THE GATHERING
Magenta
•Neo-Prog
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DVD/Video, released in 2005 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Intro [Opus 3] (0:53) - Christina / vocals, percussion
DVD F2 Music Ltd. 200510D (2005) UK and to NotAProghead for the last updates Edit this entry |
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(61%)
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PROG REVIEWER

This DVD showcases a very professional band that sounds pleasant and varied: hot rocking in King Of The Skies, polished in Demons and Broken and compelling in the 24-carat symphonic rock epics Children Of The Sun and The White Witch. The focus is on guitar player Chris Fry ("He is a God ... " as female singer Christina says during this DVD), in almost every song he treats the audience on great and varied soli, often with fiery and heavy overtones. In Call Me he uses a bottle-neck and in I'm Alive and The White Witch a wah- wah pedal, this man colours the sound of Magenta is my opinion. 'Second best' is Christina, what a wonderful voice, what a beautiful woman and what a warm presentation! We will welcome more of these women in our man-dominated progrock world...! The keyboards sound tasteful but often functional, only in some tracks Rob Reed delivers soli on his keyboards. The visuals are OK but not really stunning: a nice lightshow and some screen projections (a bit psychedelic in Children Of The Sun). And I miss a bit the interaction with the crowd, only in Genetesis (Christina begs for handclapping) and at the end of the concert (a warm and enthousiastic applause) we can witness some 'live' atmosphere.
Nonetheless, this DVD showcases a strong and inspired Magenta that plays most of their best material. RECOMMENDED!!
PROG REVIEWER

So I was quite surprised when I finally watched the DVD. Magenta put up a great show. It looks like every band member gave his best. Complex songs flow flawlessly while the musicians smile and play like it was as simple as drinking water. Amazing! And then there is Christina: beautiful, charismatic and a wonderful voice! She sings with all the passion and technique required to make her one of the world's top vocalists. Magenta's performance is a delight for both ears and eyes. I personally don't like DVDs too much, but this one I keep going back again and again.
I must also mention that this DVD was technically very well done, with lights, edition, sound and visuals made everything fit primerely on the music. No special effects overdone here (in fact they are very simple and effective). Nothing to distract you too much from what Magenta is all about: great, complex (yet acessible) music. And a unforgetable show! If you like Magenta up to the Seven CD you can't miss this one. The Gathering DVD was born a prog classic. Highly recommended!
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Symphonic Team

After only two full length releases and two EP's, Magenta recorded their first live concert DVD. The DVD features a full concert performance, filmed and recorded in a small venue with high quality audio and visuals. Suitably entitled The Gathering, the set list featured on this DVD gathers together the very best tracks from these early releases. This makes the set list much more consistent and powerful than any of the two studio albums on which the songs were originally featured, both of which I think were a bit too long for their own good and included some less than great moments. But that is far from the end of it. What really makes this DVD stand out for me is that these live versions are injected with exactly what the studio counterparts so badly needed. These live versions feature more of an edge, more energy, and simply more punch. The drums and guitars are given a somewhat heavier sound and the atmospheres are therefore rockier. I often found the studio versions of these songs somewhat too timid and lacking in power. These live versions remedies that, and therefore far outshines the studio albums in my opinion. The song that is improved the most is also my favourite one: the great epic Children Of The Sun.
In addition to Children Of The Sun, the Revolutions album is further represented by two more great epic tracks in Genetesis and The White Witch. The somewhat overrated Seven is represented by two tracks in Gluttony and Pride. All of these songs are simply the very best ones from these two albums. The band's third studio album was not yet released at the time of this performance, but that didn't stop them from including a couple of representative snippets of Home as well. The rest of the tracks are from Magenta's two first EP's, Broken and I'm Alive (though Call Me was originally featured on Rob Reed's previous band Cyan's debut album For King And Country from the early 90's). Every single song chosen for the set list is at least a very good one and they are all improved. I could simply not have chosen a better set list myself.
Magenta failed to impress me notably with their first two studio albums, but this video is a live masterpiece. Very highly recommended!
Latest members reviews
Gather your hands and clap.
Since I returned to prog rock after more than a decade pause, Magenta is one of the few bands that have really impressed me.
I already liked their LP's a lot but this DVD is really stunning. I will not discuss its technical aspects since I have very basic hi-fi
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Report this review (#149400) | Posted by Bupie | Wednesday, November 7, 2007 | Review Permanlink
Magenta close out "The Matthew Cohen Years" with this excellent DVD recorded in The
Point in Porth, South Wales. A six camera shoot, recorded in the splendid setting of a
TV studio, this very professional recording captures the band at the transfer bewteen
touring the awesome SEVEN album, and
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Report this review (#67217) | Posted by | Saturday, January 28, 2006 | Review Permanlink
This DVD betrayed my expectation in a good way.
My first experience with MAGENTA was the album "Seven". At the first listening to the
album, I recognized MAGENTA as still a young band, needing more experiences to be a
great band but having great success-ability in the near future.
This film
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Report this review (#63119) | Posted by | Wednesday, January 4, 2006 | Review Permanlink
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