The opening chords of "Finding My Way" signal the beginning of a song, album, and career that would have a permanent place in rock history. The debut album from the Canadian progressive metal outfit features drummer John Rutsey who, although a talented drummer, would quit after this album to be replaced by Neal Peart. Peart contributed to the band's songwriting progression and use of time changes.
A collection of 12 CD, which includes 11 studio albums by British rock band from Manchester. To the date, the band sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.
This disc comprises two works from the '80s utilizing electronics and tape manipulation, one involving voices and permutations thereof. The text for "Pour la Paix," much of it written by the composer's wife and recited in French, deals with the effects and psychologies of war. As recited by male and female speakers and augmented by a surprisingly traditional sounding choir, the words are sandwiched between and buffeted by various electronic attacks. The sonic components tend to be sequential, with little of the complex richness bordering on chaos found in a typical Xenakis composition. Many of the taped sounds also appear somewhat conventional, occasionally reminding one of the slightly loopy creations of early rock experimenters with the Moog synthesizer.
Kitaro's universally acknowledged as the founding architect of new age music. The Grammy and Golden Globe Award-Winning Kitaro has achieved global acclaim over a more than three decade long career with a signature sound and a pioneering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness that are truly his own.
The last great Kraftwerk album, Computer World (Computerwelt) captured the band right at the moment when its pioneering approach fully broke through in popular music, thanks to the rise of synth pop, hip-hop, and electro. As Arthur Baker sampled "Trans-Europe Express" for "Planet Rock" and disciples like Depeche Mode, OMD, and Gary Numan scored major hits, Computer World demonstrated that the old masters still had some last tricks up their collective sleeves. Compared to earlier albums, it fell readily in line with The Man-Machine, eschewing side-long efforts but with even more of an emphasis on shorter tracks mixed with longer but not epic compositions.