While picking some reminiscences from some great names of the progressive rock, both from the 70’s and from more contemporary outfits, the fact is that the final result is tremendously refreshing and challenging…
Sympozion’s quest sounds very interesting to these hears, and it seems to be based on the search of melody through complex arrangements where, even if sometimes each instrument is playing a repetitive and quite simple line, the layering of the various instruments makes the resulting sound very complex and distinctive, yet strangely accessible in terms of melody. They use a mix of different styles to promote their tight and innovative resulting sound.
I would consider Sympozion’s music to be driven by two major vectors, and then populated with a whole lot more tendencies, reminiscences and mixture of styles. The vectors I was considering would be those of Gentle Giant in terms of polyphonies and complex arrangements, and that of Isildurs Bane in terms of experimentation and some architectural construction and even sonically speaking. To these musical pillars, the band adds Canterbury (in the vein of Hatfield and the North), Chamber Music and RIO (Univers Zero), Symphonic (very slight Camel tones) and Jazz-Rock.
Now the way Sympozion gathers all those different perspectives and turn them into a solid and refreshing piece of work is the thing that we must praise about these Israelis. It is obvious that they know what they are doing, they do it in style and as a result they state themselves as a brave newcomer and an attention grabber band. Should they continue this path and this worthy of praise mindset and Sympozion may well turn into something big and most notorious…I’ll be one to be waiting with great expectation their sophomore!!