Alex Faide is originally from Argentina. He is now based in the USA and is a product of the guitar schools run by one Robert Fripp, he of Crimson fame. Particles of the Infinite is his debut solo album and is (by his own admission) heavily inspired by Crimson. Indeed, Mr Wilcox is quoted on the website blurb as stating “he plays my guitar parts better than I do”.

The fifty minutes of the album are made up of nine suites, but much of it rolls into one whole piece of noise.

This is not in any way, shape, or form an original album. Pat Mastelotto is amongst the guests here, and he will have felt immediately at home.

In fairness to Faide, he does not even attempt to hide the origins of this album, and the playing is never less than excellent, approaching Fripp levels of virtuosity in parts.

I find it uninspiring overall, though. It is far too close to the original to be anything less than a cover album of the industrial phase of KC, interspersed with Larks period. There are some clear highlights – Part III is quite lovely with a dreamy repetitive loop, and the original Part Eight is interesting once it bursts into life in the opening section before it descends into a thoughtless noise.

It is worth a listen. It is very clever. It is not, however, something I will return to often simply because it offers nothing new whatsoever, and I think that Faide is very capable of producing a virtuoso album which is entirely his own vision.

I look forward to it.