SuperSister '74 DUTCH PROG MONSTER LP Iskander mint- 1st press

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Band/Record: SuperSister - Iskander

Label/Matrix: NL 1973 Polydor 2925 021

Condition Record/Sleeve: Mint-/EX+ ( maybe played once or twice. Backcover very very tiny tear)

Extra Info: PROG MONSTER !! Original Dutch 1st pressing on Polydor with the original fold-out Cover + original INSERT.  Wow .... MINTY ...dream audio ... VERY RARE !!

~~ Wonderful album from R.J. Stips and company although the exit of Sacha van Geest and Marco Vrolijk, this is their most mature and complex work. This is a concept album about Alexander the Great life, in which the typical and famous vocal parts are in background and there is no trace of the humour of their first albums, they concentrate all their effort in the instrumental part and the final result is impressive. If you wanna enter in the Supersister world, surely this is not the easy entrance, but once you entered in the magic Supersister world, take your time and be patient and at the end you will love this album.

We face with a lot of "avantish" dissonances, breaks and changes in tempos, rhythms and measures, but symphonic component matters. It is more symphonic music than works by any of Canterbury or RIO bands. Moreover, symphonic and avantprog elements are very closely interlinked (like in the best albums of Yes, King Crimson and Gentle Giant). Another important thing is the presence of Arabian "motives". Arabian elements in the progressive rock are the extroordinary rarity. Possibly, therefore many reviewers strongly emphasized such ethnic elements in the famous "Rajaz" album by Camel (1999). But 26 years before there was the album containing much more organic mix between European prog-rock (and also jazz) and Arabian music. "Iskander" is opened by brass wind solo which creates "Near-Eastern" mood from the beginning of the album. And further Arabian "motives" are intertwined with many themes and "pieces" of this album. It is almost impossible to mark out the best tracks. As I already noted, the album is very monolithic; it is breathtaking from the beginning till the end. But it is necessary to mention marvellous and wonderful melodies in "Roxane" and "Looking Back", and also really progressive development of themes in "Alexander" and "The Battle". "Iskander" is not only very good album which is both melodic and grooving. It is not only highly imaginative and very eccentric work. It is indeed innovative album which has surpassed time. Unfortunately, this absolute masterpiece is underestimated up to now. Nevertheless, "Iskander" album by Supersister is the Beautiful Brick in the Wall of the World Progressive Music which is important not less than "Larks' Tongues In Aspic", "In A Glass House", "Tales From Topographic Ocean", "A Passion Play", or the other famous Bricks. "Iskander" is a must know for any lover of prog.

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