ONE OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK'S MAJOR TALENTS is bass guitarist Tony Levin. He has played with such greats as King Crimson and Peter Gabriel. He is a virtuoso who is content to allow his contribution seek its own level depending on the needs of the composition. His own projects are often edgy and musically invigorating, fusing elements of jazz and world music with straight forward progressive rock. Always creative yet rarely stealing the lime light Tony Levin makes a great contribution to the progressive rock catalog with Shadowland. The sample is representative of the basic feel of the song but misses many of the interesting transitions (sample below):
REVIEW
This song begins with some nice synthesized drum rhythms soon joined by vaulting synthesizer chords that spiral upward in a series minor/major key shifts. At 1:30 we get some very nice bass drumming with a guitar that begins to shread a bit as the tension rises. Lots of electronic noises are scattered throughout as an electric piano begins to take center stage that slowly intertwines with the shredding guitar. An orchestral sounds is blended into the mix at 3 minutes to fade away leaving the drum doing a lopping, slo-mo, micro-drum solo with a more soaring guitar riff completing the song which ends at 4:57 minutes.
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