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Symphonic Prog • Argentina


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One is Symphonic Prog music artist Mariano Sebastian Rodriguez from Argentina. Rodriguez is a keyboardist and composer from Tigre, Buenos Aires, born in April 28th 1993.

His musical influences are Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Levity Sky, and othes, but despite his obvious interest in Prog Metal, his style is clearly symphonic and melodic.

He released his instrumental debut album One-Change in February 2015.

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4.00 | 6 ratings
Change
2015
3.85 | 4 ratings
The Secret Disclosed
2018

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4.00 | 1 ratings
Unfolding String of Events
2018
4.00 | 2 ratings
Far Beyond Mystery
2022

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 The Secret Disclosed by ONE album cover Studio Album, 2018
3.85 | 4 ratings

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One Symphonic Prog

Review by Heart of the Matter

4 stars The symphonic (instrumental only) epic journey of Mariano Sebastian Rodrí­guez continues undaunted in this sophomore instalment of his solo project One. With a more polished sound production perhaps, but remaining true to the alternately dense or austere polyphony that we get to know in his debut. In that alternation, and in the fresh impact of the new melodic material, resides the artist's renewed ability to engage the listener from start to end.

As a prominent trait separating this album from its predecessor, I think the greater and now more continuous presence of the electric guitar is to be noted, with the consequent broadening of the textural range, and a certain displacement of the overall sound towards the rocking edge of the prog-rock spectrum (listen, for example, the guitar licks at the beginning of the track 8, Night Star). Mariano, however, is not resigning any of the introspective depths that are always so attractive in his music. In that sense, I had to mention at least two tracks: 3. Memory of a New Day, where the warm sound of the acoustic piano extends an open invitation to a close, yet immersive listen, with the particular vibration of the piano strings reaching both body and ears in a restrained and sensible performance. And in 9. Autumn Leaves, the acoustic guitar leads the proceedings, starting with a minimal chord sequence, going then for a progressively more convoluted development, an interlude with ethnic folk sounds (taken from the Andean plateau), and flowing after that into a synth climax that leads finally to an acoustic recapitulation.

There is also in this second album a greater presence of well-known sonic references, like the beginning of track 7. Diamond Heart, so reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's Atem. Nevertheless, is the composer who places the reference, and continues from there his own path, without being driven by the external motiv beyond its first utterance.

An excellent recording, full of the palpitating symphonic sound iniciated with the debut, but also including some new overtones, like the tragical pathos in 4. War & Peace.

 Change by ONE album cover Studio Album, 2015
4.00 | 6 ratings

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Review by Heart of the Matter

4 stars This album can easily be seen as another chapter in a prog tradition firmly rooted in the seventies: symphonic, epic, cinematic, keyboard-driven, almost purely instrumental music. But not just one more chapter, since you will not find here a mere repetition or copy of melodies and motives from people like the Wakeman family or Vangelis. More likely, this is a new original contribution, adding its own characteristics to that tradition.

The more intense and instrumentally dense passages are to be found in the tracks 1 (with a great synth-only coda), 2 (good guitar touches on top) and 4 (if you like the rhythm section to be creative, this may be for you). And the calmer stuff never put you to sleep, even being the kind of "descriptive" music that goes well with the contemplation of nature. The tracks 5, 6 and 7 in particular claim for open windows and passing clouds, even when one never ceases to get instrumental treats. As the "dark" track (and my personal favorite), I can mention the closer, Ancient Trip.

I think this is a layered, richly textured piece of music requiring immersive listening in order to obtain its full effect, and it truly rewards the attention paid.

Thanks to southsideofthesky - Ivan Melgar Morey for the artist addition. and to NotAProghead for the last updates

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