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Perhaps its a belated Diwali or even an early Christmas in the musical world. A new star has born on the scene and that too with a bang!
It's a bit hard to digest the fact that a guy associated with a much harsher and darker industrial rock music genre can, so flawlessly create lovely and unique pieces of musical fantasies with a touch of calmness in it.
These two beauties rock man! Even though this Demo is only around 6 minutes long, it packs a punch and would ring the ear drums of a larger section of population being in Hindi.
Demo One might have only two tracks but they display the immense hard work and time devoted by this artist. It's not easy for a single person to take care of the so many parts of music. But Sifar has achieved it all in these tracks with perfection. I salute you comrade!

The vocals on both the tracks are clear, lovely and dreamy. The lyrics are well constructed. The music is cool and pleasing. Thoughtfully made project. Chal Diye begins with a heart warming guitar work and then delves into an equally emotional voice of the artist. The hats in this track are pretty much similar with that of one of Etherdust tracks (just a minor observation).

Roko Na Mujhe has an all together different mood. A rather determined sense in the music. This one is a jewel. Awesome track! I don't have any words to describe it! Just sing to the tune and enjoy!!

Overall the complete package was an eye opener for me. A star rising. A few more tracks and this will be transformed into a complete album. The audio is studio quality. It was a pleasurable morning. With brain storming Economics to study early in the morning, its always exciting for surprises like these to happen which are very very rare. Wow what a morning it was....Alfred Webber...who's that?...mmm...Sifar.....that's better...aaaaaaah...

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Before writing the review I would like to say that this is my first Josh Woodward album and he has impressed me more than any other artist in this genre of music with his beautiful singing.

This album is a 42 minute long damn cool stuff. What's great is that it doesn't sound an album downloaded from Jamendo. It has a different flavour, much different from any other album that I have listened to here. It is professionally crafted. The melodies are calm and sweet. The vocals mix perfectly with the slow and drifting drum sounds and dreamy guitar work. It's perfect entertainment for your evening coffee time.

For every student: download this album in the best format, put it in your mp3 player. Don't forget to listen to it on your speakers atleast once at a good volume early in the morning and also after returning from your respective school or college. This package will blow your mind off. This is the kind of music I am thirsty for. I listen to it while cycling my way through the farms and forests on the way to my college. 'Aeon' will definitely help you relax in your exam days.

Mindblowing stuff!

Finally we can call this work as an album. I would rather combine both the albums ´At Someone Else´s Funeral´ and this one and enjoy 30 minutes of great work. Etherdust has really improved. This album is very fluid. It is really thrilling listening to the layers and layers of music. Seriously, your work is a lot better than most of the commercial artists coming out in India.
If only this album had atleast one song in Hindi or any other regional language, it would have increased its pride to the highest level making it a bi-language hit stuff. Thats because their isn´t any album on Jamendo having songs written in Indian languages. I like all of the songs, especially ´24´ & ´Take My Place (Head Mix) really cool stuff !!
I would certainly come to watch your live performance one day.

Nice and smooth original compositions by Tryad in this interesting compilation. The recording quality has certainly improved as compared to their previous jewel 'Public Domain'.

I was mesmerized by the songs 'Alone', 'You are god' & 'this'. The ideas are so original and so professionally executed that they can cast a spell on any listener.
'Struttin' was a little strange yet interesting track. 'Breathe' was a little boring and long. 'Waltz into Moonlight' was an enjoyable listen even though it was very very long. The weak vocals of 'Lovely' made it a dull listen.
Well some other tracks such as 'All the same', 'Mesmerize', 'Beauty' and 'Empty' seemed to me as old fashioned ones. There was some hidden element in them which made them sound like a lullaby. Probably some sleep mechanism engraved in the recording ;-)

In the end I would like to say that, 'Listen' was a compilation of all sorts of tastes. The piano work was flawless often reminding me the music of early 20th century. But that old fashioned 'ness' bored me a little. If I had to make a comparison between 'Public Domain' and 'Listen', I would prefer the former one because its much more energetic, much more dark. But if I had to recommend any one of the 2 albums to my parents I would prefer 'Listen'.

Already awaiting your third installation!