LOST HUMANITY

In search of the truth yet again. When Daniel Eliseev is promising something new (music-wise), you implicitly should pay attention. There's always a surprise bag awaiting, assured. To start with, he's an acclaimed session guitarist, at least when it comes to his homeland Bulgaria. I was very impressed by the collaborations with Kalin Tonev for example, and so much the more the previous project album 'Night Shadow'. This one now comes after a three-year gap. Well, there was no need to laze around. He has taken enough time to collect impressions, bringing inspirations into shape and developing new drafts of songs. No vocals on this occasion. Musically this is turning towards an eclectic direction a bit. Just to highlight the excellent Curved Path for example, distinctly provided in the vein of Gentle Giant respectively King Crimson.

According to the band name and being responsible for compositions and production, of course it's his project, also confirmed by the fact that the guitars are totally prominent. Thus 'Lost Humanity' is very much focussed on his skills again. The mix provides Daniel's preferred instrument multi-layered, multi-tracked. Aside from that he also offers some keyboard duties, but this clearly has a minor role on this occasion, just for having some ambient layers in charge for example. Regarding the approach to deliver compelling rock music the other basics are successfully embedded by three additional bassists and two drummers. Overall the result is a mixture of styles he himself qualifies as Progressive Rock Ambient.

As it is in most cases, in opposite to the pop culture, prog music needs time to take affect, yep. Just take the comfortable option to reserve full presence on his bandcamp page and listen to the new songs in the first instance. After all the album's flow comes across completely homogeneous. Now here you go, let it rrrrrock! - leading into the album Beyond The Night immediately makes pace. As for the counterpart, like on Autumn Mood - nice percussion added by Pepe Rodriguez by the way - and Hidden Land, some fine melancholy is interspersed from time to time. Furthermore a slight Fusion touch is available on Shambhala and Mirror World. This time deliberately focussed on a diversified electric guitar appearance the overall delivery is entertaining once more during those round about 50 minutes playing time. My summary: undoubtedly a beautiful experience.