ZAFRETH HELLO FRIENDS, LES SALUDA Cesar Mendoza.
Here is a choice of self-gift for this holiday season 2007. This is the Norwegian group ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE, a power-trio progressive farmer of a powerful and forceful style, mixing zheul (as a style somewhere between Happy Family and Kultivator) Anekdoten pre-"Gravity" and space-rock, with some elements jazz-rock stuck out there at times.
Here is a choice of self-gift for this holiday season 2007. This is the Norwegian group ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE, a power-trio progressive farmer of a powerful and forceful style, mixing zheul (as a style somewhere between Happy Family and Kultivator) Anekdoten pre-"Gravity" and space-rock, with some elements jazz-rock stuck out there at times.
From their website, located at the address http://www.uleaborg.com/onsegen/ , you can download the songs from their two EPs, "Hiukkavaara Session" of 2005, and "HottoïzzoH" in 2007. This is all what they have in the market for now, a mini with two songs and others with three. On the other hand, they can be seen on YouTube at the following links: 'Soleil' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgI-WfGKGXQ ); " Hottoïzzoh '(long version) ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iIgFErOB4 ),' Kuuhanka '( http://www .youtube.com / watch? v = 8Je8F-AZxbs ).
Here's my personal opinion of the EP "Hiukkavaara Session" .-
'Pod' begins with a muscular performance of rock beats that are in a hybrid of Anekdoten and Happy Family but without being as disturbing as the latter - there's even a driving pop-rock hues, thanks to the presence of guest vocalist Alisa Saila. The interlude between the middle and final sections sung is an interesting jam full of tense moments agglutinated, but just how rare this song is that the more warlike aspect of the group is just an add in the development of the composition and not the very essence of it. In short, things take a channel more in line with standard energy complex in the second theme, 'Kuuhanka'. Beginning and ending with a pattern of under-funky rock, where the bass lines operate creatively alongside the guitar riffs and ornaments, we have a splendid interlude consisting of a jam zheul typically dynamic shear. The guitar playing keeps a family resemblance to Belew and Nicklas Berg (Anekdoten), while the rhythm duo holds the basic cadence of its variants through an environment. There are some songs that emulate tenors evoking a kind of religious Ruins exhibiting a resemblance in tone sarcastic, not Dadaist dementia.
And now, my appreciation of "HottoïzzoH" .-
"HottoïzzoH" just start with part of the same name. As seen on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iIgFErOB4 ), this issue can be expanded to a space of 9 minutes in live performance, but this studio version only reaches a length of almost 5. True that this restriction on the duration implies a restriction on the development potential of the atmosphere inherent in the central motif, but mostly it is positive - it is a muscular piece and cosmic time, with a strong and consistently supported environments on shoulders of the guitar riffs and the dynamic rhythm duo, with special reference to the robust sounds Juujärvi extracted four strings. 'OUSIOS MI MOSA' moves a little psychedelic stoner and delves into folk-prog tones within the framework zheul: this piece sounds like a hybrid between Hoyry-Kone (at his most aggressive) and Pochakaite Malko, due to the ingenious management of exotic East European rhythms in an atmosphere of ritual crushing (not oppressive). 'VTG' closes this mini-CD with all the luxury exploited. This is the part with further development as a composer, but still behaves Ensemble Onségen faithful to the prevalence of neurotic cadence and power. Compared with the first issue, the strongest parts carry a higher dose of flexibility, in addition, there is a magnificent semi-crimsoniano interlude where layers of mellotron (or a synthesizer programmed to sound as such) and sax flourishes provide a magic at once tortured and captivating. It is a pity that none of these pieces go beyond the 4 minutes and peak time, but hopefully this strong display of progressive avant-garde is the anticipation of future work hopefully longer. In any case, it is clear that Onségen Ensemble is a name to be considered part of the progheads individuals inclined toward the darkest corners of the genre. A simple message for all: to download these three themes of the group's website!
This message will also cover for the two EPs: the rest is a simple matter to download it from the website above. I hope the music will please you all.
César Inca Mendoza Loyola .