SPIRAL

Spiral is an excellent album: the keyboards really begin to be more modern here. There are some drums and percussions parts. The sound and style are comparable to the previous "Albedo 0.39" album, except the compositions here are more accessible, more simple & melodic, and less jazzy. The track "Spiral" will surprise you with its sequencer driven into an infinite loop: impressive and dramatic: it is followed by symphonic & anthemic keyboards: very catchy! "Ballad" is a mellow track with some inoffensive vocals and accordion-like keyboards notes. "Dervish D" can almost be danced: it is very melodic and accessible. "To the unknown man" has modern floating & melodic keyboards, and it sounds like the on "Opera Sauvage" album: Vangelis will definitely keep this modern sound later. Finally, "3 + 3" has a very melodic & complex sequencer through melodic keyboards notes and floating + symphonic ones.

Rating: 4.5 stars