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 Changes

04:48 Songwriting process for Paint the Sky

07:09 The core band line-up

10:44 Band? Project? Band-project!

12:35 Guest musicians on Paint the Sky

15:16 Asking other keyboard players for guest solos

19:00 Rebooting the Lalu sound

22:02 Dreaming of another guest vocalist…

23:13 Wrong CD

24:12 ‘Jammable Jazz’

25:05 Bonus Track: Paint the Sky instrumental!

29:14 Favourite albums from 2021?

32:00 Modernising traditional progressive rock

33:06 Upcoming albums by Viv’s favourites

35:45 Nerding out about Spock’s Beard

37:09 Dirty Loops and Jonah Nilsson worship

🎵 Lalu is:

Damian Wilson - Vocals

Jelly Cardarelli - Drums

Joop Wolters - Guitars/Bass

Vivien 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/laluprog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vivlalu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivlalu

Bandcamp: https://lalu.bandcamp.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vivlalu

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClCn4szxoLNtCW9iVGZXrmQ

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nBikBf

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