Kracq Circumvision LP progressive 1978 holland rare NM

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Kracq - Circumvision lp. Rare first album by Dutch band Kracq. Progressive symphonic rock.

Cover / Record  -  NM / NM

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0-500 g.   (1 LP)

€ 6,16

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0-500 g.    (1 LP)

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- 1978 - "Circumvision"
(51 min, Polumnia)

Synopsis. Already judging by the contents of the band's first album, it becomes clear that Kracq was one of the most interesting progressive groups formed in the second half of the seventies. Above all, it's due to their rare and original music, which is genuinely inspired, and the high caliber of musicianship by all of the band members. Though partly, it's also because they sometimes use counterpoint and polyrhythmic structures, which at the time were adopted only by the proponents of RIO and related experimental outfits. Well, the latter features are present only on the first six tracks, but these form no less than half of the album. The opener Summer of My Life is the only song among them and is brilliant throughout, including the vocal-based parts covering about a third of it. The music is a really unique, both highly intricate and intriguing Symphonic Art-Rock with RIO-like tendencies and ever-changing arrangements. The instrumentals Day In Day Out, Somewhere in the Evening, Y, and Y-II (2, 3, 4, & 6) follow the principal compositionally stylistic aspects of Summer of My Life, though Y contains also distinct elements of classical music, provided by piano, and Y-II those related to Prog-Metal. Among the notable particularities of the first two tracks are solos of acoustic guitar inventively interwoven with basic textures. Cobweb (5) is too short to define its stylistics precisely. Nevertheless, consisting of eclectic interplay between solos of synthesizer, guitar, and bass and those of various mallet and metallic percussion, this is a RIO-like entity rather than something different. The remaining five instrumentals, located on all of the further oddly numbered tracks, are just exceptionally brief to be considered music. I don't know why these snatches of effects, etc, have been included here, but, fortunately, they don't mar the overall impression of the album. All the tracks that really form the second half of the recording are songs: Put up the Organized Fight, To a Square, Partnership, and Keep Control (8, 10, 12, & 14), each representing Symphonic Art-Rock with elements of progressive Hard Rock without noticeable deviations towards experimentalism. While being more accessible than any composition from the first half of the album, each of them, nevertheless, contains enough turns and twists to continue keeping the listener's attention. In any case, "Circumvision" is a really remarkable album. I believe it will be deeply appreciated by any expert in Classic Symphonic Progressive, and not only.

source: http://www.progressor.net/review/kracq_overall.html

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