Music: Jazz Rock
Website: www.karcius.com
Duration: 58:20 minutes (7 tracks)
Country: Canada
KARCIUS is the next representative of progressive playing. The album came to me from Canadian label Unicorn Digital Inc. “Episodes” is the third album of this Canadian quartet and supposedly is the most a mature as well as an advanced. Unfortunately I have not comparison to previous materials. I have to believe in the recommendations from the label.
Surely the many of you does not like Jazz Rock (particularly the instrumental bands). Probably the many of you even does not try to listen this type of sounds. And still the metal musicians are inspired by Jazz and Progressive Music, e.g. the virtuosos of guitar or the solo performers. They conjoin the Metal music with Jazz. To understand such connections you should possess a considerable sensibility and a musical intelligence.
Though the insignificant quantities of Metal appear in “Episodes”. Progressive Rock and Jazz Fusion here reign. However the strong and more aggressive hits also appear here. The compositions contain the dynamic guitar phrases (possessing a specific jazz melody) as well as the complex parties of bass and the percussive rhythms. Additionally the sounds of keyboard are plaited with the whole. Moreover the musical phrases sometimes come near in side of different species of a music.
“Episodes” invites us to a trip in the different regions of musical subjects. The road leads by the musical landscapes full of the energetic passions but and through the calm melancholy places. There the music sometimes softly flows in a space and stops itself in land of a flamenco, a regge, a soundtrack or a classical music (then the music gets somewhat a diverse dynamics and a nostalgia from the every musical kinds). Though some musical changes are very surprising. The blissful quiet suddenly becomes aborted by a moderated madness or even a darkness.
Generally the music is very spontaneous and variable as well as rich in the varied sounds of the instruments and the musical effects. This all creates the rich fan of moods.
note: 8.5/10
Tracklist
1. Elements I : Submersion
2. Elements II : Sol
3. Elements III : Combustion
4. Incident
5. Levant
6. Purple King
7. Racines
Line-up
Simon L'Espérance: Guitars
Dominique Blouin: Bass
Thomas Brodeur: Drums
Mingan Sauriol: Keyboards
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