Art of Illusion is quite an unusual band known from powerful instrumental pieces with rich arrangement, a large numer of virutose solos and a dynamic rhythm section. The group is indeed a quartet of skillful instrumentalist (but it has cooperated also with different vocalists), known also from other projects as Hologram, Plotnickym, Yesternight, Fractal Mind or Pianomatyk. The band was formed in 2002 in Bydgoszcz and from the beginning of its activity it performed complex progrock compositions combined with sharper heavy metal sound. Melodic invention and rich arrangements go in line with technical abilites of the musicians creating a tempting musical palette of colours and moods. The album is an effect of many years of work of the band members – Filip Wiśniewski (guitars), Paweł Łapuć ‘Pianomatyk’ (piano, keyboards), Mateusz Wiśniewski (bass) and Kamil Kluczyński (drums). Moreover, vocals by Marcin Walczak appear in 3 songs. Besides, as a guest appearance you can hear the flute by Emilia Mielewczyk, and a baritone saxophone solo by Tomasz Glazik, who plays also in a Polish popular alternative band Kult.
The process of creation of their debut album “Round Square of The Triangle” could be a theme for a book – changes and long departures of the band members, technical problems during recordings, hundreds of versions of material, different approaches to the mixing and finally problems with the vocalists have caused that the self-production of such a complicated album took almost 10 years. Nevertheless, it seems that the compositions sound still quite fresh.
“Thrown Into The Fog”, the video to the track promoting the album can be seen HERE.
Art of Illusion – line-up:
Filip Wiśniewski - guitars
Paweł Łapuć „Pianomatyk” – keyboards
Mateusz Wiśniewski – bass guitar
Kamil Kluczyński – drums
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