REALITY DREAM

Once upon a time, in a land known as Poland, there was a fourpiece orchestra known as "Riverside". They made beautiful music and their fans were very appreciative for every new album that they let public. One day, however, the orchestra decided that they wanted to publish a concert also with pictures of them playing before a live audience. And they gave it the name "Reality Dream". It became a long and painstaking process to film, finish and give out to their many fans. After a long delay, the filmed concert finally reached its public. But lo and behold, there was something terribly wrong with the final result. A horrible demon, known as the "Digital Effects Gremlin", had sneaked into the postproduction facilities and destroyed all the filmed images. The orchestra had played their best yet, the sound recording was flawless, and the pictures of the orchestra were fantastic, but the Gremlin had spoiled it all. It was almost unbearable to watch; dust, scratches and lightdamages everywhere, taking the focus off the music, totally. Sadly, the orchestras fans favoured the DVD that came as a bonus with their album "ADHD", where the Gremlin had not been able to touch the original material, and so the "Reality Dreams" DVD fell into oblivion, only to be remembered as the biggest progdissapointment in 2010. And it was still only the beginning of January...

PS I really. really love the music of Riverside, but I can´t understand why many of my favouritebands; Opeth, PT and Riverside, have some guys playing around with these digital video effects boxes. Lasse Hoile is one terrible example, but this is the worst I´ve ever seen! Sadly. The band is at it´s peak and the filming is great however. I even like the colourcorrection, it gives an atmospheric look that you can´t get at the original gig, but please spare us from this in the future. Keep your eyes closed if you buy this.