REPTILICA POLARIS

This band is operating on the weirdo side of the Avant-Garde genre. Weird in the form of their sound and music. The cover art-work really says it all. A frog taking a ride on the top of a whale. I cannot stop smiling.

The music......

Afenginn has a morbid fascination for the 1970s and the male Russian choirs from that time. The ones we in Scandinavia was force fed on by our TV/Radio companies during that time by some broadcasters with dubious political orientations. This whole album reeks 1975, in my opinion. Take the Russian male choirs and add some chamber orchestra to it. Then make them perform a blend of folk music from Balkan and Scandinavia with some country & western, gypsy music, jazz, chamber music and normal choir music too. In other words; a contradiction tapped onto a record.

The strange thing is that Reptilica Polaris actually works well on all levels. It has an x-factor which makes me listen to this album over and over again for reasons I do not know. Maybe it is the zeuhl like rhythms. Maybe it is the woodwinds. Maybe it is the male choir. Maybe it is the songs. But I really like this album a lot and I recognize it for what it is; a great musical experience. Hence my four stars.

4 stars

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