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░ ██ ██ Artist: Cosmograf ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: The Unreasonable Silence █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-01-03 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Cosmograf Music ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ COSMOGRAF is a progressive rock project lead by █
█ Robin Armstrong, a multi instrumentalist musician █
█ from Waterlooville nr Portsmouth UK. The sound is █
█ rooted in 70s classic rock with a contemporary and █
█ progressive twist. █
█ Robin Armstrong plays guitar, keyboards, bass and █
█ drums, sings, and records, producing himself and █
█ fellow collaborating musicians, in his home █
█ studio, 'The Trees', self built at the bottom of █
█ the garden. The project is now in it's third █
█ incarnation, with a number of talented musicians █
█ from the progressive rock community performing and █
█ writing on the new album 'When Age has Done it's █
█ Duty'. █
█ 'Neo prog' is about as close as you can get to a █
█ label but the occasional lapse into straight metal █
█ or even classical, often dumbfounds a catch all █
█ description. I've never been very talented in █
█ weaving the genres seamlessly together like 'Yes' █
█ would do. It's fairly clear where it's at though, █
█ when you listen to it. █
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█ CosmografÆs fifth release is an existential █
█ concept album with an alien theme, based on the █
█ essay æThe Myth of SisyphusÆ by the French █
█ philosopher Albert Camus. █
█ ôItÆs essentially a more modern re-telling of █
█ CamusÆs writings about mankindÆs struggle to █
█ understand the universe and our role within itö, █
█ says the conceptÆs creator Robin Armstrong. ôCamus █
█ described man standing face to face with the █
█ irrational, longing for happiness and reason which █
█ leads to a confrontation between the human need █
█ and the unreasonable silence of the world.ö █
█ Between our quest for knowledge and refusal of the █
█ world to give up its secrets, lies the concept of █
█ absurdism. In his original essay, Camus describes █
█ Sysiphus, a mythological character condemned to a █
█ pointless labour, to illustrate the absurdity of █
█ human existence. Robin Armstrong twists the story █
█ to portray a modern character that has become █
█ disillusioned with his own life to the point that █
█ he believes his destiny may reside in another █
█ world. As with previous Cosmograf albums, the █
█ concept is played out with a very cinematic feel █
█ and explores the themes of paranoia, social █
█ withdrawal and conformity, and ultimately the █
█ search for meaning in our own existence. █
█ The Unreasonable Silence features guest █
█ appearances by Nick DÆVirgilio, Nick Beggs, Dave █
█ Meros and Rachael Hawnt as well as a number of █
█ voice acting contributions. █
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░ 1. Echo $abduction 2:19 ░
░ 2. This Film Might Change Your Life 9:02 ░
░ 3. Plastic Men 6:27 ░
░ 4. Arcade Machine 8:37 ░
░ 5. RGB 4:02 ░
░ 6. Four Wall Euphoria 5:23 ░
░ 7. The Uniform Road 7:20 ░
░ 8. The Silent Field 2:15 ░
░ 9. Relativity 4:48 ░
░ 10. The Unreasonable Silence 9:08 ░
░ 59:21 ░
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