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ARZ is the collected work of Steven Adams. The ARZ project originally was conceptualized as a band effort complete with vocals; however it soon turned into a solo concept embracing myriad musical styles and ethnicities. Still marginally holding true to Rock instrumentation the music has never been performed live except for the solo guitar works and the title track Serai. This music embraces the concepts of progressive rock—far reaching in harmonic progressions and structure; expansive, limitless instrumentation, combining metal, classical, and world music; literary and spiritual themes sonically explored.
“As the project matured I realized that I wanted to pursue music that held no categorical boundaries as far as instrumentation and style was concerned; I didn’t want to compromise. I love to be in a band but the idea of putting out some albums entirely on my own was exciting.”