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KEVIN GEIER

Crossover Prog • United States


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US composer and instrumentalist Kevin GEIER is a young man who have already started a side career as a musician. Whilst entering college in 2009 he started composing material for a planned solo album, and throughout 2010 and 2011 he further developed and recorded the material. The finalized versions were digitally released as the album "Lost In Thought" in the fall of 2011.

In the summer of 2014 he released his second full-length album called "Remnants." His influences from Steven Wilson to Oceansize to Satriani can be heard throughout the album.

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3.09 | 3 ratings
Lost in Thought
2011
3.00 | 1 ratings
Remnants
2014

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Specter
2014

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 Lost in Thought by GEIER, KEVIN album cover Studio Album, 2011
3.09 | 3 ratings

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Lost in Thought
Kevin Geier Crossover Prog

Review by apps79
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator

3 stars Kevin Geier comes from Altadena, California, raised in a family of music teachers and guitar player since the age of 14.His collaborations included just a couple of high-school bands and during his second year at the Oberlin College, around 2010, he begun composing his first solo record.This came to completion the following year with the recordings taking place in Alhambra and Geier playing guitars, bass, keyboards and piano.Drummer Julian Albinski-Euler helped throughout the sessions and the album was launched in November 2011 in several digital music stores under the title ''Lost in thought''.

Geier's composing talent and impressive guitar technique are the basic stand-outs in an album close to the style of far neighbours NEO STAR NOVA-Z, basically this is a powerful, guitar-based, instrumental Heavy Rock experience with some electronic backgrounds and dominant orchestral soundscapes.While the music is mostly marching and dynamic with emphasis on angular riffs and edgy lead parts, Geier's solos often draw influence from Neo-Classical Music and come as a breeze of clean air among the storm of passionate electric textures.I can name DAVID GILMOUR, STEVE VAI and JOE PETRUCCI as the most apparent influences along with bands like PINK FLOYD and PORCUPINE TREE regarding the atmospheric depth of the album.With Geier often putting his electric guitar aside and handling the acoustic strings, especially in the long ''Synapse symphony I: Dancing lights'', the music may sound too guitar-based, but the man has colored the enviroment with some keyboard lines, soft acoustics and even light Classical orientations, which are propably too few to pull the whole thing out of the aforementioned influences, but definitely offer a more diverse and flexible musical background.Of course there is a lot to learn in the process, a few orchestral moves sound quite thin, while some electronic beats are too digital for my tastes.On the other hand Geier has put up a nice show of grandiose atmospheres and monumental riff/soloing, which is hard to forget, there is some serious talent here.

Modern era Heavy Rock, all instrumental, with emphasis on guitar, but flavored with Neo-Classical and electronic elements.Pretty fine debut, performed with passion and energy.Recommended.

 Remnants by GEIER, KEVIN album cover Studio Album, 2014
3.00 | 1 ratings

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Remnants
Kevin Geier Crossover Prog

Review by Finnforest
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator

— First review of this album —
3 stars Diverse offering with a 20 minute killer epic

Among the many one-man multi-instrumentalists we have on PA is Kevin Geier, based in Altadena, CA. "Remnants" is Kevin's second full length offering and shows great promise for him as a musician and composer. He lists many influences on his web page but I'll narrow them a bit to Steven Wilson, Gilmour, Mikael Akerfeldt, Petrucci/Rudess, Satriani, Vai, Emerson, Porcupine Tree, Oceansize, dredg, Radiohead, and Depeche Mode. It's fair to say you can hear many of these influences coming through on "Remnants." He describes the album as an "electronic-tinged art rock effort" and this sums it up well. It is very diverse and eclectic, switching mood and genre style quite frequently with great enthusiasm and mojo. Without a live drummer we are subjected to the bane of the one-man band, the programmed electronic drumming. Sometimes this works alright, quite often it doesn't. Here it is acceptable but I'd be lying if I said I didn't long for the real thing. However Geier more than makes up for it in the guitar and keys department, excelling on guitar especially. He's also a decent vocalist.

The album opens and closes with short, beautiful softer pieces that ease you into and out of the wilder tracks. "Accept the Disconnect" borders on prog-metal with PT and DT style flourishes, angular Wilsonian riffs along with some sweet lead and simulated blast drumming. Cookin' stuff. "Circadian Melodies" is more experimental and downbeat, sort of drifting along in mid paced electronica with more nuanced lead guitar, soft and heavy sections. The centerpiece of the album though is the 20 minute "Maniac Insomniac". Here Greier goes for the jugular and this blows away the previous two tracks in my opinion. Beautiful epic song development with both guitars and vocals taking that haunted, blue-tinged Steve Wilson feel. Great vocal melodies and soothing harmonies. It's PT quality music on this track except without a Gavin Harrison. In the second half there are great guitar effects and unusual techniques tried, but he never makes the cardinal sin of forgetting about the listener by going off the deep end with pyrotechnics. It always sounds human, with emotion, with color. Loved it! The last longer piece was "Specter" featuring guest vocalist Veronica Toyomi Ota. She does a nice job with this track which has more of a pop feel to it. We're getting to the end of the year and everyone is swamped with music to check out. But at least click on our weblink and check out a sample stream, you might be glad you did.

Maniac is an easy 4+ star track for me and one of the coolest things I've heard in 2014. The rest of the album is good too but I think overall I'm closer to 3 stars. There is no doubt in my mind however that we are going to be hearing more from Geier, either as a solo musician or in collaboration with a band. This is a young guy who is going to make some great music if "Remnants" is an indicator.

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