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This is at concept piece by a band who wishes to remain
an enigmatic mystery. Briefly, in the distant future, after
the great wars, most of mankind is shut up in biospheres
where everything is controlled by artificial intelligences,
the AI’s. The rest of the people survive outside in the
polluted and desolate wastelands. Inside these ‘hives’ everything
is created artificially, so when a young girl decides to
have a child, she is charged and found guilty of breaking
the strict genetic laws, and left beaten, drugged and abandoned
on a lake shore. She is rescued by the outsiders who look
after her, and over time she becomes a mother to all these
disparate groups, bringing them together and forging a new
future. This is very Porcupine Tree, with a hint of Ayreon
(especially the concept), the band settling into a steady
groove with subtle variations of tones, textures and colours,
and flourishes and embellishments rather than soloing. The
lady’s unique slightly deadpan vocals melt into the music,
at times they appear to be subtly treated to obtain an unusual
tone, or it could be the singer’s natural voice, it is difficult
to tell. Nothing is allowed to disturb the smooth, almost
hypnotic, flow of the music. Although divided up into easily
digested bite sized songs, it is best treated as a continuous
piece of music, all beautifully recorded and performed.
Puzzlingly, ‘What We Will Be’ starts with the Bakuba creationist
theory done in the voice and style of Prof Stephen Hawking.
I found this a mesmerising listening experience, aural hypnotherapy,
I needed the loo but I was transfixed to my chair, the trance
only broken when the last track finished (followed by a
very quick dash!). The album is easily available from their
Website, http://www.delusionsquared.com/
and CD Baby. This has the makings of a prog classic,
I just wish I knew who to thank, 8.5 out of 10.
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