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"Opus 1" Review Featured In El Otro Sonido De La Musica, January, 2002 g9 Line
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Review of "Opus 1"

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By: Jesus Diaz

letter ebut instrumental rock album from this North American trio composed by virtuoso Tom Hess (on the guitar, keyboards and bass), Mike Walsh (more guitars) and Chris Dowgun (on the drums).

Chopin, Bach, Brahms, Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen and other musicians of yesterday and today are thanked and paid tribute to on the record. With this line it should be left clear that the rock displyed contains high doses of classicism, speed and, yes, talent.

There are many passages worthy of mention, but it is enough to state that every guitar fan will go into ecstasy after listening to the acoustics of "Queen of Me", the minor scales in "Homage", and the elegant chords of "Lydian Speaks".

A recommendation for future efforts would be to explore the jazzistic elements of "Queen of Me" a bit more (which suits them so well) or just plainly be more experimental; once in a while I found myself expecting bubbling analog synths that never showed up.

What a pleasure to find an instrumental rock album without the curse of "Pandora's Box", which, when opened, releases all the excesses of the world. Rocking when its worthy of it, romantic when it deserves to be. Very enjoyable.

SPANISH VERSION

Debut album de rock instrumental de este trio norteamericano conformado por el virutoso Tom Hess (en la guitarra, teclados y bajo), Mike Walsh (más guitarras) y Chris Dowgun (en la bateria).

F. Chopin, J.S. Bach, J. Brahms, Dream Theater, Y. Malmsteen y otros músicos de ayer y hoy son agradecidos y homejeados en el disco. Con esta línea debe quedar claro que el rock presentado contiene altas de dosis de clasicismo, velocidad y si, tambien de talento. Son muchos los pasajes que valen la pena de ser mencionados, pero es suficiente decir que todos aquellos fanáticos de la guitarra quedarán extasiados despues de oir las acústicas de "Queen Of Me", las escalas menores de "Homage" y los elegantes acordes de "Lydian Speaks".

Una recomendación para trabajos futuros sería que abundaran un poco más en los ambientes jazzísticos de "Queen Of Me" (que les sientan tan bien), o que experimentaran un poco más (por momentos me quedé esperando algun sintetizador análogo burbujeante).

Que alegría encontrar un disco de rock instrumental sin el maleficio de "la caja de Pandora", que cuando se abre salen todos los excesos del mundo. Rockero cuando lo amerita, romántico cuando lo merece. Muy disfrutable.

© Jesus Diaz / El Otro Sonido De La Musica

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