Taal - Mister Green, 2000, 🇫🇷
This band came from France and with this album they gave us modern variety of contemporary music with clear progressive rock characteristics. In many elements, Taal are heavier than your classic prog rock band, especially as far as the guitar is concerned, and stylistically they aren't quite as jazzy, but are by no means one-dimensional.
"Mister Green" is orchestral in concept and, with the exception of a choirs on one song, is completely instrumental, the ideas often seem voluminous, bombastic, but also classically complex. The French succeed in combining classic inspiration with powerful hard rock and light R.I.O.
Taal is essentially a quartet in the classic progressive rock setup (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums), but the album features a number of guests playing all kinds of wind instruments (flutes, saxophones, clarinets) and strings. Thanks to this, the sound is not only powerful, but also extremely rich, and the melodic and rhythmic complication is accompanied by a variety of arrangements. The album contains over 68 minutes of music, divided into nine tracks. The songs are arranged in an extremely complex and varied way, there is a lot to hear and to discover, whereby the listener experiences a real musical rollercoaster ride through lively changes in tempo and mood. It is precisely the extremes of hardness and softness, melody and absurdity that give the album its very own character. This album represents musical earthquake in the “new prog” musical panorama and it stands as both traditional and original in form. What is most striking about it is the confidence with which these guys play.
Taal’s debut album is somewhat hidden in its shadow, and I must say it’s a sad thing, because the album is extremely strong and mature, very professional and strongly recommended. #taal#taalband#prog#progrock#progressiverockmusic#progressiverock#progressiverockcommunity#progrockforever#progrockmusic#progrockcommunity#albumreview#albumreviews#progreviews#musicreview#progband#progalbum#progrockplanet#progrockworld#progrockvinyl