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THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS
APOGEE
2003 , GERMANY - EURO 13.50
Label: MUSEA
ALBUM REVIEW
Apogee presents Arne SCHÄFER's solo work, as he's the leader and singer from German band VERSUS X. Besides this collective experience, he wrote a lot of material (All together more than ten hours of music !) from which "The Border Of Awareness" (1994) is a selection. He is a multi-instrumentalist, an exceptional guitarist above all, and a brilliant composer: this CD reveals an incredible musical culture, including German folk, hard-rock, jazz, Progressive rock, contemporary music... This very eclectic musician builds a fully original and personnal music. Through complex, diverse rhythms and arrangements, he suggests very special, often dark atmospheres and reveals a deep sense of musical strangeitude. Still influenced by VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, "Sisyphos" (1998) went even further into complexity, achevement and magnificence. Highly recommended !
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