Alessandro Bertoni - Keystone (w Brett Garsed / Virgil Donati / Ric Fierabracci)

[Kyo]

Hi everyone,

as you may know, I launched a little record label called Generation Prog Records last year -
our first release was Coma Ghosts by Effloresce, an atmospheric progressive metal album
which came out in February 2012. It's been a while since, so I'm really excited that we will
release two great new prog albums this September. Let me introduce you to the first one:

Keystone is the solo debut from Italian keyboardist Alessandro Bertoni, currently based in Los Angeles.
You may know Alessandro from his earlier band Aphelion, who released the album Franticode in 2008.
That CD was mixed by Derek Sherinian - and Alessandro's new album sees that collaboration continue.



The credits for Keystone should give you a pretty good idea of the level of quality you can expect:

Music by Alessandro Bertoni
Produced by Derek Sherinian

Alessandro Bertoni - keys
Brett Garsed - guitar
Ric Fierabracci - bass
Virgil Donati - drums

But don't just take my word for it, we've put together a nice album trailer with lots of music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvCFxRiLYo

The album will be released September 9, 2013. Until then, enjoy these samples!


All the best,
Michael

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Sounds awesome! 

[kirksnosehair]

That album cover looks like the work of Martin Kornick

[Big Hath]

ooooo, this looks interesting!  Ric Fierabracci is a monster on bass.

[wolfking]

This sounds amazing.  Fucking love Brett Garsed, such a criminally underrated guitar player.  Will definitely be picking this up.

[Kyo]

Prog Sphere have published a full track from Keystone as an exclusive premiere, check it out:
https://www.prog-sphere.com/news/alessandro-bertoni-premiere/

It's one of my favorites on the album, the jazzy and increasingly busy drumming behind Brett Garsed's typically amazing solo is sooo good.


And here are a couple of videos from the studio:

Brett Garsed recording the solo for Pacifica Rampage (which he co-wrote):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXuHXwKMVSw

Ric Fierabracci playing the intro to City of Gordium (part II of the Megas Alexandros trilogy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wlWQ1FuuMM

[wolfking]

Garsed is fucking legit, so underrated.  Can't wait to get onto this.

[Kyo]

Bump as this album will be released this Monday!

For a limited time you can now hear Keystone in its entirety on Progify - check it out!
https://www.progify.com/release/alessandro-bertoni-keystone/

[eviljust]

Great stuff in there. I love it!

[wolfking]

Any idea where this can be purchased from?

[eviljust]

https://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=1172&lang=en

[Big Hath]

Galactic Halo is sweet!  So spacey and funky.

[Kyo]

Any idea where this can be purchased from?

Quite a few places these days - with more to come:

Official label store (Germany - best deal for the artist and the label):
https://www.generation-prog.com/?page_id=1172&lang=en

CD Baby (USA):
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/alessandrobertoni

Laser's Edge (USA):
https://lasercd.com/

World Disque Web (Japan):
https://www.marquee.co.jp/world_disque/d.w.frameset.html

Downloads are available from:
Bandcamp (best deal for artist and label)
CD Baby
iTunes
AmazonMP3

[jingle.boy]

Posting to remind myself to check this out later.

[Kyo]

This album was now added to Prog Archives - if you like the music, you can help us spread the word by giving it a rating or (better) posting a short review.

https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=43235

[LightCurves]

Alessandro Bertoni has a new EP out, a full album is in preparation.

MONARKEYS - EP 2019

I - Hopeless Delight
II - Choler
III - Gates of Arcadia

Alessandro Bertoni - hammond organ, piano, moog, mellotron, piano rhodes, synths, Nord keybaords
Craig Blundell - drums
Ric Fierabracci - bass, fretless bass
Andre Nieri - guitars

https://soundcloud.com/alessandro-bertoni-1/sets/monarkeys

sounds fantastic!