Alias Eye was formed in late
1998, when Philip Griffiths, Matthias Richter, Frank Fischer
and Ludwig Benedek, who had been playing together for over four
years, teamed up with keyboarder Vytas Lemke. After writing
a repertoire of songs, the band recorded their first mini-CD,
"Beyond The Mirror" in 1999, which was very well received
by the international press.
In Spring 2000, the band signed with DVS Records in November
of that year. Work on Alias Eye's debut album, "Field Of
Names" began immediately; an adept producer was found in
Christian Schimanski, who had a grasp of the sound and feel
the band was aiming for.
The album was completed in March 2001 after 5 long months at
Blue Sky Studios in Southern Germany. Encompassing 10 songs,
and clocking at a total of 54 minutes, "Field Of Names"
represents the essence of Alias Eye's music, a diverse collection
of tunes from a variety of different genres, ranging from rock,
pop, funk, jazz to classical.
Two years after the release of "Field Of Names" the
band returns with their second album "A Different Point
Of You". Recorded, mixed and mastered at Christian Schimanski’s
Blue Sky Studio, the band spent almost a year arranging and
recording the album. This time Alias Eye had the added bonus
of being able to use the studios new state-of-the-art gear,
installed just before the band started their recordings. "A
Different Point Of You" boasts 9 new tracks, and experiments
with a variety of different genres. For example, A Clown’s
Tale, the first track on the album, boasts a host of Arabian
instruments that are combined with heavy guitar riffs, and extended
vocal parts, whereas Too Much Toulouse wallows in the melancholy
of a 30's jazz club.
Alias Eye "A Different Point of You "
DVS011 - out now. -
Tracklisting:
A Clown's Tale
Fake the Right
Your Other Way
Icarus Unworded
The Usual Routine
Drifting
On the Fringe
The Great Open
Too Much Toulouse
"This
album might be the album progressive rock fans have been
waiting for, for a long time. Alias Eye goes back to the
birth of
prog rock, combining all kinds of influences as a reaction
to numb pop rock. My hope is that the average prog fan isn’t
numbed by
the hollow prog rock of the past couple of years, and will
take time to listen to A Different Point Of You.
"
— Rockezine.com
