"Fingers Painted Purple Performance Video" is a live rendition of the hidden track from Darson's debut EP,Panopticon.  The video features new and unexplored instruments such as ROLI Seaboard and Wood Guerilla Fretless Guitar. The fretless guitar wails on this prog-rock instrumental ballad, spicing it up with a variety of oriental musical expressions, all combined with the traditional seven-piece string section arranged by Eren Basbug.

Darson, an alumnus of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, developed passion for music nearly two decades ago in his native Serbia.  Always drawn to aggressive and emotional music, Darson was influenced as much by progressive heavy metal acts as jazz and classical artists.  This veneration shines through in Darson's style of instrumental progressive metal/rock/fusion.

"Fingers Painted Purple" was chosen for the video treatment after grabbing the attention of many fans and prominent musical artists, such as Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess.

"We got a creative team of 18 musicians and filmmakers from Berklee College of Music and Emerson College together to make a Live Video version," Darson said. "This way the public will get a chance to experience the song in this format, yet to download the original studio version they will still have to solve the PanopticonPuzzle."

The video was produced and directed by Ivana Darson.

The video may be viewed at http://www.guitarworld.com/node/24509.

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"Alek has a unique approach and sound. His music and guitar playing are incredible." - Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater)

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