I happened across this video on YT. Apparently this keyboard player, Austin Perlata passed away when he was only 22.
I happened across this video on YT. Apparently this keyboard player, Austin Perlata passed away when he was only 22.
Peralta died on November 21, 2012, at the age of 22. The LA County Coroner's Report indicated the most likely cause of death was viral pneumonia, aggravated by a combination of alcohol and drugs.[7] Thundercat's album Apocalypse (2013) pays tribute to Peralta.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
Its basicly a track from Planet X- Quantum
Never heard of Charles Altura before.
Pretty spiff...Donati seems to work better here than he did at a Holdsworth gig I caught a couple of years back. He was obviously a good athlete that day, but seemed to be forcing things and maybe not listening or fitting in as well as Wackerman or Husband did at numerous other events. Any recommendations on which Donati discs to snag?
I've seen Holdsworth live at least a half dozen times and the last time was with Donati. I agree that he's not as good a fit as Wackerman or Husband. He's a truly great drummer, but sometimes Holdy's music requires a little more sensitivity than he can (or did) muster.
Planet X is Virgil's band for the most part; or at least that's what I assume since he does the majority of the writing. Derek Sherinian is always the keyboard player, but the bass player and guitar player's chairs change from time to time. Always high caliber players and the music is sort of a cross between math-metal and jazz fusion. Sometimes they remind me of a more complex Liquid Tension Experiment.
these are all good
Loose Change - Live at the Grainstore 1987
Bunny Brunel's LA Zoo - Revisited 2004
Frank Gambale, Rick Fierabracci, and Virgil - Made In Australia 2007
CAB - Theatre de Marionnettes 2009
Kiko Loureiro - Sounds of Innocence 2012
Semantic Saturation - Solipsistic 2013
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to further expand upon these
Loose Change - Live at the Grainstore 1987 (fusion) this was their only album and was recorded live at The Grainstore in Melbourne, Australia in September 1987. it was first released on vinyl late 1987, then remastered and released on CD in 2004. great instrumental fusion! last track is an awesome version of Cruise Missile by Steve Morse Band. my favorite is Blistered Lips
Virgil Donati - drums
Mark Domoney - guitar
Joe Chindamo - keys
Steve Hadley - bass
Bunny Brunel's LA Zoo - Revisited 2004 (jazz fusion) originally released in 1998 as Bunny Brunel's L.A. Zoo, this 2004 redux features an extra track called Tiger. the drums were played by John Wackerman on the 1998 release. for Revisited, all of the drum and bass tracks were newly recorded by Virgil and Bunny. excellent production and just a fantastic album. highly rec'd! fave tracks are Vlad, Led Boots and Stratus of course.
Bunny Brunel - bass
Vivian Campbell - guitar
Ray Gomez - guitar
Mike Stern - guitar
Brian Auger - keys
Virgil Donati - drums
Jeff Grossberg - harmonica
Mike Palmer - guitar
Craig Adams - guitar
Frank Gambale, Rick Fierabracci, and Virgil - Made In Australia 2007 (jazz fusion) high caliber shit here! Frank is on fire backed up all the way by Rick and Virgil. recorded live in June 2003 at the Evelyn Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, the album is comprised of 3 tracks each from Frank and Virgil, 2 from Rick. fave track is one of Frank's tunes....Little Charmer
CAB - Theatre de Marionnettes 2009 (jazz rock/fusion) the 4th studio release from CAB is an explosive disc, intense and full of chops. The Pub and Purple Mars are a couple of faves
Tony MacAlpine - Guitar, Keyboards on Tracks 4,5,7,8
Freddie Fox - Rhythm Guitar on Tracks 1,6,10
Bernard Torelli - Rhythm Guitar on Track 12
Bunny Brunel - Bass, Piccolo Bass, Keyboards on Tracks 6,9,12
Brian Auger - Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Hammond Organ
Chick Corea - Fender Rhodes, Electric Piano
Patrice Rushen - Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet
Michel Polnareff - Piano
Sandeep Chowta - Keyboards on Tracks 1,3
Virgil Donati - Drums
Doug Webb - Saxophone
Jeff Elliott - Trumpet
Kiko Loureiro - Sounds of Innocence 2012 (instrumental guitar) 4th solo release from former Angra guitarist (who is now with Megadeth). killer album, fast paced with a sprinkling of calm. whole album is a fave
Kiko Loureiro - guitars
Felipe Andreoli - bass
Virgil Donati - drums
Kiko, Virgil and Anthony Crawford @ the Baked Potato 12-20-2013
Semantic Saturation - Solipsistic 2013 (instrumental/progressive metal) Semantic Saturation is a project from Syrian guitarist Shant Hagopian. after founding the first metal band in Syria, Shant was faced with the impossible task of releasing an album in his home country and fled to Montreal. with the internet readily available, he began writing new music and collaborated with some of the most well known musicians in the world. Solipsistic is the astounding result. Stardust and Ambivalence are some faves
Shant Hagopian - guitars
Virgil Donati - drums
Rick Fierabracci - bass
Derek Sherinian - keys
Andy Kuntz - vocals on track 9
Semantic Saturation - Lost and Found: Insanity - Official Music Video
The Anatomy Of Live/2014, the On The Virg reunion DVD is fantastic. it was recorded in 2012 at the 20th anniversary of Drumtek's Australian Ultimate Drummers Weekend. the songs are from OTV's Serious Young Insects, In This Life and Quantum by Planet X.
Virgil Donati - drums
Simon Hosford - guitars
Phil Turcio - keys
Doug Shreeve - bass
OTV Rehearsal - Melbourne Australia Aug 19th, 2012 - Part 1...Part 2
i.ain't.dead.irock
This thread is making me drool. Anyone want to make me a compilation of Donati stuff? I already have the Planet X. :*)
More notes please!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I think Virg's first album is Just Add Water
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
his first release was with the Australian band The State - Elementary (1988) and they changed their name to Southern Sons on the next one. his first solo was Stretch (1995)
Virgil plays drums on 5 tracks of A Matter Of Perception from Nili Brosh including a rewrite of Alien Hip Hop just for this album. no links to individual songs, just some with Nili playing
Nili Brosh - A Matter of Perception on EMGtv (A Matter Of Perception/2014)
he contributes to a couple tracks on MSM Schmidt - Utopia (2015)
Qin Shi - The Face on the Wall and LV-223 (Virtual Donati)
i.ain't.dead.irock
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
i.ain't.dead.irock
I don't get the point of the hot chick spitting blood
I can't remember which show it was (I've seen Virgil play live a couple times in different bands), but he played the most amazing and entertaining drum solo I've ever seen. He was twirling his sticks around at high speed and using them to hit cymbals and drums in a 360-degree motion. Just ridiculous.
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