Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Forum

Just letting you all know that the long delayed Meridiem disc is now available for purchase.  Go to www.percyhoward.com for more info.  Here is a quick review:
This is going to be a hard disc to review (especially on only 1 listen.  Definitley a multiple listen experience).  I have been fascinated by it since I put it in.  I don\'t think I can catagorize it in the fashion of "it is similar to", because I don\'t think I own anything quite like it.  There is a note on the back of the sleeve (the disc is in a cardboard sleeve only, no case or digipak, though it does have a 1-sided insert inside with thanks and ASCAP info) that reads "listen to this recording as if you were watching a film".  As strange as that may seem, I think it fits perfectly.  Each song is unique, but all fit together very well as a roadmap of the heart.  There are a lot of "easy" drifting etherial pieces, but there are also some nice jazz-blues rockers.  Percy\'s site said that Buckethead is on 4 tracks, but like most albums where he is just a "player" it can be hard to pick him out.  Especially with Vernon Reid also on this bad-boy.  Don\'t fear, one track (at least) has tons of shredding and kill-switch action!  This is a "must have" for any fan of Anton Fier - Dreamspeed/Material - Hallucinatation Engine/ Shin Terai /  Laswell - Points of Order.
That being said, I would describe this album as if Material was the live band for Lovage with some Pink Floyd - Echos mixed in on top of some Michael McDonald crossed with Art Neville male vocals and some nice sultry low-end alto female voices.  Make any sense?  That\'s OK.  You have to hear it for yourself.  I give it 4/5.

Hey Fuzz,
Did Percy pay you or something?  

This is like the fourth time i\'ve seen this exact post.  The cd does sound pretty good though.

No, he didn\'t pay me.    He was kind enough to let me purchase it early (or tired of my bugging him about it), and I told him I would let people know about it.  I just copied and pasted the review to different mbs.  I can only imagine how hard it is for an independant artist to get the word out with no US distribution.  Of course, if I hadn\'t have liked the disc, things might be a little different  .