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SUPER ROBOT

Ota Petrina

 

Symphonic Prog

3.92 | 41 ratings

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Mellotron Storm
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3 stars Ota Petrina is a singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist from the Czech Republic. He released two solo albums and this is his first from 1978. The term Art Rock gets thrown around alot when it comes to his music and for me there is a PINK FLOYD vibe that often pops up. The music itself is melancholic and the vocals are in his native language.

"I'm Not Me" is the opener and yes i'm going to use the English titles provided on this site. So much easier. Harmonica to start as a nice heavy but relaxed sound takes over. It turns lighter with acoustic guitar and synths. Vocals after 5 minutes. It kicks back in at 7 1/2 minutes. "Time Of Unsent Letters" is again slower paced with vocals. Kind of spacey too. "If Not For You" has a relaxed beat with vocals as a brief guitar solo checks in after 2 minutes. It's more intense late but i'm not a fan of this one. "So Sing Her Blues" builds in a manner I really like then the vocals join in as it settles. I like the repeated guitar line. This is melancholic as usual.

"Weirdo" is a short acoustic guitar piece with vocals after a minute. "Computer III- Generation" has some cool sounding guitar early and later on. "Super-Robot" is the 11 1/2 minute closer. Strummed guitar as the vocals join in. It turns more delicate before 3 minutes. More of an aggressive vibe 6 minutes in and it all sounds so good a minute later. A calm before 8 1/2 minutes then it kicks back in at 9 minutes. Melancholic vocal melodies end it.

I thought this was a good album but it's not a 4 star record in my world. Certainly worth checking out though.

Mellotron Storm | 3/5 |

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