Progarchives.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: Chroma Key
  FAQ FAQ  Forum SearchSearch  Calendar   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedChroma Key
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123>
Author
Message
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Catcher10 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 23 2009
Location: Emerald City
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5062 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Chroma Key
    Posted: January 22 2010 at 15:04
Looking for feedback on Kevin Moore's project Chroma Key.......Who has heard them and your thoughts please.
 
Thanks in advance
 
 
Back to Top
Progarchives.com
Advertisement 		Sponsored links (registered users, log in to remove)
 
progkidjoel View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Post Rock Team

Joined: March 02 2009
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 19890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 15:09
I got his album Graveyard Mountain Home two days ago, absolutely wonderful stuff. A lot of it has a Peter Gabriel vibe to it because of the xylophone rhtyhms, but its all fantastic. If I could find the first two albums for a decent price I'd buy them right now.

Here's a few tracks to try out:




If you like those, you'll like most of his stuff I think.
Back to Top
Catcher10 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 23 2009
Location: Emerald City
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 15:20
Thanks I am looking for more stuff now. I got the mini LP single Colorblind off Microsoft, 3 singles.......I like it pretty good. yes very much like Gabriel and some hints of PT.
 
Thanks
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 15:29
Well... I have his first three albums as The Chroma Key and is one of my favorites bands... intense and depressive at the same time... the music is very dark and the lyrics are quite tricky...
 
The first album is oriented more to the piano with only an ambience orientation as a surrounding... the next two albums became more ambience and less piano, but in GMH he incorporate more instrumentals, like acoustic guitars, xilophones and lead electric guitars... I'm about to download the other album from him: "This is a Recording"... interesting that he uses help of the Fates Warning fellas for first two Chroma Key... and non of them are Jim Matheos...
 
One of my favorite songwriters... in summary...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
Catcher10 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 23 2009
Location: Emerald City
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 15:56
The bio on Zune Marketplace says he has relocated to Costa Rica....Que bueno!!
Back to Top
progkidjoel View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Post Rock Team

Joined: March 02 2009
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 19890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 16:00
He moves around quite a bit. After leaving DT, he moved to Mexico, and he recorded Graveyard Mountain Home in Turkey
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 16:23
He goes to New Mexico, that's the US, then to Costa Rica, then to Estambul, then to Canada for the second album of OSI and now he's living again in turkey if I recall accurate... He "married" or at least have children with a costa rican girl... can't blame him... costarricans are highly hot...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
Dellinger View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 18 2009
Location: Mexico
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3752 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2010 at 22:25
Even though the songs were nice, I didn't find them terribly outstanding, and they don't make me feel the urge to go buy the albums, I wonder if the OSI project was better. This songs somewhat reminded me of Rick Wright (specially Broken China), though I liked Wrights solo work better. I would have liked better to hear something similar to Wait for Sleep or Space Dye Vest. Ofcourse, it's just 3 songs at first listen.
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2010 at 11:28
@Dellinger... listen to Dead Air for Radios... there's the real deal of Kevin Moore... If you can digest that you will be curious in the rest of his material...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
Catcher10 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 23 2009
Location: Emerald City
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2010 at 16:05
Originally posted by jampa17

... costarricans are highly hot...
 
Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smile
 
Eso si que es! (S-O-C-K-S......If you can spell socks, u too can speak spanish...)
Back to Top
aapatsos View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Prog Metal and Heavy Prog Teams

Joined: November 11 2005
Location: UK
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5364 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2010 at 17:09
I have Dead Air for Radios, and don't get me wrong, it is probably the most boring album in my collection.

Although there are a few nice melodies here and there, the album is dead-slow (fair enough if you want to make an atmospheric record) and the compositions uninteresting

but that is just me I guess... need to listen to his other stuff as well
"Prog Heavy Petting" show - every Monday 7-9pm UK time on http://www.justincaseradio.com, the first progressive radio in Greece
Back to Top
Kashmir75 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 25 2009
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1014 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 02:11
I have heard Moore's work with OSI and liked it, I ought to check out Chroma Key. Is it in a similar vein to that? 
Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 07:58
Originally posted by Kashmir75

I have heard Moore's work with OSI and liked it, I ought to check out Chroma Key. Is it in a similar vein to that? 
 
Well, take O.S.I. and take out the heavy riffing... it's similar to the most slow and soft songs from O.S.I. like the songs "Go" or "We Come Undone"... a little similar... but way more ambience and slow pace... you should dive in...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
O666 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 20 2009
Location: TEHRAN-IRAN
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 11:59
I think Chroma Key is more Personal than O.S.I for Kevin. You can feel it. I think O.S.I is very better than Chroma Key  but if you want to know Kevin and undrestand him You must listen Chroma Key. Chroma Key's albums is Kevin's solo albums and O.S.I is a real project .
Back to Top
Pelata View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 04 2010
Location: NC-USA
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 13:40
Amazing stuff, IMO. Imagine a less Metal version of OSI...dark, moody...great playing.
 
I wish their first 2 CDs would be remastered/reissued...
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 14:26
^ I think that the raw sound of the first album fits better with the ambient of "old radio" stuff... so I'm glad about that particular sound... but with You Go Now yes, it's more "lunatic" or "space" so it would be better to have a depth sound on it... yes...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
Pelata View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 04 2010
Location: NC-USA
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 15:01
Originally posted by jampa17

^ I think that the raw sound of the first album fits better with the ambient of "old radio" stuff... so I'm glad about that particular sound
 
That album does have a special, unique feel....it's my fave of the lot.
Back to Top
jampa17 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2009
Location: Guatemala
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 15:21
Yes... I mean... I always find myself very excited about that album... even in a depressive dark way... I mean... Hell Mary is impressive, unique and it has no music on it... but it's just perfect and leave you wondering about the topic, a description of the end of days... just amazing...
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
Back to Top
Pelata View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 04 2010
Location: NC-USA
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 15:27
"Color Blind" has always sent shivers down my spine...
Back to Top
Dellinger View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 18 2009
Location: Mexico
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3752 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 21:16
Originally posted by jampa17

Originally posted by Kashmir75

I have heard Moore's work with OSI and liked it, I ought to check out Chroma Key. Is it in a similar vein to that? 

 

Well, take O.S.I. and take out the heavy riffing... it's similar to the most slow and soft songs from O.S.I. like the songs "Go" or "We Come Undone"... a little similar... but way more ambience and slow pace... you should dive in...


     Well, perhaps I should try finding some OSI songs, I might get into it more easily.

Edited by Dellinger - January 25 2010 at 21:22
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.69
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.117 seconds.