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"Office of Strategic Influence" bonus material "Office of Strategic Influence" update from Kevin Moore "Office of Strategic Influence" update from FatesWarning.com "Office of Strategic Influence" update from ChromaKey.com "Office of Strategic Influence" update from Sean Malone Matheos/Moore/Portnoy is 'Office of Strategic Influence' Studio Photos: Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore Daniel Gildenlöw comments on Matheos/Portnoy/Moore/Malone project Mike Portnoy's new project carries on without Daniel Gildenlöw New Project: Matheos/Portnoy/Gildenlöw/Moore/Malone Extra's Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy and Kevin Moore Studio Photos Office of Strategic Influence artwork Kevin Moore Internet Radio interview on April 12th Added on 04-06-2004 Kevin Moore will be doing an interview on Dementia Radio that will air at 10PM EST, April 12th, 2004 (02:00 April 13 GMT). He'll be talking about the forthcoming Ghost Book album as well as Chroma Key and OSI. The show will also include tracks from Kevin's radio show The Memory Hole. Kevin Moore / OSI interview on WMFO on March 6th Added on 03-02-2003 Short sections of an interview with Kevin Moore along with music from OSI, Chroma Key and Dream Theater will be broadcast on WMFO (91.5FM Medford, MA) on Thursday, March 6th, 2003. The show is called "The Healing Colors of Sound" and will air between 2am and 4am EST. You can listen to the interview online at wmfo.org. A transcript of the entire interview will soon be available on Ytsejam.com. OSI Satellite Radio Interview Added on 03-01-2003 Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos recently recorded an interview together for a one hour OSI feature on Sirius Radio. The feature will be broadcast on the "BIG ROCK" channel on Saturday, March 8th at 3 pm EST. Sirius Radio is a satellite radio station which can also be heard on the internet. Limited Edition "OSI" #1 Top Seller at CD Universe! Added on 02-19-2003 The limited edition of "Office of Strategic Influence" is currently at the #1 spot of the CD Universe Top Sellers list! Click here to see the CD Universe Top Sellers list. Check out the OSI message board! Added on 02-19-2003 A new message board is now available for fans interested in discussing the OSI project and its debut album "Office of Strategic Influence". Click here to enter the OSI message board. Check out the official OSI site at OSIBand.com Added on 01-25-2003 The OSI project with Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) now has its own official site: Click here to visit www.OSIBand.com Pre-order "Office of Strategic Influence"! Added on 01-25-2003 Both the regular edition as well as the limited edition of the OSI album "Office of Strategic Influence" are now available for pre-ordering at CDUniverse.com. "Office of Strategic Influence" bonus material Added on 12-30-2002 The material on the Bonus CD of the limited edition of the "Office of Strategic Influence" album will be as follows: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (8:49) New Mama (2:22) The Thing That Never Was (17:21) Multimedia Section "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" is a Pink Floyd cover performed by Kevin Moore and Mike Portnoy. "New Mama" is a Neil Young cover performed by Kevin Moore. "The Thing That Never Was" is the original "Looks Like Rain" demo performed by Jim Matheos and Mike Portnoy. The Multimedia Section is approximately 19 minutes long and includes a concept piece directed and edited by Kevin Moore for "Horsehoes and B-52s" as well as two separate documentary style clips shot at Carriage House Studios during the recording of the album. "Office of Strategic Influence" update from Kevin Moore Added on 10-27-2002 The OSI album "Office of Strategic Influence" has been mastered, and Kevin has just completed the video material that will be included on the special edition CD (a music video and documentary footage). Kevin will also be doing two bonus tracks for the enhanced CD. "Office of Strategic Influence" is scheduled to be released in February 2003, and the tracklisting will be as follows: The New Math (what he said) OSI When You're Ready Horseshoes And B-52's Head Hello, Helicopter! ShutDOWN Dirt From A Holy Place Memory Daydreams Lapses Standby (Looks Like Rain) Source: ChromaKey.com "Office of Strategic Influence" update from FatesWarning.com Added on 09-02-2002 "OSI have just finished mixing their debut, "Office of Strategic Influence". The CD will be released early in 2003. Tracks include: The New Math, OSI, When You're Ready, Horseshoes and B52's, Hello, Helicopter, and shutDOWN (featuring Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree on vocals). There are also plans for a limited edition two disc set with the second disc including videos and bonus tracks. Check out www.insideoutmusic.com for future updates on OSI." Source: FatesWarning.com "Office of Strategic Influence" update from ChromaKey.com Added on 08-18-2002 Kevin Moore and Jim Mattheos left for the Carriage House on August 17th, 2002, where Phil Magnotti will be mixing the album. Mixing should be done by August 25th, 2002. Phil has mixed a lot of Fates Warning material in the past. Two of the tracks will feature Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree on vocals. Source: ChromaKey.com "Office of Strategic Influence" update from Sean Malone Added on 08-12-2002 The following is an excerpt from a news update from Sean Malone's website. For more information regarding Sean and his wonderful Gordian Knot project please visit www.seanmalone.net. "My tracks for O.S.I. are finished. It's always hard to explain the style of any kind of music, especially one that is multifaceted. Each of the tracks had a MIDI bass part that served as a guideline. In most cases, I tried to keep things simple and supportive, not being sure of everything that would be put on top. So on this disc I didn't venture out that much, but in each case tried to put my own take on things from the bottom-up. I included some Stick here and there, sometimes doubling the bass, other times playing some melodies. Some of the music is very spare and texture-heavy; in these cases I did a lot of double-tracking the bass parts to create a natural kind of chorusing that I prefer to any digital effects. In fact, I rarely ever use effects on bass, so I do this once in a while to create a textural shimmer panned hard left and right. I had Mick Karn on my mind for a few tracks, bending some harmonics and playing, as he called it, 'pulse bass'. In the end though I'll have to wait and see what Jim and the crew decide for how they want to hear the parts in the final mix. Other tunes are reminiscent to Tool, and others that remind the listener of the bands from whence the composers come; some exciting grooves in 11, phase shifts, and chops throughout. All in all I enjoyed playing on the disc, though ultimately it would have been nice to work out parts with Mike as they were being recorded rather than after the fact. But on the other hand, technologically we're afforded the opportunity to lay down multiple versions and approaches to each song, then pick and choose what works best. I'd have to say though that not having been involved with the composing, it was most appropriate to take a session-approach to the disc, trying as much as possible to create parts that fit what Jim et al had created, versus trying to impose anything upon it." Matheos/Moore/Portnoy is 'Office of Strategic Influence' Added on 07-18-2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JIM MATHEOS/KEVIN MOORE/MIKE PORTNOY PROJECT NAMED OSI; DEBUT ALBUM 'OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE' TO BE RELEASED THIS FALL ON INSIDEOUT MUSIC AMERICA The highly anticipated project featuring guitarist Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), keyboardist Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, formerly of Dream Theater) and drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic) now has an official name: OSI. OSI will release its debut album, 'Office of Strategic Influence,' in fall 2002 on InsideOut Music America. IOMA Managing Director Jim Pitulski expects this album to be one the label's biggest sellers to date. Matheos, Moore and Portnoy are the core of the band, and Moore does most of the lead vocals, but 'Office of Strategic Influence' will also feature special guest vocalists to be announced, and guest bass guitarist Sean Malone (Gordian Knot). Recording of 'Office of Strategic Influence' is taking place at Carriage House Studios in Connecticut with Grammy Award-winning engineer Phil Magnotti. Listeners can expect to be surprised. According to Portnoy, musically speaking the album is "not Fates Warning, not Dream Theater and not Chroma Key." A limited edition, multimedia version of 'Office of Strategic Influence' will also be available and include concept videos from Moore as well as documentary footage. For future updates, visit IOMA's web site: www.insideoutmusic.com. www.insideoutmusic.com Studio Photos: Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore Added on 06-10-2002 Click here for photos of Jim Matheos, Mike Portnoy and Kevin Moore at the Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut. The recordings took place from June 2nd to June 9th, 2002. Daniel Gildenlöw comments on Matheos / Portnoy / Moore / Malone project Added on 06-04-2002 The following comment from Daniel Gildenlöw was posted on Pain Of Salvation's official site on June 4th, 2002: "In April I was contacted by Jim Matheos of Fates Warning. He asked me if I would want to be part of a project together with him and Mike Portnoy, and after hearing the material I said yes. The full line up of this project turned out to be Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, ex Dream Theater), Sean Malone (Gordian Knot, Cynic etc) and myself. In good company. My role would be as a vocalist and co-composer, and I created vocal melodies and lyrics for a 26 minute song and another song, and wrote one track entirely. As it happened, Matheos decided two days before my flight over to New York that he would have Kevin do all the vocals instead, since we had so different styles. I just wanted to explain this to clarify that I did not quit the project, and there were no hard feelings or disagreements between us; Matheos liked what I did, but simply, and unfortunately for me, wanted to take the project in a slightly different direction than he first intended. Anyway, it was an honor in the first place to be chosen for a project like this. Looking at it from a perspective it is comforting to see that they obviously must have picked me because of what I do and not because of my name or nativity. The only other reason would be because of my looks, and I think it goes without saying that that is out of the question. :) Another time." Source: www.painofsalvation.com Mike Portnoy's new project carries on without Daniel Gildenlöw Added on 06-02-2002 Mike Portnoy's new project has decided to carry on without Daniel Gildenlow. Mike Portnoy, Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) will start writing, arranging and recording in the studio on Monday, June 2nd, 2002. Sean Malone (Gordian Knot) will still be contributing as well. Stay tuned for more information as the project continues to develop. New Project: Matheos / Portnoy / Gildenlöw / Moore / Malone Added on 05-23-2002 Mike Portnoy will be part of a new "Supergroup" project which will have the following impressive line-up: Jim Matheos - Fates Warning Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater Daniel Gildenlöw - Pain Of Salvation Kevin Moore - Chroma Key Sean Malone - Gordian Knot This project was brought to life by Jim Matheos. The guys will be entering a studio in the US at the beginning of June to record an album. The album is scheduled to be released on Inside Out Music at the end of October or beginning of November. 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