WITH A LITTLE HELL FROM MORE FRIENDS

a totally unknown Mexican man (at least to me), who released in 2022 one of the best Avant-Prog albums in the world WITHOUT PUTTING HANDS IN, literally, but accompanied by at least 10 musicians whose careers and bands we all know in the scene. This is, to say the least, curious and strange.

What has me writing this review is the astonishment caused by the fact that Mr. Greco Bastián has done it again, but corrected and increased, this time counting on 25 GUEST MUSICIANS, all recognized names from Zeuhl, Rock in Opposition , Avant-Rock and Jazz. Why do these busy musicians say yes to our mysterious friend? I think the answer can only be one and this is the undeniable fact that the guy has enormous compositional skills and a quite personal version of what he considers to be Avant-Prog: a brutal merciless mix of Math Rock, Zeuhl, Avant-Prog. Prog and Jazz surgically mixed in songs that jump unpredictably from one riff to another, alternating at will odd time signatures, measures, scales, arrangements and speeds. It seems that the guy is in a hurry to finish everything because his work is a tornado of sound motifs that follow one another without a single opportunity for rest or respite.

In times when formats seem to be the same on almost all albums, it is appreciated that artists like Greco embark on the adventure of doing things without asking or being guided by what is happening around them. Sure, there are obvious influences in his work, but once I've listened to both albums in one sitting, I think this Mexican already has his own sound and I'm simply curious to see what he can give us the next time.

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