GANDALF'S  FIST

 

Angleterre   -  néo-progressif  -  ***

 


Gandalf's Fist
 nous invite à faire un bond dans l'espace-temps pour aller à la rencontre
d'une figure mythique du 26ème siècle, Il raconte l'histoire d'un personnage légendaire
du 26 siècle qui erre le Cosmos et se retrouve coincés dans une station spatiale.
Un album qui mêle atmosphères spatio-futuristes, souffle épique, pop progressive,
folk médiéval, hymne revendicatif voire guerrier et romance sentimentale.
Les alternances de chants graves et aigus, la récurrence d'un narrateur, le mélange
de voix masculines et féminines participent à éviter tout effet de lassitude et à
immerger de façon convaincante l'auditeur dans l'histoire. Un album parfois inégal,
qui recèle néanmoins suffisamment de bons moments pour lui accorder le temps
d'une écoute qui navigue à la croisée des chemins entre pop synthétique et
progressif spatial qui plaira aussi bien aux amateurs d'
Alan Parsons Project  
que d' Eloy , et pourra même intéresser ceux de  Pink Floyd .
 

 

MUSICIENS


   -  
Dean  Marsh  -  chant, instruments -
   -  
Luke  Severn  -  chant, instruments -
   -  
Stefan  Hepe  -  batterie & percussions -   
   -  
Chris  Ewen  -  basse - ( 14, 22 )
   -  Ben  Bell  -  claviers, piano, synthés, choeurs, Fretless bass sur
                        " Dreamcatcher ", Nashville Guitar sur " Wisp " - ( 22 )
   -  Keri  Farish  -  chant - ( 22 )

  +
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Andy  Bolper  -  saxophone - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Davor  Busic  -  flûte - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Suzanne  Weller  -  flûte - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Melissa  Hollick  -  chant, choeurs - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Dying  Seed  -  chant, choeurs - ( 13, 17 )
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 Jennifer  Pederson  -  chant, choeurs - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Beccie  Watson  -  chant, choeurs - ( 13, 17 )
   -  
Stefan  Hepe  -  batterie - ( 13 )
   -  
John  Mitchell ( It Bites/Arena )  -  chant (11) - ( 14 )
   -  
Troy  Donockley ( Nightwish ) - bouzouki, whistles (2, 3, 6, 7, 10) - ( 14 )
   -  
Dave  Oberlé ( Gryphon )  -  chant, bodhran (10) - ( 14 )
   -  
Clive  Nolan ( Pendragon/Arena )  -  claviers (8) - ( 14 )
   -  
Matt  Stevens ( The Fierce and the Dead ) - guitare (8, 11) - ( 14 )
   -  
Melissa  Hollick  -  chant - ( 14 )
   -  
Dying  Seed & Jennifer  Pederson  - choeurs - ( 14 )
   
-  Mark  Benton  -  voice actor - ( 17 )
   
-  Alicia  Marsh  -  voice actor - ( 17 )
   
-  Natasha  Jaffe  -  violoncelle (9) - ( 17 )
   
-  William  Stewart  -  violon (10) - ( 17 )
   -  Tim "Ripper" Owens  -  chant additionnel sur " Sacrament " - ( 22 )
   
-  Dave  Oberlé  -  chant sur " Wisp " - ( 22 )
   
-  Pavle  Popov  -  contrebasse sur " Wisp " - ( 22 )
   
-  Faliq  Auri  -  Uilleann Pipes, Low and High Whistles sur " Wisp " - ( 22 )
   
-  Tom  McCluskey  -  violoncelle sur "Wisp" and " Cave " - ( 22 )
   
-  Jess  Townsend  -  violon, alto sur " Cave " - ( 22 )
   
-  Brandon  Wilkins  -  flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson sur " Cave " - ( 22 )
   
-  Daniel  Pearce  -  chants additionnel sur " Widdershins " - ( 22 )
   
-  Alicia, Rafferty , Eira Marsh  -  chant additionnel sur " Witchmonger " - ( 22 )
 

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A Day In The Life Of A Universal Wanderer

( 2013 )

 titres : Another Night on the Far Side of the Universe,
             The Nine Billion Names of God,
             Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet,
             Somewhere Beyond the Stars, The Orphans of the Sky,
             Maze of Corridors, A Universal Wanderer, Nexus,
             North of the Wall, The Battle for Tannhäuser Gate,
             The Wanderer Goes South.

A Forest Of Fey     ( 2014 )

 titres : Childhood Ghosts, Gardens of the Lost, A Forest of Fey
            (Including Wisdom of the Reptile and the Lament for a Silent Verse),
            The Figure Speaks, The World We Created, The Circus in the Clearing
            (Including the Fanfare for the King's Tournament),
            Blood for a Royal Pardon, Drifter on the Edge of Time,
            Forest Rose (Coming Home), Return from the Tournament,
            Stories Old and Stories Told (Of Children Brave and Children Bold),
            A Poison Tree.

The Clockwork Fable    ( 2016 )

 cd 1 - Act I: The Day the Great Cog Failed (66:55)
          
The Traveller and the Lighter, Shadowborn, The Unminable Zone,
          The Lamplighter (Parts I-VIII),
In the Cavern of the Great Cog,
          The Great Cog,
The Shadow Rises...,
          The Capture (Including the Song for a Fallen Nightkeeper),

          Waiting for Exile,
Eve's Song.

 cd 2 - Act II: Of Men and Worms (65:15)
          
A Sermon for Shadowmas, Victims of the Light, Old Friends, New Enemies, Ditchwater Daisies, De-ranged,
          The Lamplighter (Parts IX-XIII), In the Name of the Spy, The Bewildering Conscience of a Clockwork Child,
          Escape!,
A Solemn Toast for the Steam Ranger Reborn.
 
cd 3 - Act III: From Burrows We Came (61:52)
          
The Oldest Flame, The Lamplighter (Parts XIV-XV), Flight for the Surface, The Climb, At the Summit,
          Fight for the Light,
Quest for Power, At the Sign of the Aperture, A Machine Serves His Purpose,
          The Clockwork Fable,
Escape from Cogtopolis, Through the Lens, Epilogue - Oh Bugger!

A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer  
( 2013 / 2017 )

 titres : Another Night on the Far Side of the Universe,
             The Nine Billion Names of God,
             
Where's a Bloody Escape Pod When You Need One?,
             
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet, Message Home,
             Somewhere Beyond the Stars, The Orphans of the Sky,
             
A Visitation of the Mushroom People,
             
The Stowaway and the Endless Night, A Universal Wanderer,
             Nexus, North of the Wall, The Battle for Tannhäuser Gate,
             
Ghosts of Spacetime, The Wanderer Goes South.

The Clockwork Prologue    ( 2019 )

 cd 1 : The Belly of the Earth, An Expedition Amidst the Ice Burrows,
           Wardens, Badgerwhacked, Solar Huntress,
           Dirty Doyle’s Surface Souvenirs,
           Supplies for the Festivities, Secrets,
           Traitors and a Smashing Set of Porcelain Ducks on Layby,
           Blackening, Hall of the Badger King,
 
cd 2 : Sun Sickness, Menders of Devices,The Clokkemaker,
           A Shortcut across a Deranged Steam Conveyor,The Waxwork Downs,
           The Sovereign Airship Station, Leader of Men, Wheels in Motion,
           The Lamplighter (Overture).

Stakes at Low Tide  (single)   ( 2020 )

 titres : Stakes at Low Tide.
 
bonus : Stakes at Low Tide (2011 - Original Album Version),
              Stakes at Low Tide (2011 - Single Version),
              Stakes at Low Tide (2011 - Songs from the Solway Version).

Widdershins   ( 2022 )

 titres : Sacrament, Widdershins, The Haruspex, Dreamcatcher,
             
Wisp, Man of Signs, Witchmonger, Cave.

 

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