Musik / rock

In search of the lost chord


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AllMusic

2008

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Bruce Eder

2008

"In Search of the Lost Chord is the album on which the Moody Blues discovered drugs and mysticism as a basis for songwriting and came up with a compelling psychedelic creation, filled with songs about Timothy Leary and the astral plane and other psychedelic-era concerns. They dumped the orchestra this time out in favor of Mike Pinder's Mellotron, which was a more than adequate substitute, and the rest of the band joined in with flutes, sitar, tablas, and cellos, the playing of which was mostly learned on the spot. The whole album was one big experiment to see how far the group could go with any instruments they could find, thus making this album a rather close cousin to the Beatles' records of the same era".


Blogcritics

d. 4. mar. 2009

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David Bowling

d. 4. mar. 2009

"The Moody Blues became stars because of their creative fusion of a classical and rock sound on their 1967 release, Days Of Future Past. They solidified that star status in 1968 with the release of In Search Of The Lost Chord. It was, for the most part, another concept album as it traced a spiritual journey which included a search for the lost chord ... In Search Of The Lost Chord is both thoughtful and fascinating and remains a timeless celebration of rock music at its creative best".


Weunderground

d. 19. feb. 2018

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Bradley Blanc

d. 19. feb. 2018

"The debut album from jazz imprint Mabuta is as unapologetically challenging as it is effortlessly communicative. Very much the progeny of South Africa's restless, youth-driven jazz movement, "Welcome To This World" travels through narratives in which musical lines struggle for dominance, pull apart, resolve and ultimately achieve a dizzying degree of sonic harmony. Cape Town-based bassist, composer and producer Shane Cooper started Mabuta in 2017 as a vehicle to bring his jazz prowess and electronic music ideas together under one umbrella. His background in both spaces is impressive ... Mabuta is the Japanese word for "eyelid" and plays on the eyelid as the doorway between the dream world and the real world. All of the tension between these two states comes out in the record. From start to finish, the work sees jazz integrate seamlessly with electronic music to create musical representations of deep sleep, REM and the dissociation of the freshly woken mind".


Mojo

2019 February

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DE

2019 February

"Exhaustive 5-disc box set of the cosmic Brummies' 1968 opus, including French TV footage and the classic Colour Me Pop showcase".