Artifacts Volume 1 features a unique and captivating collection of soundtrack and production pieces, scoring cues, and even song demos. Everything from epic themes and sweeping soundscapes, to gentle ambience and rockin' grooves. "I had so many of these cool little pieces of music lying around that I figured it was time to assemble a bunch of them into a proper album." says Mike. "I also threw a few extras online - including a some video demos - for those who get the cd. This is different from the progressive rock stuff most people associate me with, although there are certainly traces of that in a couple of tracks." "Good symphonic pop from America... catchy vocals... heavy synth... Shades of New Age and original soundtrack music are evident, but the prog influence is everywhere." Garden Shed "Not only is Florio a brilliant keyboards player, he also has a superb voice/vocal style... Some of the themes would be great for cinema/moving pictures as there are great dramatic feel to most of them!" ProgPlanet "...really wonderful keyboard-driven primarily-instrumental prog-soundtrack-rock." Eddie Jerlin,