Jimmy Hotz - Beyond the Crystal Sea (30th Anniversary Edition) CD

• 2010 Born Twice
• New factory sealed CD
• Prog-rock

This is the remastered 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Jimmy first shared the stage with The Guess Who when he was just 16. In the years that have followed, Hotz has worked as a producer, engineer, musician, etc. Some of the artists that Hotz has worked with in one capacity or another include: Fleetwood Mac, B.B. King, Dave Mason, Leon Russell, Yes, Jon Anderson, Kitaro, Steve Winwood, Chicago, Jerry Williams, The Association, ArkAngel, Petra, The Smothers Brothers, Roger McGuinn, Giant Killer, Dove, Vision, Scott Gershin and Haven. Ask any in-the-know collector about the best Christian progressive art rock album and the answer is usually as toss up between ArkAngels Warrior and this one. Beyond The Crystal Sea is the heavier and spacier of the two, plastered with what seems like layer upon layer of synthesizers. March Of The Dead Souls pins your ears to the wall from the start with its hard space rock barrage and eerie banshee choirs. Hotzs layered hard rock guitar is absolutely venomous on Hand Of The Most High and the instrumental Teton, while Vision Ships, Beyond The Blue and From Love Life Did Begin are more reminiscent of the melodic lavish textures of Yes (though vocally Hotz brings to mind Peter Gabriel of early Genesis). ArkAngels Kemper Crabb is in here playing recorder on Alpine Magic. The production quality is superb as is the fantasy cover art. If you?ve got a good stereo, you?re gonna wanna blast this up loud. Its out of this world! (Ken Scott - Archivist)