HOLOPHINIUM

Staff: Oliver Rusing: Lead and backing vocals, drums, guitars, bass, keyboards. Michael Sadler: Lead and backing vocals on ¨River¨(Saga) Sean Timms: Piano and keyboard solos on ¨Quantum Leap¨(Unitopia) Colin Tench: Solo guitars on ¨Part of the Century¨ Karsten Stiers: Additional lead and backing vocals on ¨Orbital Spirits¨ Jurg Eschrig: Mandolina on ¨Walk on Water¨, additional vocals on ¨Holophinium¨ Daniel Neustadt: Fretless bass on ¨Angel Scent¨ and ¨Moon¨ Chris Thomas: Acoustic guitars on ¨Some Will Fall¨ Markus Bergen: Keyboard solo on ¨E.G.O.¨

Tracks: CD1: The Fragments 01. Distant Movements (01:44) 02. Holophinium (06:06) 03. E.G.O. (11:28) 04. Victims of Light (06:55) 05. Some Will Fall (04:07) 06. Connection Refused (04:35) 07. River (06:04) 08. Angel Scent (05:59) 09. King (05:04) 10. Quantum Leap (08:59)

CD2: Letter from the White Room 01. Moon (Part I) (02:15) 02. Walk on Water (Part II) (07:35) 03. Orbital Spirits (Part III) (05:04) 04. Eden (Part IV) (06:39) 05. Lifelong (Part V) (07:53) 06. Part of the Century (Part VI) (02:52) 07. Plutonian (Part VII) (03:52)

In Germany, Oliver Rüsing, at finals of 1996, created musical project by himself and he named Karibow. With 17 albums done, the originally drummer and then multiinstrumentalist, he composed, played and recorded all by himself, with occasionals guests. With mix of styles including IQ, Saga, Marillion (with Fish), etc., this band AOR Crossover Prog released in march 2016 double cd with outstanding conditions, named Holophinium, with more progressive rock like the last work: Addicted of 2014, winner of two prizes in Germany. This new work of Rüsing, with additional great musicians, begins with CD1 called The Fragments, which consist of 10 tracks, with: ¨Holophinium¨, ¨E.G.O.¨, ¨Victims of Light¨, ¨River¨ and ¨Quantum Leap¨ like the more intense . The CD 2: Letter from the White Room, represents an epic suite in itself, consisting of 7 parts, and with a more complex structure than The Fragments, with lyrics that tells about a letter who is writed by an astronaut in the white room, previous entering the spaceship. In the matter of music is similar like a rock opera with all the themes like part of a great project. Neither covers and booklet nor music and lyrics, try to define a high evolution work with solid and beautiful compositions, to obtain a musical mix because of the staff with Oliver in first place but near a few steps, excellent musicians like Sean Timms from Unitopia and Michael Sadler of Saga, to mention some of them. Ending this brief review, this double CD, in my opinion, represents the beginning of a long road in progressive rock, which certainly will have the attention of fans with this music genre. Highly recommendable.

Gustavo Panetta

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