Digital Life Project - 2025 - Digital Life

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There have been some changes within DLP, as originally the band  was called Deaton LeMay Project, but drummer Craig LeMay is no longer involved. However, keyboard player Roby Deaton is still there and singer Hadi Klani has been on all three releases while bassist John Haddad played on the last one. Guitarists Josh Mark Raj and Ehsan Imani  have reprised their session roles, with additional guitarist Frank Jung and there are two drummers in Mike Thorne and Phil Hronas and an additional bassist in Danny Miranda. 

When I first came across this band and their debut, I said they reminded me of Kansas, and then with the second added ELP to that mix. Now I think we are going for much more of an AOR feel with classic Styx mixing with Kansas and even some Journey, but much less in the ELP realm. This is a concept album, with the rather worrying story of an A.I. robot giving birth to an A.I baby. The offspring grows up and wants to be part of humanity but is rejected. In its anger, it wants to take revenge on mankind. The question that must be answered: Did mankind create A.I., or is humanity a failed experiment of the digital world? What we perceive as A.I. trying to take over mankind and render us obsolete, might just be that the digital realm trying to take back control of an out-of-control experiment. All of this is wrapped up inside a wonderful musical world packed full of melodies, great performances and stunning vocals. Klani is an amazing singer, the perfect front person for a band who somewhat amazingly are still flying under the radar.

This is class Seventies melodic rock, with a depth and breadth of sound with Roby using lots of different sounds, including a lovely rich Hammond, a rhythm section that provides a firm base, guitars sometimes taking the lead and at others sitting just behind to let others be dominant, and then right over the top there are the vocals which take them to the next level. This is a top class progressive melodic rock act with great songs who may have changed their name but continue to deliver the goods. 

Kev Rowland, September 2025

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https://digitallifeproject.com/

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