Graveyard Mountain Home [Bonus DVD]

• Artist: Chroma Key
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• Release Date: November 09, 2004
• Genre: Rock

Review

Listening to the projects that Kevin Moore has recorded on his own under the name Chroma Key, you'd never guess that he's a former member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Graveyard Mountain Home, in particular, sounds more like a twisted collaboration between Gabor Csupo and Muslimgauze than anything else you're likely to hear on the Inside Out label. The shape of the music was inspired by a strange "social guidance" film from the 1950s that Moore discovered; he slowed it down to half speed and stripped out the soundtrack, then used its surreal action as a guiding structure for the music, which at times is funky in a glitchy, herky-jerky sort of way ("YYY," "Before You Started"), and at others it is dark and meditative ("Mother's Radio," "True and Lost"). There are several songs, in the relatively traditional sense, such as the gorgeous and aptly titled "Sad Sad Movie," and a few tracks are accompanied by found-sound voices, but the focus is always on the music and the mood. The result is a surprisingly affecting and powerful work. Highly recommended. [There is also a version available that includes a bonus DVD.] ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
YYY		Chroma Key	(2:11)
Give Up		Chroma Key	(4:04)
White Robe		Chroma Key	(4:55)
Mother's Radio		Chroma Key	(4:15)
Graveyard Mountain Home		Chroma Key	(2:32)
Salvation		Chroma Key	(2:40)
Before You Started		Chroma Key	(4:24)
Human Love		Chroma Key	(6:01)
Come In, Over	Bige Akdeniz	Chroma Key	(5:01)
Pure Laughter		Chroma Key	(2:08)
Andrew Was Drowning His Stepfather		Chroma Key	(2:12)
Sad Sad Movie	Kevin Moore	Chroma Key	(5:41)
True and Lost	Bige Akdeniz	Chroma Key	(2:31)
Again Today		Chroma Key	(4:45)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Age 13 [DVD]		Chroma Key

Credits

Rodney Mills (Mastering), Bige Akdeniz (Vocals), Sid Davis (Film Producer)