The Book of Angels, Day 4.
Boo! It’s here! Final day! Yay!
Volume 25 - Gomory Interpreted by Mycale
Once again I can listen to Mycale’s gorgeous singing, the lyrics, the vocal arrangements, and the interesting melodies that they come up with.
It’s like Mycale (the volume). Yeah. More vocal jazz and acapella gorgeousness. Nothing else to say here but: beautiful.
More Flamenco this time, though.
Volume 26 - Cerberus Interpreted by The Spike Orchestra
Big Bands! Marching! The Spike Orchestra comes big, with impact, and an enormous sound. They come to break with the focus on individuals, and the entire band parties around the compositions.
The horns have such a big impact on how it sounds. It’s a large sound. No individual instrument is ever left alone. The sound is shared, everyone does their part, and albeit there are solos, the band’s always there.
This is... big band. Yeah. It’s nice, melodic, ordered, and not free jazz (well, not that much). There are some nice soundscapes, like in Gehegial and Shinial, that remind me of Alastor, which is good. The rhythms feel natural, not forced, which is also a nice touch.
Volume 27 - Flaga Interpreted by Flaga
It begins and has some characteristics of the initial volume, Astaroth. Classic jazz setup: drums, bass, piano. Simple. Modern, good acoustic jazz.
Kinda free, but more romantic. A cup of wine, a fine cheese, and the strong flavours combine. It’s the smell of coffee. The touch of vanilla in the air. The soft, delicate bread on your mouth. The known aroma of their perfume. The dance you had, the sneak touch you feel in the arm. The blush in your face.
Flaga flows in like a natural piece of the ambient. Sensational, sexy music. It’s to enjoy and to feel the pleasure in the ears and mind. Pretentious, yet honest. It’s a piece of music that’s recognisable through all the flashes thrown into your mind.
Hopefully that describes the entire music in the volume enough for you, reader.
Volume 28 - Andras Interpreted by Nova Express Quintet
A more Zorn-ish jazz that is familiar in sound to his usual work, but not in the crazy way he usually does. Yes, it has a lot of instruments playing around. Drum solos, organs, and other instruments I don’t know the names of...
It’s not as chaotic as common Zorn jazz, but it’s certainly good. A good mix of vibraphones, organs, and other stuff. A nice atmosphere walled by the Zorn walls of Klezmer. It has Klezmer, a bit too strong, but still nice to listen to.
Mhm...
Volume 29 - Flauros Interpreted by AutorYno
And the last volume begins loudly! Strong guitar emphasis. Soundscapes. Textures. A weirdly progressive rock song beginning, for sure.
Instead of falling into show-off territory, there is a real structure here. There’s spirit, emotion. Punky, gritty, noisy, AutorYno manages to find that balance between guitar emphasis and texture/rhythm emphasis. They go into heavy territory, then to surf, dynamic. It gets a bit tiring, but it’s more organised that Abraxas and has more sound dynamics.
I genuinely enjoy this type of “guitar-centric” music, like old And So I Watch You From Afar or some of other artists and groups (Behold... The Arctopus). The is more sincerity here. They know what to do, and even though having a guide, a composition to follow... they manage to transform it into their own.
This is what i like about Flauros.
Well. It’s the end. Tomorrow I’ll say my favourites from the entire collection. For now, highlights.
Highlights: Gomory, Cerberus, Flaga.
