Steve Vai: The Story Of Light: - Real Illusions: Of A... version on CD/DVD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in publishing company Favored Nations on 14. September 2012.

Endlich das neue Studioalbum des legendären Gitarrenvirtuosen - sein erstes seit dem 2005er Album "Reflections" und der zweite Teil der "Real Illusions" Trilogie! Der virtuose Gitarrist und visionäre Komponist Steve Vai veröffentlicht auf seinem eigenen Label Favored Nations endlich sein neues Studioalbum. Die langen und ausdrucksstarken zwölf Songs des neuen Albums führen eine Reise fort, welche mit dem umjubelten, im Jahr 2005 veröffentlichten Album, "Real Illusions: Reflections". "Story Of Light" besteht zum Großteil aus Instrumental-Stücken. Auf dem Album wirken jedoch auch die Gastsängerinnen Aimee Mann, welche mit Vai ein Duett auf "No More Amsterdam" zum Besten gibt, und Beverly McClellan, eine Finalisten aus der ersten Staffel der US-Version von "The Voice" mit. McClellan singt auf dem Song "John The Revelator" mit, ein Lied, das von einer alten Aufnahme des Blues-Sängers Blind Willie Johnson inspiriert wurde und dessen Stimme ebenfalls im Mix zu hören ist. Durchgehend ist es die Lead-Gitarre des dreifachen Grammy-Award Gewinners Steve Vai, die melodisch, virtuos und technisch brillant durch das Album führt. "The Story Of Light" folgt der Reise eines Menschen durch Trauer, Tragik, Offenbarung, Erleuchtung und Erlösung. "Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach Wissen. Ich bin ein Suchender nach spiritueller Ausgeglichenheit - und Musik ist ein großer Teil dieser Suche", so Vai. Die DVD enthält Interviews mit Steve Vai und Mitgliedern seiner Band, eine Kommentierung zu jedem Song und mehr. Product information Virtuoso guitarist and visionary composer Steve Vai releases a new solo album, The Story of Light, featuring original material. Released on Favored Nations Entertainment, the label Vai founded in 1999, the expansive and expressive twelve-song set continues the conceptual and cosmic narrative arc begun on the artist's acclaimed 2005 album Real Illusions: Reflections (also Vai's last solo studio recording). Although The Story of Light is largely instrumental, the album features guest vocalists, including singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, who reunited with Vai on "No More Amsterdam," a song she also co-wrote, and Beverly McClellan, a finalist on the first season of The Voice. McClellan appears on "John the Revelator," a track inspired by a period recording by blues singer Blind Willie Johnson, whose acid-soaked vocals are also in the mix. Other highlights include the title track (which opens the album), "Gravity Storm", "The Moon and I" and "Velorum". Throughout, Vai's solo guitar, a three-time GRAMMY winner, is as lyrically resonant as it is technically masterful, his licks and solos bending the sounds and minds of listeners in equal measure. The Story of Light follows the journey of a man driven mad by grief, and intertwines tragedy, revelation, enlightenment and redemption. "I'm always striving for knowledge, I'm a seeker of spiritual balance - and music is a big part of that," Vai says. "I've been obsessed with such thoughts for years." Looking ahead, Vai anticipates that the third set of songs will unravel the mysteries and reveal the truths that are woven through both Story of Light and True Illusions: Reflections. The completed trilogy, which is intended to be cinematic - even operatic - in scope, will include lyrics and narration. The Story of Light is available for online pre-order starting today. This special pre-sale selection of packages is offered exclusively through Vai's website www. Vai. com, where full product details and ordering information are available. Each package includes an instant download of a track from the new album "Gravity Storm", personally selected by Vai. The Story of Light is Vai's sixteenth solo album following 2009's Where The Wild Things Are. The new album features Dave Weiner (guitar), Jeremy Colson (drums), Philip Bynoe (bass) and Deborah Hensen (harp, vocals, keyboards) (favorednations. com).

Album spans genres Rock, Progressive rock and Hard Rock. CD + DVD.