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L'ESPRIT DE L'EXIL
LU7
2005 , JAPAN - Out of print/Fuori stampa
Label: MUSEA
ALBUM REVIEW
LU7 is the name of a current Japanese Progressive rock band, centered around the charming Luna UMEGAKI's keyboards, and around virtuoso Tsutomu KURIHARA's guitar. Let's also note the guest appearances of several musicians: a drummer, a percussionnist, a bass player, female and male vocalists, a violinist, a bagpipe player... Published as a joint-venture by the Poseidon and Musea labels, the second album "L'Exprit De L'Exil" (2004) is a real revelation in the instrumental Progressive jazz-rock field, as it's full of qualities no so common in this genre. No question of cliches, coldness or sterile virtuosity here: the density of the seven pieces (Mostly instrumental) is impressive, as are the splendid melodies and the diversity of the atmospheres, from happiness to melancholia. Musically speaking, the listener is free to imagine what an desinhibited Allan HOLDSWORTH could have composed, when discovering celtic or arabic music.
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