HALL & RING - Alchemy

Cover	Release	Style
	2006	Atmospheric rock
	Label
	http://www.poseidon.jp / http://musearecords.com
	Website
	http://www.halandring.com
	Contact
	-
	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	44:55	PRF-039
	Review by	Rating
	Johan	7/10
nederlands	Review
HAL & RING were two Japanese bands from the mid-seventies. This project is a combination of musicians from both bands, thirty years after ! Two members of HAL later created Shingetsu , some played in Asturias, some others in East Wind Pot. The inlay of the CD told me that there is some 30 year old material on his album and that’s because some fermentation of human relationship and digital technology contributed so much. So… we let the music do the talking! "Alchemy" includes a collection of seven instrumental tracks, offering an excellent mix of progressive atmospheric music, varying from normal to a longer length whereby the musicians are influenced by Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Camel and some seventies jazz-rock fusion. The quality of the songs and production are from a higher level than I’m used to compared with other Japanese releases that I have reviewed before. For this time I enjoyed the nice, mostly keyboards and synthesizer based, melodies filled with beautiful guitar solo’s that create an intense music with a rock feel that result in a human "Alchemy".
Musicians
Haruhiko Tsuda: Guitar Kayo Matsumoto: keyboards Takashi Kokubo: Synthesizers Yoshiyuki Sakurai : Bass Naoya Takahashi: Drums
Tracklist
Sir Bordenhausen (6:06) Triplet Colors II (9:33) The Flower Ladies (5:35) Open Before Knock (4:12) Altered States II (5:27) The Star Of Sorrow (4:11) In Memory Of Charnades The Pan (9:47)


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