INCREMENTAL CHANGES, PT. 1

Gerald Peter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1986, and is a keyboardist, composer, producer, and technology enthusiast. He has also previously released albums with his bands Circle Of Illusion, Inspirational Corner and his 'Gerald Peter Project', where he acted as keyboardist, composer and producer. He also was on tour with Cirque Du Soleil as show band musician.

Listening to this album I notice that Gerald Peter is a very skilled musician and composer. The music succeeds to keep my attention during the entire album and I am blow away by the many sensational soli on keyboards, reminding met of Jan Hammer with Jeff Beck, that bombastic and fat sound, swinging and propulsive, wow! In a lot of tracks the sound builds from tender Grand piano and atmospheric to catchy beats and bombastic climates, embellished with Gerald Peter his awesome work on piano and synthesizers, from mellow to sparkling, from dreamy to sumptuous, a lot of variety and dynamics. The one moment a tender Grand piano intro, the other moment sparkling or jazzy piano. And from dreamy or mellow to bombastic climates with spectacular synthesizer leads, fuelled by a powerful rhythm-section.

The guest musicians deliver great contributions: Martin Miller with a fiery wah-wah drenched guitar solo in the exciting Pulse, and Jordan Rudess with a fat and sensational sounding synthesizer solo in the alternating epic Finale (16th movement).

Highly recommended, especially for those who love jazzrock like Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer.