ECHOES OF MAN

Anyone, two CDs to immerse themselves in his world! CD1: "If Your World Should Fall" for the typical cinematic opening, Riz's universe setting in motion. The vocals, the squirting, bewitching guitar, the metronomic electro pad. A hypnotic, soaring, classic break midway through. TOOL in the distance, swing at the start, languor and torpor, disturbing spleen. "The Vicious" uptempo for the recurring melody and its tortured guitar solo. "In The Wake Of Time" with Eve's ringtone discussing the possible human plague; a narrative bringing a soft, intoxicating melody reminiscent of The Beatles, over a repetitive electronic flight. "The Sky Broke Open" with its heady chorus, a soft floating melody, and the exciting, melting guitar solo returning in waves with the elegiac ambient break. "Collapse" for the narrative interlude, a meditation embellished with swirling syncopated notes, Pollux isn't far behind, nor is Phil Collins with his hit TV.

CD2: "Dream Of The Collapsing Now" for the captivating, long, captivating, dolphin-like sound; a labyrinthine depth to the plaintive Arabic vocals; the crystalline piano, the solemn Yessian atmosphere. "Faded Lullaby" with the integration of melancholic strings, the voice over a lament, and the lengths that gradually transform into monotonous languors. "Eve" for the declaration of love to AI on a melting piano base. "Still, They Dream Of Angels" with its tempo-changing melody, the break on YES with the church organ, and the melancholic-bucolic derivation with cheerful melancholy. "Echoes of Man" with a Rush-like rhythm, a modern, surgical, staccato sound with a captivating melody and a romantic melancholy tone. A love story between the hero and the machine with a WHO- style break, symphonic and solemn. "Requiem at the End of Time" and a siren, phrasing, elegiac tone as a closing interlude before "The Calming" and its robotic finale, a VANGELIS-style film soundtrack with a spatio-Olympian air, a final clap.

A double concept album to be listened to separately to avoid weariness or addiction. Intertwined musical touches, tempo changes, cinematic-classical breaks, languor, torpor, music from nowhere between space and abysmal depths. Originally released on Progcensor. (3.5).

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