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MUGUR DE FLUIER

Phoenix

 

Prog Folk

3.81 | 67 ratings

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LetMeRoll
4 stars Magur De Fluier "is an album more mature and put together since its debut , but at the same time is a continuation of the road designated by him . On the second LP fans have been waiting with bated breath for over a year and when it came out , it turned out that the team fully met the expectations . Music contained therein is a beautiful rock flirt with Romanian folklore. These ornaments in the form of the ubiquitous sounds of cello , flute and celesta themselves are miniature works that complemented rock instrumentation gain even more power , without losing their dignity. " Magur De Fluier " presents a rather gentler face of the merger of these two musical worlds , because the songs calm prevail , in which the foreground is often put forward the folk instruments ( the title track , which can be associated , for example . With the achievements of Jethro Tull ) and the choir shouted vocals , seeming slightly to refer to Baroque music ( " Mica Tyganiada ", " ochiie Negri ", " Ochi De Tigan "). The text layer is also a lot of references to the Romanian folklore , of which tried to two new associates team - poets Andrei Şerban Ujică and foarte . One of the strongest points of this album is more than seven-minute " strung " . Preceded by an introduction of the flute beautiful flowing freely, but restlessly ( the drums and vocals !) . Gradually, the listener almost in a hypnotic trance. It is worth mentioning that, in addition , played a little in the style of Uriah Heep song " Andrii Popa " ( telling the story of the legendary Romanian warlord ) , Strung is also a folk adaptation of the text. The most surprising is in my opinion the tip of the album - " Dansul Codrilol ", composed by Iosfa Kappl - pure hard rock with a strong guitar riff , which echoes as heavy bass.

The album was originally conceived as a rock opera after a series of deletions of censorship has lost a bit of such a character , but the system works as well as the overall consistency makes it easily can identify him as a concept album ( do not forget the words of songs were created in such a way as to form a whole) .

LetMeRoll | 4/5 |

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