The Modern Exposition: Now Was The Future
"I wonder whether it’s worth listening to?" is the question I ask myself each time a new CD lands on my doormat. There’s only one way to find out. So I plop it into my player. Hmmmmmmmm….
Ambient prog-folk-rock au Mike Oldfield is the first thing that jumps into my head when I start to listen to this one. But it’s not quite that simple now, is it? Now I’m getting a bit of Spaghetti Western with Nigel Kennedy taking the lead, now it’s like a soft-rock version of Kraftwerk, there goes J-M Jarre speeding by on a ski-jet……and what’s this? Echoes of Jig-a-Jig – it’s a long time since we heard that one! Plus .. no, not tubular bells, but – almost as good – a hurdy-gurdy, I’ll be bound.
Each time I replay I get flavours of favourite sounds from different musical genres spreading over thirty or more years. And to cap it all, there’s hardly any contamination by pointless lyrical cleverness. Yes – it’s pretty much an instrumental album – always a bonus in this day-and-age of dreary dirges and soppy serenades.
So… my final verdict. Was it worth the ear-strain? Well, frankly, yes it was. Well worth it! It’s a brilliant – sometimes beautiful - little record that’s quite unique in its gentle power to draw out fond memories from the jaded mind and leave one thoroughly satisfied with one’s lot – a rare quality indeed.


The simplest way to write a good review is first to listen, and I do mean LISTEN, with an open mind and an open heart. Then let your emotions dictate what you write. That's the only way to say something worthwhile about what you're reviewing.
Posted by: Elsie Stockdale | June 16, 2009 at 04:04 AM