PATCHWORK

In 1990 this mini-album was self-distributed as a product of support for the French tour of a British neo- progressive gods Marillion. Although Arrakeen's music was the most reminiscent of Marillion, they had their uniqueness. What immediately attracts the most attention at the first listen is the beautiful angelic voice of Maiko, especially the fact that her singing in French combined with beautiful melodies gives the band's sound a special charm. To this day, I get goosebumps when her voice reaches unimaginable heights in Differences. The appearance of none other than the master himself, Steve Rothery, and his magnificent solo in the live version of Folle Marie represents a great finale of this extraordinary work. The band had everything, a nice melodic guitar sound, beautiful atmospheric keyboards, and a good rhythm section, but it failed to attract much attention from music lovers. I think that their music was very accessible and that it was not limited by the prog form .