03-04-2019, 19:03
Arjen Anthony Lucassen was born on this day in 1960, in Hilversum, Netherlands. He is, of course, the mastermind behind the Ayreon project/s and is considered something of a musical genius – plays any number of instruments and is a prolific composer. He clearly has a penchant and a talent for quite spacey rock/symphonic rock operas and has enlisted various vocalists to participate along the way.
Some random picks as I’m not overly familiar with his work –
“Temple of the Cat” from Universal Migrator Part 1&2 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2Wxm2ZW20
“Another Time, Another Space” from Into the Electric Castle … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-iRADbJig
And this from his debut album … The Final Experiment … Barry Hay (Golden Earring) belting it out on vocals … not crazy about rock operas personally, but I can see how this would appeal ... anthemic stuff! ...
Some random picks as I’m not overly familiar with his work –
“Temple of the Cat” from Universal Migrator Part 1&2 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2Wxm2ZW20
“Another Time, Another Space” from Into the Electric Castle … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-iRADbJig
And this from his debut album … The Final Experiment … Barry Hay (Golden Earring) belting it out on vocals … not crazy about rock operas personally, but I can see how this would appeal ... anthemic stuff! ...
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