Dear all...

I'd humbly like to inform you of my new instrumental album entitled "Vital". (sorta....."shameless" self promotion... oh, well... )  I highly appreciate if you would kindly go ahead and listen to some tracks, write a review /rating . I included the album concept in here along with few links as well.

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"Vital" is now available to order at:

Guitar Nine Records : http://www.guitar9.com/vitallr.html

CD Baby : http://cdbaby.com/cd/luayrifai

The Official Website (+Custom Guitar Pick).

+ "Vital" is a concept album in the style of instrumental rock guitar / heavy / shred , the album includes the track "Vital"; 36 min long concept instrumental piece split into 7 tracks, in addition to 5 stand-alone tracks.

Track Listing:

1-7. Vital :

    I. Nucleus

    II. Circulation

    III. Pulse

    IV. Intelligence

    V. Breath

    VI. Sentiment

    VII. Essence

8. Faithful Spirits

9. Prelude for Glenn Gould

10. Voodoo Frenzy

11. BloodShed

12. Of Cold Dreams & A Mirror

Total Run Time: 62:20

Produced by Luay Rifai Mixing and Mastering Engineer - Kent Clemmons

All songs mixed and mastered at Venue Studios, Warwick, RI (USA)

+ The Vital Concept :

  The concept revolves around the miracle of being alive. A truly pulsating and dynamic, vibrant entity that is full of life, breathing, beating, with vivacious energy. The dialogue is on how merely having organic material as it is will not be sufficient to manifest life, it requires something very "Vital" which is the non-organic "essence" or soul that runs through to connect all the different portions essential for the persistence of life. It's the search between body & soul.

  The musical counterpart to the concept is interpreted as the song being divided into several movements, each representing a fundamental element of a living entity. In addition to the “essence of living" which is signified by the main theme; a melodic run played in different modes, recurring in each separate component of the entire instrumental. Without the essence, every other part is only organic and devoid of life. Yet still, if it isn’t for each of the single organic constituents in every section, this very essence of living will also be lost. The essence of living is thriving to unite with the body throughout the whole track; it emerges frequently as the melodic theme in various shapes in attempts to join different organs together. Although tough at first with seemingly distant parallel alignment, by the finale they form one in harmony, denoting in totality the vital existence of the miracle of living.

+ Available in; "Retail" (6 Panel Digipak packaging), as well as, "Digital" album formats;

- Retail orders are via Official Website, also on CD Baby,Guitar9.com, Mixposure.com.

- Digital album available via iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, Napster

Please check the following links:

The Official Website: http://www.Luay-Rifai.com

MySpace page

Facebook Musican Page

Last.FM artist page

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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart" , Thank you all very much.

Musically Yours--

Luay Rifai, MD

> Play what you Feel, Feel what you Play <