Saturday, July 21, 2007

Thesis Defense Prayer

"Stromatolite" (2007)






Topics
1. Cosmic Velocity
2. Consensus
3. Lullaby
4. algo_rhythm.c
5. Caprice
6. Spiral Motion
7. Dahlia
8. Pangea
9. Small Organ Works No. 4
10. Constellation

The stromatolite is a laminated rock archaic microbial origin: the basis of their origin are an essential part of the foundation of life on earth. The stromatolite is also mentioned in the title of the new disc assembly reborn Japanese OUTER LIMITS - I must add that this work "Stromatolite" is one of the most exciting progressive genre for this year 2007. The album shows a band with a significant change in the composition as is the absence of Tomoki Ueno expressive lead vocals and additional keyboards, but still firm to his complex artistic vision, it is based on the confluence of symphonic with strong dramatic elements, textures, Gothic, neo-leaning dynamic with dark breaths and camera schemes. Tadashi Sugimoto bassist takes over lead vocals and adds the stick and the cello to its instrumental contribution. OUTER LIMITS is determined to regain the path left behind with its disintegration in the early 90s to create a stylistic bridge which was so far his latest album, "The Scene of Pale Blue." Managing disruptive stylized environments and dark magic discharged through the atmosphere almost cinematographic directed by keyboards and strings make the listener familiar head-to soar above the disk. I must say, for my part, "Stromatolite" goes further in this proposal, offering a compact and an accomplished best thread of ideas endlessly suggestive. I do not know how much of what I am saying is due to the psychological impact of the new, but I am almost completely willing to consider this album as the best of OUTER LIMITS throughout his career.

'Cosmic Velocity' starts the album with an infinite glow that seems not going to stop ever. The pair generates rhythmic precision motor resolved in its task of holding tours of its companions: the spirals drawn by the violin, the guitar solo almost as RIO, synthesizers delivering an overwhelming grip on their spectral lines . All instrumentation operates as an engine sound lofty, grandiloquent outpourings marked by progressive splendor: the arrival of the final resounding climax gives a snap fit for the magnificence that has been deployed in principle so, through every pore of this issue. 'Consensus', the first song sung on the album, brings a progressive sample traversed by mysterious sounds almost industrial - Stylish hook and ornaments disturbing, two in one. 'Lullaby' like a bittersweet dream emanated from the gardens of a Rococo palace in the twilight hours, the song seems Sugimoto serene whisper a secret that had been hidden for a long time. Cadence contemplative irresistibly main reason is operated by the excellent color wisely drawn by the violin and cello duet which seems to occupy the whole atmosphere of an elegant and powerful at once. However, if we speak of forcefulness in the most literal sense of the word, the instrumental 'algo_rhythm.c' shows the band developing a hybrid of ELP and UK in an electrifying amalgam progressive, the same stands as one of the peaks of repertoire. 'Caprice' is a violin solo Baroque style by a space of a minute and a half supporting a prelude to 'Spiral Motion'. That is why the last phrases of the violin solo flying some unexpected dissonances as the coming of "Spiral Motion" has plenty of foggy and mysterious. Noteworthy in this piece quasi-frippianas emissions that arise in the guitar solo (an action that appears more than once in the work of Takashi Aramaki). 'Dahlia' is a measure less violent but still committed to climate disturbing: this guitar has more space for showcasing in the above topics, where his solos seem relegated to the places that the violin has a good leave. Although, truth be told, the single most impresses me is the synth, cosmic mode of a nightmare, like a storm of sorrow that springs from the depths of limbo. The song Sugimoto, always sober, low implementation occurs when the decibels. The instrumental coda that follows the last part sung is really scary.

How to help a little to relieve pressure environment created so far, 'Pangea' offers the most epic melodic motifs and less dark disk, managed with an assertive control. Sounds like a mix of film soundtrack heroes PENDRAGON (at its best then). But ... as the people of OUTER LIMITS with his genius can not always have to put something disturbing as it is: this happens in the moments in which the violin indulges in some solos on some beats low, but these moments are only bridges between takes and retakes of the most epic passages. In these passages the group is more akin to a mysterious accent which was so fond of the Polish group ABRAXAS extinct. Item 9 is a single organ bellows whose spirit and vibration emparientan with Gothic passages so frequently in the disks of DEVIL DOLL. With almost 10 minutes long, 'Constellation' is the longest track on the disc. It is an epic track traversed by a sound to PALLAS in recent years, leaning candid environments. This is a twist in regard to the environment, but the density created by the instrumentation block (density especially enhanced by the sumptuous orchestrations keyboard, opening gaps for the creation and ongoing exploration of textures) allows you to build a Bridge of continuity against the offered variants. To this end explicitly colorful concludes "Stromatolite", the return to large LIMITIS OUTER. In truth, this album is full of espledorosa stromatolite progressive fullness.

César Inca Mendoza

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