Vous êtes fan de Rock Progressif en général et de Spock’s Beard en particulier ? Alors vous allez être ravi de découvrir Apple Pie, jeune combo russe qui officie dans la droite lignée des américains. Leur premier album, Crossroad, est sorti en ce début d’année sur le label russe mals, et disponible en France grâce à Muséa.

Apple Pie - Crossroad (2007)

1. The Begining (7:52) (sample)
// Once Upon A Time
// Overture
2. Sunrise (9:25) (sample)
3. Crossroad (8:19) (sample)
4. Nothing (3:47) (sample)
5. Temptation (4:46) (sample)
6. Escape (10:28) (sample)
7. Still Got My Faith In You (4:07) (sample)
8. Solution (7:32) (sample)
9. Nothing Comes Everything (8:13) (sample)
10. Final (12:22)(sample)

All words & music written by Vartan Mkhitaryan, except "Solution" - music co-written with Alexey Bildin.

Line-up:
- Vartan Mkhitaryan: Lead vocals, background vocals, electric, acoustic, 12-string & nylon guitars, percussion, keyboards (a little).
- Alexey Bildin: Bass, fretless bass, lead vocal in "Temptation", background vocals, saxophones, percussion, keyboards (less than Vartan).
- Oleg Sergeev: Keyboards (more then all together), background vocals.
- Andrey Golodukhin: Drums (of course he plays keyboards & singing but we didn't let him do that!)

Additional musicians:
- Alexander Mamontov: Trumpet.
- Peter Sychev: Background vocals.
- Anna Sidorenko: All Female vocals.
- Brass section in "Temptation" arranged by Constantine Markelov.
- Drums programming in "Nothing" by Egor Yurkevich.

Liens: http://applepie-mus.narod.ru/