얼마전 종료한 월드 IT쇼 에서 ...

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회사 업무로 코엑스에서 얼마전 끝난 월드 IT쇼 에 갔습니다.

삼성관, SK관, KT관 주로 3D와 함께 스마트 기술이 중심이었습니다.

제가 맡은 기업중 해외 파트너라고 스웨덴 사람이 한 사람 있더군요.

모바일 관련된 기술을 중점으로 한 회사였는데 가방끈이 짧아 무슨 소린지는

잘 모르겠더군요.

비빔밥을 먹으면서 어쩌다 얘기를 나누던 중 자신이 모 밴드에서 키보드를 친다고 하더군요.

어떤 종류의 음악이냐고 한번 던져보았는데

의외로 프로그레시브록(?)이라고 하네요.

자기는 70년대 복고풍 프로그레시브록을 하고 싶은데 그러면 라디오에 걸기 어려워진다고

스팍스비어드나 드림시어터 류의 음악을 한다고 하면서 CD를 하나 받았습니다.

밴드 이름은 Maze of Time 이고

이들 홈페이지에 들어가면 샘플곡을 들어보실 수 있습니다.

http://www.mazeoftime.com/music.php 

(바로 이 아저씨인데요, 이름은 알렉스 존슨 이구요.

 갤럭시탭에서 자기네 기술을 지원한다고 하는데요. 뭔 소린지는 잘모르겠네요.)

MoSync is a Software Development Kit which allows you to develop applications for all the major mobile platforms using a single environment and C/C++ code base on Windows or OS X.

한국에도 자신들의 음악을 소개하고 싶다고 하는데 관심있으신 분을 댓글 주세요.. ^^

찾아보니 이들의 인터뷰도 있네요. 시간 있으신 분은 한번 읽어보셔도 좋을 듯

http://www.mazeoftime.com/interviews/sergio_vilar.php 

Maze Of Time biography
The MAZE OF TIME story began in October 2001 when guitarist, composer and lyricist Robert I. Edman grew weary of being the hired gun, playing other people's music as a designated guitarist for various productions. With a couple of other musicians, he was at one point well on his way to the US west-coast, but opted out as the headroom for originality and thinking-out-of-the-box musical experimentation was nonexistent in the mainstream pop-scene. Edman gathered two old friends to form an investigative trio in Stockholm, Sweden - bass player Janne Persson and drummer Thomas Nordh - to elaborate on a string of newly composed songs. In the search for additional players adventurous enough to take the less-travelled roads of progression and beyond, the trio was extended by keyboard jockey Alex Jonsson and, for the first five years, with guitarist and vocalist Christer Lindstroem. With the MAZE OF TIME line-up complete the journey began.

Over time, the ideas and arrangements of MAZE OF TIME needed a sanity check, and a three-track demo set known as "Under the Sun" was recorded to tape which, over the following year, resulted in 2006 release of their first full-length album "Tales From The Maze", summarizing the band's first five years of musical findings. With the warmth of analogue 70-ies, yet the steady beat of the 21st century, MAZE OF TIME beckons you to join their musical journey.

MAZE OF TIME cites its closest influence as GENESIS from the "Selling England By The Pound" or "Trick Of The Tail" period and have a sound reminiscent of recent groups such as SPOCK'S BEARD, THE FLOWER KINGS, LIKE WENDY and MARILLION. Though leaning more to the Neo-progressive rather than Symphonic, MAZE OF TIME has virtues from the Symphonic form of progressive rock with lush keyboards, poetic lyrics and lengthy compositions.

The MAZE OF TIME discography is the three-track set "Under The Sun" comprised of tracks later to appear on the "Tales From The Maze" album, though recorded with less equipment, and the 2006-released "Tales From The Maze" album on the Art Performance Production label out of the Netherlands. 2008 should see an addition to the MAZE OF TIME catalogue with a darker, PORCUPINE TREE-style project going under the name of "Lullaby For Heroes".

Original bio by Alex Jonsson, as edited by T.Rox

            http://www.progarchives.com/video.asp?id=1823    (동영상 보기)

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크흑 요즘은 프로그래시브 음악만으로는 역시 밥먹고 살기가 어려운 모양이군요. 안타까우면서도 부럽습니다.