Progression By Failure is : Nicolas PIVETEAU (All instruments)
Influences
In no special order : Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Pain Of Salvation, Spock's Beard, Neal Morse, Opeth, Meshuggah, Therion, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Radiohead, The Gathering...
Sounds Like
The same as my influence with my own style, I hope!
PROGRESSION BY FAILURE is a project created by Nicolas Piveteau, a young musician who plays keyboards but also guitars, drums… this first album is composed by seven instrumental tracks, including a 22 minutes epic. Nicolas is influenced by all progressive bands, especially modern ones. His musical world may recall Tomas Bodin, or E.L.P., here or there, but the atmospheres are quite diverse, from bombastic symphonic, or neo-classic, rock to soft melancholic moods conveyed by fragile and delicate piano parts. Sometimes the music is approaching desperate, gothic atmospheres ala OPETH, and sometimes there’s just a subtle melodious sequence ala CAMEL: a very promising album, inspired and well played.....
The first album of Progression By Failure is now available on Musea Records, more than one hour of progressive music mastered by Brett CALDAS -LIMA (Tower Studio).
You can order it on the Musea Records online store (http://www.musearecords.com/onlinestore.php).
You can also order it by sending me an email
(13 € frais de port compris pour la France)
(15 € including ship coast for Europe)
(23$ including ship coast for US)
Some reviews of the first album :
<"For a first album this is really a superb work, with a top notch production, fine mix, tasteful arrangements and mature compositions. It's almost 70 minutes long and yet I think it is too short. I just can't get enough of it. It's very elaborate, complex, beautiful symphonic prog music at its best." Progarchives 5/5
"This CD will appeal mainly to fans of keyboard-driven, fusion based instrumental progressive rock. Fans of more concise and conservative music should approach with caution. I can think for improvement for this fine project. Can't wait for a sophomore release." DPRP 9,5/10
"[...]« PROGRESSION BY FAILURE » instrumental album turn out to be a success for this first album of Nicolas Piveteau,. [...] Pieces are made of nice melodies, powerful riffs and air ambiences and all titles are allowed to discover a little more in the course of successive listenings. The amateurs of progressive should appreciate this first trial of the young French multi-instrumentalist." MusicInBelgium.net 3,5/5
"If at first, this type of solo plan lets break a little of scepticism, but the listening of PROGRESSION BY FAILURE replaces it with a complete enthusiasm! Nicolas Piveteau gives birth here to an appealing, moving, captivating symphonic progressive ôde [...]" Progpulsion.com
"[...] Irrefutably, the fellow has a real inspiration, and an indisputable talent to orchestrate it. Very good! "Cosmomusic.fr
"[...] From a purely technical point of view, talent is there, unquestionably. Inspired, but not only, Piveteau lets leak out in the course of pieces an already well asserted personality, and shows that he does not content himself with writing« like». Melodic and wild, calm and sweltering, the various parts of the album confer on it a finally rather peculiar ambience, a small feat in a middle saturated with plagiarisms and with easy resumptions. [...]" Musicwaves.fr 7/10
hi Nicolas,great music what a great muscician you are,welcome and play with us some day!have the best night now and check out our kind of prog rock tomorrow if you like,cheers!Crop Circle Sam
Hi there Progression by failure - great to be friends. Hope you like what you hear from our classic hardrock release in Europe/Japan, the "Infinite Stargaze" album. Cheers /Michael
Merci pour la requête, ce que je découvre ici, est vraiment bien fait, une interprétation vraiment bonne pour des titres bien ambiancé, au sens ou de réels sentiments s'en dégagent (le nostalgique 'the solitude of the winter'). Mais avec de telles influences (Opeth, POS, Cynic, The Gathring, Lucassen, etc.), tu ne pouvais pas partir sur de mauvaises bases ;)
Concernant le Prog Nation Parisien, très bonnes prestations donc (même si je n'ai pas trop compris la présence de Bigelf). Opeth égaux à eux même avec mine de rien un set adapté avec des titres comme Harlequin Forest, Windowpane ou Hex Omega. Dream Theater égaux à eux même. Et ma mention spéciale ira à Unexpect, c'est eux qui ont motivé ma venue et en live, c'est assez énorme. mais bon, faut aimer.
Nous concernant, 'Bleak Opium', un titre de notre futur EP, est en ligne ! Nous tentons toujours de mixer au mieux notre large panel d'influences afin de créer une musique aussi personnelle que possible, tour à tour avantgardiste, metal, acoustique, symphonique voir jazzy, puissante et envoutante, mais toujours intrigante. N'hésite pas à venir y jeter une oreille (si ce n'est déjà fait) et nous dire ce que tu en penses !
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