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FABLES

Jean-Luc Ponty

 

Jazz Rock/Fusion

3.67 | 52 ratings

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Gatot
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3 stars It seems to me like early 80s was the time when musicians take turn on their music direction as many prog bands did it : Yes with 90125, Genesis with Abacab, King Crimson with Discipline and also Jean Luc Ponty with Individual Choices. For whatever reason - was it because of punk and new wave? I really don't know - the new direction in some ways to another were different with the era before it. Talking about Ponty, the previous album before direction change was Mystical Adventures that was released in 1981. And eversince "Individual Choice" was released in 1983, Ponty had entered new era of music making and sounds whereby he had injected the roles of computer programming to create rhythm section and some electric violin sounds. "Open Mind" in some extent creates another feeling for me personally in terms of style which is quite similar with its predecessor album "Individual Choice", so is the case with Fables which was released in 1985.

One thing for sure with Fables: I really love the sonic production quality : it's really excellent and I do enjoy spinning this album with analog tape (cassette) where the sound is really incredible especially when I play it on my vintage TANDBERG TCD 440 A. Whoooaaaa ... it's fantastic! I don't even bother to buy the CD as I am already satisfied to the fullest with the cassettes quality. "Infinite Pursuit" (5:58) is really a great opening track as it has energy and good Ponty work with his Zeta violin and synclavier and sequencer. The next track "Elephants in Love" (5:21) is exploratory in nature and I like the violin solo especially enjoying the sound from cassette tape. It moves nicely to "Radioactive Legacy" (6:16) and all in all they all seem to be in the same musical array as they share common style all over the album.

Obviously this is not the best JL Ponty album but it's worth collecting. It's probably I love cassette tape sound, my review about this album might be bias. But for sure, musically this is a good one. Keep on proggin' ...!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW

Gatot | 3/5 |

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