![]() ![]() Powerful, instrumental, guitar-led Progressive Rock is the style on this album, which often evokes the great days of RUSH and KING CRIMSON as well as modern acts or artists from the U.S. US trio Electrum was born at the fall of 1995, when bassist Gino Foti answered an ad of guitarist Dave Kulju, who was looking personel for forming a Progressive Rock band.The two of them started rehearsing and composing original ideas, while another ad was placed by Kulju, this time in search for a drummer.Joe Musmanno responded and became the third member of Electrum.The recordings of their debut ''Frames of mind'' took place at Gino's home studio between August and December '97 and the album was released eventually in March 1998. Recommended to RUSH fans but will definitely appeal to fusion fans too. Here and there, you might hear various influences (LED ZEP, KING CRIMSON and, of course, RUSH), but the band seldom lingers in one particular zone, preferring the 'touch-and-go' approach and thus avoiding the clone trap. The more polished "Standard Deviation" (02) was a logical progression, featuring some welcomed synth, keyboard and guitar solos plus some great drumming by Musmanno as for Foti's bass work, you'd never guess the man was self taught. ![]() Their first album, "Frames of Mind" (98), showed some promise but may have lacked a bit on the melodic side it also featured no soloing whatsoever - a disappointment for an all-instrumental album. Their sound is bare boned: no flash, all rock steady, with plenty of drive and direction, yet full of complex arrangements and antiseptically clean odd-time signatures. Their goal is to create music that is both emotionally moving and technically challenging. The are: Dave Kulju on electric guitar and synthesizer, Joe Musmanno on acoustic and electronic percussion, and Gino Foti on bass guitar, synth and MIDI pedals. ELECTRUM are a late 90's, all-instrumental trio from New England who stand at the crossroads of prog rock and fusion, somewhere between RUSH and Bill Bruford's solo albums. ![]()
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