RATIONALIS IMPETUS (AS ARKITEKTURE)

How come such a fantastic record is under our radar I will never understand; there is no review for Arkitekture's Rationalis Impetus. You really owe it to yourself to check them out (Rationalis Impetus | Arkitekture (bandcamp.com)). I would recommend checking out their Bandcamp before the YouTube videos. The video's sound quality is not as good as their studio recording.

They are categorized as RIO/Avant-Prog, perhaps that is why there is a lack of reviews, but their melody lines are so strong they could easily be categorized as Symphonic Prog.

A reviewer at Wayside Music Shop described their music as a mixture of Anglagard and Far Corner. I think this description is quite accurate. The album contains five instrumental pieces and for the two of them I would also include "In the Court of the Crimson King" and "In the Wake of Poseidon" era King Crimson.

Their compositions are very mature. They make excellent use of quiet passages mixed with turbulent explosions. There is a dark weight to their compositions sometimes evoking early Crimson and VDGG. The musical communication between the saxes, violin and the keys are so strong it supports the melodies floating between them with a light touch.

The band is a five piece group fronted by two females; Dongju Ha (alto & baritone saxophones, flute) and Wooah Min (violin, viola). They both are absolutely fantastic. There are plenty of foundational keyboards; mixing organ, electric piano, piano, mellotron, synthesizer sounds. Drummer is also very capable and always is where you need it to be. And finally, the fuzzy base bubbles up like an angry volcano in the background (but unfortunately never reaches an eruption).

Important to note is the lack of guitar in the group. Although I am a big fan of the guitar sound, I did not miss it at all. Between the saxes and violin, the territory of the guitar is well covered.

I am already looking forward to their next creation.

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