EIDER STELLAIRE III

Adding a chap from Shub-Niggurath and a keyboardist from the short-lived Altais band meant Eider Stellaire returned almost to the standard that sees their debut album as one of my favourites listed in the Zeuhl genre.

Nihil is a longer track than that of the same name on their debut and makes the most of the new band members, sounding completely different to the original really. Its actually quite upbeat for a good five minutes until a familiar fuzzy bass kicks in and its a lot more recognisable as Zeuhl. Similar on the second track, upbeat for half until suddenly slowing down and becoming more eerie. The third track starts as a slightly more energetic effort than a lounge jazz track, making the most of the keys to sound like a horn fanfare in parts. It gets a lot more energetic as it goes on Not much to go on to call this one Zeuhl but its still likeable. Shame they ended their run after three albums really.