Release : Miriodor - Avanti!
Artist : Miriodor
Album : Avanti!
Genre : Fusion
Source : CDDA
Label : Cuneiform Records
URL : http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/
Date : 00-00-2009
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 196kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 7
Time : 60:37 min
Size : 85.58 MB
1 Bewitchment 9:16
2 Dare Devil 8:44
3 Meeting Point 9:17
4 Standard Deviation 6:39
5 To Be Determined 10:29
6 Avanti! 8:18
7 Shadow Of The Alarm Clock 7:54
Sometimes it's hard to write about an album simply because it's difficult to
find new ways of saying 'amazing'. Miriodor's albums present that challenge.
With a string of utterly fabulous releases already leading up to Avanti, how
does one find a new way to get across the fact that Miriodor are one of the very
finest new music/rock ensembles in existence? Maybe by truthfully stating that,
in my opinion, Avanti is most likely their best work yet! The band have always
produced music that is intricate, tuneful, challenging and filled with both fire
and humor. The mixing and production were handled by member Bernard Falaise, the
first time the band have done all of this work 'in house' and he has added some
adventurous and interesting touches which never overwhelm the integrity of the
underlying musical work, but add an additional dimension which is new for the
band.
"Fortuitously placed under the sign of number seven, MiriodorÆs seventh album
contains seven songs which all last seven minutes or more, for a total of 60
minutes of dense and twisted music, α la Miriodor. The band, now in its 30th
year of existence, has attained a level of cohesion and complicity that
sometimes baffles even its more recent members, those who have only been around
for 15 years or so... At the core of this production are the usual partners in
crime : Bernard Falaise (guitars, stringed instruments, etc.), Pascal Globensky
(keyboards, synthesizer, piano), RΘmi Leclerc (drums, percussion, sampler) and
Nicolas Masino (bass, keyboards). On this album, we tried to develop our playing
as a quartet, so about half the album has no outside guests, no sequences and
just a few overdubs. On the other pieces we are joined by Pierre "The Preacher"
LabbΘ on tenor and barytone saxes, regular acolyte Marie-Chantal Leclair on
soprano saxophone, and Maxime St-Pierre on trumpet."
"In these challenging times, it's nice to count on something that seems to be
getting better instead of worse. Miriodor have been around now for about 30
years, quite an accomplishment in itself, but perhaps more amazingly, every CD
they release improves in some way upon the last. A case in point is Avanti!
(Onward!), the band's seventh Cuneiform CD, released in May 2009.... On Avanti!
Miriodor have climbed their highest peak yet and now stand patiently waiting for
you to discover them." û David Lynch/All Music Guide