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If I should describe this album with just few words I would say it interesting, well composed and played. The songs sink their root in the classical progressive rock, but it's easy to find many influences in terms of styles and sounds. All ingredients are well mixed together, and create nice and original atmospheres. Worth listening... possibly more than once.
I'm not a fan of pure jazz, but I love it when it is part of some kind of contamination. Jazz U is exactly that. A contamination of mainly Jazz and Ambient music. It's a really fine contamination, where sounds overlap smoothly and create a nice - but not boring at all - dynamic atmosphere, whit a huge lot of musical influences. Suggested, at least.
I'm probably the worst reviewer for this kind of music genre... I'm not really into electrobeat, so I can't apprecciate the good in Rozbit's music. This album is quite unlistenable to me; noise and music mixed in an incoherent way make every track really hard to listen.
Lego plays nice music. They know how to mix elctronic sounds and real instruments to create a good atmosphere. This album tries to push the concept a bit further, but somehow (I think) it misses the goal.
Some tracks are really nice indeed, while some others are too experimental for my personal tastes. Thus the feeling of having a demo rather than a complete album remains strong.
I have a struggled opinion about this album. Sound is very interesting, and some songs are good examples of relaxing ambient. I liked the way the artist experiment with sounds to achieve a complex though smooth experience. Unfortunately, I also had the feeling that something is missing... some kind of "incompleteness" which arose form time to time between tracks. It is good indeed, but I'm sure it could have been better.
This work is incredible... I'm amazed by the way traditional jazzy sounds and patterns are mixed with modern ambient music.
The tracks are really well played, and the choice of the different instruments construct a unique path that leads the listener throught all songs.
Never boring... this album renews itself every time you listen to it.
This album is really good as a soundtrack when you have to work. It is a good mix of energy, melodies and rythm. Every track is really interesting, and the great care for sounds and harmonies let the listener to go deep in the realm of sensations proposed by the artist. Play it in loop and enjoy the world of Silence.
The first thing that appear clearly to me is that the band likes to experiment with differents genres of music. The second thing is that they do that very well.
Elixir is a stylish mix of influences with the really appreciated plus of having an inner coherence. No sharp boundaries between songs, although you can clearly perceive the differences between the styles.
This album is also greatly played... I personally like the personality of the bass guitar lines and the clear impact of the singer.
It worth a try... then it will deserve more.
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