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Canvas Solaris-Penumbra Diffuse
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Reviewed
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Russ
Bellinger |
| Genre: |
Prog Rock |
| Country: |
England |
| Language: |
English |
| Length: |
48:44 |
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Release
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January 17, 2006 |
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Label:
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Sensory
Records
Laser's
Edge
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| Band
Members: |
Nathan Sapp / lead/rhythm guitars,
6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, MicroMoog synthesizers, guitar
synthesizer |
Ben Simpkins / rhythm guitar,
bass guitar, mandolin, 12-string acoustic guitar, |
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Hunter Ginn / drums, conga, tabla,
djembe, doumbek, shaker, guiro, tambourine, castanets, glockenspiel,
gong |
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Listing: |
1.)- Panoramic Long-Range Vertigo
(3:51) |
2.)-Horizontal Radiant (11:24)
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3.)- Accidents In Mutual Silence
(4:13) |
4.)-Vaihayasa (4:22) |
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5.)-To Fracture (7:42)
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6.)-Psychotropic Resonance
(4:53) |
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7.)-Luminescence (12:00)
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| The
Review |
Wow! What a band! These guys can
blow the roof off of any building and mesmerize even the most
technical minds with their time signatures and sheer force
of the music. Not just a heavy metal band, not just a prog
band, and not just a jazz/rock-fusion band, but a band that
somehow evolves into a new life form that uses all of these
styles of music to create a new hybrid style of music that
fuses everything we have come to know in the world of progressive
rock music. In other words they are pushing the boundries
of music as we know it.
The first Canvas Solaris CD "Spatial
Design" was released in 2002 and gave the first signs of this
innovative band's leap into the future of music. It showed
great promise of what was to come. Then in 2004 they released
"Sublimation" an instrumental sonic masterpiece that has yet
to be rivaled by anyone. It clearly gave way to the musical
possibilities that few bands dare to explore. King Crimson,
Porcupine Tree, and Brand X are probably the only bands who
can be compared to reaching into these higher forms of music
and Canvas Solaris has taken it's lessons from the very best,
though they have remained uniquely in their own sound.
On their newest release "Penumbra
Diffuse" they once again have created an updated venture into
the world of musical surprise. From the heavy opening moments
of "Panoramic Long-Range Vertigo" to the flowing synthesizers
of "Horizontal Radiant" which I consider to be one of the
best instrumental tracks by anyone in the new century. The
entire CD is adventurous but at the same time tightly arranged.
"Luminescence" closes the CD with more brilliant and glowing
textures. All in all, another work of great proportions and
I highly recommend this CD to all who love the works of bands
such as Brand X and Crimson, even a with a touch of Dream
Theater's John Petrucci thrown in - because the guitar work
here definately rivals that. An amazing accomplishment. Russ
Bellinger March 2006
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