Great interview. I don’t know any other famous musician who can be so open and bare all. Paul is a legend and an inspiration to us all. R.I.P Sean and Sean ✌️✌️✌️
“Focus” is a masterpiece by Cynic. It opened my “metal head” to jazz and fusion especially my nr. 1 guitarist A Holdsworth. But “traces in Air” and “ascensions codes” are masterpiece as well. Love and respekt from Danmark to Masvidal for the inpact his Music has had om me.
👍👍👍 This man is a source of inspiration as well as musician and human being. I found this astonishing that his guy released at 22 years old a huge music masterpiece. I bought it in 1993, I was 18 and even though I did not understand all was getting out of the speakers I knew with my heart that something enormous and real was happening. I still do 30 years later.
Cynic was an important component for my mind being opened to a broader harmonic language outside of the technical metal I was familiar with. Adding in a jazz element to the extent they did was a huge jump forward for what was possible. Even to this day Focus sounds every bit as vital and innovative as it did in 93 when it was released. I still listen to it regularly…
