MACHIAVEL jester Belgium PROG MONSTER LP Harvest PSYCH PROGRESSIVE NUDE GENESIS
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MACHIAVEL - jester
ORIGINAL BELGIUM PRESSING ON THE HARVEST LABEL FROM 1977. SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT AND THE RECORD IS MINT.
HAS THE FOLD OUT INSERT.
Rare top prog album of this Belgian rockband.
Very solid, complex and melodic symphonic progressive rock from Belgium. "Jester" was Machiavel's second album and one of their classic releases. The music is lush and atmospheric with tons of excellent guitar and keyboard-work (string synths, Mellotron, moog and el-piano) and it sounds very typical late 70's European symphonic progressive rock. Their main influence seemed to be Genesis, but they also mix in some very Supertramp-like el-piano on the more catchy and up-tempo parts of the tracks. For some strange reason they have placed the only weak track first on the album. "Wisdom" is a kind of a non-existing track and sounds partly like some boring neo-progressive crap. But you shouldn't let that scare you off, as the rest of the album is really excellent. The title-track demonstrates all the sides of the group very well. Beautiful, symphonic and atmospheric instrumental-parts stand side by side with catchy vocal-parts that just stick to your brain. "Sparkling Jaw" and "In the Reign of Queen Pollution" are other examples of this combination, while "Mr. Street Fair" is a more pure symphonic track. With the exception of "Wisdom", this is a great album and recommended to all fans of symphonic progressive. (vintageprog.com)
Tracks:
Side A : Wisdom . Sparkling jaw . Moments . In the reign of queen pollution .
Side B : The jester . Mr street fair . Rock , sea and tree .
Musicians : Albert Letecheur ( organ , piano , mellotron , harspichord , etc ) . Roland De Greef ( bass , 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar , vocals , etc ) . Marc Ysaye ( drums , vocals , tambourine , etc ) . Mario Guccio ( vocals , flute , sax , clarinet ) . Jean Paul Delvaux ( electric guitar , 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar , vocals ).
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