10/31/2022 0 Comments Frank ocean discography thepirtebyDespite Eloy's great influence on groups like Playing feature prominently in epic interludes throughout this album. The ethereal keyboards and Bornemann's pivotal guitar Instrumentation and sound that other albums do not have. The creation of atmosphericĪtmospheres and passages into thoughts of mythical beings and different worlds really achieve a higher level of Ocean, Eloy's sixth album, is aĬoncept album that tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical "Atlantis". I didn't have faith in this band, but after listening to this album, I was totally retracted. Posted Friday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #2672340) Sound of Eloy would appear in their late records, this is a very nice debut but definitely not an indispensableĪlbum, entertaining and interesting to discover and occasionally listen to, but no more than that. Throughout the entire piece, nothing really special or fully remarkable but absolutely enjoyable. The record is filled with excellent guitar riffs and very strong bass and drum lines Hard Rock that resembles more to bands such as Wishbone Ash, Atomic Rooster, Birth Control and Deep The spacey rock the band developed from 1973 to 1979, actually, this album is much more oriented to a bluesy Records by the same band, Eloy's debut record is an example of that: the essence of this record is very far from It is very interesting to see how different can a debut album sound from the classic and most popular following Posted Friday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #2672345) Music, and the end with the moving sound that goes from one side of the music speaker to the other. Slow and relaxed rhythm, very hypnotic in some moments with the nice touch of the choral voices, marching The closing track "Up and down" has a very The rhythmic patterns in "Inside" areĮxquisite, the guitar solos are very energic while "Future city" is a much slower piece with the presence ofĪcoustic guitar (occasionally) and even a little dark atmosphere. It's not a copy when the ideas bring so much of original content. Undeniable but that is what I love about music: no matter how much influence you take from another band, The short tracks on the B-side are also in the vein of the opening track, the Pink Floyd influence is Manfred Wieczorke's keyboard, sometimes very in a Richard Wright way and sometimes even in a Keith Through which Eloy explored the fields of progressive rhythm changes, the main plate on this piece is The opening track is the 17-minute epic "Land of no body", which has excellent instrumental sections More spacey one with excellent keyboards, precise drums and not filled with very speed and overwhelming It was completely intentional), the mainly hard bluesy rock they played in the first album evolved to a much "Inside" was the first attempt of Eloy to enter the fields of Progressive Rock (I say attempt assuming What a drastic change in the musical style of Eloy this album was, this is where the Eloy I know and love Their last album "Ocean 2", released in 1998, was a surprising come back of a progressive rock band, which stopped recently their stage-appearances. During 1993-1994, ELOY released three best of collections and it wasn't until 1994 with the release of "The Tides Return Forever", that they recorded and toured again is released and the band reappeared live on stage for several successful shows in Germany. They followed up with "Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes", the year later to even greater success. "Ocean" is a concept album about Atlantis, and one of the pillar albums of the German symphonic scene, and certainly worth checking out. "Dawn" is actually one of the better of the symphonic-era ELOY albums, perhaps even the best. Their best period is the mid to late-70's with the trippier space-rock of "Inside" and "Floating" (with Manfred WIECZORKE later of JANE). They produced many albums between 19 with different line-ups. Based mainly on founder Frank BORNEMANN's guitar solos, their music evolved to include more synthesizers and choirs. They have had a number of turnovers, with a major split in the 1980s that resulted in a move into more of a mainstream direction. They started off in Germany as a hard rock band with a political bent, but soon drifted into a spacier progressive rock sound. Inspired by THE SHADOWS and THE BEATLES, they became one of the major bands in the progressive rock scene highly influenced by the space rock of PINK FLOYD. Wells' The Time Machine, ELOY was initially formed in 1969 in Germany. Taking their name from the "Eloi", the futuristic race of people in H.G. Founded in Hannover, Germany in 1969 - Several hiatuses in the 80's and 90's - Still active as of 2019
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