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(Janos Varga Project) - "Elixir"

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Reviewed by:

Erik Neuteboom

www.progwalhalla.com

Genre:
Eclectic Prog
Country:
Hungary
Length:
NA
Release Date:
Sep 08 2009
Band Members: Janos Varga- (guitars, synthesizers and bass) Drummer- István Király
  Zsolt Nagy-Keyboards György Ferenczi - Violin
     
 
Only Track Listing Avalible
 
Track Listing: 1.)-Eldorado  
  2.)-Pentatonic Attack  
  3.)-Roses On The River  
  4.)-East-West Express  
  5.)-Respect For The Master  
  6.)-My Dream Came True  
     
     

Review:

Janos Varga is the founding member and guitar player of the legendary Hungarian progrock formation East that made several albums in the first part of the Eighties, their LP Hüség (1982) is considered as their best effort. Then Janos was very active in several musical projects and in the late Nineties he founded the Janos Varga Project. He released the studio-albums The Wings Of Revalations I (2000) and II (2002) and in 2003 the Janos Vargo Project DVD entitled Live The Wings Of Revalation. On this DVD and two CD's, I enjoyed the variety in his often powerful guitar work (from propulsive riffs and fiery runs to classical guitar and sensitive with subtle use of the volume pedal) and in the compositions (from rock and blues to New Age and symphonic rock). -

This year (2009) the Janos Varga Project has released a new studio-album entitled Elixer on which Janos (guitars, synthesizers and bass) plays together with original East-drummer István Király, keyboard player Zsolt Nagy and György Ferenczi on violin. Again we can enjoy a lot of variety and powerful guitar work but on this album the violin adds a strong new element to the sound of Janos Varga Project: strong solos and captivating interplay with the electric guitar in the Eastern sounding India, the alternating Eldorado and Pentatonic Attack (evoking JL Ponty). But of course the focus is on Janos his excellent guitar work: a moving solo in Roses On The River (also including a compelling Hammond organ solo after a spacey intro), fiery, biting and heavy runs in East-West Express (swinging bass and propulsive percussion), wah-wah guitar and splendid guitar work in the (in my opinion) Eric Clapton tribute Respect For The Master, Floydian guitar play in the varied Caravanserai (electronic sounds, didgeridoo, flute and acoustic guitar), howling electric guitar runs, blended with acoustic guitar in the swinging The Right Way, a heavy and bombastic guitar sound in the alternating My Dream Came True and sensitive electric guitar runs (with hints of Peter Green and Carlos Santana) in the wonderful final track Confession. -

I end this review with the same words as I did in my review about the DVD: this music will please the guitar minded progheads with a varied taste.

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