DANCE OF THE FLAMES

After first four trippy, noisy, acid-heavy rock GURU GURU began change in style on this album. Here we can hear some hints of future latin-fusion-jazz style. However, "Dance of the Flames" is perhaps the strongest and best-produced effort up to that point. Musicianship is perfect, new members Nejadepour and Hartmann are capable of delivering strong jazz solos, while Mani keeps coming with interesting and freaky humour stuff. "Dagobert Duck" belongs to the latter category and is a furious opener, while closing "God's Endless Love for Man" sounds not too different from KING CRIMSON of 1973-74 line-up, which is excellent! This album is absolutely recommended, especially to fusion fans and those who find their early stuff to hard to appreciate should definitely check on this one.