WHOSE DREAM?

When Colin from Bun Chakeze asked me to review this album I was a little taken aback, I hadn't done this before, what would I say, I do tend to pick out the stories that I see in the songs so here goes

Listening to the first track

Bun Chakeze I was hooked, it was only a short intro but what power in the whole track. Then moving to the title track.

Whose Dream, it was a great contrast to the opening track. The complex melodies flowed so close together that I was taken into another world, being a sci-fi script writer I could see all manner of luxurious landscapes bathed in all sorts of colours. Joey Lugassy's vocals were wonderful bringing the instrumentals together making a fantastic track that I listened to 4 times before moving on to the next track.

Walk in Paradise This track about a man who is dying and is moving to another world, he is taken to a waiting area for the next existence, He is not sure where he is at some point he feels he is in a hell but no. The instrumentals in this track are very complicated but they all merge into a perfect whole, you can actually feel to hear the oceans crashing on the shores with the keyboards little nuances. Then it moves on to.

Handful of Rice Drums and Guitars work well in this reiterated track, (reiterated I mean the keyboards beat in the mid section, it has it's own beat) This gives a vision to me of poor people struggling to get some food and a place to stay but they are turned away, it is a dream, (Whose Dream). I don't know if this was intentional by the writers but they have brought this song full circle and linked it to Whose Dream, very clever if intentional and very fortunate if it was unintentional.

Flight of the Phoenix A wonderful calming track after Handful of Rice with a beautiful melody that gives a Mexican feel on the guitar, moving into a crescendo then Joey Lugassy sings a wonderful lyric that has all of the emotion to take the track forward to the great Drum and Guitar section that is a joy to listen to, building into a fast and frantic finale.

Midnight Skies This is a great track, listening to Joey Lugassy singing about the American Indian's being told they can stay on their land only because the white man says they can. Lots of wonderful Nuances in this track that I hear a new one every time I listen to it. The Great Land rush of the past, the Indian settlers were pushed out of their land by the onslaught of the white man. The pains of the Indians are told in Colin's guitar lead, agony and the onslaught of November 1864 Eleven hundred soldiers with guns and cannons took the land of the indigenous population of the area. Great track that I listen to again and again.

Long Distance Runner Great guitars and Drums in this with the nuances of the keyboards, Joey Lugassy's singing is very good in this as he has to keep up with a fanatically fast and brilliant instrumental.

The Deal This gives me at first a vision of a fast spinning wheel on a car moving ever faster into the distance. Very colourful melodies from the guitars and keyboards bring Joey Lugassy's lyrics to the front of what is a brilliant track. This man feels he is insane and is very confused, it turns out he is coming down from his fix and that he cannot get another deal to get another. I'd love to make a video to this track it lends itself well, there is an offer Colin.

Whose Dream (Reprise) instrumental

Very tight as the beginning but a less energetic track, it has fabulous nuances that paint a variety of colours with the music.

Altogether this album is a recommended album to the lovers of Crossover prog rock, it is innovative, it paints wonderful pictures if you listen to the lyric properly. Moreover it is fantastically mixed giving you a banquet of sound that will refresh your soul

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