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ATOMIC SWAP

Timelock

Neo-Prog


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3.34 | 13 ratings | 3 reviews | 15% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2024

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Inuit (11:00)
2. Baychimo (7:47)
3. Stranger Within (9:58)
4. Lost in Your Mind (5:47)
5. The Universe (5:15)
6. Artificial Intelligence (Akili Ya Bandia) (5:01)
7. A Passage to Rapa Nui (5:35)
8. Until Darkness Calls (4:19)
9. Watch the Crime (Do We Care?) (5:37)
10. Insomnia (3:10)

Total Time 63:29

Line-up / Musicians

- Ruud Stoker / lead & backing vocals
- Laura Eradus / backing vocals, lead vocals (4)
- Coby van Oorschot / backing vocals
- Martin Hendriks / lead & rhythm guitars
- Julian Driessen / keyboards, synthesizers
- Arjan van den Bosch / orchestral keyboards & piano
- David Guurink / bass
- Rob Boshuijzen / drums & percussion

With:
- Berry van den Bos / voice (2)

Releases information

Music: Julian Driessen, Martin Hendriks / Lyrics: Ruud Stoker
except:
'Inuit' - Music: Julian Driessen / Lyrics: Ruud Stoker
'Lost In Your Mind' - Music: Julian Driessen / Lyrics: Laura Eradus
'Watch The Crime! (Do We Care?)' - Music: Martin Hendriks /, Lyrics: Ruud Stoker
'Insomnia' - Music: Martin Hendriks

Orchestral arrangements: Arjen van den Bosch, Martin Hendriks
Background vocal arrangements: Martin Hendriks, Coby van Oorschot, Laura Eradus

Production, mix & mastering: MHX Music

Digital album (November 8, 2024)

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TIMELOCK Atomic Swap ratings distribution


3.34
(13 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (15%)
15%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (46%)
46%
Good, but non-essential (31%)
31%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
Poor. Only for completionists (8%)
8%

TIMELOCK Atomic Swap reviews


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Collaborators/Experts Reviews

Review by kev rowland
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Reviewer / Special Collaborator
3 stars Lead singer Ruud Stoker and keyboard player Julian Driessen may be the only people still there from the line-up which released 'Louise Brooks' all the way back in 1992, but since the new line-up got together a few years back they have been incredibly consistent with this the third release with the same musicians. The only minor difference is that backing singer Laura Eradus has been allowed to take the lead role on one song, "Lost In Your Mind", and I would really like to hear more of that in the future as she is full of confidence and power, somewhat similar in some ways to a young Tracy Hitchings, although more in approach than sound.

I haven't heard the last album, 2023's 'Contemporary Vintage', but I did review 2022's 'Sygn Yn' and there is no doubt in my mind there has been a significant positive shift since then. Here is a band who have never moved too far away from their Neo roots, often mixing them with a more AOR flavour, and in many ways, this takes me back to the 90's when they were on SI Music (along with loads of other great bands, I do miss that label). One could argue they have not progressed much in their musical tastes, yet there are few bands who can really say to be ploughing this particular musical furrow as they have often moved into very different areas indeed, so it is nice to see a band sticking with what they know. No, it is not truly essential, but at the same time it is a very pleasant prog album and while never earth shattering is something which the listener can play and enjoy first time through without working too hard and there are times when it is really nice to be able to do just that.

Latest members reviews

3 stars "Inuit" starts atmospheric, S-F, a neo-prog keyboard, Arjen at the controls, Ruud on vocals; its fat heavy prog metal, very fat, captivating and reminiscent of ARENA; Icelandic break for the Inuit voices, the progressive, solemn atmosphere, choirs of Olympus. The emphatic, grandiloquent restart ... (read more)

Report this review (#3155333) | Posted by alainPP | Friday, February 21, 2025 | Review Permanlink

4 stars I was very surprised to hear that Timelock intends to release another album this year. Their last release came out less than a year ago and it would seem that after its release there would be some break, some tour, some promotion... And yet the first press announcement of this album sounded ... (read more)

Report this review (#3138935) | Posted by Rysiek P. | Monday, December 30, 2024 | Review Permanlink

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