By: Robert Silverstein
flashback to key early 70's mergers of avant-garde, neoclassical
electronics and rock, the 2002 release of Transit pairs the electric guitar
work of the classically trained Michael Nicolella with the 'virtual
ensemble' keyboards and programming of John Fitz Rogers. On their superb,
eleven track two part CD, Transit, Nicolella evokes the spirit of Jimi
Hendrix, while Rogers' symphonic synthesized backdrops are the perfect foil
for Nicolella's daredevil processed guitarscapes. Someone said it sounded
like Conlan Nancarrow meets Steve Hackett and as such should be filed under
modern instrumental music as played by rock musicians. For another side of
Nicolella check out his two classical guitar albums Push and Bach, Britten,
Martin.
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