TANTALUS - Short Stories 1996


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Studio Album, released in 1996

Track Listings

1. 23 Enigma (5:07)
2. Shot Down In Flames (5:38)
3. Light From Dark (6:22)
4. Moondance (4:56)
5. Plans (4:06)
6. City Of Dreaming Spires (4:54)
7. Wherever You Turn (4:54)
8. Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (7:45)
9. Can’t Say No (4:00)

Total Time: 47:42
Line-up/Musicians

- Max Hunt / keyboards, drums & percussion programming, backing vocals
- Rupert Willder / guitars, lead vocals
- Steve Meston / bass, backing vocals

Цитата:
(John ‘Bobo’ Bollenberg)
Sometimes you are given material by bands you know nothing about at all yet you try to help yourself using every little detail the scarse information in the booklet gives you. So I think the first seven songs on this album date from ’96, whilst an extra track has been added on a cassette version of this album with a further, ninth, track on the CD I’m now listening to. And pleasant it is too when we set off with the funky instrumental ’23 enigma’ containing the perfect mix between prog and fusion highlighting some truly wonderful guitar. Try and think of Brand X blending with Shakatak in order to get you on Top Of The Pops ! I think we have struck the core of what Tantalus is al about with ‘Shot down in flames’ which delivers a nice piece of blues as issued by the likes of Blue Blot (Belgian funky pop outfit, JB) Delivering a fair amount of flageolets ‘Light from dark’ is yet another pièce de résistance for guitarist/singer Rupert Willder. Another pleasant instrumental is delivered by means of ‘Moondance’ which does include some Camel licks. A new recording is added in the form of Bach’s ‘Toccata and fugue in D minor’ which of course turns all spotlights in the direction of Max and Gérlinde Hunt whilst Nick Becre steps in as new guitarist (although I don’t like the stolen riff from the Kinks’ ‘You really got me’ in the backgrond !). The bonustrack ‘Can’t say no’ sports yet another guitarist and singer illustrating what I was afraid of being that Tantalus combines skilled musicians on the lookout for originality yet strands in bland pop as opposed to well crafted progressive gems. Back to the drawing board I’m afraid.


Some time ago Frieden on Pedro's tracker uploaded two last plates of this group: "Jubal" and "Lumen Et Caligo I". In his memory I decided upload here this one.

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