ECHOES FROM WITHIN DRAGON ISLAND

A new edition of the project of Antony Kalugin, Karfagen, is present very early in this 2019, in its two versions: a single CD or the limited edition in double CD. "Echoes from within Dragon Island", is the tenth album of Karfagen, a work more than generous by where you look or listen. It is a work of concept, based on the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. The beautiful cover elaborated by: Konstantin Kanskiy, makes the first positive contact with the work. Of course, not everything comes through the eyes, that's true. But when you start to hear it, it hits, bluntly, the suite: "Dragon Island Suite" divided into 3 parts, the first 2 of which total more than 30 minutes and start this magnificent work. After a brief and beautiful acoustic track adorned with subtle winds, "My Bed is a Boat", which is achieving an increasing emotionality, gives way to the third part of the suite, Dragon Island ... to again exceed 15 minutes. The complete suite already gives the plate an absolute magnificence, leaving the listener imperiously trapped. In the company of 18 guest musicians, Antony, we stroll through wonderful and pompous musical moments where keyboards, and wind instruments (French horn, Whistles, Basson ...) combined with cuts with good electric and acoustic guitars plus vocals and choirs, achieving a perfect progressive symphonic combination of great beauty. So far, the entire first CD. After this immense and delicious first musical part and already entering in the second CD (limited edition), a series of instrumental short pieces follow one another, like "Flowing Brooks", with predominance of the wind instruments; "Winter Rooks", another beautiful theme played on nylon guitar in counterpoint with the keys. Further on, there is a new suite divided into 2 parts that total about 14 minutes, the charming "Incarnation", with a memory of Pink Floyd, a pleasant and relaxed trip. Repeat "My Bed is A Boat", this time in its instrumental version. This second section contains the single "Dragon Island", being the first section of the previous disc suite. The film, "Across the Dark We Steer", closing this edition and the work, we find a song recorded live in the studio in 2016, which is "Alight Again", limited version, which appeared on the album "7" of Karfagen (2015). Concluding this comment, do not miss this undoubted Masterpiece, created by the excellent musician, Antony Kalugin. I encourage you to say that "Echoes from Within Dragon Island" will be among the best 5 albums of 2019. Enjoy!!!

Daniel Perez

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