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Hawkwind... Monster Magnet with the psychedelic side getting closer; Quantum Fantay... Ozric Tentacles we burn a little more.. Well there are voices, flute but not the one that makes time pass, the one that fills! There is especially energetic groovy movement, very electro synths and this very psychedelic atmospheric tendency... Enough to go far when listening.. 'celestial' divine electro to get into rhythm 'spacekeeper' vibrating with its jaw harp on OSC, more prog, more oriental, the percussive pads driving in a frenetic dance, magnificent instrumental 'numenia' sung and jazzy heavy trance sound, you have to know how to dive into it without drugs!! The final galloping hallucinatory guitar 'utopian' electro hovering between the beginnings of Hawkwind and the latest works of Quantum with an Ultra bass that dusts off the speakers, in stereo or in 5 points. (It's better in 5 points for the sound that goes above the head..)

'breathing' almost like the watch.. with this wild riff, but the voice blocks me too mantran 'legion' with the vocal perfectly integrated in this title oh so trans-hallucinogenic on the side of the Maghreb, the mantra air follows the air of the music and invites to a final torrid dance with the bouzouki 'sand' soaring like Pink Floyd, oh like Camel, in short excellent with this enjoyable guitar solo, and it's not to say but the soaring 'meddle' side of the 60s, the Wallian riff of the 80s makes you regress very well, the finale leads to the trance on a heavy air that feels good before the S-F sound of the time 'the Citadel' hypnotic air with the reverberant, plaintive acoustic guitar, opening the ears to a fabulous world where hatred no longer exists.. Yes I have the right to dream for a while... music is not for that! Latency halfway through this piece which is searching for itself and it gradually evolves on an ambient post rock slope favoring lamentation with these imposing screaming choirs... the solemn latent piano outro... Phew, a nice surprise from these Greeks at the beginning of this year!

High-quality, very well-produced Psychedelic/Space Rock from Thessaloniki, Greece.

1. "Celestial Gaze" (5:05) sounds like something in between ALAN PARSONS PROJECT, THE BUGGLES and Depeche Mode. Even the reverb-drenched vocal sounds like something straight out of I Robot. I don't really want to like it but I do! A lot! Nice guitar work in the end section. (9.125/10)

2. "Spacekeeper" (5:09) okay; rendered dull by some fairly standard (Ozric) ideas and sounds. (8.75/10)

3. "Numenia" (5:09) with some Entwistle bass thrown in for good measure. The singing (and lyrics) are a bit underwhelming (and lazy) but the music is infectious. I love the Middle Easterns flutes and melody lines thrown into the instrumental mid-section. The second half sees the band ramping things up--as if shifting into a third gear for a Krautrock jam. Nice! A top three song to be sure. (9.125/10) 4. "Utopian Structures" (5:29) I love the Ozrics-like space-jungle noises filling space over and between the syncopated space-funk bass 'n' drums. Weird to have a long pause at the 2:30 mark, but then wah-reverb guitars set up a different motif for the second half. Cool percussive accents striking within the electronic weave of guitars and synths. All instrumental, this one even has a little Magick Brother & Mystic Sister feel to it. Another top three (9.125/10)

5. "Breathing Fire" (5:17) a fairly weak, fickle song that starts off sounding as if it's trying to be a funky jazz-rock fusion tune before turning into more of a four-chord classic rock tune for the next minute. At 2:09 it then turns down a more exciting, proggy side street before coming to a stop to watch a busy street from the trappings of a Krautrock Kosmicshe flashback. (8.66667/10)

6. "Legion" (4:51) middling; no more singing, please. Some if the modern trance-world synth work is cool but much of the song feels as if it's just waiting for something or someone else to come and rescue them from the mire of the tar pits. (8.75/10)

7. "Sand Halo" (6:01) solid and spacey (and I Robot APP again--especially the electric piano work) but those reverb vocals are so unnecessary. Nice guitar solo but I just love the more spacious groove sections. (8.875/10)

8. "The Citadel (5:55) not enough development--though the "full" PURE REASON REVOLUTION-like second half is better. (8.875/10)

Total Time 42:56

I really like the clarity in the mixes of these songs--and the imaging of the overall soundscapes; the sound on the album as a whole is very well, very thoughtfully, very intelligently engineered. This may be one of the best Psych/Space albums I've heard in a while. Yes, there's a bit of an Ozric Tentacles vibe here but the soundscapes are so much more dimensional, at least hemi-spherical. I also occasionally find myself thinking of Barcelona's Magick Brother & Mystic Sister while listening to this album.

B/four stars; an excellent modern collection of Space Rock and Krautrock- influenced Psychedelic Rock songs. A band to continue watching for the flashes of pure brilliance.