Kampman, Eric - The Gate

Year of Release: 2003
Label: Big Balloon Music
Catalog Number: BBM602
Format: CD
Total Time: 43:35:00

Eric Kampman is a polyinstrumentalist who played in the [American] prog band called Now.

His music is very particular, but it has some different influences, like electronic prog or melodic prog or neoprog.

We can find some interesting themes along the whole album, in the vein of some Genesis music, or some Rick Wakeman influences in his soloing ability.

However, a good album for prog fans.

Tracklisting:
Intro (3:57) / The Gate Is Open (4;24) / The Light (3:10) / Careen/Ascend (4:08) / Don't Try (4:28) / The Gate Is Closed (6:56) / Only Us (6:35) / A Reason Why (8:07) / The Light Reprise (1:50)

Musicians:
Eric Kampman - keyboards
Barbara Crawford - percussion
Gary Morell: guitars
Jamison Smeltz - sax

Discography:
Now - Reactions/Heaven On Earth (33/45) (1985)
Now - Everything is Different Now (1986/1991)
Now - Now What (1989)
Now - kNow Reason (1991)
Nick Peck - Under The Big Tree (1998)
The Well (1999)
The Gate (2003)

Genre: Progressive Rock

Origin US

Added: January 27th 2004
Reviewer: Davide Guidone
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Artist website: www.gneuron.com
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Language: english