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LANDMARQ: Infinity Parade

Release

Style

Originally released in ’93 “Infinity parade” starts with a track named after the band’s first release ‘Solitary witness’. Another true classic in the true meaning of the word the song starts with the sound of Scottish pipers which fits in nicely with the strong melody as written and conceived by Pendragon bassplayer Peter Gee’s brother Steve Gee. Again produced by Arena’s Clive Nolan and Threshold’s Karl Groom and recorded at Thin Ice Studios, next to “Solitary witness” the album “Infinity parade” also contains such classics like ‘Gaia’s waltz’ and ‘Ta Jiang’ which can still be found in the band’s repertoire today. ‘Gaia’s waltz’ is ideal for the vocal talents of both Wilson and Hitchings as it gets close to the feel of a musical. Just like ‘Terracota army’, also ‘Ta’jiang’ is written and conceived by keyboardplayer Steve Leigh illustrating his fondness for the orient. With it’s 16’32” ‘Ta’jiang’ remains to this day the longest track Landmarq has ever recorded. For my ears the album also contains one of the weirdest tracks the band has ever recorded in the form of the rhythmic ‘The more you seek, the more you lose’ which sounds like a Queen outtake with an added hornsection.

The bonustrack here concerns ‘Borrowed mind’ which puts a lot of flanger on Uwe’s guitar but nevertheless remains a rather ‘tame’ composition not in the least because of the rather predictable keboard section. An album which doesn’t hold the same impact like “Solitary witness” one year earlier.

Musicians

Uwe D'Rose : guitar
Steve Leigh : keyboards
Steve Gee : bass
Dave Wagstaffe : drums
Damion Wilson : vocals

Solitary witness (6’52”)
Gaia’s waltz (6’07”)
Landslide (3’57)
Ta’ jiang (16’32)
Tailspin (let go the line) (8’39”)
The more yous eek the more you lose (5’43”)
Embrace (6’32”)
Bonustrack: Borrowed mind (5’27”)

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