Call Us at the Number You Provide

Call Us at the Number You Provide Artist: Scenes
Label: Escapi
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 829571001328
EAN: 0829571001328
ASIN: B0007ZSHE4


Release Date: 2005-04-19

Call Us at the Number You Provide


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Tracks:

  1. (So) Father
  2. You Walk Away
  3. My Own Life
  4. Start Again
  5. Deep Inside My Heart
  6. I Will Stay
  7. Safe The Light
  8. Such A Shame
  9. Nothing Left To Say (Unforgiven)

Album Description

SceneS originally started in 1995 as a two-piece project which turned out to become a real band when the line-up was finally completed in 1998. In the following year, the band recorded the demo "New Beginning" which sold about 600 copies inside Germany alone. After a couple of line-up changes - singer Nektarios Bamiatzis took part in one of the German versions of "Fame Academy/ Pop Idols" and made it into the finals there - and SceneS looked for new territories to approach. <P>The band these days consists of Chris Lorey (git), Florian Wentzel (keys), Hendrik Edelthalhammer (drums) and Jan Ebert (bass) plus new singer Alex Koch (ex-POWERGOD, ex-SPIRAL TOWER). Their sound stands synonym for heavy, diverse metal with influences from various genres. Melodies and technical finesse nevertheless remain to be the guide. Playing live belongs to the biggest strengths of the band as it was proven many times in the past by supporting bands such as Uriah Heep, Bonfire and many more. <P>SceneS' first full-length release "Call Us At The Number You Provide" immediately raised the interest by Escapi Music and ended up in a multi-album deal for the band. Being produced by Chris Lorey, Florian Wentzel and Ecki Erlenbusch, the album was finally was mixed and mastered by Tommy Newton (Victory, UFO) at his Area 51 Studios in Hannover, Germany. <P>"Call Us At The Number You Provide" contains 9 highly-versatile but nevertheless catchy progressive metal tunes including a new, astonishing version of TALK TALK's smash hit "Such A Shame". Former singer Nektarios handled the lead vocals on the songs "Safe The Light" and "My Own Life" whereas vocalists Dirk Thurisch (Angel Dust) and Marcus Juergens (Pump, ex-Brainstorm) took over the backing vocal duties for "I Will Stay".

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Competent melodic prog metal debut.......2005-05-01

Call Us at the Number You Provide is German melodic prog metal band Scenes' first full-length album. Unlike their demo with Hubi Meisel on vocals, this one has Alex Koch (ex-Powergod, Spiral Tower) at the helm. Koch may sound a tad flat at first, but he gets better with each listen. He doesn't necessarily have a very wide range; however, he is mixed excellently on the album and he delivers a fitting performance over melodic guitar harmonies, solid rhythms and curious arrangements. Original vocalist Nektarios Bamiatzis still appears on two tracks, the melodically engaging "My Own Life" and the relatively more concise "Save the Light". Both songs have almost poppy vocal styles with a more fortright songwriting approach.

According to guitarist Chris Lorey, Call Us at the Number You Provide deals with "misunderstandings and problems which could have been avoided with the right communication". This is best explored on the opening song, "So (Father)", a number about the generation gap between parents and children. It also defines the musical scope of Scenes. Great, warm keyboards; heavy and powerful rhythms, pounding drumming which is all over the place; and ethereal keyboards. Similar to Threshold a bit, Scenes also loves using the dichotomy of musical soundscapes. Very heavy rhythm guitar and bass lines are played over velvet-like keyboards. Then vocalist Koch places his vocals almost delicately over them. The 10-minute monster, "Start Again", is easily my favourite song. It begins with electronic samples and then moves on to show Koch's darker singing. The music encompasses a wide variety of styles, going from a serious guitar-keyboard duel to powerful vocal harmonies and lush, orchestrated textures. Lorey plays some of the best guitar solos on this track.

There are also more compact numbers such as the short piano ballad "Deep Inside My Heart", the amazing bass-driven number "I Will Stay" (note the killer keyboard solo here) and the almost AOR-oriented hard rocker "Such a Shame". I personally don't think this song fits the flow of the album, since it's completely focused on a multi-layered chorus that is simply repeated too many a time.

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  5. Blood on the Satellite ~ UVR
  6. Live ~ Hey
  7. Psychedelic Percussion ~ Hal Blaine
  8. Coleccion Inolvidable ~ Jorge Cafrune
  9. Aqualung ~ Jethro Tull
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