PROMENA (TRANSFORMATION)

Jeseter's Promena finds the Czech group adopting a sound highly reminiscent of early neo- prog, particularly early work by the likes of IQ or The Lens, filtered through musicians steeped in the Czech prog scene and its traditions dating back to Czechoslovakian days and the prime of groups like Blue Effect. Robert Hejduk's synthesiser work, in particular, puts me in mind of Martin Orford's work on IQ's Tales From the Lush Attic or The Lens's A Word In Your Eye. If you want a breathtaking work of staggering originality which completely rewrites the prog rulebook, this certainly isn't it, but if you want to hear skilled prog musicians paying tribute to their influences you aren't going to be disappointed here.