Progressive Rock Reviews
Progressive Rock Reviews
KARIBOW |
Karibow are : Berthold Fehmer on Keyboards, and Backing Vocals Marcus Müller on Bass and Backing Vocals Marcus Pukropski on DRums and Percussion Oliver Rüsing on Vocals, Guitars and Keyboards The tracks are : 1. Lose Your Way (3:15) 2. World Designs (8:39) 3. The Lame And The Flyer (7:45) 4. Echoes a) Ache b) The Code c) Ode (13:34) The opening track is 'Lose Your Way', a nice track with some mellow keyboards and intricate guitar. There are no vocals as such, it's more of a conversation between a father and son who are out walking one day when they lose their way and come across Karibow Land. They are greeted by the chief who says "Hey Youse, What the heck are you doing here" The father explains that they have lost their way. The chief then goes on to say "Lost your way, I will tell you some of my stories and then you can decide whether you want to stay here or run" The next track is 'World Designs', a great track starting with a disco beat style drums with some nice guitar, then is quickly followed by a heavier guitar sound coming in. Theres some nice drums and bass nice vocals from Oliver. This track reminds me a little of Yes, with some nice vocal harmonies. This is quite catchy with occassional heavier guitar riffs coming in, lots of intricate guitar, the music structure is quite complex and on occassional does approach more of a progmetal genre. The third track 'The Lame And The Flyer' is another nice track with some great keyboards, drums and bass. Again this track is quite catchy as well as the chorus. towards the end the music changes direction with some jazz piano coming in. Later the track then changes back. The final track is 'Echoes', which is split into three parts a) Ache, b) The Code, c) Ode. Longest track on the album lasting thirteen and a half minutes. This is a great track starting with some nice piano and vocals, this is followed by some great drums and percussion. Oliver's vocals are quite powerful on this track. This is another track that to me occassionally approaches the progmetal border. There are many changes in direction, mood and tempo. Great guitar and keyboards. Overall, I think this is a great album. Nice intro with the story about the father and son, but I suppose I was a little disappointed at the end, as you don't get to hear what the father and son have decided, nut maybe that's left up to the listener to decide? Highly Recommended!!! Self released, you can contact the band by writing to : Karibow information Int. Am Kreuzacker 22 44803 Bochum Germany Website : www.karibow.de Email : niiko@cityweb.de |