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1. O.S.I. is an American band, formed by Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos in 2003. He named the band after a short-lived U.S. government agency named the Office of Strategic Influence, which is still in existence under a different name.
2. Osi is the stage name of Israeli-born jazz singer Osi Lewin.

1. O.S.I. is a progressive rock/metal supergroup, consisting of Jim Matheos (Fates Warning ) and Kevin Moore (Chroma Key) as the core duo. Albums have typically seen a host of guest musicians in support.

Matheos asked Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to lend his talents to what was initially to be Matheos’ solo project. The original style of the project can be heard on the special edition of the CD. The track The Thing That Never Was - a long progressive instrumental, was written by Matheos before any collaborators were involved. Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) was asked to sing on the project, but he felt the style of the music that had been written to that point didn’t appeal to him. However, late in the project Wilson contributed vocals for one track, shutDOWN.

Matheos subsequently recruited Kevin Moore (Chroma Key), who had played keyboards on various Fates Warning albums in the 1990s and early 2000s and was a founding member of the band Dream Theater before leaving in 1994. Moore edited and developed sections of that track, with further contributions by Matheos, into what became the 10 songs on the first CD.
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