This guy (21 years old) is a guitarist multi instrumentalist from Buenos Aires. He released his debut album this year (2010) called "1", where he composed, played every instrument, sang produced, mixed and mastered all by himself. It's also the first Argentine album in Surround Sound.

The music's influenced by Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Mike Oldfield and Genesis.

The album is available as a free download. 

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/rsanmartin

Album Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=99945835c4068628b64026cfc061123698842e5df698ffa2f7e866bfb1230ce0

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: About Rodrigo San Martin, in first place I don't trust too much in a band that claims this number of influences: Porcupine Tree, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Yes, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Jethro Tull, Queen, Blackfield, The Gathering, Steven Wilson, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Nobuo Uematsu, Frank Zappa, Metallica, Nightwish, Richard O'brien, Rush, Sting, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Adrian Belew, The Beatles, Agua de Annique, The Police, The Who, Alanis Morissette http://www.myspace.com/rsanmartin - http://www.myspace.com/rsanmartin Please, nobody plays all this styles, as a fact I hear nothing of Genesis, Gabriel, Oldfield, Tull, Queen, King Crimson, ELP, Zappa, Rush, Hackett, Howe, Bellew or The Who. Maybe something of Pink Foyd and Porcupine Tree, IMO mostly Alternative/Indie.with a bit of Porcupine Tree. I believe Prog Related at the most, not remotely related to Symphonic. Iván file://%5C%5Cfrom - \\from what I can gather I didnt think he was saying he played all these styles but rather was influenced by these artists. i concur that its not symphonic at all. So pass this one on to the crossover and prog related teams in my opinion.

I agree, those are his influences while making music, that doesn't mean he sounds like any of them, in fact he sounds quite like himself.

Has any of you heard the full album? I think I'll surprise you. It's an album length track. I guess with something so difficult to categorize it's worth a listen,

Prog related seems a little harsh to me, sounds like "Not enough prog to be a prog band" haha

You're right, I don't think it's Symphonic anymore, I guess I'd call it Crossover, since it uses a lot prog elements that are not necessarily in the same sub genre. 

DamoXt7942 wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: What does that mean? I am more puzzled now? Oh sorry for my belated reply, but let's see the definition of Related and you can find as follows: Prog Related is the category that groups bands and artists that: - Without being 100% Prog, received clear MUSICAL influence of this genre, AND - Are widely accepted as MUSICALLY influential to the development of Progressive Rock by the community, AND - Blend characteristics of Progressive Rock with mainstream elements creating a final product that despite not being part of the genre is evident that are close to Prog. I suggest he cannot meet the requirement on the red underline maybe. Of course, I think he should be progressive (nearly 100% methinks) so he can be fit for Crossover or Eclectic (as a mixture of Hev and Symph).

I agree.

So, how do we call the eclectic team?

Hi Rodrigo.

How is the interview progressing, btw ?

*gentle reminder*  

As a matter of fact, you can. You can provide us biography (preferably a little bit different than the one you normally use - more objective, less subjective)

&

tracklisting for all full releases + lineup, who was playing or doing what.

It can be sometimes very difficult to gather these informations.