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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Review: Gargantua - Kotegarda (2007, Roadkill Music)

Gargantua is a Polish (avant-) prog-rock group who released two album thus far. Here I'm reviewing their second album, Kotegarda from 2007.

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The balance between the rough and the pleasant

Starting with a lovely violin lead tune, the music sides on the more folkloric side, but also has a certain formal elegance. The vocals accompanying the music are sung in a female fronted lead backed up by male voices. The entire amalgam of sounds takes from so many styles that it is a challenge to try and decipher their whole influences; however it is a delight to listen to. In a way it reminds me of the way that Le Silo took so many influences in their debut album 8.8 and made a fabulous mix out of it. The music here doesn’t sound at all like Le Silo but the exercise done is similar in that they take from many sources and combine it into one, with such elegance and easiness.