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The Gate by Eric Kampman
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fave it Quirky | Progressive Rock
9 tracks | 43 minutes
Released Feb 2004
on Big Balloon Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:57 Intro lyrics BUY MP3 03:57 Intro lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:57 Intro
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 The Gate Is Open lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 The Gate Is Open lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 The Gate Is Open
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:10 The Light lyrics BUY MP3 03:10 The Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:10 The Light
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 Careen/Ascend lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 Careen/Ascend lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 Careen/Ascend
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 Don't Try lyrics BUY MP3 04:28 Don't Try lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 Don't Try
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:56 The Gate Is Closed lyrics BUY MP3 06:56 The Gate Is Closed lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:56 The Gate Is Closed
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:36 Only Us lyrics BUY MP3 06:36 Only Us lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:36 Only Us
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:08 A Reason Why lyrics BUY MP3 08:08 A Reason Why lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:08 A Reason Why
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A singer-songwriter performing progressive rock with a strong spiritual emphasis, strong melodies and vocals, and great production.
Bio / Background
In spite of this album being only the man's second solo effort, Eric Kampman is a veteran in the business with a career stretching twenty years back, including a stint as keyboardist and vocalist in the prog band Now. Kampman's first album The Well (see review in Tarkus no 20) was a somewhat sterile affair, and even if most of the music in The Gate is also electronic, the end result is quite different. He has used the number 7 as a starting point, something which, among other things, has resulted in all compositions being written in seven time.
Don't let this frighten you. Kampman is an elegant, sophisticated, inventive and tasteful composer who has evaded all the traps lying in this favourite neo prog rhythm. He has also avoided the sterile, all-digital sound which made The Well less attractive.
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