FIND YOUR SUN

The leader, singer, guitarist and keyboard player St'phane Desbiens firstly known for his band Sense decided to move on his own because he wanted more freedom. Sense was becoming a band difficult to keep together with a singer living too far. Since then Stephane has continued to make the same kind of Retro-Prog in his modern way with some big guest musicians from the prog scene. This time he had the help of his son in the bass position and he has kept his longtime relationship with producer Andy Jackson who his an obvious choice for a band that makes music with a Pink Floyd influence. The result is still brilliant with some elaborate arrangements with piano, flute, sax, and violin. However, the music still has that guitar-oriented (acoustic and electric) sound going along this identifiable voice of Stephane. The compositions are never too complex, "Crude Reality" is a fine example with his Genesis intro, his simple chorus to sing along, that gets heavier in his second part. The music is built around strong melodies containing a perfect balance with some delicate, melancholic atmosphere, and heavy passage with a crunchy guitar sometimes reminiscent of King Crimson. This is another good addition to your D-Project collection or your whatever kind of prog you want to call this 50 minutes album that goes so fast.

For this new album D Project asked for the help of Glass Hammer's Fred Schendel on keyboard, Romain Thorel of Lazuli and Peter Falconer of Driftting Sun on vocal. Also Andy Jackson the sound engineer bring that kind of Pink Floyd's sound . As on the previous releases, we hear a lot of influences like Pink Floyd, Genesis and King Crimson, which gives an interesting mix of eclectic but quite successful musical styles. With quiet musical passages and others much more intense, we do not know what to expect with D Project's music and it's perfect like that. What I like is that all these songs have really beautiful melodies (listened to Be Kind and Be Free) with awesome guitars and violins solos ( Tell Me). We also have a various numbers of instruments such as flutes, violins, cello, and saxophone. The album is a bit short (48 minutes ) but no filler. Highly recommended

After a long period , D Project returns with his 5th album.The line up is Stephane Desbiens(guitar,keyboards,voices), Jean Gosselin (drums), Philippe Desbiens (bass), Isabelle Cormier violon) and Francis Foy ( lyrics). The Find Your Sun album goes in another musical direction compared to the others cds. D Project ,over the years,has managed to developed his own sound . I like the way the songs are built and it offers us a wide variety of styles who is very well assimilated by the band.Maybe it takes several listenings to appreciate all the finest and the colors of the compositions.The strength of this album is to mix very well several influences from the past like Pink Floyd ,King Crimson, UK, Genesis without being a copy. Also you will hear Fred Schendel from Glass Hammer), Maiin from Lazuli and Peter Falconer from Drifting Sun.The enginering was done by Andy Jackson (Pink Floyd) Fav songs; Crude Reality,Tell Me and Be Free

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I discovered this band with Making Sense in 2014. This last album is in my opinion the best of D. Project. This album contains great guitar works, solid compositions, inspired lyrics.For me this album is a must for 2018. I like the intro song, The End, with its various changes, a heavy bass lines, guitar riffs like King Crimson and a section reminiscent of CSNY. Crude Reality reminds me GENESIS, (early era), and you dig into an heavy section with a choir, awesome. The longest song of the album, Tell Me, with his catchy chorus, with his jazzy finale and his beautiful violin solo.. The cd continues with the song The Sting's kind of PINK FLOYD period WISH YOU HERE WERE ...

The crunchy bass lines of Life To Spare reminds me YES and don't forget the outstanding keyboard solo ( Fred Schendel of GLASS HAMMER)! The song Be Kind has complex arrangements of voices and acoustic guitars.. You hear the classical side of D Project with the song;Find Your Sun part1, followed by The CRIMSONISH's Find Your Sun part2. with a solo section reminds UK.. The grande finale, Be Free offers a 12-string guitar (12 strings-guitar is everywhere on the album) with an emotional voice of Stephane. Bravo guys (and girl)! 4.5 stars

The usual top-notch instrumental performances from Stéphane and guests trying to melt multiple styles and structures into the framework of single songs. The justifications for such odd, hodge-podge, patchork compositions are only, as always, in the mind of M. Désbains; as usual, they don't really make sense (or pleasure) to me. I'm surprised producer Andy Jackson (whose rendering of sound quality is great) allows these often disjointed and incongruous sections to end up in their final sections. Perhaps the Stéphane-Andy team have a vision that progressive rock should always be constituted from the gluing together of many separate songs into one. (Lord, what a precedent Peter Gabriel GENESIS created with "Supper's Ready"!) As always with Stéphane albums, there are great sections, great instrumental performances, cogent and relative lyrics, yet I have trouble liking any one song start to finish. The best song he's ever produced (and the only one that remains on constant rotation among my playlists) is the amazing title song from 2006's "Shimmering Lights."

3.5 Stars based upon the strength of "The End," "Find Your Sun," and "Be Free" and 12-string guitars. You be your own judge.

Canadian band THE D PROJECT have been around since 2006, and was formed by Stephane Desbiens just prior to his former band Sense appeared to call it quits. Five studio albums have appeared since then, and the most recent of these appeared in 2018. The album is called "Find Your Sun" and was released via Ozeta Productions.

The D Project as of 2018 comes across as a creative and innovative band. The music on "Find Your Sun" contains enough details, changes and alterations to feel fresh and new for an extended period of listening time. The core audience for such an album would most likely be those with a special interest in bands that have an eclectic approach to progressive rock, and who don't mind that subgenres as neo progressive rock and progressive metal are among the elements used in a rather well flavored stew.

"FIND YOUR SUN" is the 5th CD released with hard rock, jazzy, classical accents on a timeless PROG base.

8 tracks for 3/4 hour of music, quite short... let's "The end" as an entry with a melting pot sound of great beauty, we have everything, from the gripping intro with the soft voice to the guitar sequences, violent violin, flute and guitar with a good riff at the end; It's off to a good start! "Crude reality" strange with a slightly aggressive voice and chorus, a very heavy bass then a sound in the vein of a KING CRIMSON from the "Red" era with a breathtaking sax. The jewel of the album in my opinion is to come with two captivating consecutive titles with "Tell Me" melancholic synth intro, Parsons-Nian sound (yes, I like to invent to try to capture the sound impression!) then floydienne and crimson-nienne to finish with a violin solo to make you pale. "The Sting" follows, taking a yes-sien detour from the opening of the following title with acoustic guitar, still dark atmosphere, we approach the atmospheres of "The wall" at this precise moment, then lightening with a horn coming from beyond the grave (thank you Romain!)!

"Life to spare" the pop-FM title with a frantic rhythm, a bass still omnipresent, then synth sounds flirting with N.MORSE or TRANSATLANTIC to slowly fall back. "Be kind" the ballad of the album sung here by Peter FALCONER (Drifting Sun) with an acoustic guitar gradually rising towards an explosive electric opening, a riff that H. HADJI (for my Quebecois friends Hassan is the guitarist of the group ANGE! ) would affection with power and emotion (at 3'20'' to be precise!!), then return to the chorus and the symphonic violins, here again a little APP for me, in short the 2nd slap of the album! "Find your sun" follows, broken down into three parts, with clear piano and intro synth for a typically prog extension with T. LEVIN-style bass firmly in place, a voice that becomes almost violent, the riff of the voice combined to that of the guitar, then suddenly the CRICHTON-style solo, then the violin which tempers the high notes and which will seek out sounds flirting with spleen, then again the guitar and the voice in a hard register, always confusing, not the time to finally get bored! It is at this moment that we can realize the convolutions that S. DESBIENS brings to his songs by passing from one musical tune to another, from one musical state to another. The last song "Be free" with a soft, simple acoustic intro will allow us to bring a DESBIENS-style guitar solo, a twirling solo it is, the voice then resuming on the same register, it's beautiful, energetic, it's is mostly a clean sound.