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Real Nord
AL NORDER
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Musicians: All tracks composed and played by Al Norder (Attila Héger) Track list: 1. Nightowl (3:35) Al Norder is actually the Hungarian composer Attila Héger. Last year he released the two magnificent "War Of Angels" albums under the name Laren d'Or. "Real Nord" is an instrumental concept album, and it is heavier than Attila's previous albums. He has also composed music for well-known games such as Legacy of War, Lost World/Jurassic Park and Star Trek - Deep Space 9. Laren describes the concept or the album like this: "In 2117, a special force of the World-state army has taken offensive action in the North Pole, with the actual aim being unknown. According to gossip information they had to eliminate a sect-group, called Inferno Child that uses mental energy. There is no information about the final result. The area has been closed..." The music on "Real Nord" is instrumental with great melodies, guitar riffs, synthesizers and influences from classical music (Bach, Wagner etc.), electronic music (Jean-Michel Jarré, Björn Lynne, Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis etc.), film soundtracks (John Williams etc.), industrial rock, progressive rock (Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes etc.) and Attila's work as an in-house composer at a game developer company. Perhaps Attila should've incorporated some vocals too his compositions too, to make it even more interesting. Although this album is really good I do prefer Laren d'Or's two "War Of Angels" albums, but all in all it's worth checking out. Reviewer: Greger Rönnqvist greger.ronnqvist@infodata.sema.se Discography: War of Angels (1997
- Hungary) His second album, entitled Books, is about to be released. Contact & Info: Official
Website of Attila Héger aka Laren d'Or:
www.larendor.hu you can download Laren d'Or (Attila Héger) at mp3.com: www.mp3.com/larendor (Synthphonia & progressive music - streaming/play tracks, download mp3 or order CD) Attila Héger at BeSonic.com: www.besonic.com/larendor (Video game music excerpts from projects: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, Wacky Races, Contra '96 & '97, Tiny Tank and Three Dirty Dwarves) Downloads can also
be found at: Attila Héger H-1201
Budapest Attila u. 8. III. 9. HUNGARY |
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War of Angels
(Synthphonia & Progressive) selection
LAREN D'OR |
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Musicians: All tracks composed and played by Laren d'Or Selection from the War of Angels (Synthphonia) album: 1. 4.12 (April Ride)
(2:58) Selection from the War of Angels (Progressive) album: 1. Purification (3:14) A very special compilation of the internet-only version double album. Attila Héger is a Hungarian composer who started taking piano lessons at the age of six. He's influences comes from soundtracks, classical music (Bach, Liszt, Wagner, Vivaldi), recent keyboard artists (Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jean-Michel Jarré, Yes, Solaris), modern music (Moby, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Morcheeba) and contemporary composers (Michael Nyman and Philip Glass), but also authors such as Stanislaw Lem, Strugatsky Brothers and Ray Bradbury. When he started to write and perform his own music to a bigger audience, he took the name Laren d'Or after his favourite fantasy hero. His career started as a composer for computer games, and he has composed music for over 20 games. Laren d'Or's extended and internet-only double album "War of Angels" are divided into two parts: "Synthphonia" and "Progressive". It's an electronic instrumental tour de force, which contains reminiscences from the main part of his influences. Some elements of his music reminds a lot of music for computer games or movie soundtracks, but most of all the Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis and Wagner influences are shown. The music is very well composed with a good production, and it ranges from quiet and beautiful to bombastic and dramatic. Really exciting! The music might not be that original but it can easily be compared to Vangelis when it comes to musical qualities, compositions and performance, because Laren d'Or is a true virtuoso and keyboard wizard. Highly recommended if you're into instrumental electronic and/or classical music. Reviewer: Greger Rönnqvist greger.ronnqvist@infodata.sema.se Contact & Info: Official
Website of Attila Héger aka Laren d'Or:
www.larendor.hu you can download Laren d'Or (Attila Héger) at mp3.com: www.mp3.com/larendor (Synthphonia & progressive music - streaming/play tracks, download mp3 or order CD) Attila Héger at BeSonic.com: www.besonic.com/larendor (Video game music excerpts from projects: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, Wacky Races, Contra '96 & '97, Tiny Tank and Three Dirty Dwarves) Downloads can also
be found at: Attila Héger H-1201
Budapest Attila u. 8. III. 9. HUNGARY |