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It biography
This trio from Carbondale (Illinois) is known for a single art rock album entitled "Order Through Chaos". It features a dozen guest musicians who contributed everything from keyboards, bass and drums to sitar, violin, organ, flute and vocals. Made up of material gathered between 1984 and 1993, the album sounds rather 80ish but it is far from unpleasant. The music has the complexity of VISIBLE WIND, some ambiences reminiscent of PULSAR and DE DE LIND, some folkish accents à la JETHRO TULL plus a bit of PINK FLOYD. The vocalist sounds vaguely like Justin Hayward.

The first half of the album emphasizes the vocal tracks whereas the second favours longer, epic instrumentals. Among those, you'll hears some bombastic GENESIS and PINK FLOYD-like passages with excellent guitar riffs as well as more pastoral moments with flute and acoustic guitar. Not overly complex but well done overall.

If you like art rock with the crisp sound of the 80's, you'll surely enjoy this album.

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