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As one can infer from the front cover, the band I am about to describe is really unique as for both genre, techniques used and arrangements. I beg forgiveness in sackcloth and ashes because I neglected attention to their previous works, which means I don't have a touchstone from the past, but hey...there are so many bands around and too many releases. One lifetime couldn't be enough even if one dedicated their whole free time to music, and I am one who's very close to that goal actually! |
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Due to the superstitions surrounding him, and the fact that he didn't receive last rights before death, permission to bury his body in consecrated ground was withheld until five years after his death, after an official inquiry could be made into his orthodoxy, and his son could give a generous 'donation' to the church. Moreover the Evil One, as agent of death and creator of dance, became linked to the violin during the Renaissance period, as depicted by paintings such as Pieter Brueghel's "The Triumph of Death" and Hendrik Goltzius's "Couple Playing, with Death Behind".
These introductory statements are necessary as every song is made particular by the acoustic or the electric violin, and this is especially valid for "Sold out"; like all string instruments it is more difficult to play than a piano for instance, because you need more precision but this major effort is repaid by the infinite nuances you can achieve; the solo is therefore vital and this one is - without exaggeration - awesome, since it is played in a guitaristic manner. | ||||||
After all it turned out to be a positive thing that a band of this kind has come out these times; I fear that if they'd started in the 80's they would have been understood by too few people, while now the public is more mature in all. Surely in the 70's there was more place for avantgarde artists and labels were not as oppressive and market-oriented as nowadays', yet it seems unlikely that some major would have signed them, as they are too forward with their minds! About the 90's enough has been said and the decline of music sales and the excess of releases, so I will limit myself to claim that today's tighter competition has been a timely useful spur to the four-piece. The violin has never been made so topical like now, and most of the time its notes stay far from nostalgia or melancholy, the way bands such as My Dying Bride have accustomed us. Were they still alive, my country-fellows Vivaldi and virtuosist Paganini would be crying for joy, but also more recent violinists such as Stravinskij, Prokofiev and Sciostakovic would like to attend a Rock gig of the quartet, no shit! If you have an open mind, tastes that range from Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dave Matthews, Radiohead, Jeff Beck, Bela Fleck and Blues Traveler and are in search of something different, go for this record; for once the band's name doesn't exaggerate and is up to the expectations created. No, you won't get bored even after a century by these 10 tracks, my word! MARKUS GANZHERRLICH - April 20th, 2009 |
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Line-up on this record: Mack Price - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals Lucianna Padmore - drums Bob Bowen - electric bass, moog, vocals Joe Deninzon - acoustic violin, 6-string fretless violin, 7-string fretted electric violin, mandolin, lead vocals, acoustic guitar Benny Koonyevsky- guest percussions Contacts: Joseph Deninzon, D-Zone Entertainment, 64 Gordon Ave., Dumont, NJ 07628 - USA Tel.: 917-648-8071 E-mail: info@stratospheerius.com Official sites: http://www.stratospheerius.com http://www.myspace.com/stratospheerius http://www.joedeninzon.com http://www.myspace.com/joedeninzon http://www.myspace.com/metrostrings http://www.myspace.com/joedeninzontrio http://www/myspace.com/songsofmd Demo-/Disco-graphy: -Electric/Blue (CD - 1998 - As Joe Deninzon) -Adventures of Stratospheerius (CD - 2002) -Live Wires (Live CD - 2004) -Fidlletrippunk (Live DVD - 2006) -Headspace (CD - 2007) | ||||||