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OG is a one-man project where he writes and produces, but plays guitars, bass and plays the organ. He's assisted by drummer/pianist Nicolas Léonard and a bunch of other musos, including a string section and a horn section - I'm using the "section" word liberally here, because these "sections" are not always used in a "section" way, if you get my drift. Og is from Eastern Belgium and obviously knows other artistes, since the superb artwork was drawn by the famous sci-fi comics drawer Philippe Druillet

Musically the album has a gentle mostly-instrumental rock-jazz feel with some prog overtones, but it's clear that those searching for complicated music will likely be bored out of their skull. Besides the naïve music (especially the first five tracks), the drums are the weak point of the album. It's all too square, never a roll, never a break, just the basic union- minimum (minimum syndical). BTW, whatever few vocals there are, are generally choirs (non-Kobaian) and a spoken few grunts around the end of the album.

Actually you can feel Og is primarily a guitarist, not only in his songwriting, but because it is when the guitars get louder that the music becomes more lively and credible. The bass playing doesn't have the same problem, it actually is mixed loud enough (I hate having to really push my head into the speaker to listen to the bassist), and here it is near-perfect. Sooooo, for me, the album really starts with Le Combat, where the bass & guitars take control and grab your attention and a bit of adrenaline is flowing through our veins, but unfortunately, it ends all too soon. What a contrast with the following L'Ennui, where the piano bores you back, except when the guitar wakes up for a short while. Le Halo is another excellent moment as are a few more further down the album, especially with an enthralling organ (not a Hammond, I think) Matin Triomphant has a good violin intervention, while L'Envol has a good flute and guitar interplay, underlined by AHM-like Floydian choirs. The latter piece is book-ended by short electronic intro and outro. The climax of the album is clearly the early Floyd-ian trilogy Epreuve/Metamorphose/Accomplissement

Overall, an enthusiastic first oeuvre with all the naïve errors of a one-man show (the basic drumming for ex), but a very promising one at that, thus allowing us bright hopes for the future.

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