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Fears
CLEPSYDRA



Clepsydra are :
Aluisio Maggini on Vocals,
Marco Cerulli on Guitars And Saxophone,
PhilipHubert on Keyboards,
Andy Thommenon Bass
Pietro Duca on Drums and Percussion.

Fears was recorded and engineered by Clepsydra and Mario Krag at the Hour-Glass.
Mixed by Etienne Bron and Clepsydra at the Hour-Glass and mastered by Etienne Bron and Clepsydra at Powerplay Studios.
Art Design By Sandor Kwiatkowski. Cover Photography by Pascal Jacqueroud. Inside Photography by Alfio De-Paoli and additional photgraphy by Lory Mutta and Marco Cerulli.

Track Listing :
'Soaked',
'The Missing Spark',
'Into My Cartoon',
'The Age Of Glass',
'Fearless',
'Daises In The Sunshine',
'The Cloister',
'The Nineteenth Hole',
'Sweet Smelling Wood',
'Fear'

The opening track 'Soaked' is  a stunner of a track which is very powerful with some great vocals, dynamic drumming and wonderful soaring guitar sounds. There are also some nice changes of mood within the song.

Track 2 'The Missing Spark' starts with a great guitar solo. There are some nice mood changes and Aluisio has a very powerful voice which is very well suited to the music.

'Into My Cartoon' is a nice but quieter track.

Next is 'The Age Of Glass' starts of fairly quiet with harpsichord sounding keyboards and becomes very powerful in the middle with some great keyboards and guitar playing before calming down to the harpsichord again.

Track 5 'Fearless ' is a brilliant track, great guitar and keyboards ( reminds me a little of Rush). 'Daises In The Sunshine ' is a very pleasant instrumental mainly with acoustic guitar with some keyboards in the background.

Next is 'The Cloister'  which has some nice changes in direction with some great keyboards and stunning guitar playing.

Track 8 is ' The Nineteenth Hole' a track that starts fairly quiet and gradually builds up to some excellent keyboards. Followed by a really nice rythym guitar passage and some great lead guitar. The track finishes with some stunning saxophone playing.

'Sweet Smelling Wood' is a nice plesant quieter track.

And to finish is 'Fears' a great track with some stunning guitar playing.

Overall I think this is a fantastic album. It is a very powerful abum with great vocals, a very tight sound with the bass and the dynamic drumming and some stunning guitar playing.

For more information about the band please send IRC to: CLEPSYDRA,P.O.Box 324, CH-6612. ASCONA.
EMAIL :info@clepsydra.ch
WEBSITE : http://www.clepsydra.ch
Information  at the website as to where you can obtain a copy of Fears: CLEPSYDRA

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