CD Details

BLUE

FINNEGANS WAKE
2008 , BELGIUM , EAN CODE 9991410021314 - EURO 13.00

Label: ALTROCK PRODUCTIONS

ALBUM REVIEW
Fifth album from this now Belgo-Brazilian (the group has relocated there) and the third exploring a colour after Yellow and Green, but there is no trace of the man Alexandre Mourras-Barros, that overtook the group by storm with his arrival in the double 4th album, eventually inciting the group to move to Brazil...With a slightly tribal blue artwork, hence the title, this album was released in the fall of 08 on the AltrOck label. Another pleasant surprise is the album’s excellent production, a novelty for the band ever since their 4th, as the first three were really poor in that department...Musically, this album is not really much different than the previous double album and its vast array of chamber music, but next to Green and Yellow, the contrasts will be striking as the music was near jazz- rock with a Canterbury twist, but Blue is firmly in chamber prog with a Zeuhl twist. But comparing from Pictures and 4th, you would be hard pressed to find an aspect of the band that would have changed due to the band’s relocation in Brazil, but the progression is really there and they’ve grown a Zeuhl affinity...one of the most essential album of the year in the “complex prog category... (S.Trane)