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Released : 1999
Label : Crimsonic
Catalogue number : CLSCD 105
Total playing time:
CD 1 : 45’47" CD 2 : 48’13"
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Tracklist:
CD 1 : Baroque impression n° 1 / The cathedral part 1 / The
cathedral part 2 / Jerusalem / The iconoclast / Green meadow lands /
Allegro barbaro / The crimson shield
CD 2 : Bilbo medley / Rondo / Mundus incompertus part 1 / Mundus
incompertus part 2 / 21st century shizoid man
Musicians:
Pär Lindh - keyboards, grand piano
Magdalena Hagberg - vocals, violin, keyboard
Nisse Bielfeld - drums, percussion, vocals
Marcus Jäderholm - bass
Jocke Ramsell - guitars
Website:
http://www.algonet.se/~larry/plp/index.html
Contact:
crimsoni@algonet.se
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The
Swedish keyboard wizard Pär Lindh has performed at many festivals over the
year, both as a solo artist and with his band the Pär
Lindh Project. All over the world people have been overwhelmed with the
sheer genius this band has to offer. The combination of a classically trained
keyboard player and a death metal band obviously results in a not so logical
piece of music. That's why his latest studio effort Mundus
Incompertus surely became a true work of art, a masterpiece of
worldly proportion. So Pär thought the time was ripe to release a double
album under the ingenious title of Live In America
because he thought the world should also hear the "older" material
being performed by this wildly bunch!
Of course you'll witness material from Mundus Incompertus and the
debut Gothic Impressions but you can also expect a medley from the Bilbo
album and a couple of surprises. You get some of Pär's favourites such as the
Dave Brubeck classic "Rondo;" "Jerusalem," as made
immortal by ELP; the piano solo "Allegro Barbaro" written by Bela
Bartok, and a raving version of King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid
Man" sung here by drummer Nisse "Animal" Bielfeld.
In the person of singer/violinist Magdalena Hagberg the band has also found
a pleasant appearance who acts on a polyvalent level. That's where the already
well known material gains maturity whilst it becomes clear that every visitor
to Pär's shows should get all of the man's material at once. Once you have
had the pleasure to witness the original, gothic music of the Pär Lindh
Project you will no longer be able to live without these great sounds.

Reviewed by : John 'Bobo' Bollenberg
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