RAJAZ

This album represents the return of legendary Camel sound like those were the early days of the band like "Mirage" album. Andy Latimer seems to be getting better and better over the years. When my I heard this album the first time it blew me away because it's reminiscent of true Camel sound. An excellent and moving, loaded with mood songs. For any early Camel fans, when you listen to Rajaz' for the first time you will immediately get a sense of true Camel. Andy does all the vocals on this album with drums are as good as you would expect from Dave Stewart. Ton Scherpenzeel of KAYAK contributes here but is not as out front as you would expect. All songs are excellently composed with ambient textures accentuated with long sustain - mostly - guitar work that sometimes reminds me to the like of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. Gone are the days when Camel emulated the music of The Alan Parsons Project.

Yeah, I can sense the moving nature of this album especially in lifting the mood of its listener. There are some silent parts with ambient style and provide guitar sounds to enter gently with the music.

It's an excellent addition to any prog music collection. Keep on proggin' .!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW