17 PYGMIES Celestina CD (Trakwerx)
17 PYGMIES CII: Second Son CD (Trakwerx)
Earlier this issue I reviewed CIII: Even Celestina Gets the Blues, the third part in 17 Pygmies' sci-fi concept album trilogy. Since then I have received the first two parts, both of which come with the same elaborate handmade packaging. The first CD, Celestina, starts with Celestina I, an instrumental that combines spacerock, psych and Middle Eastern tinged melodic motifs. Celestina II is part post-rock, part dreampop, part film soundtrack style music. Celestina III combines relaxing synth sounds with grandiose neoclassical music. Celestina IV is a hypnotic blend of spacerock and shoegaze. Celestina V is a drone/improvisation/psych-rock piece with minimalistic wordless vocals. Celestina VIII combines ferocious, metalish guitar noise with experimental and ethereal aspects. Celestina X is an experimental, spacey ambient track that gradually develops into a vintage sci-fi soundtrack style piece with dark and ominous sounding synth. The album ends with Celestina XI, an atmospheric psychedelic instrumental that incorporates a section inspired by Spanish folk music.
The second instalment of the trilogy, Second Son, includes eleven tracks, taking in aspects of neoclassical music, experimental music, spacerock, classy and serious pop music, prog, and film score inspired music. It's a sophisticated, well-crafted sound that shows the musicians' considerable talent. This band have a very creative, artistic approach, bringing all manner of disparate genres together into one coherent whole. Their music is very much recommended to anyone open minded about music. Available from www.trakwerx.com/label.htm
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