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THE DRAGONFLY FROM THE SUN

Deyss

 

Neo-Prog

2.35 | 13 ratings

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1 stars "The Dragonfly From The Sun" is a compilation album by Swiss progressive rock act Deyss. The compilation was released through Musea Records in 2000. It comprise recordings the band made from 1978-1979, so these early recordings predate Deyssīs two mid-80s full-length studio albums by quite a few years. The Musea Records CD version of "The Dragonfly From The Sun" features a thick booklet with the bandīs history, but since itīs written in French, some of us are left in the dark...

The eight tracks featured on the 64:55 minutes long album are all fully instrumental and they all sound like demos. I wouldnīt call the sound quality awful, but itīs thin sounding and not particularly pleasant sounding either. The tracks soon become background muzak, and thereīs little here which will excite a seasoned progresive rock listener. Deyss are mostly known as a neo-progressive rock act, but since this was recorded in 1978-1979 itīs probably more correct labelling this instrumental progressive rock. The 80s keyboards/synths which became a big part of the bandīs sound on their subsequent full-length studio albums werenīt invented yet when this was recorded, so naturally the recordings on "The Dragonfly From The Sun" sound quite different from what came after.

Upon conclusion this is a hardcore fan item. Taking into consideration that their 80s albums arenīt exactly anything to write home about, itīs not a positive when I say that this one is even less interested. A 1.5 star (30%) rating is fair.

UMUR | 1/5 |

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