Liquid Tension Experiment
由Dream Theater的吉他手John Petrucci、鼓手Mike Portnoy,与King Crimson的bass手Tony Levin,Dixie Dregs的keyboard手Jordan Rudess所组成的Liquid Tension Experiment。这是一个什么样乐风的组合呢?想像Dream Theater去掉主唱,再加入较深沈的情绪与旋律,New Age的实验性音色、Fusion/Jazz的戏謔手法与引人遐思的气氛,就是这张作品了! 此张专辑的製作过程亦是相当令人讶异,四位乐手聚集在Mike Portnoy家中,仅仅花了短短六天的时间,便完成了整张专辑的创作及录製,甚至专辑末尾的28分长曲,更是四人在事前没有任何沟通之下所即性「jam」出来的,完全live,没有再做修饰,so cool!真不愧为一群顶尖的乐手,创作之泉竟是如此源源不绝,令人讚嘆! John Petrucci和Mike Portnoy两人一直是我非常喜爱的吉他手与鼓手,John以其快速流畅的指法,变化著极为複杂的音符与节奏,时而粗旷,时又优美,弹指间流泻出无比丰沛的情感,好一个感情派的吉他手!而Mike变化多端的鼓点,绝对是许多鼓手所望尘莫及的!他在DT过去的专辑及这张作品中的表现,总是带给听者许多的惊奇和感动,其与John的完美搭配和绝佳的默契,不仅使乐曲更富张力,也让人从音乐中感受到一股生命的活力! 而Tony Levin (bass)与Jordan Rudess (keyboard)我对他们两人的过去并不熟悉,但在听过此张专辑后,我爱死他们二人了!Tony这位与Billy Sheehan不分轩輊的bass手,充份扮演著穿针引线的角色,在专辑中和吉他有精彩对弹!而Jordan在keyboard及钢琴的表现,处处充满活力与新鲜感,流畅的琴键solo,让人怀念起Kevin Moore在Dream Theater时的辉煌年代,轻鬆曼妙的keyboard音效,又是在前卫金属中所较少听到的,而温柔婉约的钢琴抒情小品,让人感动落泪;带Jazz感的戏謔式音调又让人会心一笑。 四人绝妙的组合,幻化出一场新鲜的音乐激盪,让人深深感动!正在为生活中的不如意之事烦恼著的朋友们,听听这张长达78分鐘的作品,你必能和我一样,为音乐的美妙与生命的灿烂而喝彩!Oh~What the magic music! 由於LTE首张专辑的大获好评,促使LTE在99年继续发表了第二张的专辑,两张专辑都强烈推荐必备! 另外,Jordan Rudess在参与完LTE的两张专辑之后,已获邀加入Dream Theater成为新任的keyboard手,而由於LTE已有三位成员都是Dream Theater的团员,因此Mike Portnoy也宣布LTE成为绝响。
by Steve Huey
A sort of instrumental prog-rock/prog-metal supergroup, Liquid Tension Experiment features Dream Theater's John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (who has worked with the Dixie Dregs and has since joined Dream Theater), and bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and many others). The group issued its self-titled debut in 1998 on the Magna Carta label and regrouped the following year for Liquid Tension Experiment 2.
by Steve Huey
A sort of instrumental prog-rock/prog-metal supergroup, Liquid Tension Experiment features Dream Theater's John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (who has worked with the Dixie Dregs and has since joined Dream Theater), and bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and many others). The group issued its self-titled debut in 1998 on the Magna Carta label and regrouped the following year for Liquid Tension Experiment 2.
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