It’s much more common that I like CDs immediately, rather than
\nhave them ‘grow’ on me. Sure, music can grow on you, but so can
\nfungus, and we don’t let -that- happen usually, do we?
\nNevertheless, I didn’t feel much about Chroma Key’s
\nYou Go Now<\/i> on first listen, but over a month or so, it grew
\nto make my top ten of 2000 list.<\/p>\n
This begs the question; why? First off, it’s hard to describe
\nwhat Chroma Key even really is; if you know that Kevin Moore was
\nthe keyboard player for Dream Theater and you go to this CD
\nexpecting progressive metal, you’ll be sadly disappointed.
\nComparisons can be made to Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Brian Eno and
\nTangerine Dream, or Robert Fripp, but they don’t tell the whole
\nstory. Kevin Moore’s ethereal vocals remind me of Eric Woolfson
\nfrom the mid-eighties Alan Parsons Project, but there are
\ndiscordant elements to the mix that cause the comparison to
\nParsons’ clean, clinical sound to break down. It’s less angry than
\nFloyd, less distant than Gabriel, less soundtrackish than Eno – in
\nshort, Chroma Key is unique, a rarity in any musical age. It’s this
\nuniqueness that may throw you on first listen; it’s like learning a
\nnew language, or seeing a new color that your mind can’t
\nsuccessfully cubbyhole. Stick with it. It’s worth it.<\/p>\n
Moore weaves in acoustic and electronic keyboards, disparate
\nsamples (ranging from NASA communication records with astronauts to
\nBuddhist chanting), and the elegant, understated guitar work of
\nDave Iscove into a sonic landscape, a spare musical picture that
\nserves as a medium for emotions and ideas. It’s no mistake that
\nChroma Key’s name comes from a term in video production; You Go Now
\nis an album so visual it borders on the synaesthetic.<\/p>\n
All the descriptive elements aside,
\nYou Go Now<\/i> is heartbreakingly beautiful, rich, complex, and
\na truly brilliant work. This is not music for your fifteen-year-old
\nsister who likes Britney Spears; this is music meant to be listened
\nto on headphones, in the dark, diving into the music like the deep
\nend of the world’s coolest pool. Normally at this point in a review
\nI try to mention tracks that I like, but that’s almost impossible
\non this CD, where tracks flow seamlessly into each other like
\nthreads on a loom. Suffice it to say they’re all good, and be done
\nwith it. In this case, the devil is
\nnot<\/b> in the details.<\/p>\n
The term ‘rock music artist’ is rarely accurate, and often is a
\ndownright oxymoron. Not so for Kevin Moore, who is rapidly
\nascending into the ranks of those who have taken this musical form
\nto new depths, new heights, new visions. Don’t miss out on
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