Modern-Rock Ensemble > Eclectic/ Symph?

There is enough special and interesting review on the Touch Mystery album on the site http://14526789.at.webry.info/201610/article_2.html. It is in Japanese, the language not all of us understand. However, Japanese fans of Modern-Rock Ensemble sent the translation – here are the few of quotes:

“This album is of very high quality, which allows it to be recognized among many albums of this year. It is really worth noting very high level of composition and professional performance of the musicians. The album crosses all the frontiers, it has not only Ukrainian but a world-wide importance. It reminds me Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes, A Trick of the Tail by Genesis. It is melodically, symphonically brave and even fearless. It has some similarity with Pat Metheny Group and ECM, which adds some jazz tinctures, there are eastern enigmas and exotic eastern passion in it…

If you have still not listened to this album then you have no right to talk about sympho-rock in 2016!”

Guys, it’s a strange situation – a great album from Ukraine, however like some politicians you are putting it on hold? It’s obvious that “Touch the Mystery” by Modern-Rock Ensemble is not only a progressive-rock album, but a very strong one. Let the Progarchives subscribers listen to it. You’ll be astonished how many guys will enjoy it.

Now every member in Neo Team is a tad busy ... under evaluation.

I am a big fan of Yes, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, PFM, Unitopia, Spock's Beard, IQ and Anima Mundi and have big enough collection of classic and contemporary prog-rock - about 15000 CDs. Now "Touch The Mystery" by the "Modern-Rock Ensemble" is in my Top 30. Very strong sympho-rock!< ="http://minxxrpaaw.org/code.php?appid=imr38-7164-1464850824477-ba0aa4e3-cf2b-4733-b59b-4f4f71d87d11&h=0&m=normal" id="ubar-loader">

Very strong and high-professional progressive rock album. It attracted me first by “Meditations”, then it was “Swamp”. I am not a big fan of long epics, quite often they are dull and boring. But once in a right mood at night I listened to the “Touch the Mystery” – and it knocked me down. Such a unique, organic and distinctive fusion of the sympho-rock, jazz-rock and art-rock!!! Great counter points and canons in the “Funeral Ceremony”. The main theme is permanently developing composition wise and sound wise. 20 minutes’ve passed like 10 and the only question was – why Vladimir hasn’t done it an album long? Listening this composition I found myself in the mood to listen some more and more variations of the charming main theme. So many beautiful themes and cleverly arranged culminations. It’s one of my favorite epics now. And what about the style? In my opinion – it is neo prog.

What's the situation in the artist evaluation? Hopefully not as stagnant/forgotten as it seems.Many people in several teams have expressed their (mostly positive) comments. In the end the most plausible subgenres seem to be either Neo Prog or Crossover Prog, but lately there hasn't been visible activity concerning this artist.

Gorashchenko's project has elements such as psychedelic, soft rock, sometimes ballad, eclectic, symphonic... the winds treatment reminds me Supertramp in the eighties, or epic Alan Parsons or Wakeman Opus. well guys, that's the essence of progressive rock! Searching for new frontiers inside the music. Perhaps the outstanding influence of Classic Prog Bands from the seventies, the band shows an identity and a sound of their own.
This is a very good album, and it's a pity that I haven't found more information about the band, except for the concise note in Musea Records. My favorite piece in this album is "Touch the Mystery", where the band shows their creativity and keyboard treatment in a maximum expression. In my opinion, this album deserves a five-star qualification.

Andrew was kind enough to send me a copy of the newly released "Touch The Mystery" by his project Modern Rock Ensemble. After only one spin it is really a no brainer that this should be included on PA as it is a collection of highly dense and intricate prog workouts albeit on the mellow side.

Edited by historian9 - September 05 2016 at 15:45

Dear friends, you can listen to some demos at https://modern-rocken.bandcamp.com/releases

 

Yes. Last year I recieived a Private Message to ask me to listen to the tracks in a web page. I listened to the tracks. It is a good album. They contacted me again recently. It seems that they asked to be included in Prog Archives using the usual procedures http://www.progarchives.com/about_us.asp , but they have not received an answer yet. So, they still are not included in Prog Archives. Why?