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Wednesday, April 16, 2014Clearlight Impressionist Symphony Gonzo 2014
Clearlight is back and has elevated their harmonic game to the next level!
Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com
The
first new release in decades finds the iconic French prog ensemble
charting yet another new melodic course and thus raising the bar for
their contemporaries. The Impressionist Symphony embraces the conceptual
notions of impressionism, painting and music coming together as one
cerebral aura of sound. Musical influences from the impressionist period
would include Ravel and Debussy and it is the vision of Cyrille
"Clearlight" Verdeaux that allows for an amazing transcendence to a more
contemporary approach with guests from Gong, The Muffins, Spirits
Burning and the amazing Linda Cushma from Oxygen 8. Getting by with a
little help from your friends worked for the Beatles so why not here?
Progressive
classical? No...Prog rock as most people would no and understand it?
Hmmm. No. This is the return of a visionary with the ability to grasp
the cerebral aspect of impressionism and marry that with the visceral
side of a more rock oriented millennium to smash through genres if not
time itself and create a new hybrid of sound unique to this amazing
collective. Clearlight has been around since the mid 70's and this may
be the primary reason why...Stellar.
 Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Renoir En Couleur
2. Time Is Monet 3. Pissarro King 4. Degas De La Marine 5. Van Gogh 3rd Ear 6. Gaughin Dans L'Autre 7. Lautrec Too Loose 8. Monet Time (Duet)
Line-up / Musicians
- Cyrille Verdeaux / piano, synthesizers
- Didier Malherbe / wind instruments - Craig Fry / violin - Vincent Thomas Penny / guitars - Paul Sears / drums, percussion - Linda Cushma / bass - Chris Kovacks / synthesizers - Remy Tran / synthesizers - Steve Hillage / guitars With: - Tim Blake / xils synth, theremin CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GONZO: Les Contes Du Singe Fou CD - £9.99 |
 | Tribal Hybrid Concept CD - £9.99 |
 | Forever Blowing Bubbles CD - £9.99 |
 | Impressionist Symphony CD - £9.99 |
 | Clearlight Symphony CD - £9.99 |
 | Best Of Clearlight CD - £9.99 |
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