OCEAN SUITE

Ocean suite is an extraordinary piece of music. It's a unique track 50 minutes long, that brings us in a very mysterious world. It's inspired by a book, that I haven't read yet, so I can't say how Alessandro has been guided in the composition of the suite, but indubitably it must be a very intriguing story, regarding a painful story from the past, a mysterious girl that can bring into the dreams, this sort of things.

I'm very impressed with the composition: it's hard to maintain the interest and the balance in a so long song, but Inner Prospekt master this art, and you can listen all the 50 minutes with ease. He has found a perfect balance in high and low moments, in "forte" and "piano", and in the density of the arrangement, so that the listener can feel the flow of the music and appreciate all the details and the melodies inside.

Pros: wonderful melodies, great soloing (in Banks style, but not only that as we have hammond too, and flute), complex chords and complex composition, old and new sound togheter (hammond, mellotron, etc, along with drum machines and electro sounds), very groovy songs.

Cons: the recording audio quality isn't exceptional, it's something near a home studio recording, the voice sometimes is weak although the choir work is very good, and I missed the presence of a real drum and real bass. It would be great to hear Inner Prospeks works played by a real band, like Alessandro's Mad Crayon, for example.

The real power of this music is the level of detail: you can listen over and over, and always discover new melodies, new aspects that you've never noticed before.

Five stars without doubt.