Artist.......: Annot Rhⁿl
Album........: Lost in the Woods
Label........: Sulatron Records
Genre........: Progressive Rock
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-28-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.annotrhul.com/
track title time
01. Lost in the Woods 06:46
02. Ghost Children (The Haunted Mansion part II) 04:04
03. Deadly Nightshade 01:20
04. Roses Blue 04:55
05. Sailing on the River Styx 01:13
06. The Dark Lord 04:51
07. Mirage 01:42
08. Evergreen Forest 03:17
09. Planes or Time Machines 03:50
10. Light 02:48
11. Carlos' Brothers 04:03
12. Sans Souci 02:12
13. King Arthur 02:26
14. Knife Valley 04:06
15. The Haunted Mansion 03:50
16. Aurora Borealis 06:48
17. Stung By a Cactus 02:28
Runtime 60:39 min
Size 81,1 MB
Release Notes:
Annot Rhⁿl from Norway has already released one
CD-R called Who Needs Planes or Time Machines, When
ThereÆs Music and Daydreams? This CD on Sulatron
Records includes that plus a brand new Lost in the
Woods EP. Annot RhⁿlÆs band features members for
example from the excellent Seid. The music is
really exquisite, atmospheric and varies from soft,
floating stuff through prog to heavy stoner/space
rock. There are a lot of different kinds of
keyboards like organ, electric piano, Moogs and
Mellotron. Lost on the Woods also has some vocals,
but the previous album is totally instrumental.
The first six tracks on this disc form the Lost in
the Woods EP. It begins with the excellent, soft
Pink Floyd styled title track. Great male vocals.
The melancholic, descending, slow and beautiful
ôGhost Childrenö continues in a fine way including
male and female vocals and for example Mellotron.
ôDeadly Nighshadeö is a short interlude after which
comes the peaceful, pretty and mystical ôRoses
Blueö. The short and frightening ôSailing on the
River Styxö is like from some horror movie or King
Diamond album. The EP finishes with heavy
stoner/space rock masterpiece ôThe Dark Lordö that
really rocks and is quite similar to Seid. Sure,
the lyrics are inspired by Tolkien. A totally
amazing EP!
Who Needs Planes orà starts off with a short intro
piece öMirageö. The beautiful track called
ôEvergreen Forestö has a woody, folky feel to it
and it again reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd. Right
after it comes the rather progressive, later on
also heavier and psychedelic ôPlanes or Time
Machinesö that includes a great organ solo and some
totally great going in every way! ôLightö is a 60Æs
styled, airy and keyboard-driven track that also
has for example some lapsteel. The nice and groovy
ôCarlosÆ Brothersö brings to mind The Hypnomen from
Finland and includes for example sitar to add an
Eastern feel to it. ôSans Coupö progresses in ╛
time and has an amusement park atmosphere. The nice
ôKing Arthurö is closer to surf and beat music.
ôKnife Valleyö starts the rocking again, great!
ôThe Haunted Mansionö is a more peaceful number.
One of the best tracks is for sure ôAurora
Borealisö that is based on a hypnotic sequencer
pattern and is a really marvellous piece also
including some ebow guitar and psych burbles, among
other things. This sounds a little like Tangerine
Dream. The album ends with the Mexican moods of
ôStung by Cactusö. Although the music on the album
is very varied it forms a really interesting and
strong whole and will be spinning at my house for a
long time. Highly recommended!