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FERNANDO PERDOMO is a wellknown studio musician from Los Angeles. Recently he appeared on the Dave Kerzner album 'Static' for example, which has made a lasting impression on me. Now here, concerning his first solo album, he pays tribute to diverse prog bands respectively artists, dead and alive both. Well, Fernando certainly is not the first one to undertake such an attempt, however, finally the result matters. Some song titles are directly pointing to the protagonists, others are left open for your examination. Not sure about the deeper sense, while exemplarily the album title track is blatantly referring to Camel (Andy Latimer) I would say.

A big plus well deserved, as he has developed new compositions, not simply remakes. Hereby often enough the particular characteristic playing style will be slightly covered - very nice indeed. And rather astonishing by the way, nearly every instrument is played by himself on this occasion. Although I'm not a friend of such an approach in general, the songs are definitely appealing, this due to his fabulous guitar skills first of all. The extended Dreaming In Stereo Suite may be dedicated to The Flower Kings, where the bonus track Starless is drawing a melancholic reference to anyone other than John Wetton, a proper remembrance. 3.5 stars.