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DRAGON

Dragon

 

Heavy Prog

3.29 | 48 ratings

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stefro
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3 stars An inventive Belgian outfit who released two English-language albums during the late-seventies, Dragon are the kind of group for whom the word 'obscure' was invented. Issued in 1976, this self-titled debut blends a hard- edged dynamic, washes of jazzy mellotron and some awkward moments of surreal humour to intriguing effect, falling somewhere between the brash excess of Deep Purple and the arty ambitions of King Crimson, just with that slightly odd European signature that colours so much of the continents progressive output. Album highlights include the opener track 'Introduction', which sports a slightly mystical atmosphere, and the oddly- timed riffs of the remarkably mellow eight-minute mini-epic 'In The Blue', an expansive piece seemingly at odds with the bulk of the album's rockier flavour.

STEFAN TURNER, STOKE NEWINGTON, 2012

stefro | 3/5 |

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