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Review |
This album from Area 39 is an intriguing listen, blending
electronic and progressive music with spoken word, voice samples
from NASA archives and soaring female vocals, powerful rock
guitar with subtle keyboards, all underpinned with some thoughtful
and where necessary dramatic and powerful drumming.****
The album tells a story in a subtle yet dramatic way,
from the dreamy, gentle opener, "The Dreamer Dreams" through
the full on rock of "Through the Eye of a Telescope", to the
conspiratorial closer, "The Dreamers Dreamed", the album takes
you on a dramatic journey of discovery, wonder, and possible
conspiracy. ****
Ray Turrell, whose ideas developed into the Area 39 project,
is joined on the album by John Gosberg (Keyboards), Wayne
Sowden (Drums), Gavin Fletcher (Guitar), Paula Cunningham,
David Roy and Nicki Allan on vocals, they have contributed
in their own way to an album of cleverly blended rock, progressive
rock and electronic style music. ****
This album is different from the 'crowd', fairly new
ideas blended together with a little more daring and flair
than some bands, add a distinctive style and structure, sprinkle
in the superb use of the vocal samples from NASA and you have
music for the mind not just the ear, full of tension and drama
but with a gentle sense of fun and a dash of mischief. ****
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