PANZERPAPPA
- "Farlig Vandring"
Reveiw by Sergio Motta
Coming straight from Norway, a new masterpiece brings forward. The will of originating a progressive rock band that started far back in 1996 by the musician Trond Gjellum, now begins to bear fruits at last. He who kept himself quite persistent over the years by recording some demos on their own expense with a view to make his way through, and in the very end of the last decade Panzerpappa finally began to see overseas on releasing their debut whose title is ‘’...Passer Gullfisk’’, and also to take part in concerts along with known bands as "Anekdoten" and "White Willow" for instance.
Anyway, the album in
question here calls ‘’Farlig Vandring’’ a majestic work, totally instrumental,
that I would certainly classify it as a masterpiece released officially last
month, an album that brought me
quite a good feeling right after the very first listening, and even reminded me
of that golden era, of old Progressive Rock releases, seen that Panzerpappa also
seems to be one more band among others from current scene that tries to rescue a
bit of that old Progressive essence, mostly that once built up by the bands from
the Canterbury scene, and in this case I would say that a bit of "Soft Machine"
and
"Matching Mole" would really be the strongest reference to describe the sonority
of this stunning norwegian band. ‘’Farlig Vandring’’ besides offering the
listener an all-time delight by the beauty of its songs, it also affords us the
chance of appreciating some unusual instruments as melodica, glockenspiel,
trondophon and balaphone, creating quite a fascinating musical atmosphere
overall, also the bass passages strongly put forward enchant the ears, turning
this band into a referential. Panzerpappa is still a band for sure to be
discovered by most of prog fans outside of Scandinavia, maybe now after
releasing this masterpiece the band can finally finds its foothold and go ahead
bound for triumph.
The line-up of Panzerpappa is: Steinar Børve - Saxophones and Keyboards, Trond Gjellum - Drumkit, Acoustic and Electric Percussion, Balaphone, Glockenspiel, Metalophone, Sampler, Trondofon and Melodica, Anders Krabberød -Electric Five String Bassguitar, Electric 4 String Fretless Bassguitar, Chapman Stick, Additional Keyboards and Jarle Storløkken - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards, Accordion. "’Farlig Vandring"’ is brilliant and indispensable work, highly recommendable...
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