Art Rock Show – Cen-ProjekT – Carnival of Lost Souls (Week 38)

Cen-ProjekT komt uit Duitsland en is van multi-instrumentalist Chris Engels en een trio met bassist Wolfgang Kropf en drummer Marius Boffgen. De teksten zijn geïnspireerd op gedichten. Chris heeft ook veel studioalbums onder zijn eigen naam uitgebracht, maar die zijn wat zwaarder van toon. De muziek op zijn albums met de band heeft wat invloeden van de symfonische prog uit de jaren 70 en bands als Genesis en Pink Floyd.

Prog Archives review: “This is the project of one man with only one guest on bass. The music is rooted in the symphonic prog of the 1970s. The melodies are developed around lush keyboards and emotional vocal harmonies. Some acoustic passages bring Genesis and Hackett’s style of playing.

The flute passage adds to the retro prog feel that we have throughout the album. The guitars are never as heavy as some Neo-Prog bands, and the prominent use of acoustic guitar and flute provided an almost pastoral atmosphere.

I am impressed by the quality of the songs from start to finish. For now, this album seems to be a step ahead of other albums from this project, because the songs have the edge that was missing. This could be in my top 10 albums this year!”

Naast Cen-ProjekT (Carnival of Lost Souls, Tumbletown), Laughing Stock (Shelter), Fish on Friday (Black Rain), Myth of Logic (Pictures From A Previous Dream) & Anubis (Lights of Change – Live).”

• Thursday/Donderdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Friday/Vrijdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Saturday/Zaterdag 12.00 – 24.00