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Versione 2
Rating:
LA RECENSIONE
Philadelphia, 1969...
Light percussive hypnosis, ecstatic melody with slight reverberations and even lighter ripples and dissonances...
And the crescendo of a crystalline chaos as if we were facing an otherworldly (or angelic) version of the Velvet...
And something like Spacemen 3, someone suggests, oh yes, but as if these space men came from an esoteric community lost in space and time...
All this in track two.
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What happens next is beyond description, or almost...
Dark (even if very clear) Dark (precisely because very clear), but dark what?
Ah yes, dark ballads interspersed with all sorts of oddities: remnants of mystical Middle Ages, exercises in dreamy crooning, avant-garde numbers, horror soundtrack choirs....
And even normal songs, though just a moment before detonation...
Between psychedelia, folk, and dark progressive...
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“A velvet world,” says a page online. A world for me, I thought, especially in track two, the one I described (poorly) at the beginning...
Do you know the music that resonates at the entrance of your personal Shangri-La? Here's something like that...
Andante/soave, soave/andante... with a little extra light unease...
Because unease should never be silenced, even in your bloody ideal world...
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And it doesn't matter if in this album sometimes it falters...
To those who venture, faltering happens...
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Summary by Bot
Mandrake Memorial's Puzzle is a 1969 Philadelphia album blending psychedelic, folk, and dark progressive sounds with hypnotic melodies and experimental touches. The review highlights its ethereal atmosphere and varied soundscapes, describing it as a journey into mystical and avant-garde music. While occasionally faltering, the album is praised for creating a unique and haunting experience.Tracklist Videos
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By ranofornace
Puzzle is an album of the highest musical quality, with complex and refined arrangements.
The instruments surpass their referentiality to serve a nobler project, that of 'representation', and this is where, in my opinion, the essence of prog lies.
