Liquid Trio Experiment - Spontaneous Combustion
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Free Music Review: wow - not even worth one star
Hit: 1 Stars
This was a huge disappointment. I love dream theater and liquid tension but this cd sucks. Dont expect anything like liquid tension, theres nothing to this cd, just random BS. These guys may be good song writers but they cant jam what so ever. I could barely listen to it it was so bad. Couldn't even finish a song before i had to move on to the next hoping it to be better.. it wasnt. Didnt even finish the cd, terrible. Portnoy, i dont even know what the hell he was doing. Rudess was no where to be found for most of it (though when he did come in, it sounded mediocre) and somebody needs to show tony levi how to play the bass. i dont think he knows and he plays the same thing over and over again it actually became annoying. I was greatly disappointed with this album and hugely annoyed. They dont ever play anything! especially in unison. They never hold anything down. The best thing about this album is the cool picture on the front of it. I can honestly say that ill never willingly listen to it again. Dont know what they were tryin to do with this one. I wouldnt recommend it. Free Music Review: cool stuff
Hit: 4 Stars
i can understand both sides of the argument of how people find this either good or bad. i came into this album understanding that it was really nothing but jamming. i cant say other than this cd that i have a strictly jam cd. obviously with dream theater, king crimson, and even liquid tension experiment, the songs are written and composed, meant to go together. this is just a trio of musicians having fun and i think it's pretty cool. a lot of the stuff they come up with is beyond any music i've ever listened to hence the word ''experiment'' in the name of this group. there are certainly some rough parts within this cd which is what turns me a little bit off about it. but, the parts that are actually held together really do astound me because, being a drummer myself, i can see so many parts portnoy holds together where i would fall off track showing that he is very experienced. if i were able to give it 3.5 stars though i probly would because that's what i truthfully think it deserves. because im such a DT freak i rounded them up a notch. pretty fun stuff, but if u cant handle purely jams with no real rudimentary idea behind it, then it isn't for u. if ur just down to listen to it for fun, then have fun listening to it when u purchase it!Free Music Review: good but not great
Hit: 3 Stars
Whether it has a different name and no guotar player or not, this is Liquid Tensions third album. The plus side to this CD is that fans of Liquid Tension finally get more music after about 10 years. The bad thing is that it is the cast off's. There are some good tracks on here but they could've been enhanced. Its still better than most of the music out there today though, I'll give them thatFree Music Review: Very good for the LTE fans
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a good album for the LTE fans, not as good as the original, but a nice album. Especially if you are a guitar player, you can even jam with it...Free Music Review: Spontaneous Improvising!
Hit: 5 Stars
Fans of Liquid Tension Experiment will feel absolutely compelled to grab this CD. I would strongly advise against viewing it as LTE # 3, because it is not that. It isn't even 'LTE 2-Part 2.' Instead we are treated to a whole NEW group... and that is a GREAT thing! The 13 songs on this release were recorded when Liquid Tension Experiment 2 was in pre-production by Tony Levin(b)/Mike Portnoy(d)/Jordan Rudess(k) while John Petrucci's wife went into premature labor. So, one birth turned into two! Enter, LIQUID TRIO EXPERIMENT!
Portnoy has a brief liner note attached that claims that it is raw; no overdubs, editing or mixing since the original master tapes went missing. The CD was created from his personal live 2-track stereo DAT mixes. (IMHO, they sound absolutely terrific!) The final product is "just three guys, their instruments, and their spontaneous imaginations feeding off of each other!" While I believe this statement to be true, some outline 'map work' is present in the CD inlay.
Each improv is an absolute treat to listen to. This group relies more on atmosphere or groove as opposed to the shredding found on the original LTE CDs. Honestly, the closest band(s) that I can compare this release to would be the fractal ProjeKcts that Tony Levin's band King Crimson released in the late 90s - right around the time that these songs were recorded in 1998. (ProjeKct One: Live at the Jazz Cafe ProjeKct Two: Space Groove ProjeKct Three: Projekct Three - Masque ProjeKct Four: West Coast Live)
If you dig The ProjeKcts, then 'Spontaneous Combustion' is a must have.
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