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░ ██ ██ Artist: Mahogany Frog ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Senna █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2012 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: MoonJune Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I always receive the MoonJune Records new █
█ releases to review in my Website, I basically have █
█ all their catalogue. But I don't review all of █
█ them. Why? You may ask me. The answer is simple, █
█ most of the label's catalogue comes from Jazz █
█ Fusion side and I just can't stand this Genre. To █
█ my ears they'll always be instrumentists that █
█ learn how to play their instruments very well in █
█ the technical side, but can't write a good tune. █
█ These albums usually sounds like a band that enter █
█ in the studio and play whatever they want for a █
█ couple of hours and then edit 50 minutes of music. █
█ Not my cup of tea at all. Sometimes I choose not █
█ to review them because I don't want simply bash █
█ other peoples work, I don't do that. But I'm █
█ pretty sure most of their catalogue is high grade █
█ for the Jazz Fusion lovers. █
█ Saying that, I could basically do the same with █
█ MAHOGANY FROG. But no, I'll not. Since their █
█ previous album, the great DO5 (1998) I was waiting █
█ for their next one, it was such a great album. █
█ This band isn't about the Jazz Fusion, they're █
█ about experimentations. But wait a bit, when I say █
█ experimentations I'm not talking about 60 minutes █
█ of noise with no sense, no melodies and no music, █
█ no I'm not. This guys from Canada know how to mix █
█ perfectly their instrumental music without being █
█ boring. █
█ I'm talking about Progressive Rock, Experimental █
█ Rock and just enough Post-Rock to make it █
█ interesting. And they mix it all with melodies, █
█ even when the synths take over their music it's █
█ not just noise, is musical noise, and that my █
█ friends is what makes them interesting. For █
█ example, when the synth mimic a F1 car, to pay █
█ tribute to the great Ayrton Senna (which is █
█ obvious when you look to the name of the album). █
█ Senna (2012) is not just a great example of how to █
█ be different and experiment in music, but it's █
█ also a great example of how to do experimental █
█ music and instrumental music with melody and █
█ interesting sounds/passages, even when electronic █
█ music comes in here and there they make it in a █
█ interesting way. █
█ Unfortunatelly the album comes in a cheap and █
█ uninteresting Cardoard Sleeve in Gatefold format █
█ with little information about the content, but the █
█ music, oh the music. Worth, every second. █
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░ 1. Houndstooth Part 1 4:03 ░
░ 2. Houndstooth Part 2 5:28 ░
░ 3. Expo '67 5:04 ░
░ 4. Flossing With Buddha 4:34 ░
░ 5. Message From Uncle Stan: Grey Shirt 8:28 ░
░ 6. Message From Uncle Stan: Green House 3:48 ░
░ 7. Saffron Myst 4:02 ░
░ 8. Aqua Love Ice Cream Delivery Service 7:45 ░
░ 43:12 ░
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