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I'd just like to start off by saying that I love technology today.
The first track on this baby is actually a data track with photos,
biography, artwork, and all that neat crap so people in the media
like myself don't have to hunt the shit down. Very impressive. I
love anything that makes my life easier.
Oh
yeah, on to the disc I'm supposed to be reviewing. These guys are
selling themselves as progressive rock. I find perhaps a contradiction
in terminology is present in this little concept as presented to
me. When one thinks of progressive, one is led to believe that this
is a softer term used to describe mindless thrash or death metal.
Not to be interpreted that these forms of the great art of music
are bad in any way, mind you, but I just want to clarify that this
band's music is in no way progressive in that sense at all.
It
is however progressive in different ways in that it goes where many
other destinct genres have not. Simply put, it is pleasantly unique.
These guys could cross over into any invisible boundary of genre
and pop into another in the blink of an eye. I could picture them
doing movie and television soundtracks with this style or simply
compiling an album (like this one) that someone could just sit back
and enjoy. What a great collection of musical compositions this
is.
You
have some of the most interesting keyboard & guitar collaborations
I have ever heard with great vocals, bass, percussion, and even
a little violin thrown in on the side to add even more color to
this onslaught. These guys could go places on the mainstream as
well as in the underground. If you can't find something to like
on this disc, you are completely tone deaf! A must check out for
anyone wishing to expand their musical horizons. There is too much
on this disc for me to put it in a review. A 10!!!
Line
up: P.O. Saether (v), Dan Lindell (b), Anders Altzarfeld (k), Mats
Olsson (k), Jamil Batal (d), Janne Stark (g), Lennart Glenberg (violin)
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