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░ ██ ██ Artist: LogoS ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: L'Enigma della Vita █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-03-13 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Andromeda Relix ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ "L'Enigma Della Vita" is the Logos' third album. █
█ It's a 76 minutes journey across universe, humans, █
█ love, loneliness, war. It tries to solve the █
█ biggest question on our staying in this world: █
█ What is the meaning of our life? What is "L'Enigma █
█ Della Vita"? █
█ █
█ It took LOGOS thirteen long years to create their █
█ third album L' ENIGMA DELLA VITA (The enigma of █
█ life) but it was apparently worth the wait for █
█ this is one power house of an album. The only band █
█ member to survive into the current lineup is Luca █
█ Zerman who handles the keyboards and vocal duties. █
█ The album starts out in a spaced out ambient style █
█ that makes you wonder if you've just put on a █
█ Klaus Schulze album but then after a bit the drums █
█ kick in and take us into the realms of progressive █
█ rock and has a clearly inspired feel by the space █
█ rock arena of Pink Floyd with smooth and silky █
█ guitar lines. It only takes the addition of vocals █
█ sung in Italian to instantly break the spell and █
█ make you realize that this is indeed symphonic █
█ prog very much inspired by the greats of the 70s, █
█ namely PFM, Banco and even Genesis inspired █
█ neo-prog at times. Like all great Italian prog █
█ bands, the lyrics are in their native tongue and █
█ spell out a the concept of a journey across the █
█ universe with different tracks representing being █
█ human, love, loneliness or war. The album tackles █
█ the biggest quandary of all human history that is █
█ attempting to find the meaning of life itself. █
█ This album is a major throwback to the 70s greats █
█ and has a sound solidly rooted in that golden █
█ decade of progressive sounds. There are roaring █
█ keyboard swirls and twirls that very much remind █
█ of PFM, space bass a la Floyd, pastoral █
█ soundscapes that can bring Genesis to mind and so █
█ forth and so on but this is an album that is of █
█ the modern era as well. The production has been █
█ absolutely perfected and illuminates every single █
█ little sound to its fullest. There are clear █
█ modern influences as well. For example "In █
█ Principio" has a clear electronic space sound that █
█ reminds me of "Moon Safari" tracks by the French █
█ band Air. The guitars are crisp and clean and █
█ tasty solos abound with a slight progressive metal █
█ edge but never really getting too far in that █
█ direction. The interplay between the musicians is █
█ always on the highest professional level and each █
█ compliments the other always creating a most █
█ satisfying sum of the parts. █
█ The beauty of L'ENIGMA is that LOGOS are masters █
█ of the subtleties. They excel in developing the █
█ most pleasant of melodies and expounding upon █
█ them. They especially know how to magically morph █
█ from one passage to another and never string █
█ anything together in an awkward way. There are no █
█ sudden and unwarranted transitions. Everything is █
█ strung beautifully and gracefully together so █
█ brilliant it shines like a crazy diamond. The █
█ diversity of the sounds, tempos, timings and █
█ arrangements never once let you drift off in this █
█ album's lengthy 76:03 time frame. That is an █
█ achievement in my book since many an album of this █
█ length usually begins lose steam halfway through. █
█ This album is a remarkable achievement of modern █
█ prog that marries the best aspects of the classics █
█ with the cutting edge technology that now exists. █
█ This is one of the best new albums i've heard in a █
█ while and I really hope we don't have to wait █
█ another thirteen years for the next release! █
█ Highly recommended. One of the best albums of █
█ 2014. █
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░ 1. Antifona 2:03 ░
░ 2. Venivo da un Lungo Sonno 9:11 ░
░ 3. In Fuga 5:41 ░
░ 4. Alla Fine dell'Ultimo Capitolo 9:20 ░
░ 5. N.A.S. 7:45 ░
░ 6. L'Enigma della Vita 7:24 ░
░ 7. In Principio 11:27 ░
░ 8. Completamente Estranei 7:08 ░
░ 9. In Quale Luogo si Ferm≥ il Mio Tempo 2:32 ░
░ 10. Pioggia in Campagna 10:28 ░
░ 11. Il Rumore dell'Aria 2:58 ░
░ 75:57 ░
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