MODINHA

An extremely keyboard orientated album by the Dutch LIFE LINE PROJECT. If you like your Moog sound fat and seventies', this is an album to check out. Completely instrumental and built around the keyboards, played by Erik de Beer, this album offers agreeable melodic rock. Erik seems to be influenced by his fellow country man Rick van der Linden, although Erik doesn't borrow from classical composers like Bach. There is in fact one song "Joy" dedicated to the memory of the late Rick van der Linden. Apart from the overwhelming keyboard parts, there is also room for woodwinds like the flute and the oboe, "Sonho" being one of my favourite tunes on the album. Every now and then Erik makes way for the well played guitar parts of Jason Eekhout and Jody van der Gijze in songs like "Stampede" and "Subjective Object", one of the few songs on the album composed by Jason. Also a perfectly played classical guitar in "Modinha-Oraçao". Songs like "Keeper of the Keys" and "Another Dayride" are a true orgy of Moog sounds I liked a lot. The production of the album is not perfect, the drums sounding a bit rough, the guitars a bit too sharp-edged and if you take a look at the cover you will see that the money to finish the production wasn't abundant. An album I liked a lot!! Guy.