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I got to know this band via Ayreon's "Flight
Of The Migrator" album. Keiko Kumagai was a guest keyboard player on it.
She's the one composing all the good stuff that Ars Nova is playing. What we
have here can be considered as the Japanese version of the Spice Girls. Oh my
god! Did I say that? Did I say THAT!!! I'm doomed... Seriously, these girls
are no pussycats. Quite the contrary, they're some kind of devil's
mistresses lead by a mighty witch. Mr. Devil must be in a very good mood with
Kyoko Kanazawa on bass and Akiko Takahashi on drums as mistresses because they
formed quite a dynamic duo! So here is an awesome instrumental recording made
of five tracks and the compositions are all very energetic, progressive,
breathtaking and keyboards driven a bit like ELP at their prime. "Kali" is
an intricate piece mixing different type of keys like synths, piano, hammond
organ, forming walls of majestic keyboards. If you're like me very fond of
hammond sound, well this album have many partitions using this magical
instrument. Also sudden shifts of speed and mood will keep the suspense high.
These tiny girls can realy get the place shakin'. "Fury" is a short follow
up but it's nothing short of excitement with its tornado of sounds and
symphonic interludes of piano and on the other side, a solo that sounds like a
real fuzzy guitar. "Morgan" begins like a lullaby with spacey key works
before the progressive nightmare showing classical influence settles in.
Another short but not sweet number follow on spot number four. "Isis" has an
intro that would suit very well for a horror movie but this piece actually
turns out to be quite an Avant-gardiste pleasure. Last but not least, "The
Gorgons" has a symphonic intro, mighty keys, forming a thunderstorm of notes
over a complex musical structure in constant evolution. If I was to describe
this album in one word, I would say: "Brilliant". But who needs words when
music speaks by itself so well?
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1. Kali |
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2. Fury 3. Morgan 4. Isis 5. The Gorgons |
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