Device – Voice – Drum Explained

Device – Voice – Drum
Type:	video
Artist:	Kansas
Cover:	Device Voice Drum (2002 Kansas album).jpg
Released:	October 8, 2002
Recorded:	June 15, 2002
Venue:	Earthlink Live!, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	124:43
Label:	Compendia (US and Japan) SPV (Europe)
Director:	Michie Turpin
Producer:	Phil Ehart, Steve Rawls
Chronology:	Kansas video
Prev Title:	Live at the Whisky
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Works in Progress
Next Year:	2006

Device – Voice – Drum
Type:	live
Artist:	Kansas
Released:	October 8, 2002
Recorded:	June 15, 2002
Venue:	Earthlink Live!, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	108:36
Label:	Compendia (US and Japan) SPV (Europe)
Producer:	Phil Ehart, Steve Rawls
Prev Title:	Dust in the Wind
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Ultimate Kansas
Next Year:	2002

Device – Voice – Drum is a live DVD by American rock band Kansas, released in 2002. The same concert was released as an enhanced double-CD live album. The CD release features the enhanced live track, "Distant Vision".

The DVD includes a short Animusic animation of a portion of the song "Miracles Out of Nowhere". Animusic also provided the CD/DVD cover art. Sketches of the members of the band by artist Clifford Bailey are featured in the liner notes.^[1]

Track listings

All songs written by Kerry Livgren, except where noted.

DVD track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:26
2. "Belexes"/"Lightning's Hand" (Livgren/Livgren, Walsh) – 6:43
3. "Icarus II" – 7:12
4. "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel" – 6:27
5. "Song for America" – 9:27
6. "Howlin' at the Moon" (from "Magnum Opus") (Phil Ehart, Dave Hope, Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Steve Walsh, Rich Williams) – 2:00
7. "The Wall" (Livgren, Walsh) – 5:43
8. "The Preacher" (Steve Morse, Walsh) – 4:18
9. "Journey from Mariabronn" (Livgren, Walsh) – 9:17
10. "Dust in the Wind" – 4:26
11. "Cheyenne Anthem" – 7:19
12. "Child of Innocence" – 4:54
13. "Miracles Out of Nowhere" – 6:36
14. "Point of Know Return" (Ehart, Steinhardt, Walsh) – 3:17
15. "Portrait (He Knew)"/"The Pinnacle" (Livgren, Walsh/Livgren) – 8:08
16. "Fight Fire with Fire" (John Elefante, Dino Elefante) – 3:19
17. "Play the Game Tonight" (Livgren, Williams, Ehart, Danny Flower, Rob Frazier) – 3:49
18. "Carry On Wayward Son" – 7:21

DVD bonus features

1. Looking Back – 3:05
2. DVD Thoughts – 3:11
3. Songs – 2:54
4. Making of Device, Voice, Drum – 7:25
5. Kansas Discography (with voice-over) – 4:23
6. Animusic Previews – 2:23
   • Instruments
     • Percussion instruments including the drum set
     • Bass guitar in "tower"
     • Calliope
     • Piano
     • Rock organ
     • Acoustic guitar
     • Organ stage lights
     • Lead synth lasers
     • Green electric guitar laser
     • Holographic electric violin with a laser
   • This Animusic animation has a Future Retro drum kit and its robotic drummer with two arms. The tower bass guitar (connected to this robot) is one of the Harmonic Voltage instruments. The violin laser is blue and sounds like an electric violin.

CD track listing

Disc one

1. "Intro" – 1:26
2. "Belexes"/"Lightning's Hand" – 6:43
3. "Icarus II" – 7:12
4. "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel" – 6:27
5. "Song for America" – 9:27
6. "Howlin' at the Moon" (from "Magnum Opus") – 2:00
7. "The Wall" – 5:43
8. "The Preacher" – 4:18
9. "Journey from Mariabronn" – 9:17
10. "Dust in the Wind" – 4:26
11. "Cheyenne Anthem" – 7:19
12. "Child of Innocence" – 4:54

Disc two

1. "Miracles Out of Nowhere" – 6:36
2. "Point of Know Return" – 3:17
3. "Portrait (He Knew)"/"The Pinnacle" – 8:08
4. "Fight Fire with Fire" – 3:19
5. "Play the Game Tonight" – 3:49
6. "Carry On Wayward Son" – 7:21
7. "Distant Vision" – 7:14 (live video)

Personnel

Kansas

• Steve Walsh - keyboards, lead vocals
• Robby Steinhardt - violin, vocals
• Rich Williams - electric and acoustic guitars
• Billy Greer - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
• Phil Ehart - drums, producer

Additional musicians

• The New Advent Choir directed by Yergan Jones
• String quartet arranged by Larry Baird:
  • Tirza Kosche, Jeanne Johnson-Watkins - violins
  • Cindy Beard - viola
  • Anna Joyner - cello

Production

• Steve Rawls - co-producer, engineer, mixing
• Michie Turpin - director
• Jeff Glixman - mixing
• Hank Willams, Jim Kaiser - mastering at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee

External links

• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r610518/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic link]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kansas DVD Features Two Custom Animations . . 2004 . 2018-01-22 .