Forever Einstein is an avante-garde band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 formed in 1989, described as a, "very smart trio," consisting of percussionist John Roulat, bassist Kevin Gerety, and guitarist Charles O'Meara, aka C.W. Vrtacek

C.W. Vrtacek

C.W. Vrtacek is a guitarist and composer of tape loops. He is a member of Forever Einstein and has worked with Biota.-Discography:solo*"Victory Through Grace" .*"Days and Days" .*"Learning to be Silent" ....

. Past members include original bassist Marc Sichel and Jack Vees. They were a featured act at the annual MIMI festival of progressive music in France (1991) and Prog Day in North Carolina (2003). They are known for tightly weaving a variety of styles such as folk, surf-rock, jazz, metal, country and more into concise, highly arranged pieces with long, often ridiculous titles. They have been compared to King Crimson

King Crimson

King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

, Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

, and Gong

Gong (band)

Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...

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Discography

• "Artificial Horizon" (1992) Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
  
  
• "Opportunity Crosses the Bridge" (1994) Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
  
  
• One Thing After Another (1998).
• Down With Gravity (2000) Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records
  Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland.The label releases a mixture of musical styles, including progressive jazz, modern fusion music, progressive rock, the Canterbury Scene and electronic music...
  
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• "Racket Science" (2005) Cunieform Records

External links

• ForeverEinstein.com
• "Forever Einstein", Cuneiform Records.
• [ "Forever Einstein"], AllMusic.com.
• "Forever Einstein", ProgArchives.com.