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BEYOND EXPRESSIONFinchSymphonic Prog4.07 | 163 ratings |
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Tarcisio Moura
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I was quite surprised by this album. I remember listening to it some time ago and getting the
feeling of just another instrumental jazz rock album by a band that was obviously influenced by
Mahavishnu Orchestra. Upon listening to Beyond Expression recently I feel that I was unfair and did
not pay very much attention to a very good prog band. Yes, the music here is more akin to jazz rock/
fusion than to symphonic prog, but still there are enough elements of the latter to make a big
difference to the flurry of faceless fusion acts that seem to sprung from everywhere during the
70´s. There also some heavy explicit blues moments too. But, being dutch, the fine melodies are not
absent either. And after repeated spins I found this album to be more pleasant, creative and
original than I originally thought it was. As one expects the musicianship of the band members is simply astonishing. Joop Van Nimwegen is a tremendous skillful and creative guitarist that leads the music in here. His style is close to fellow countryman Jan Akkermann, although obviously less classical influenced. His playing is very technical and precise. The remaining members are not far behind him, but just like Mahavishnu orchestra, this is clearly a guitar led band. What surprised me the most is the variety of styles they played, the mood swings and the melodic approach, something not very usual for the jazz rock acts in general. So I guess, they are indeed a symphonic prog band after all, only with a heavy leaning towards fusion. Rating: 4 strong stars. Very fine Instrumental album by a terrific, underrated, band. Guess I´ll have to look for their other works. Holland rules!
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