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░ ██ ██ Artist: Zenit ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Chandrasekhar Limit █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Galileo Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Zenit is a band from Switzerland that has been █
█ playing since 1998. The band was founded by Andy █
█ Thommen (formerly Clepsydra), Ivo Bernasconi and █
█ Gigio Pedruzzi. They've got 3 albums so far and █
█ The Chandrasekhar Limit (2013) is the newest one. █
█ The Chandrasekhar Limit (2013) was released by █
█ Galileo Records in January and it's being █
█ distributed by Gonzo Multimidia that in the last █
█ few years has become a specialist in Prog Rock. █
█ Before anything else, it's good to understand why █
█ such a weird name for their album. The █
█ Chandrasekhar Limit is a mathematical term. It was █
█ named after the Indian-American Subrahmanyan █
█ Chandrasekhar and defines if a white dwarf star █
█ remains a star or becomes a black hole. According █
█ to the band they felt the same way, not knowing if █
█ they were above or below The Chandrasekhar Limit █
█ (as a metaphor for their music). █
█ The Chandrasekhar Limit (2013) is bold and try to █
█ emulate the old glory days of Prog without fall in █
█ the usual clichΘs that some bands use. We have six █
█ tracks, almost 70 minutes of good music. The album █
█ is based on long songs (12, 17 and 24 minutes █
█ long, for example), but there's no sign of getting █
█ bored with it. Sometimes long running time CDs █
█ tend to be boring at the end, not here. █
█ 'Awaken' starts the album and it's good to see █
█ some acoustic guitars. Actually, Lorenzo Sonognini █
█ is the vocalist and plays only the acoustic █
█ guitar, not on all the tracks, but it's nice to █
█ see acoustic guitars as a base instrument. Lorenzo █
█ voice is hard to get used to in the beginning, but █
█ as soon as the first verses go along, his voice █
█ suits the music well. 'Cub Lady' is more a snippet █
█ of an idea than a proper track and 'PiGreco' is an █
█ instant classic. █
█ 'Matrimandir' has Sanskrit lyrics and the sound █
█ follows the lyrics with a hypnotic riff. A █
█ curiosity is the Bossa Nova part in the middle, █
█ and then a 'progger' part follows, three musical █
█ fields that, supposedly, have nothing to do with █
█ each other. 'Pulsar' is like a Circus music, and █
█ it's a fun piece of music but really doesn't go █
█ anywhere. █
█ 'The Daydream Suite' is the epic of the album. █
█ Over 24 minutes long and it's good to hear the █
█ acoustic guitars again. It's a fine musical █
█ journey that you can take with your eyes closed. █
█ Andy Thommen used to play on Clepsydra back in the █
█ 90's and it's good to hear such a good bass player █
█ that cares for clever parts and cares for the bass █
█ sound. Much of the bass players nowadays plays █
█ Prog with 5 strings bass and forget the mid-high █
█ frequencies. Ivo Bernasconi is subtle with the █
█ keyboards, but precise. Gabriele Schira has a good █
█ drum sound and Luigi Biamino at a first glance █
█ doesn't appear at all with the guitars, but that's █
█ where the trick lies. His sound builds up the █
█ atmosphere the band needs to get a good sound! █
█ The Chandrasekhar Limit (2013) is a proof that █
█ Prog can still be refreshing with good musicians █
█ on the instruments. I'm not talking about █
█ technically good musicians, I'm talking about █
█ intelligent musicians that work for the song and █
█ Zenit definitely has it. █
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░ 1. Awaken 12:05 ░
░ 2. Cub Lady 2:42 ░
░ 3. PiGreco 7:24 ░
░ 4. Matrimandir 17:08 ░
░ 5. Pulsar 5:55 ░
░ 6. The Daydream Suite 24:35 ░
░ 69:49 ░
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