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| Written by Greger Rönnqvist |
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Dino Brassea - Vocals, Flute
Francisco Hernandez - Vocals, Guitar
Alfonso Vidales - Keyboards
Antonio Bringas - Drums
Rodolfo Gonzalez - Bass
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The band today consists of: Dino Brassea on vocals and flute,
Francisco Hernandez on vocals and guitar, Alfonso Vidales on
keyboards, Antonio Bringas on drums and Rodolfo Gonzalez on bass.
Sometimes the band features Enrique Slim also on drums and
sometimes as a percussionist. Keyboard player Alfonso Vidales
writes most of the music.
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Cast was founded in 1978 in Mexico. So this year they have been
playing for 20 years. Like so many other progressive rock groups
they have evolved through the years and the music and influences
have been changing between each album. Generally you can say that
they are playing melodic progressive rock with many long
instrumental passages combined with influences from baroque,
bossonova, classical music, Heavy Metal, Jazz and Tango. The
lyrics are mostly based on fantasy themes.
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They have a very keyboard oriented British Neo-progressive sound
and although they are from Mexico there are no distracting
accents. You can hear influences from many different progressive
rock bands such as Camel, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Dream Theater,
mid-period Genesis (their main influence), Jethro Tull, Led
Zeppelin, Marillion, Pendragon, Pink Floyd, Rush, Savatage, UK and
Yes. All of the CD's is passing 60 minutes, with an average track
length about 8 minutes long.
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Cast is definitely one of the best neo-progressive bands together
with Marillion and Pendragon. It's very strange that they haven't
gained more recognition in the neo-progressive genre. Cast is also
said to be a very good live act.
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