KRAAN

Kraan were a complete strange band for me until a month ago. As a present, my wife went into a local record shop and found this for me along with Power And The Passion from Eloy. The later is a great album, but the former is just magical and fantastic. Being a newbee in this jazz rock styles, I found Kraan's debut album the perfect example of the kind of music I really like concerning this style. The musicianship is fantastic, specially bass and guitar work blows me away, but this album is really strong in terms of composition. It is so well crafted, the mood it brings is so sweet, fresh and dynamic, I never get bored listening to it. It has an oriental flavour I really enjoy. Favourites are Saras Ritt Durch Schwarzwald, Head and, of course, Kraan Arabia.