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WARM THINGS

Happy 55

 

RIO/Avant-Prog

4.02 | 4 ratings

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octopus-4
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RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams
4 stars Even if added to progarchies as a full release, this is a 4 tracks album which scores about 28 minutes only, so I think it should be conesidered an EP. Well, it's a detail.

Respect to Precise Time, which is the other Happy55 album that I have, courtesy of the band, it's a bit more challenging. Because of the clarinet, the sound has similarities with the Spanish OCTOBER EQUUS, but it's more jazz oriented, especially when the piano leads. Let's also say that October Equus don't use clariet, but keyboards.

Particualrily in the piano parts the listener can find both classical and jazz music, but it's in the classical side that the band offers its best. The title track in particular is full of good ideas and every single note seem to have been carefully placed in the right moment.

Putting a cover of the hungarian composer Bela BARTOK says a lot about the band and their influences. I don't know the original, but I guess the noisy free jazz section in the middle is a band's idea. When the main theme is reprised only few seconds remain before the end of the track that in my opinion comed too early. This final is so good that I would have let it go for some minutes more. It's like being on diet: you have room for more of that stuff but it's already finished.

Happy55 is a must for who likes RIO and chamber rock.

octopus-4 | 4/5 |

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