ECHOES FROM WITHIN DRAGON ISLAND

The first thing to attract me to this album was the cover art .... I'm a sucker for a great bit of cover art and with this one Antony Kalugin has exelled in his choice of Konstantin Kansky has proved to be the right one and it really completes the package for me ... the limited edition double cd is well worth getting. The music is stunning , in many ways it's classic symphonic Prog ... but it is indeed symphonic in nature with many acoustic instruments accompanying and complementing the usual keyboards. There is definitely some influences from Antony's native Ukraine in the form of some local folk instrumentation and arrangements . Though classic prog in concept and execution, this album is ,by no means derivative... this is a sonic adventure which is quite irresistible. Put on your best headphones, pout yourself something nice and enjoy the 3 long (and one short) pieces of fantastic, accessible, melodic prog from a great group of phenomenal musicians.