HOLA AMIGOS, LES SALUDA CASEY INCA.
With this I would like to comment on the second disc of a lotus flower, now proudly progressive Peru. This album is called "Mother Earth" and has just been published by Mylodon Records late this past May.
After calling the attention with its efficient handling of instrumental expansions in their debut self-titled (2005, also published by Mylodon), the quartet formed by Alonso Herrera [guitars], Alejandro Jarrin [bass], Johnny Perez [flute, Andean winds, flute, percussion ] and Jorge Puccini [drums, percussion] achieved more consistently frame prog-folk style musical ideas a little more concise, most of the time. They have shelved expansion, as can be seen in their live performances, which are committed to make the most of his subjects, but the studio versions choose to draw more explicit bounds for their compositions. This moderate restriction their flights instrumental is counter to the increases in energy and color that have permeated his "Mother Earth." The first two tracks on the album, 'Mother Earth' and 'El Charango Perdido', shows them walking to the same solvency Andean passages and hard-prog, managing variables and constants with astonishing fluency. The thing is challenging and vibrant at the same time, with a contagious hook that belies the complexity of anything. The most explosive moments are concentrated in 'Antares' and 'Medusa'. The first is an exercise in funk-rock and hard rock with Arabic references: I think that the development could be longer, but is grateful for the tremendous coda half thrash that emerges as a storm playful. The second, which closes the album, is a compendium of the major references of the group (JETHRO TULL, IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER and RUSH) - an excellent clip.
But these are not the only parts of the disc particularly meritorious. There are songs like 'The Messenger', 'Moonlight' and 'The Law of Life' in which FDL displays his ability to develop quieter weather with perfect finesse. All code-3 / 4, appeal now to the palatial Renaissance music, pray to the samba rhythms of Argentina, for inspiration in ucreación s introspective atmospheres. The final section of 'The Law of Life', in my opinion, also merited further expansion is as if the entry of the electric guitar strums in the end did not have enough space to complete a better climax (why some producers are so worried too much?, would not his peculiar concern other types of excess, anyway? ... anyway ... what do I know about these things ...).
'Celtic Dance' and 'Andalusian' are other adventures in folklore by way of mischief as a tourist. These pieces are well made (the minstrel candor of the former, the well-armed coda in 5 / 4 second) with mixed results: we note that the group is more naturally suited to Celtic that flamenco fusion.
In short, my personal assessment of this album is very positive. It is quite possible that at the end of 2007 is one of the most outstanding progressive work of our environment lationoamericano. The international projection of FDL already heading to their participation in festivals in Brazil and Mexico, and having as recent testimony that "Mother Earth", things can simply not stop at the step height ... Who knows?
With this I would like to comment on the second disc of a lotus flower, now proudly progressive Peru. This album is called "Mother Earth" and has just been published by Mylodon Records late this past May.
After calling the attention with its efficient handling of instrumental expansions in their debut self-titled (2005, also published by Mylodon), the quartet formed by Alonso Herrera [guitars], Alejandro Jarrin [bass], Johnny Perez [flute, Andean winds, flute, percussion ] and Jorge Puccini [drums, percussion] achieved more consistently frame prog-folk style musical ideas a little more concise, most of the time. They have shelved expansion, as can be seen in their live performances, which are committed to make the most of his subjects, but the studio versions choose to draw more explicit bounds for their compositions. This moderate restriction their flights instrumental is counter to the increases in energy and color that have permeated his "Mother Earth." The first two tracks on the album, 'Mother Earth' and 'El Charango Perdido', shows them walking to the same solvency Andean passages and hard-prog, managing variables and constants with astonishing fluency. The thing is challenging and vibrant at the same time, with a contagious hook that belies the complexity of anything. The most explosive moments are concentrated in 'Antares' and 'Medusa'. The first is an exercise in funk-rock and hard rock with Arabic references: I think that the development could be longer, but is grateful for the tremendous coda half thrash that emerges as a storm playful. The second, which closes the album, is a compendium of the major references of the group (JETHRO TULL, IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER and RUSH) - an excellent clip.
But these are not the only parts of the disc particularly meritorious. There are songs like 'The Messenger', 'Moonlight' and 'The Law of Life' in which FDL displays his ability to develop quieter weather with perfect finesse. All code-3 / 4, appeal now to the palatial Renaissance music, pray to the samba rhythms of Argentina, for inspiration in ucreación s introspective atmospheres. The final section of 'The Law of Life', in my opinion, also merited further expansion is as if the entry of the electric guitar strums in the end did not have enough space to complete a better climax (why some producers are so worried too much?, would not his peculiar concern other types of excess, anyway? ... anyway ... what do I know about these things ...).
'Celtic Dance' and 'Andalusian' are other adventures in folklore by way of mischief as a tourist. These pieces are well made (the minstrel candor of the former, the well-armed coda in 5 / 4 second) with mixed results: we note that the group is more naturally suited to Celtic that flamenco fusion.
In short, my personal assessment of this album is very positive. It is quite possible that at the end of 2007 is one of the most outstanding progressive work of our environment lationoamericano. The international projection of FDL already heading to their participation in festivals in Brazil and Mexico, and having as recent testimony that "Mother Earth", things can simply not stop at the step height ... Who knows?
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