NEBELNEST: ZePTO

Cover	Release	Style
	2006	Dark Progressive Rock
	Label
	Cuneiform Records
	Website
	www.nebelnest.com
	Contact
	nebelnest@nebelnest.com
	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	46:03	RUNE 234
	Review by	Rating
	Christoph	8,5/10
nederlands	Review
It seems the adventurous Cuneiform label owns the rights on “the dark side of prog” in its most complex appearances (Far Corner, Present, Univers Zero). Considering the degree of difficulty, French instrumental quartet NeBeLNeST shines no less, and they act in the same sinister way. Their music is inventive, dark, angular. “ZePTO” is already their third record, and again it is a challenge, especially considering the relentless pace the listener has to keep up with. The complexity demands concentration, which leads to our emotional involvement. The songs with heads and tales are strong enough that they don’t require vocal input. The last two tracks are rather unstructured free jazz improvisations – clearly an acquired taste. Either way, all performances are rock solid. Each musician shines in his own right and demonstrates a stylistic versatility that reminds us of King Crimson. Olivier Tejedor delivers inverted melodies, and otherwise he juggles with some weird synthesizer flights. Drummer Michaël Anselmi acts like a Spanish fury and yet plays with admirable discipline. In guitar and bass you can hear some distant echoes from the Crimson king as well. Yet NeBeLNeST is far from being a copycat of the British masters. In other words, NeBeLNeST succeeds in creating a believable post-Crimson sound.
Musicians
Michaël Anselmi / drums, percussion Grégory Tejedor / bass Olivier Tejedor / keyboards, devices, ocarina ,violin With: Sébastien Carmona / guitar (1, 3, 6) Cyril Malderez / guitar (2, 4, 5, 7) Vincent Bouzefa / clarinet
Tracklist
1. Pillars of Birth (6:34) 2. Manjnuns (5:42) 3. The Old Ones (5:48) 4. The Thing in the Walls (1:48) 5. Fabric of Reality (3:13) 6. De Thriumpho Naturae (8:27) 7. DO WHAT THOU WILT (10:06) 8. Station 9 (4:25)
Discography
ZePTO (2006) NoVa eXPReSS (2002) NeBeLNeST (1999)


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