a very colourful, inspiring and rewarding listen
author: Paulius
How is it possible to play, let alone think of, music like this? S'pose it takes a good measure of genius and a touch of madness!?! These are guys who obviously have a great relationship with their instruments and know where they are going with them, and each other. The rhythms, time signatures (thanks for the CD notes) and the rich tapestry of influences make this a very colourful, inspiring and rewarding listen. Vocals are simply beautiful. Encore.
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This has everything you need....
author: Mike Lang
This has everything you need.... melody, rhythm, groove, structure, feeling - buy a bunch of these!
Pay particular attention to the lyric of G. S. T. - you'll never do Italian solfegg again!
I particularly enjoyed "Sitcom" because it takes several syntaxes and makes them behave as one. (If you understand this remark, you'll luv the album; if you don't understand this remark, it's okay and you still might like the album....)
"Bar" is very cool to dance to... (make sure you have your choreographer with you!)
Get this! ---, you won't be sorry. (And if you become sorry after listening to this, that would be sorriful in and of itself, so to speak....)
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Awesome compositions delivered by awesome performances
author: Mastaneh Nazarian
Ek brings out lots of brilliance colors from the guitar trio format. The compositions reveal an original voice that can
only be reached by some true hard work, and soul searching. Through a heap of humour and fun into the bag and you're in for a great ride!
Full of surprises,
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fun, intriguing, sensorial, and vastly entertaining!
author: Jemma Thompson
being not terribly au fait with this style of music, I was quite prepared to be a little out of my depth, thinking the music was technically brilliant, but not something I would enjoy listening to over and over. How wrong I was!This CD is so much fun to listen to! I particularly like the Indian influences, and found Ek!intriguing, sensorial and vastly entertaining!
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