Really nice drum and piano work from Gary. I especially like the feeling that the drum is not the rhythm keeper but a lead instrument--really cool! Excellent fretless bass play and soli! Even Jerry's Holdsworth-like solo is welcome cuz it comes late in the song-- and cuz it duels with Gary's synth , but the key to this success is, IMO, due to Antoine's restraint on the bass in the second half of the song. Solid song but nothing that leaves me wanting more.
The song fails to rise to the heights that the beginning of the second minute seems to promise. It seems that the breakdowns in song flow or group weave in order to make room for soloists--which is the traditional jazz way--works against Antoine's music for some reason. As amazing a guitarist as Jerry De Villiers is I think he is better than the man to whom he is most compared, Allan Holdsworth , one begins to become innured to his one guitar sound.
I have the exact same problem with Allan Holdsworth. I am thankful for his attempts to temper and vary his sound and style but I think the music misses the counterbalancing inputs of the keyboards and saxophones that Antoine's previous album had.
Gary Husband is a great drummer--a great drummer--but, let's face it, any drumming would be a let down when compared to Vinnie Colaiuta's drumming of the last album--which is, in my opinion, one of the greatest whole-album performances by a drummer that I have ever heard.
This is a stellar album all around. The packaging is beautiful and the liner notes are informative. This has three additional tracks that the regular release does not, and they are similarly wonderful. And the production is just top notch, top notch. It almost sounds like a drummer's album, they are mic'd so perfectly. Not a long review here, but rest assured that this is some of Fafard's best songwriting, and he complements it with two great accompanying musicians in Gary Husband and Jerry DeVilliers Jr.
Fafard takes the lead enough to please all bass-lovers e. I've been handing out 4 stars to each of his last solo albums.
This one deserves the full 5. Favorite songs: ALL!! Even the nutty one! Without hesitation: this is a five star album! Check it out! Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
He also composes background music for television and performs as a session bass player. More recently, his renewed interest in the classical guitar inspired him to release his first solo album, Solus Operandi. Studio Album, 3. Studio Album, 4. No two ways about it! Considering Antoine's output thus far as the chief composer of the Canadian outfit Spaced Out, there was nothing to be afraid of while expecting his another release, but on the flip side of it, I must admit that was a bit apprehensive about what might come out of Antoine's intentions to record his debut album which he announced as "new jazz fusion music".
However, the outcome exceeded all my expectations. All my doubts were shattered with the very first listen given to tracks like "New Venture", "Horny Cat" or "Solus Souls". This is undoubtedly Antoine's best effort to date, both as a musician and a composer, which only increases the excitement one might have about what the guy may have in store for us in the forthcoming months. The introduction of classical guitar combined with jazz-fusion feel to the music turned out to be a great success.
With its great instrumentation showcased by the collaborators, as well as deeply engrossing musical ideas successfully implemented by the combo mastermind, the album definitely stands apart from its contemporaries. The atmosphere of mystery throughout the album, thoughtfully interwoven here and there with bright, jazzy colours, has made the cd an inseparable part of my life.
Highly recommended! Time Stretch 2. Time Stretch 3. Time Stretch 4. Don Mock-Sentilla's Dance. Mahavishnu Project-One Word Resolution. John Stowell-Windchaser. Allen Hinds-My Foolish Heart. Bruce Arnold Tone Boogie. Mychael Pollard-I Wonder. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters Ali Neander. The Life Divine Steve Topping. Thanks Mah Bill Hart. Hope Mark Wingfield. Snake Charmer Rez Abassi.
Quiet Moves Claude Pauly. Mahvishnology Gianfranco Continenza. Vital Transformation Trio Of Stridence. Very Early James Findlay. The Things You See. Where Is One. Checking Out. Letters Of Marquee. Out From Under. Temporary Fault. Shallow Sea. White Line. Three Sheets To The Wind. Road Games. Water On The Brain, Pt. Tokyo Dream. Was There. Material Real. Metal Fatigue. Devil Take The Hindmost. Panic Station. In The Mystery. Non-Brewed Condiment. The Dominant Plague.
Looking Glass. All Our Yesterdays. Distance vs Desire. Pud Wud. The 4. Mac Man. City Nights. Maid Marion. Peril Premonition.
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