Moonshine Blast (for crossover prog)

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 MOONSHINE BLAST
is a four piece band comprising of Nicolas Duke (lead vocals, keyboards, piano,
acoustic guitars), Gabin Rock (electric guitars, b/vocals), Renaud Lyabastre
(bass) and Thomas Zecchinon (drums, percussion, b/vocals). March 2018 saw the
release of their debut album ‘Reality Fear’, clocked in at over 60 minutes.
What we have here is a homage to the spirit and flavor of the past, yet
refreshing and quite original approach with excellent musicianship. It would be
fair to tag CD ‘Reality Fear’ as a sort of merger for different ingredients.
There's an abundance of ideas and styles. Whatever the genre,
this is a solid piece of music and worth a spark an interest. Standout tracks? The
album starts off with wondrous ‘Mars’, evoking the classic neoprog sounds in
the vein of GLD and Marillion. Very melodic, lots of subtlties and elegance. Another
case in point, the longest composition titled ‘Cutting The Rope’. It has a
gathering structure, to flow through a variety of musical landscapes and moods.
A song of two contrasting halves beginning with a tranquil guitar, vintage keys
and vocal lament reminiscent of 70's Genesis, before morphing into a heavier section
a'la Opeth which brings some growlings. At the end, there's another
Genesis-like section. The next item is ‘The Gate Of Dawn’. In terms of
comparisons, it has some earmarks of Riverside. Moving on, hard edged stance of
‘Dusty Lady’ is reminiscent of such bands like Foreigner and Thunder. Also
worthy of note is the closing track ‘Earthquake’ which does share much in
common with Camel, Toto and ELO…  The
rest of material leans into pop/rock territories, still holding the melodic
focus. Last but not least, fantastic artwork/packaging. To my mind, MOONSHINE
BLAST gave a superb visiting card. Sure, for a debut release that’s produced on
a limited budget, the quality of ‘Reality Fear’ is just amazing. Actually,
having listened to this album for a few days, I think this is one of my
favorite CD’s in 2018 - because it features a lot of stylistic diversity plus
unexpected twists and turns. This work represents very good value for money and
can be ordered through the band’s e-mail address: [email protected]  Recommended!

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Second Endeavour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: August 19 2017 Location: N/Hemisphere Status: Offline Points: 44	Topic: Moonshine Blast (for crossover prog) Posted: April 08 2018 at 04:48
	MOONSHINE BLAST is a four piece band comprising of Nicolas Duke (lead vocals, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitars), Gabin Rock (electric guitars, b/vocals), Renaud Lyabastre (bass) and Thomas Zecchinon (drums, percussion, b/vocals). March 2018 saw the release of their debut album ‘Reality Fear’, clocked in at over 60 minutes. What we have here is a homage to the spirit and flavor of the past, yet refreshing and quite original approach with excellent musicianship. It would be fair to tag CD ‘Reality Fear’ as a sort of merger for different ingredients. There's an abundance of ideas and styles. Whatever the genre, this is a solid piece of music and worth a spark an interest. Standout tracks? The album starts off with wondrous ‘Mars’, evoking the classic neoprog sounds in the vein of GLD and Marillion. Very melodic, lots of subtlties and elegance. Another case in point, the longest composition titled ‘Cutting The Rope’. It has a gathering structure, to flow through a variety of musical landscapes and moods. A song of two contrasting halves beginning with a tranquil guitar, vintage keys and vocal lament reminiscent of 70's Genesis, before morphing into a heavier section a'la Opeth which brings some growlings. At the end, there's another Genesis-like section. The next item is ‘The Gate Of Dawn’. In terms of comparisons, it has some earmarks of Riverside. Moving on, hard edged stance of ‘Dusty Lady’ is reminiscent of such bands like Foreigner and Thunder. Also worthy of note is the closing track ‘Earthquake’ which does share much in common with Camel, Toto and ELO… The rest of material leans into pop/rock territories, still holding the melodic focus. Last but not least, fantastic artwork/packaging. To my mind, MOONSHINE BLAST gave a superb visiting card. Sure, for a debut release that’s produced on a limited budget, the quality of ‘Reality Fear’ is just amazing. Actually, having listened to this album for a few days, I think this is one of my favorite CD’s in 2018 - because it features a lot of stylistic diversity plus unexpected twists and turns. This work represents very good value for money and can be ordered through the band’s e-mail address: [email protected] Recommended!

Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Online Points: 41265	Posted: April 08 2018 at 05:57
	links? something to hear their music? official site, bandcamp, youtube, something?

Second Endeavour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: August 19 2017 Location: N/Hemisphere Status: Offline Points: 44	Posted: April 08 2018 at 07:04
	They have only Facebook page.

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 5814	Posted: April 08 2018 at 07:41
	...and Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/album/6nAver6zgGIzZBuFdQO7tS.

Second Endeavour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: August 19 2017 Location: N/Hemisphere Status: Offline Points: 44	Posted: April 08 2018 at 08:00
	On YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6tG3o867jI

Second Endeavour Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: August 19 2017 Location: N/Hemisphere Status: Offline Points: 44	Posted: April 10 2018 at 01:22
	Official website is up and running now. http://moonshineblast.com/

DamoXt7942 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Avant/Cross/Neo/Post Teams Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17455	Posted: April 14 2018 at 00:05
	Now under eval in Crossover Team.