Areknames – Areknamès 2003

 

 Areknames – Areknamès 2003 (Italy Prog)

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by dsanful
 5 stars. I don’t really understand why some masterpieces, as this one, haven’t got this label as such. We find in this album all the greatness from the 70′s plus a fantastic production that few bands achieve on their first record.
 Dark atmosphere accompanied by visceral feelings that make you go deeper into your mind. I can’t avoid naming Van Der Graaf Generator as their biggest influence and AREKNAMÉS is one of the bands that approach the unique sound generated by them, just tremendous!

Areknames - Live At Burg Herzberg Festival 2007

This interesting new Italian formation invites us for a trip with their musical time-machine to the early Seventies. In those days most of the big record companies had small sub-labels in order to host their progressive rock acts (like EMI had Harvest for Pink Floyd), there they got room for adventure and experiments. Well, listening to Areknames you can easily confuse this for a Seventies rooted band. This live CD was recorded during the Burg Herzberg Festival 2007, I hope a DVD will follow soon, what a stunning sound!

1. Dateless Diary : After a dreamy climate with wonderful violin-Mellotron and a bit melancholical vocals (evoking Peter Hamill),we can enjoy powerful Hammond organ, propulsive guitarwork and fat synthesizer flights in a compelling atmosphere. In the end the dreamy climate returns delivering Mellotron, Hammond and flowing electric guitar.