DEDALUS

Aren't afraid of a fly in your soup? jazz in your prog? Check out Dedalus! Funnily enough, I wouldn't categorize these guys in Fusion, more in Eclectic Prog. This isn't just Jazz, it's also RIO, electro, and hard-rockish! The first rack, Santiago', proves just that. It begins with a Miles Davis-esque jazz jam, then descends into an extended instrumental synth section that concludes the song darkly, but not before returning to a bit of jazz. 'Leda' is avant-jazz and electro-prog all at once. Truly wild, but fun all the same. The Rhodes sure is prominent here, and I LOVE it! 'Conn', the shortest song on the album, is something straight out of a horror movie (an artsy one, that is!). Avant-garde, groovy, and eerie all at once. This is followed by the longest song on the album: the suite 'CT 6'. Again, the Rhodes is very prominent here. There is some African influence here. The music proves very art-rockish. I wouldn't be surprised if the great Billy Cobham was hitting the kit here. This track feels like a collection of solos, if a collection of anything. Fun, high-octane all the way through, and very, very Dedalus. Calls back to Soft Machine's 'Third' at times. 'Brilla', the epic closer, is just pure beautiful sax. Not concerned about getting dirty and gritty, this track just flows, like a pebble-less river, or a cloudless sky. It gets fast, it gets slow; I don't care. To me, all it is is amazing. As a person born into jazz music, this album is a gift from God: prog and jazz shaking hands, a rare occasion. Prog on.

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