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Published on: 13 Dec 2005
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Nuno
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Published on: 21 Oct 2005
Glass was an active band back in the seventies. And despite not being that noticed back then, with last years release of the double album No Stranger to the Skies they finally got a piece of deserved attention.
Like so many other 70’s bands, Glass, fronted by the Sherman brothers, rejoined forces to release a new album in 2005, an album that comes to show two major things about this American band:
The capacity to create long and complex instrumental parts of pure progressiveness is maintained, while the overall musicality diverge from their 70’s recordings. In Illuminations the main object is the tightness and interplay, leaving a bit the focus that was once upon the soloing habilities of the players.
Illuminations shows us a band that has matured and that has had the time to deeply think about their musicality, changing it a bit to accompany the times.
The music presented here is based upon the complexity of the arrangements and the incorporation of Jazz and Fusion elements inside a basically Orchestral Symphonic Prog.
With some Canterburian (Hatfield & The North and Soft Machine members do appear as guests in this album), Fusion and Jazz reminiscences, Illuminations does drink from the ever prolific muse fountain of some of the 70’s Prog monsters such as Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes and Genesis, but always with a deep sense of individuality and personal signature.
A band and album that must be discovered by symphonic prog lovers, as they will surely appreciate it.
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PROGGNOSIS SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
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- Overture (5:43)
The Secret Life Of Aqua J. Long:
- I. Astral Transascension (7:12)
- II. Isle Of Dyslexia (3:14)
- III. Medicine Man (5:30)
Electronic Synaesthasia:
- I. The Hidden Room (3:42)
- II. Crossing (5:10)
- III. My Tantric Gatito (3:49)
Alchemy Of The World
- I. Eclipse (2:48)
- II. Wanderlust (2:38)
- III. Eternity (1:57)
- IV. Reprise (1:35)
- V. Delirium (5:00)
- VI. Falling (2:23)
- Slightly Behind All The Time (5:57)
- Gaia (6:10)
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Greg Sherman
Acoustic & Electric Pianos, Hohner Clavinet, ARP and Oberheim Synthesizers, Mellotron, Hammond Organ & Custom Electronics, Roland A-90, Korg O1Ws, Korg MS2000
Jerry Cook
Drums, Tunable Concert Timpani, Moog Drums, Mini-Moog synthesizer, Percussion, Gong, Electronic Drums, Roto-Toms, Drum Samples
Jeff Sherman
Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Bass Guitars, Fender-Rhodes Piano, Moog Taurus Bass Pedals, Korg O1W, Fatar Bass Pedal MIDI-Controller, Dr. Sample Sampler, Vocals
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