Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble – Return To The Red Planet (2026 / Madfish)
Fue una fatalidad que " The Red Planet " apareciera en el fatídico 2020. Un año nada propicio para iniciar proyectos. Y un álbum que como era de esperar, pasó bastante inadvertido. Aún a pesar de contener logros evidentes. Una vuelta al prog por todo lo alto, que ya comenzara con aquel excelente "Out There" (2004), también de temática conceptual sci-fi. De aquel "The Red Planet" permanecen en The English Rock Ensemble el bajista extraordinario, Lee Pomeroy (Anderson/Rabin/Wakeman). Y el guitarrista Dave Colquhoun. Ahora con Adam Falkner en la batería y la vocalista (importante detalle éste), Mollie Marriott. Toda la música es obra del jefe, que está espléndido a lo largo del disco, sin perder forma a pesar de su edad. "The Jezero Crater" (6'56) inicia pompa típica wakemaníaca, en un tema dividido en cuatro partes. El factor grupo, como en el álbum anterior, está muy definido. Rick es el líder, pero deja hacer a una banda sólida y de bombá...
I sometimes wonder what it was like to be a music lover in the seventies. So many bands with so many records and so many of them obscure…was it as big a treat as it is today to find something incredibly rare. Blackwater Park "Dirt Box" [Spalax]
ResponderEliminarTheir lone (only one album) with 1972 this German hard rock outfit with an English vocalist,combined elements from multiple extant and budding rock subgenres to construct their complex sound: hard rock, blues-rock, jazz-rock, acid rock, prog rock, and even proto-metal.
Blackwater Park is an obscure band that emerged from the Berlin underground scene. They released their unique album "Dirt Box" in 1971, published on BASF in 1972. The group delivers a captivating, effective bluesy-heavy rock "trip" with lot of incisive guitar riffs, progressive Hammond Organ's arrangements, melodic heavy vocals and psychedelic effects that are part of the mix. His British singer had a strong voice. Especially the third and heavy track "Indian Summer", which clearly shows us the quality, engaging and virtuosity among its members. Remember that the last song is beautiful version of "For No One", composed by Lennon and McCartney,with the album 'Revolver' issued in 1966.
(Accessible) kraut power band whose work is essential for collectors. "Dirt Box" has been recently reissued on CD by record labels Second Battle.
Excelente banda!!!. La conoci el año pasado. Tienen una mezcla de progresivo, toques de bules y hard. Las piezas Indian summer, rock song,mental block y Dirty face muy buenas!!!
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