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FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES

Clearlight

 

Symphonic Prog

3.76 | 102 ratings

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wnelson727
5 stars This is an absolutely stunning followup to the stunning self-titled debut. The music follows pretty much in the direction of the first which would be a highly varied and densely textured symphonic prog, not so much because of metric changes and reversals but in the evolving and accumulating density of not only the instrumental variety, but in the compositions themselves. Some have compared Cyrille Verdeaux's work to Mike Oldfield, since he has an organic approach to his music, and the changes elvolve very naturally and gather to crescendos streaming out beyond the reaches of the atmosphere. Christian Boule's stunning guitar plays an even more prominate role than the first album and the large variety of keys, mellotron, synthesizer are textured with woodwinds, violin, and choir giving this album a huge sonic density. I frequently hear a multitude of melodies evolve simultaniously out of a basic riff. Song structures seem to be composed around gentle French hymns which build in color finally evolving into a kind of psychedelic ecstacy. This is very original and highly reccomended music!
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