AMNÉSIE

Having heard Lazuli's latest CD "En Avant Doute" I was quite eager to get their previous record, "Amnesie" as well and... discovered that it was almost impossible to buy! Finally I managed to get it from the French Amazon store and feel really happy about it, because I find this album even more interesting than "En Avant Doute". Yes, "Amnesie" is not as powerful as it's successor, but here music is much more nuanced, more imaginative. I find it a real gem of the latter-day prog and it's a disgrace that it is so little known (and so unavailable!). I, for the most part, agree with the previous reviewers about influences on this record, adding probably the great French precussionist Pierre Morlen. And I would like to thank Lazuli's guys for not choosing to sing in English - with the language they have also preserved certain French flair which is present in their music even if you don't concentrate on the vocals. So - almost full five stars!