OSI (band)

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OSI
General information
Genre (s) Progressive rock
founding 2002
Founding members
Guitar , vocals ,
keyboard , programming
 Jim Matheos
Keyboard , vocals,
programming
 Kevin Moore
former members
Mike Portnoy
Guitar, vocals
 Steven Wilson
Sean Malone
bass
 Joey Vera
Gavin Harrison

OSI is a progressive rock group named after the now defunct propaganda department of the US Department of Defense, the Office of Strategic Influence (OSI).

Band history

The two founding members of OSI are Jim Matheos ( Fates Warning ) and Kevin Moore ( Chroma Key , ex- Dream Theater ). Both play keyboards, but Matheos' main instrument is the electric guitar . All songs (except “shutDOWN” from the debut and “Old War” from Free ) are original compositions, with Kevin Moore contributing the lyrics. Guest musicians on the first record ( Office of Strategic Influence ) are drummer Mike Portnoy (ex- Dream Theater , Transatlantic ), bassist Sean Malone ( Gordian Knot ) and Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson , singer and composer of the piece “shutDOWN ", to listen.

The second album Free , which was released in April 2006, includes Mike Portnoy, bassist Joey Vera (Fates Warning) and Bige Akdeniz, who wrote "Old War" and also takes on guitar and vocals on this song.

Both albums have also been released as a special edition. The Special Edition of Office of Strategic Influence comes with a second CD, which includes the Pink Floyd cover “ Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ”. In addition, the CD does not come in a jewel case , but in an elaborately designed digibook. The special edition of Free contains an "extended booklet", a slipcase and a bonus CD.

For one song on the album Blood seemed Tim Bowness ( No-Man ) and Mikael Åkerfeldt ( Opeth ) with.

The third album Blood and the fourth album Fire Make Thunder were created with the participation of Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), whereby Matheos and Moore also composed and recorded their parts separately in their respective home studios on these albums, in order to later join Harrison's in his Mixing studio recorded drums.

style

The songs are complex and variedly arranged. In addition to stylistic features of progressive metal and progressive rock, there are influences from industrial rock and electronica .

Discography

  • Office of Strategic Influence (2003)
  • Free (2006)
  • Re: Free (EP, 2006)
  • Blood (2009)
  • Fire Make Thunder (2012)

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