LIVE THE WINGS OF REVALATION

Janos Varga is the founding member and guitarplayer of the legendary Hungarian progrock formation East that made several albums in the first part of the Eighties, their LP Hüség (1982) is considered is their best effort. Then Janos was very active in several musical projects and in the late Nineties he founded the Janos Varga Project. He released the albums The Wings Of Revalations I (2000) and II (2002) and in 2003 the Janos Vargo Project DVD entitled Live The Wings Of Revalation

For more than 70 minutes of running time we can enjoy a good band and very varied music (from rock and blues to New Age and symphonic prog) with, of course, the focus on Janos Varga his guitar: a tight beat with rock guitar and a spectaculair guitar-synthesizerduel in Fight Of Mind, soaring keyboards and sensitive guitar with volume pedal in Prayer, a bit sultry climate with twanging guitar in Mysterious Stars, propulsive guitar riffs with fiery guitar in Welcome To The Jungle, warm classical guitar in the alternating Our Long Dance, howling guitar runs in Power Of Love, Our Long Dance, Islands (wonderful percussie sounds) and All I Can Give. The two keyboard players often deliver exciting solos on especially the synthesizer (with frequent use of the pitchbend) and the interplay with Janos is outstanding, like the rhythm-section. My highlight on this tasteful and varied DVD is the final composition Memento, it has a very good build-up: first a spacey intro, than a part with swinging Stick bass, then the music becomes more and more lush and compelling with fiery and raw guitarplay, a propulsive rhythm-section, the psychedelic undertone fits perfectly to the WWII horror images on the screen, very captivating and impressive how Janos succeeds to blend music and visuals!

This is an interesting DVD, it will please the guitar minded progheads with a varied taste. My rating: 3,5 stars.

This one of the most unknown masterpieces of progressive music! From the beginning to the end this concert is a sample of superb perfoming and originality. The live versions of the songs sound a lot better than the studio recordings. Probably the good musicians of the band help to improve the attractiveness of the themes. It's difficult to describe and compare the style of Janos Varga, he has some jazzy sounds but mostly is pure progressive energy. And he deals very well with the compositions, sometimes pure instrumental music beceme a little boring, but certainly here you don't miss any vocals, the music speaks by itself. The quality of the video is also oustanding, many cameras, sharp image and excellent sound. It's a pity that this awesome concert is really difficult to find, anyone must have it.