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Electrum biography
ELECTRUM are a late 90's, all-instrumental trio from New England who stand at the crossroads of prog rock and fusion, somewhere between RUSH and Bill Bruford's solo albums. The are: Dave Kulju on electric guitar and synthesizer, Joe Musmanno on acoustic and electronic percussion, and Gino Foti on bass guitar, synth and MIDI pedals. Their goal is to create music that is both emotionally moving and technically challenging. Their sound is bare boned: no flash, all rock steady, with plenty of drive and direction, yet full of complex arrangements and antiseptically clean odd-time signatures.

Their first album, "Frames of Mind" (98), showed some promise but may have lacked a bit on the melodic side; it also featured no soloing whatsoever - a disappointment for an all-instrumental album. The more polished "Standard Deviation" (02) was a logical progression, featuring some welcomed synth, keyboard and guitar solos plus some great drumming by Musmanno; as for Foti's bass work, you'd never guess the man was self taught. Here and there, you might hear various influences (LED ZEP, KING CRIMSON and, of course, RUSH), but the band seldom lingers in one particular zone, preferring the 'touch-and-go' approach and thus avoiding the clone trap. Excellent production, btw.

Recommended to RUSH fans but will definitely appeal to fusion fans too


1. Ascension (10:56) 
2. Reverie (6:00) 
3. Measure Of An Unmade Grave (7:39) 
4. Frames Of Mind - Part I (4:04) 
5. Frames Of Mind - Part II (7:10) 
6. Desolation (1:56) 
7. Voices (11:32) 
8. Inertial Dampers Off-Line (2:55) 
9. Portal to Arcanum (10:55)