Edison's Electronic Review - 466
A complete departure from the past few shows. I came across some really lovely piano/neoclassical albums and I felt these would be lovely to share.
If Kai Engel’s third album showed his abilities as a composer of cinematic soundtracks for historical films, then his new work gets us back to the neoclassical tone of sound, only with far greater versatility and skill. Once again you’ll hear lyrical melodies born in joys and sadnessess of love, inspired by a melancholy in the night, a light sorrow and urban romantics.
Waking Stars 2:53 Kai Engel Evening Colors
Melancholy Aftersounds 2:43 Kai Engel Evening Colors
Rainfall Serenade 3:07 Kai Engel Evening Color
Our Darkness In The Sky 2:47 Kai Engel Evening Colors
Life’s Composing 1:42 Kai Engel Evening Colors
For Better Or Worse 3:39 Kai Engel Evening Colors
Puddles And Bars 1:55 Kai Engel Evening Colors
It’s Only Mourning 2:54 Kai Engel Evening Colors
With An Ashtray By My Side 2:45 Kai Engel Evening Colors
Try as you like, it’s doubtful that you can avoid something along the lines of ‘noir’, ‘heaviness’, and in some cases ‘cyberpunk’ when describing this album. We probably can, though. ‘Paradigm Lost’ is uncertain, but not because this contrast between the almost industrial pressure and the usual kind of Engel’s melancholy isn’t organic, it is. And the album is betting on it. It defines its primary mood as uncertainty and confusion. This is a short but memorable road from the most gloomy to the most aspriring moments of Kai’s music.
A Neon Flesh 6:31 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Cutting To The Chase 2:30 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Tentative Steps 4:10 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Past The Lanterns 3:49 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
The Burden Of Empathy 4:07 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Streets As Friends 2:24 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Comfort In A Bottle 2:50 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Transcending Heaven 2:59 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Junction 3:15 Kai Engel Paradigm Lost
Elegant, diverse and distinct, the arctic vitality of Flavio Severino’s album “Mancanze” tells a solemn and in-places oneiric tale that stands well on its own, riddled with delicate nuance and a hyperborean conviction. With an ethereal tranquility that appears to pulsate in time with the landscape it claims to represent, natural, classical and contemporary inspiration becomes apparent, with juxtaposing genres complimenting each other magnificently.
Specchio 4:30 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Scelte 6:33 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Profumi 5:44 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Vento 4:27 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Mediterraneo 3:23 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Istanze 3:12 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Sequenze 3:34 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Coma 2:58 Flavio Severino Mancanze
Silenzi 6:36 Flavio Severino Mancanze
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