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Biogenesis Project

a Studio Release
by: Ars Nova
Release Year:
2003
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Added To Proggnosis on: 20 Jan 2004

Track Listing 

  1. Introduction
  2. Biogenesis Melt Down
  3. Escape
  4. Mother Hearth
  5. Metamorphosis
  6. Humanoid's Breakfast
  7. Against The Meteors
  8. Trust To the Future

Performer Credits  


Keiko Kumagai
synthesizers, organ, computer programming
Mika Nakajima
vocals, synthesizers
Akiko Takahashi
drums

Guests:
    Arjen Lucassen
    Guitars
    Lucio Fabbri
    Violin
    Claudio Simonetti
    Keyboards
    Gianni Leone
    Vocals
    Atsushi Hasegawa
    bass
    Masuhiro Goto
    Drums

Reviews


review by: NunoMost known, sensual and prolific power prog female trio is back!

This time, famous Japanese Ars Nova have decided to stake the bets a bit higher, by accommodating in their new project a few distinguished members from other well appreciated bands. This conceptual project does have all the ingredients to become a reference in terms of power progressive rock opera. The storyline is a sci-fi story in the good Japanese tradition of Hentai cartoons, only this time completely transposed to music. It is done with such brilliance that the album is, no doubt, an Epic Opus on adrenaline and good playing.

Incorporating musicians from Gerard, Ayreon, PFM, Il Balleto di Bronzo, Leviathan & Goblin, this Symphonic Operatic concept album is filled in details, orchestrations, neo-classic lines but mainly Epic interplay.
While the presence of Arjen Lucassen is as natural as it can be (he must have felt right home here), the Italian invitees may just have had a completely new experience while stepping new grounds and being confronted with new ideas and ways…
OK, so the music seems to, often enough, get very close to Prog Metal status, but is surprisingly stays within the boundaries of an extremely powerful, even hard, Symphonic Prog. The music may be complex and multi-layered, but the Japanese Sympho school (Gerard, Ars Nova, Mr Sirius, Providence, Marge Litch) is where the music stands upon, though maybe helped by some typical Ayreon exquisite production tricks.
Lyrics are Japanese, English and Italian, but surprisingly they do not feel detached or unnatural. This is one of the curiosities of the album.
While the music twists and swirls conjuring metallic guitar riffs with opulent keyboard neo-classic solos, the listeners interest and level of attention is kept by an ever going and ever growing sequence of thoughtful architecture compositions that are, let me say it, as brilliant as interesting.
This album may sound just as if ELP would be playing today, after converting to the new production standards and if they would have grown some interest in power (a bit hard) symphonic prog.

Fans of such apparently apart bands as ELP, Ayreon, Gerard, Marge Litch and all other bands able to elevate contemporary Symphonic Prog to a frantic but extremely well played status, will have a blast here. So what are you waiting for?

One of the most adrenalinic albums of 2003 !

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