Supersister -Present From Nancy

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SUPERSISTER -'PRESENT FROM NANCY'

POLYDOR LABEL -2419 061

Vinyl is NM, cover is NM.

Review by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine)
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Specialist

give this another halfstar. Supersister is a real surprise because unlike many dutch band , they were not followers but somewhat of a forerunner in the Canterbury style. In 1970, they sounded already like Hatfield & The North and developped a very Jazzy-prog with the exact strange humour present in their music present across the North Sea.

This particular album is made of four lenghty tracks (some subdivided) and one short. The title track is a long piano dominated piece and Metamorphosis is full of excellent pwerful drumming and ends in a spoof Eight Miles High (a wink and a nod to countrymen Golden Earring who had made this Byrds songs their bravado in concert a few months before). Although the Canterbury-like inspiration will stay intact for years , the sound will slightly evolve with each album (peaking with the Puuding album) but in this one we shall say a mix of Floyd's UmmaGumma and Matching Mole's debut.

SUPERSISTER were a Canterbury’ish 4 man act from The Hague who managed to release a few real beauties with “Present From Nancy” being one of the standout albums. Drawing on aspects of GENTLE GIANT and EGG this band get in to some real musical predicaments. The line-up: on this album was Robert Jan Stips (vocals, keyboards), Ron van Eck (bass, guitar), Marco Vrolijk (drums, vocals) and Sacha van Geest (vocals, flute). SUPERSISTER's music is quite varied and complex with an original mix of progressive, jazz, rock, classical and fusion genres never really resting. Musically this is actually shares some of the musical shifts reminiscent of the work of Frank ZAPPA. Also at times I get an early PINK FLOYD (aka "Ummagumma") vibe which may rest more in their use of percussion and keyboards. SUPERSISTER blend complex drum and fuzz bass interplay with keyboards and flutes and really create a wall of fantastic music for your mind. Surprisingly this album does not really feature any dominant guitar work and yet feels so lively and fresh. Very much recommended to all lovers of Canterbury prog.

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