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Scott Mosher by: Jonathan Mariante |
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CD describes itself as being "ambient neo progressive cyber rock". I suppose
that's a pretty good description of it. Scott Mosher is a multi-instrumentalist
who played all the instruments on this album. Vocal duties were handled
by Todd Corsa. There is a great deal of Rush influence here. Corsa, on
some songs, is a dead ringer for Geddy Lee. His nickname, in fact, is
"Shreddy Gee". Mosher's guitar style is also very similar to Alex Lifeston's.
There's no doubt Scotty here is very talented. As I said, he played just
about everything on this album, and he did a good job of it. There are
lots of high-tech, space age style keyboards and sound effects, which
sound very sophisticated and complex, and he is also very good with guitar
and drumming. However, I find this album to be a bit self-indulgent. It
is over seventy minutes long, much of it is instrumental (two of the intro
tracks, "Atillon Sunrise" and "Shores Of A Cosmic Ocean" are played entirely
on keyboards and are a bit too new-agey for my taste), the closing track,
"Sorrow In A World Of Darkness", is ten minutes long, and it just drags
a bit in places. I appreciate what Mosher is doing, but sometimes I just
wish he'd rock out a little more, and not make the songs so long. Less
instros would help, too. That doesn't mean, however, that there weren't
some cool tunes on here. I liked "The Human Machine", a rockin' sci-fi
tune about the classic "man vs. machine" theme, where Corsa sings in a
deep, scary voice, for once not sounding like Geddy! I also enjoyed "Re-Define",
which is very Rush-like, and the title track was enjoyable, too. As I
said, Scott Mosher is a very talented individual. He just needs to write
more actual SONGS, have more guitar (he's a very good player, so he should
put more of it in his music), less instrumentals, more singing, and slightly
shorter songs and albums and he'll be all set. I suppose the kind of thing
he's doing is what progressive music is all about, but all the same, with
a talent like his, he could show the world what he can do without overindulging.
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