Artista: 7 for 4
Álbum: Time
Año: 2004
Género: Progresivo ecléctico / Jazz rock metálico / Fusión
Duración: 58:22
Nacionalidad: Alemania
Álbum: Time
Año: 2004
Género: Progresivo ecléctico / Jazz rock metálico / Fusión
Duración: 58:22
Nacionalidad: Alemania
Lista de Temas:
1. Zeitgeist
2. TempERAmento
3. Where Are You Now
4. 7:44 a.m.
5. Time (Chapter I)
6. Rock'n'Rolex
7. Perpetuum Mobile
8. Time (Chapter II)
9. Flux Capacitor
10. Burnt Chicken Wings
11. Slow [e]Motion
1. Zeitgeist
2. TempERAmento
3. Where Are You Now
4. 7:44 a.m.
5. Time (Chapter I)
6. Rock'n'Rolex
7. Perpetuum Mobile
8. Time (Chapter II)
9. Flux Capacitor
10. Burnt Chicken Wings
11. Slow [e]Motion
Alineación:
- Wolfgang Zenk / guitars
- Markus Grutzner / bass
- Klaus Engel / drums
- Markus Froschmeier / keyboards
Guest:
Conny Kreitmeier / vocals on 4
Increíblemente este conjunto no es conocido ¿qué pasará en el mundo que suceden cosas como esta?
Discazo.
Bandaza de heavy jazz rock ecléctico, o algo por el estilo.
Últimamente estoy inventando estilos, o creo que son los grupos los que me hacen inventarlos al tratar de definirlos, en algunos casos los estilos que llevan adelante son tan eclécticos que es realmente complicado tratar de empaquetarlos. Tal es el caso de estos alemanes que tienen temas que pasan por una multitud de estilos, y lo peor es que en muchos casos combinan esos estilos al mismo tiempo.
Y verán en varios de los lugares donde presentan este grupo, dicen que ellos hacen metal progresivo. Equivocado, o mejor dicho, rotularlos no es tan simple como eso.
Y es que aquí tenemos toda la creatividad, virtuosismo e inteligencia de un ex-Sieges Even (ya presenté a esta banda y hable de los innumerables beneficios para la salud y el espíritu que trae escuchar conjuntos como este) liderando este proyecto y lanzando a los aires un torbellino de ideas, notas y potencia, todo llevado a niveles críticos, en una experimentación extrema pero con la particularidad de ser sumamente melódico y agradable al oído desde la primer escucha. Y aquí encontrarán desde jazz rock, funk, latin music, progresivo metálico (muy del estilo del Sieges Even de "Sophisticated" y "Uneven", os dos disco en los que participó e imprimió su sello personal el talentosísimo señor Wolfgang Zenk), y muchas cosas más.
Bueno, pero... ¿a quién le interesa su cara?. Aquí lo podrán ver de cuerpo entero con la guitarra en sus manos, y acompañado de sus viruosos compañeros (todos músicos de la puta madre, aclaremos):
7for4 - E-Gyptian - Live @ Drummer's Focus Festival 2003
Pero para no cansar tanto vamos a un comentario que no es mío, a ver si se piensan que estoy exagerando:
Estos alemanes son una de las mejores bandas que e escuchado. En sus temas mezclan funk, jazz, ritmos latinos, country... de todo. El grupo esta formado por 4 músicos muy capaces y experimentados. Ellos son: Wolfgang Zenk (guitarra) fue guitarrista de la banda de metal progresivo Sieges Even, además de director del MGI, que es posiblemente el instituto mas avanzado de guitarristas de Alemania. El bajista Markus Grützner tocó en varias bandas de jazz/fusión en Europa. Klaus Engl el baterista es profesor en el "Drummer's Focus", instituto para bateristas y también formó parte de una banda de Heavy-Rock con Markus Grützner. Markus Froschmeier, el tecladista, cuenta con una sólida formación musical, pero en su caso proviene del campo clásico. Como vemos, cada uno viene de una escuela musical diferente, lo que hace que el grupo tenga una gran variedad de influencias y estilos, logrando una linda y colorida Fusión entre el Jazz Rock y el Rock/Metal Progresivo principalmente. En fin, una banda totalmente instrumental con una propuesta super interesante.Quetzal
Y como quizás lo más apropiado para presentar una banda de estas características, donde es tan complitado tratar de apresarlas y definirlas, sea que directamente la escuchen, vamos con otro de sus sorprendentes temas, escuchen con atención ¡con atención, por favor! y sorpréndanse:
Eso sí, no esperen encontrarse con un estilo y una onda tipo Dream Theater en sus más osadas fusiones, ni con siquiera Liquid Tension Experiment, esto es otra cosa completamente diferente, al menos en espíritu e intención aunque quizás no tanto en técnica.
7 for 4 is a german jazz fusion band who has three albums since now. This one Time is their second one from 2004. Hmm intristing combinations of jazz - fusion prog metal in places some folkish elements ar added here and there, the resoult is 7 for 4. The album is mainly instrumental with some exceptions, that means they have enough spave to demonstarate their skills in prog music. The musicians are very talented , that is clear when you pieces like: Zeitgeist, TempERAmento or Where Are You Now (with a beautiful female voice of Conny Kreitmeier), the rest of the pieces are ok, but sometimes is to much noodleings that makes me go to sleep, nothing special, but as whole the album is a good one. We have here as main composer the guitarist from the famous german prog metal band Sieges Even - Wolfgang Zenk. He new how to manage to create something pleasent combining some very intristing riffs with some pleasent and very intriguing solos - from jazz smoothness to some latin parts here and there, some prog metal chops melted with jazz give to the listner a special atmosphere. So a good album, that desearves for sure 3.5 stars, I can't give more because of that parts that are a little boring. Worth couple of spins, nothing groundbreaking but ok and inventive in places, similar with Anomaly (the dutch one), LTE or Gordian Knot.b_olariu
Highly polished, often-smokin' fusion that leans towards the "metal" side ala Yngwie Malmsteen or Tony MacAlpine, and with mostly interesting songwriting. I don't think anyone would be surprised if one--or all--of these guys had grad degrees from Berklee. The track with vocals, "7:44 a.m.", makes me wish most of the album had them. However, I suspect that the primary reason this doesn't get an even higher score from me is that the band is a relatively new discovery for me. It may very well grow on me even more.Eddie Deezen Studies
Este es el segundo álbum que ha sacado la banda, y publico éste simplemente porque lo tengo a mano pero los otros iguales de buenos, si les interesa avisen que con gusto los traemos a este espacio. No tienen desperdicio, se los aseguro.
This is a must have! Although this falls more into instrumental-Hard Prog rock, that certainly doesnt degrade this album in any respect. The musicianship, notably of the drummer, is top notch. The one song that really nails it home for me has to be Temperamento (which by good fortune can be heard on this website). Although I do think it is slightly worse than their previous album "Contact," it is still a magnificent album, just as frenetic as their first release. This is definitely not cool jazz! If you're just getting into this group, head for the other album, but I can assure this album is very close in qualityQuietus
Well, I wrote the bio some time ago but the review is still missing. This will change now because here it finally is: Actually it was a fortunate coincidence that 7for4 called my attention. The four guys from Munich (Germany) filled in for "Flying food Circus" at short notice and supported "Karmakanic" in Würzburg. They not only left a mark on me, everyone was enthused and thrilled. I ordered their albums immediately and the same feelings afflict me everytime I listen to the studio versions. But what are the magic ingredients that constitute their music and the latest output "Time"? Well, you can't actually say which genre they belong to. Basically it is a compound of Fusion and Prog Metal, but as I said before, basically. Guitarist and songwriter Wolfgang Zenk mingles the brew with various trimmings such as latin, jazz, blues and even country. The music is, with the exception of one song, all instrumental and reaches from atmospherical to VERY fast and features incredible breaks at impossible spots. It's something I never heard before and it really impresses me. The album commences with "Zeitgeist". A wonderful and melodic tune between Fusion and Liquid Tension Experiment like prog Metal. It partly features the bass as lead instrument. I already told you about the latin flavour, here it is. "TempERAmento" implicates a strong samba feeling in a fusion garment. Great drumming, unbelievable breaks, terrific song, perfect for your next holidays in Brazil ;) "Where are you now" is the only song featuring singing, but the female vocals blend in quite good, it fits the general sound. "7:44 am" which also is 7:44 minutes long (also remember the band name), offers matutinal gloom. It's an atmospherical and medolic tune featuring jazz as well as some prog metal parts, a highlight. The first part of the title song abducts you to a different world. Pink Floyd? Yes, in the beginning but it changes to a mellow, muted fusion song, beautiful. In "Rock'n'Rolex" ex "Sieges Even" guitarist Wolfgang Zenk comes up with nice melodies and insane guitar solos. Same with "Perpentuum Mobile". 7for4 outpaces Liquid Tension Experiment at times, apart from the Fusion featured here. What follows is a welcome break after the last very rapid songs. It's the second part of the title song, again very beautiful and calm...in the beginning. In the second half the song changes to a prog metal tune with a long guitar solo, but no shredding here, it's a melodic one. "Flux Capacitor", you may know this thing from "Back to the Future" with Michael J. Fox. The song is made up of jazzy and prog metal parts and yet again, incredible breaks. "Burnt chicken wings" is...Country-Prog? Well, it's a really funny tune and another highlight. The last tune "Slow [e]motion" is a calm and worthy closure of an amazing album. 7for4 is a superlatively interesting band featuring lots of different influences and styles. As I said before, they can be generally gegarded as either prog metal or fusion. Due to their various ingredients it's hard to find similar bands. Maybe it can be regarded as a mixture of Liquid Tension Experiment and the Mahavsihnu Orchestra if you want. Maybe Mastermind's "Excelsior!" is another good example. But "Time" is much more frisky, you can almost hear how many fun it is to play this music and that's what I've seen live, four guys having a lot of fun playing this crazy music. You have to listen to the samples on their homepage. Highly recommended!Martin Dietrich
Listo, no hay mucho más que contar, si no se descargan este álbum con lo que dije y con lo que escucharon pueden irse a otro blog, creo que se han equivocado. Mientras los archivos se descargan, les dejo un par de videos para que se vayan deleitando con lo que podrán escuchar.
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