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French composer Vivien Lalu finally returned with his 3rd studio album “Paint the Sky”. We talked about all the amazing musicians he invited to play this time, the departure from the melodic prog metal sounds of his early work towards a modernised, heavy progressive rock style and much more in this newest episode of the Progtalks.Chapters:01:30 The story so far…02:20 Changes04:48 Songwriting process for Paint the Sky07:09 The core band line-up10:44 Band? Project? Band-project!12:35 Guest musicians on Paint the Sky15:16 Asking other keyboard players for guest solos19:00 Rebooting the Lalu sound22:02 Dreaming of another guest vocalist…23:13 Wrong CD24:12 ‘Jammable Jazz’25:05 Bonus Track: Paint the Sky instrumental!29:14 Favourite albums from 2021?32:00 Modernising traditional progressive rock33:06 Upcoming albums by Viv’s favourites35:45 Nerding out about Spock’s Beard37:09 Dirty Loops and Jonah Nilsson worship🎵 Lalu is:Damian Wilson - VocalsJelly Cardarelli - DrumsJoop Wolters - Guitars/BassVivien Lalu - Keyboards 💿 Discography:Oniric Metal (2005)Atomic Ark (2013)Live at P60 (2015)Paint the Sky (2022)✔️ Follow Lalu:Website: http://www.vivienlalu.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laluprogFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/vivlaluInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivlaluBandcamp: https://lalu.bandcamp.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/vivlaluYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClCn4szxoLNtCW9iVGZXrmQSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3nBikBf**********☕ BUY US A COFFEE ☕We bring these interviews to you with our own resources and have no monetization at all. Do you like what we do and would like to support us? Help us by buying us a coffee on the link below?https://theprogspace.com/donate**********PROGTALKS by The ProgspaceThe Progtalks produced by The ProgspaceMain Hosts: Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario AlbrechtProduced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias KirschAll graphics and animations by Vanessa KirschIntro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/SkybladeprogmetalOutro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/---Thank you for watching and listening to The Progtalks! If you liked this interview, subscribe now to this podcast and to The Progspace Channel on Youtube. For more information about Progressive rock and metal, reviews, interviews, contests and much more, bookmark The Progspace and follow us on all our social media channels. https://theprogspace.comFollow us at: https://facebook.com/theprogspace/https://instagram.com/theprogspace/https://youtube.com/theprogspacehttps://twitter.com/theprogspace/
