COLIN BASS & DANIEL BIRO: MORE

The calm, grey athmospheres of the previous album "Still" are still present, but this time the album is a bit more rock oriented. The presence on some track of Andy Latimer, who I consider one of the best and more underrated guitarists, is also a significant added value. The songwriting sounds more influenced by the Camel standards than on the previous works of Colin Bass, but this is counterbalanced by Daniel Biro, keyboardist and producer whose solo works are often made of very lengthy instrumental tracks.

Noticeable is also the sound quality. Daniel Biro is an excellent producer, too. While "Still" was mainly a combination of tracks written half by Biro and half by Bass, this time Biro's songs are 2/3 of the total and I'm quite sursprised to see how an artist who seems to be mainly used to instrumental suites can be also a godd lyricist.

Despite the absence of a track written by both together, the album is very consistent and honestly I can't tell who is the author of what without reading the booklet.

The track that I personally like more is "Deep Fake". For a Camel fan like I am, the long solo by Andy Latimer baked by the "strings" of Daniel's keys with Colin's background choir in the coda sends me back to the 70s. Nice fact: the author is Daniel Biro.

Regardless who wrote what, this is an excellent album, less ambient oriented than the previous, but still very relaxing and warm, highly suggested for progheads and in particular for Camel fans.

The coda of the closer, with Colin's fretless bass, The clean guitar by Andy Latimer and the warm keyboard background by Daniel Biro sounds like it was written at the time of Breathless or I Can't See Your House From Here. So good that it leaves me with the will of restarting the album from the beginning.

Why not dreaming of a new Camel album with Daniel Biro on keys?