SALMACIS

Oh no dear Noquito, we’re not there at all. But have you listened closely to 1979???
Come on, get a grip! The creativity in this album stretches to infinity; there are no fillers and definitely no dichotomy between the first and the second album. Humility above all else.

The best of the Byrds. Crosby's performance is stratospheric, both in composition and execution. His album, before the solo successes and with s.n.y. "Mind Garden" is a psychedelic summa that encapsulates the essence of the lysergic-transcendental experience that took place in California during those mercurial and argentian years.

I like it more than the acclaimed successor "In the Land of Grey and Pink," what can I say? For me, it's the best of Caravan. And I wish i were stoned is simply wonderful.

Excellent review indeed. Congratulations! The passion of "oLD kING cOLE" is evident in reviewing this gem. Godbluff, while not the best album by Van der Graaf (not even from the second period, where the palm goes to the subsequent Still Life), is nonetheless appreciated for the originality of its compositions (Arrow is my favorite) and for the geometric arrangement of the pieces that reveal a bit of all the VDGG sound. We move from the dreamy, slightly psychedelic ballad (Undercover Man) following the classic "House with No Door" to the piercing live screams of "Schorded Earth," to the soft and languid jazz-influenced atmospheres (Arrow) to the propulsive accelerations of "Sleepwalker," of which I note the excellent live version on Vital. Great as always. Godbluff is the album I would recommend to a novice looking to approach VDGG MUSIC, PARADIGMATIC, EXEMPLARY, AND GENIUS.

Nothing at all is one of the most "synesthetic" and subtly psychedelic pieces I have ever listened to. It generates visual, tactile, and even olfactory sensations in an automatic and astonishing way.

You are right, Jim Morrison's "Nothing at All" is truly unique in its beauty. First of all, it’s a perfect progressive song, as it has a complex development and embraces at least three genres in its flow: the soft folk of the initial verses with a dreamy melody and a pulsating bass that gives elasticity to the sound, making it vibrate pleasantly and "fat." Then there’s the hard-blues of the second part where the piece grows fiercer and the electric takes over. Next, we dive into the experimental and psychedelic realm with the effected drum solo in the central part, perhaps just a tad lengthy but enriched by the delightful classical embroidery of the electric piano, which prepares for the return to the soft themes of the first part. Themes that will make up the final verse of a piece that is almost unreal in its perfection. 10 MINUTES OF PURE ECSTASY. MELODY AND USE OF VOCALS ARE ANTHOLOGICAL. Moreover, the track is also catchy and melodic, at least in its main theme. I was immediately captivated by such a soft sound. However, allow me to point out another piece, too often overlooked, which in my opinion, while not entirely on par with "Nothing at All," somewhat approaches it. I’m talking about the subdued ballad "ISn't quiet and cold?" A stunning medieval sketch in which the Giants once again demonstrate that subtle and refined songwriting, never predictable or banal, that will always characterize them (though with varying results).

BETTER THAN LEVIATHAN. The brutish one said it right, Brann Dailor is perhaps the best drummer in the world in his genre, and "Elephant Man" is the most beautiful atmospheric metal song I have ever heard. Even more violent than Leviathan and more compact, more rigorous, with fewer references to proto-grunge that, in my opinion, clash.

Oh yes, electro-acoustic to be precise. But don’t you find some analogies between the Mellotron swells in Fountain of Salmacis and the synesthetic "veil cascade" of Opeth?

Aside from the experiment Damnation, Blackwater Park is the most acoustic album by Opeth. Each track contains folk guitar inserts, and here and there you even hear the piano at the end of Leper Affinity. Wonderful. The most shining gem is "Drapery Falls," which will be remembered as the "Fountain of Salmacis" of the millennium's end. Let those who have ears (and minds) understand.

Why do they seem melodic to you, perhaps? Or maybe we should say they are a-melodic instead!