Another 40 minutes of Froese, Franke & Schmoelling doing their thing with advancing technology and increasing compositional skill, but an album that sometimes gets a bit underrated by me due to its proximity to the magnificent Hyperborea. White Eagle has a similar structure, with a side-long piece against three shorter ones, but in reverse, so we get the 20 minutes of Mojave Plan first. The track gradually builds for the first ten minutes before a swirl of phasing brings in a faster rhythm base to carry the rest in more melodic, upbeat mode.
Midnight In Tula is next, with its cheeky Trans-Europe Express-esque intro giving way to a faster and catchier electro-pop track, a marker of things to come. Convention Of The 24 is a more atmospheric and static piece, experimenting for just under ten minutes with the hypnotic vibe they'd perfect on Hyperborea, then the title track is a nice short melodic closer.
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Thanks for the TD. Nice way to end the week
ReplyDelete"Nice short melodic closer"? Surely you jest and undersell. Unquestionably in any shortlist of their greatest ever compositions.
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