Kinetic Element

KINETIC ELEMENT is a symphonic progressive rock group that began in the heart and mind of MIKE VISAGGIO, a multi-keyboardist in Richmond VA. After recording his first solo album, STARSHIP UNIVERSE, in 2006, Mike began the arduous task of making himself known to the prog world. Selected to perform at the Pop Montreal Festival in 2006, Mike was driven to put together a band, and KINETIC ELEMENT was born. They have been playing out at selected venues and aiming to shake up the music scene with some classic prog/classic/new age style thunder. After 23 days during May, June and July 2009 in Sound of Music Studio in Richmond and a day at The Kitchen Mastering in Chapel Hill NC, their new CD POWERED BY LIGHT finished and is available. Many thanks to those who have pre-ordered.



MIKE VISAGGIO is a keyboard artist who stayed away from the music business too long, returning in 2000 after a 15-year absence, and now with his fourth band in Richmond, KINETIC ELEMENT, with MICHAEL MURRAY on drums and TODD RUSSELL on guitar, performing the new originals which comprise POWERED BY LIGHT, and some pieces from the STARSHIP UNIVERSE CD and some surprising classic rock and classic prog covers.



Mike is the former keyboardist of Billy Falcon's Burning Rose, a singer-songwriter rock band of the late 1970s that made three LPs and an EP on Manhattan Records, United Artists and MCA. He also performed with The Strokers, a well known Richmond band, and the Richmond Rock Exchange, where he met Michael and Tony. Mike has taken a somewhat oblique approach to incorporating his Christian worldview into his music so that people who love prog and classic rock can enjoy it whether they are believers or not. Over the last five years Mike has been building a name for himself in the prog world, having at present 30 reviews of Starship Universe and Powered by Light, many of which can be read in The Reviews So Far in the Blogs section or at www.sonicbids.com/kineticelement, the band's Sonicbids EPK. KINETIC ELEMENT in the spring of 2008 supported such prog rock acts as CIRCA:, RARE BLEND and IZZ and in August 2008 opened the PROGDAY festival PRE-SHOW. In 2009 they supported MORGLBL. In 2010 they again opened the Prog Day Pre-Show and performed with Edensong at Orion Studios. They are currently seeking a new bassist to replace their friend Tony D. who had to take his leave from the band.
In this day when progressive rock is coming back out of the shadows thanks to the Internet, Kinetic Element has been performing for diverse audiences and has seen firsthand how prog crosses all ethnic and age demographics. When prog is heard, it is loved. People who never heard the great prog bands of the 70s, or today's awesome prog artists, have reacted with enthusiastic acceptance of the band's vintage prog ethos on hearing Kinetic Element in concert.
P.S. Anyone interested in purchasing STARSHIP UNIVERSE or POWERED BY LIGHT after hearing the posted pieces: Please e-mail Mike at bigroad3@gmail.com. OR YOU CAN GET STARSHIP UNIVERSE AND POWERED BY LIGHT AT CD BABY by hitting the CD BABY buttons below. POWERED BY LIGHT is also available from KINESIS and SYN-PHONIC. You can also find STARSHIP UNIVERSE at MELODIC REVOLUTION and NIGHTMARE RECORDS (two of Mike's top friends!) and can get legal downloads at iTunes, MusicIsHere and 34 other download sites. Just google "Mike Visaggio" to find them!
P.S.: STARSHIP UNIVERSE has been favorably reviewed on ProgressiveEars.com (Thanks Sean!) and Prognaut.com (Thanks Ron!) and 28 other places online!
See the Blogs for links to reviews of POWERED BY LIGHT.



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