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ADVENTURES AT THE BABOOINUMFEST 2017Rozmainsky & Mikhaylov ProjectEclectic Prog3.26 | 21 ratings |
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First of all my thanks to the band for asking me to review this album.Rozmainsky and Mikhaylov Project (RMP) is a band from Russia, formed by Ivan Rozmainsky on keyboards and Vladimir Mikhaylov on bass and guitars, here supported by Leonid Perevalov on clarinets and Yurii Groiser on drums. This is a live album capturing some of their performances at the 2017 Babooinumfest festival, consisting of some songs from their debut 'For the Light' plus some new cuts, except the last track which is also live but not from those shows. The sound is very clear for a live recording, of course lacking the production of a studio album but still with a very direct sound where every instrument is clearly audible. The style is psychedelic / space rock very much reminding of early Pink Floyd. Completely instrumental, most songs take some motif, some chord progression, and start developing it by adding or removing complexity, shifting the intensity with crescendos and diminuendos, playing solos with the different instruments, introducing breaks, switching the sounds used etc. The pace is for the most part slow to mid-tempo. Most songs are not too long, between 3 and 5 minutes, and while the instrumental quality is good this is not music where virtuosism comes into play like in many other Jazz-Rock / Fusion albums. At any rate it is accessible music, nowhere dark nor too complex or intimidating. It is perfect as background music while we are doing something but also rewarding when we put on the headphones and simply lay back to relax and let our mind escape under the influence of the music. Rozmainsky uses a lot of e-piano and organ and some sound effects, but probably the most distinctive feature is the comprehensive use of the clarinet, mostly its bass version. Overall a very enjoyable album but without any 'Wow' factors.
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