THE SONGS & TALES OF AIROEA BOOK 2: OCEAN TRAVELLER (METAMORPHOSIS)

1. Over Westwinds ethereal mass atmosphere, acoustic, flute, voice from above, minimalist intro, well why not 2. Orias & the Underwater City electro bottom with bubbles now; vocal liturgy on a basic 70's tune from KING CRIMSON; you have to wait halfway to get the electro sound of OMD like 'Enola Gay' phew it starts a little, but I was starting to fall asleep and then the electronic drums and this minimalist sound again, I'm getting impatient, the retro prog wants my hunger, simplistic 3. Ocean Traveler piano and guitar of the time, fanciful 70s sound pleasant to listen to at that time; old choirs then nanananana yes well it's a bit.. simplistic all the same; ah the last 2 minutes lead to a Frippian air, to a good bewitching, catchy WOBBLER, to eccentric BEARDFISH; yes but very repetitive

4. Lady of Waves continues on a soft, latent, sleepy musical curve, lacking in pep, it's a shame; 2'50'' wakes up with a heavy hard plot and a riff that finally shakes; soporific verse and the sound finally starts, yes it's good vintage retro, the thing that makes you move; the best yet 5. Green Refreshments with the Mellotron and battery waking up; she herself takes us back to the hard sounds of KING CRIMSON, on JETHRO TULL, ah AGUSA's flute comes here, that of ANEKDOTEN who did it so well in his time, Jon's bass keeps him alert; in the penultimate title it's about time; the shrill guitar is alternative; the flute takes us back to the folk of JORDSJO, we are suddenly in the orient yes it is good and the final Berber voices amplify the joy lavished; Fripp's scratch evident there 6. The Grand Reef with flute, bass, Hackettian break, organ for the folk rock finale by Ian Anderson where you want to dance, to jump naked into the frozen lake; energetic yes, vintage yes, the adventurous, avant-garde mid-term variation, on a HAWKWIND, a very crazy ORESOUND SPACE COLLECTIVE, are peyote also grown in Norway? The catchy sound ends with a dithyrambic crescendo with progressive tinkering, a sign of an approaching cyclone; return fresh, rhythmic chorus ah but why not that before?

An album too disparate, too short to be considered good, for fans only.