DARWIN 3 - UNPLUGGED

DarWin

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Crossover Prog

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Studio Album, released in 2021

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Escape the Maze (orchestral) (5:43)
2. Nightmare of My Dreams (orchestral) (3:38)
3. Slowly Melting (unplugged) (3:29)
4. Forever (orchestral) (4:33)
5. One Horizon (unplugged) (5:06)
6. Rise (orchestral) (4:36)
7. Last Chance (orchestral) (3:15)
8. Another Year (a cappella) (4:06)

Total Time 34:26

Line-up / Musicians

- DarWin / guitars, string arrangements
- Simon Phillips / drums, percussion, keyboards (1,2,3,4,5,7,8)
- Matt Bissonette / vocals & bass (3,5,8)

Releases information

Collection of orchestral and stripped back versions of tracks from the first two albums.

Thanks to kev rowland for the addition
and to projeKct for the last updates
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DARWIN DarWin 3 - Unplugged ratings distribution

4.00
(11 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(36%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(27%)
Good, but non-essential (36%)
Collectors/fans only (0%)
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Review by kev rowland
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Reviewer / Special Collaborator

After the first two albums were completed, DarWin, Simon Phillips and Matt Bissonette realised that if they stripped the albums back to just the acoustic and orchestral elements, they had something quite different indeed. Phillips set to undertaking new mixes with the exact same instruments and tracks from the earlier recordings, while Matt also recorded two new solo versions of "Slowly Melting" and "One Horizon" with just his voice and bass. The former is one of the highlights of this release, recorded as a live take with vocals and bass parts at the same time, the combination of the reverb on his vocals and the atmosphere provided by the highly sustained bass notes makes for something quite special indeed.

As with the second album, this is considerably shorter than the debut, at only 35 minutes, and was actually originally available as part of a limited edition deluxe release of 'Darwin 2' but earlier this year it was released as an album in its own right and to be honest it does deserve to be heard in its own right as the songs are very different indeed when in this stripped down and much less rocky version. It allows them to break out in a far more beautiful manner, and there is far more warmth and passion while also more restrained and delicate. I have really enjoyed all three DarWin albums to date and it will be interesting to hear how the story progresses from this point onwards.

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