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Potemkine

 

Zeuhl

3.58 | 48 ratings

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bartymj
3 stars Somewhere between Canterbury and Kobaia lies the world of Potemkine...

That crossover is demonstrated perfectly by the first track Asyle, which sounds very Canterbury-like but with the slightly totalitarian Zeuhl feel of early Magma (those piano chords!)

Crepuscula is incredibly slow and dark sounding, and could have been an inspiration for later Avant/Zeuhl efforts like Shub-Niggurath. Its not really for me though.

Loolit II, a sequel to a jazz fusion style track on their earlier album Foetus. This longer track is fairly similar but again with much darker Zeuhl undertones

Liberserim Urb Et Chant de Viamor is almost a bit oriental at times while still maintaining its Zeuhl influence particularly with some wordless vocals.

Eiram is the longest track on the album and is almost an extended overture of all the preceeding tracks. Lots of different passages in a few different styles - Zeuhl, Canterbury, Avant-Garde, all wrapped together. Beautiful melodic passages, others of just seemingly random noise. Not quite something for everyone, but definitely plenty to sink into.

bartymj | 3/5 |

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