At first, when I got this promo, I thought it was a folk album, which is fine by me. Well, that's not it at all! Nonetheless, besides my personal compilation of acoustic tunes by the Stones, this sampling has been spinning quite a few times since I got it.
This is a great disc to spins in any given situation. I've listened to this promo at home, at work and even in my car. Being stuck in traffic has never been so enjoyable! Yes, it is that good! Emkog Records has been a stranger all this time, and these acts have been strangers to my old prog.ears. I felt like traveling back in time to the vintage era of prog music, the 70's. Now, this is what I call progressive music! These are intelligent, thrilling compositions and some of them are even long lasting pleasures. One can feel influences from Egg, ELP and a bit of Frank Zappa in some occasions. It feels as if the Canterbury scene had just resurrected or something and it is just great! I would be curious to find out if the individual recordings are all that good or if just the very best tracks were selected to make one of the best compilation I've heard in quite some times. I've been especially pleased by the work of: Deluge Grandeur, Birds and Buildings and Cerebus Effect. One of the very good points here is that most of the tracks are instrumentals. The only exception is the work from All Over Everywhere, and their vocalist is a pleasant lady, so it is not bad at all.
Again, this sampler is like candy to the ears and I would be more than happy to grab other releases from Emkog in a near future. Very well done Emkog and the great acts too!
Track listing:
1- Deluge Grandeur "The Solitude of Miranda"
2- Birds and Buildings "Birds Flying Into Buildings"
3 - All Over Everywhere "Art of the Earth
4 – Birds and Buildings "Yucatan 65: The Agitation of the Mass
5 – Cerebus Effect "Nine Against Ten"
6 – Birds and Buildings "Miracle Pigeon"
7 – Deluge Grandeur "Aggandizement
8 – All Over Everywhere "Gratitude"
9 – A Big Blob of Demos and Early Versions of Forthcoming Music
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