Rama 1

Artist: Andy West with Rama
Label: Magna Carta
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 026245906129
EAN: 0026245906129
ASIN: B00006J3ZM

Release Date: 2002-09-24

Rama 1

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Tracks:

Mad March
Meetings
Herd Instinct
Bloomsday
Old Meat Frame
Memento Mori
Qubit
Government
Resonate

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Album Description

2002 release from the former bass player for the Dixie Dregs. Artists featured are drummers Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Jonathan Mover and Rob Morgenstein (Dregs), Guitarist Toshi Iseda and Mike Keneally (Zappa), keyboardists T. Lavitz (Dregs) & Jens Johansson. Magna Carta.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous players + great songs = high energy disc! .......2006-04-28

Warning: this disc is intense and may take several listens before sinking in.

"Mad March" is an upbeat rocker with a repetitive dual guitar line that produces a very cool swirling effect that words can't explain. "Meetings" a vibrant tune has some great solo work. In parts, "Herd Instinct" sounds vaguely similar to a Dregs tune. "Bloomsday" starts heavy but thins out from too much repetition. "Old Meat Frame", the only vocal tune on the disc, is sort of a rappish alternative rock tune. "Memento Mori" another great tune is filled with intriguing changes. "Qubit" is strange. "Government" is another upbeat rock/jazz/prog blend of goodies. Finally, "Resonate" is a mid-tempo jazzy tune.

Recommend for Dregs and Keneally fans.

Sizzling!.......2006-02-21

This music is fun and riveting. It's a blast of wakefulness! Great for driving and celebrating sunny days. Hope there's more to come.

Not Even the Least Bit Boring.......2003-01-11

Driving, thunderous bass lines with intelligently interwoven guitars and keyboards makes for a mouth-watering anticipation of Rama2. Mike Keneally and Rod Morgenstein bring their respective "A" games to this outstanding effort, and the contributing guitarists and guests help create a seamless hour or so of pleasantly in-your-face tunes. Andy West proves that he has become his own man (if he wasn't before), and he's still got the chops and the sound to deliver music welcomed by at least a few denizens of the third mellinnium. Call it prog-rock if you must, but that's not really doing it justice. I see many a movie-maker calling for soundtracks. The next Matrix is begging for this music. Great stuff!!

Magna Carta, of course!.......2002-11-18

Any fan of progressive rock will enjoy this album. Fantastic stuff done with an "ad lib" style. Anything Magna Carta puts out is quality progressive rock! They never let me down!! Buy this and anything Magna Carta!

Music Muse.......2002-10-26

Rama 1 is progressive, experimental, kick-butt rock. One would expect no less from Andy West, a rock fusion pioneer back in the day with The Dixie Dregs, who has many musical accomplishments to his name.

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