The eternal energetic solo, Bart clusters divinely. '' Enjoy Your Life's on a delicate piano arpeggio bringing an agreed tune to 'Lonely City' 'majestic with the flute and guitar solo of Bart à la Camel very singular voice but ideal duringĬhoruses melodic and rhythmic title. '' The Day That Never Came 'pastoral intro, groovy track, prog metal based on keyboards and high vocals inĪddition to a well-placed riff, Silhouette's paw the break flute, piano then the plaintive solo, playful melodic. Neo-prog it is also dark melancholy border like a wandering in search of oneself. The album deals with the loneliness of the cities the music is modern, on melodic, groovy Posted Friday, Ap| Review this album | Report (Review #2737520)ĬHAIN REAKTOR is the group of the Laan brothers from the SKYLAKE group with their father Erik from the It is an album which screams "Class" from the very first time it is played, and it only gets better the more one listens to it.įor any proghead who wants their genre to be melodic, modern, with some crunch yet still with plenty of keyboards Within this context it works incredibly well indeed. Questioned these, as they may not be quite what some may expect, but I love the slight difference to the sound and Music and thoroughly enjoy the harmonies and multi-tracks when the time is right. Then on top of that we have the vocals, which I find perfectly suited to the The lead and providing support as the need requires, while Mark and Arjan keep it tied down, both venturing into theįorefront of the sound when the time is right. Would be taking the primary role, but this is an album of balance, with keyboards and guitar in equal state, each taking One might expect that given Erik has the most experience and is the most well-known musician then he
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This band happily straddle the heavy prog and neo-prog boundaries, creating music which is immediate and packed full One of those is singer Suzan Van Den Enge who provides harmony vocals, also from Skylake (whoseĢ019 debut album I reviewed some time back). Skylake) and Arjan Laan (drums, percussion, Skylake) with the line-up completed with bassist Mark Op Ten Berg along When Erik Laan (keyboards, vocals, Silhouette) contacted me to see if I had heardĪbout his new band, one could sense the pride in which he told me it also included his sons Bart (guitars, flute, vocals, Happen, but not as much as one would expect, and it is even rarer for a parent and children to play in the same group,īut that is exactly what we have here. 'n' roll" on his radio show that we have not had more children following in their famous parents' footsteps.
Additional low and high cut controls.In some ways it is somewhat surprising that in the 70 years since Alan Freed started broadcasting what he termed "rock
Slew Limiter – An idea from Tape Mate.This emulates the input circuit of a VCR (somewhat).
Preamp – Tone and Drive controls from the “Tape Mate” ensemble.Mic Emulation – Simulates the signal being re-recorded on a microphone.Chorus – Adds some additional pitch variation the input signal.