Three
years have passed since Marco Ferrigno’s
acclaimed "Promised Land" project
with Vitalij Kuprij (Artension / Ring Of
Fire). Since then Marco has been working
on his masterpiece which is now ready -
"Hanging Gardens".
The
new album show cases the talents of Tony
Franklin [Blue Murder / The Firm] on bass,
Marco Minnemann on drums, with guest appearances
on track 2 by one of Marco’s main
influences George Bellas and Marco’s
“Promised Land” collaborator
Javier Leal on tracks 3 and 6.
This
record was produced by Javier Leal, mixed
by J.T. Longoria and mastered by Gary Long
at nomad studios, Dallas Texas with outstanding
cover artwork from Eric Phillipe.
Marco
comments, “I am very pleased for the
upcoming release of this album. I had the
freedom to use various types of odd tempos,
poly-rhythmic lines and time modulations
based on a 16th and 8th note pulse. Solos
are based on a lot of the melodic minor
modes like Mixolydian b6 and Lydian b7 along
with the usual major scale modes but with
less of the modal soloing and more chord
modulations. Chords are basic triad inversions
with changing base notes most of the time,
but many are suspended and 7th chords and
a few chords are based on quartal harmony
for a more modern sound”. Whilst musicians
will get a feel for the music from Marco’s
own words, non musicians will find plenty
of expression throughout the tracks on offer,
from the neo-classically slanted opener
to the more progressive offerings".
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Marco Ferrigno is one of the leading guitarists
in the underground virtuoso field with ‘Hanging
Gardens’ being his strongest work
to date.
» The album features guest performances
from guitarist George Bellas and Javier
Leal.
» Expert bass work by world renown
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