One guy did all of this and, considering it's on par with the best instrumental output from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, that's no mean feat. Over 66 minutes of completely instrumental, original prog rock, based entirely around synths, samples, keyboards and electronics as lead passage, layers and textures over a solid percussive backdrop. Features 12 tracks of mighty strong prog, full of great rhythms, titanic melodies and totally exquisite synth/kybd work. Immaculately produced, impeccably played and composed with intricate, accessibly tracks, full-sounding, melodic, it is prog with its roots in ELP, Happy The Man, Camel, etc. semi-classical prog and beyond. Percussive Notes (PAS): Winter 1997 I have been a fan of Mike Myers' music and percussive genius for a long time and I know you will become one after listening to Myriad. Highly recommended. Recording October 1997: ...it's one of the cleanest, best defined recordings we've heard: lots of quirky things popping in and out, yet the listener never loses focus. And the drum sound is excellent, on a par with the virtuoso performance. The word awesome comes to mind. Myriad is a high-energy rock/jazz fusion instrumental, showcasing Mike's prowess on drums and everything else. He can compose, orchestrate, and play with the best. So what's he doing in Mesquite, TX? Check his website if you want to know. |
Progression: Fall 1996, Volume 1, 21 - I wish all one-man band projects were this pleasant. Myers' compositions favor an accessible, linear,course heavy on both melody and chops with a crisp, energetic feel. ... it's hard to find fault with such upbeat music, especially when the chops are up to snuff. Expose': Fall/Winter 1996/97, Issue No. 11 - Solo projects based on keyboards seem to come a dime a dozen these days, but what sets Myers apart from others is his insistence on using real (yes, REAL!) drums, not programmed percussion and drum machines. Also his melodic sensibilities are a mite nonstandard, which helps keep the music interesting the listener guessing. ...Most tunes fall somewhere in the realm of jazz-rock, often employing odd time signatures and asymmetrical arrangemens. Over the long haul this is an album that grabs the attention and gets more compelling with each successive listen. Recommended. ATROPOS: Spring 1997 (Spain):Mike Myers... what a beast, what a monster! But, is he a keyboardist or a percussionist? Because no doubt he is a master of both disciplines. As a keyboardist, he has direct influences of Keith Emerson, "Bad Attitudes" 7:34; classic, spacials (he even dedicates "Cosmic Follicles" 4:58 to Ozric Tentacles). As a drummer, suffice it to say that "Youth in Asia" 7:48 and "Myriad" 5:38 have been arranged as percussion studies in the main University schools of his area. Sounds: Hammond and Moog dominate his musical style with huge keyboard runs and intricate drum and percussion passages. He is no doubt one of my personal discoveries which I like most. He is presently working in his third studio album. |
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