Liquid Tension Experiment

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Op donderdag 29 april 2004 14:27 schreef uSeFuLiDiOt het volgende:
Best wel frustrerend voor 'gewone muzikanten': het hele album (ik meen de eerste) is in twee weken geschreven én opgenomen. Sjeesss... Hele gave muziek. Ook ik hoop op een derde deel.

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Op donderdag 29 april 2004 14:42 schreef uSeFuLiDiOt het volgende:
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Nou ja... het eerste album bestaat dan ook voor een groot deel uit improvisaties...:)


Heb je zeker gelijk in. Dat is ook een van de dingen die zo bewonderenswaardig zijn. In geïmproviseerde solo's zitten meestal wel wat fouten/dingetjes die wat minder zijn - daar zitten er hier niet veel van in. Ik bedoel aan te geven dat dit voor zulke briljante muziek in zeer korte tijd in elkaar is gezet / geïmproviseerd

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Op donderdag 29 april 2004 14:11 schreef ianweeks het volgende:
Weet iemand toevallig of er plannen zijn voor een derde LTE CD?

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Q. We all know that there won't be any more Liquid Tension Experiment albums, which is a shame, I loved those 2 you did, but I wanted to ask you a 2 part question on this. Part 1, what stands out in your mind the most from those sessions and playing with those guys and part 2, any plans to do projects with any of the LTE guys again?

TL> The main thing about recording with them for me was the musical challenge. I'm not a speed player, and it was very tough literally to keep up with them on the pieces written for those cd's. Also, they learn riffs and figures quite a bit faster than me, so again I was lagging behind a bit. I enjoyed the challenge, and especially on the 2nd cd (when I knew what was coming) I stayed more with the Stick, it being an easier instrument to play fast on. As usual, when you accept a challenge and don't horribly botch it, there was a good deal of satisfaction from the experience. As you say, it's unlikely there will be more Liquid Tension Experiment outings, but I do hope to work with the players again, on other records

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Op donderdag 29 april 2004 14:15 schreef Toffe_Ellende het volgende:
Sommige nummers zijn okee.. maar dat geimproviseerde gepingel is helemaal niks.

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Mike Portnoy mixes the Liquid Trio Experiment Jams
Liquid Trio Experiment - Spontaneous Combustion - Magna Carta MA-9060

Tony Levin - Bass
Mike Portnoy - Drums
Jordan Rudess - Keyboards

* September 25th in the USA and Europe
* Dream Theater's keyboard player and drummer
* Tony Levin - bassist with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel
* Unreleased jams recorded during sessions for LTE2.
* Limited Edition Metallic Print DigiPak
* Brand new liner notes by Mike Portnoy


In October 1998, Liquid Tension Experiment reunited at Millbrook Studios in upstate New York to record their 2nd album. A few days into the sessions, John Petrucci's pregnant wife went into premature labor leaving Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin stranded in an already set-up and booked recording studio. So like any creative and productive musicians would do, they decided to stay and JAM...and JAM they did!

For some bizarre and still unexplained reason, the master tapes of these jams were misplaced during the mixing process. But, luckily, Portnoy records almost everything he ever does and as a result his live 2-track stereo DAT mixes are the only remaining traces of this historic jam. So what you have here is as live and raw as it gets. No overdubs, no editing, no mixing.

Just 3 guys, their instruments and their spontaneous imaginations feeding off of each other.