This cd is from two giants Les Joyeaux de la Princesse and Blood Axis, when I realized of the existence of such disc I went for it with great anxiety, but then I realized that well... it's not a bad album (believe me it's not), but shamefully not a great album neither, it just didn't satisfied my urge for listening a collaboration between such great artists, I would like to hear a more decadent ambient, more lascivious, more high, nevertheless it's a good piece of art, I like the extracts of old songs that sound like a gramophone play. Now well the vocal interpretation is entirely on the Blood Axis part, and it's mostly recitated, and it may seem that I'm burying this album it's not... on the contraire is a nice cd and worth listening to it, you just can't miss the chance of take a look of such a great combination, the concept is just great and it's a whole shame that they can't exploited in a better way.

This is the last production of Andreas Sven Hedlund with the group Vintersorg (also his nickname), it is called Solens Rötter (The Origin of the Sun), in this cd we can see how Vintersorg retake its first sounds Till Fjälls-like, with that old nature feeling, with a more folk sound than in his past works like Cosmic Genesis, The Focusing Blur or Visions from the Spiral Generator, since we can hear the abundance of flutes and strings, plus some really cool acoustic guitars, the voice overpass the work in Ödemarkens Son, the best vocal work before Solens Rotter, for me it's a breath of fresh air how the group is going back to its roots, and don't misunderstand me it's not like I despise the more "cosmic" work, during this phase you can see the musical growing like in the Focusing Blur, but on the other hand the Nature work sounds so much delightful, and well don't think that this is just a remake of the Till Fjälls, in every note you can sense the experimentation. Sincerely Vintersorg is one of the few bands that didn't lost their misticism and esence thru the pass of the years and Solens Rötter is just a piece of art.

OK, in the beggining this band originary from London, was a trio of madrigal singers, wiht the pass of the tome it was inevitable the experimentation, and Fairytales of Slavery is the living example of it, the cd id full of contrasts and tons of sound varieties, im comparision of their first producition Madra that was only A Capella, in here we listen a major risk in the sound, the percussion is just great, plus a great variety of new sounds, the voives are just celestial, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did...

Some days ago I reviewed Destello de Estrellas en la Frente the second collaboration between Nový Svêt & Ö Paradis, so in honor to the music I decided to upload the first one Entre Siempre y Jamas Suben las Mareas, Duermen las Ciudades (Between Never and Always the Tides Arise and the Cities Sleep) this album at my criteria is way better than "destello..." the voices are just great, anyways Juergen Weber (Nový Svêt) is a great influence to Demian, and you can really feel the intensity of the presence of Weber, the album may be classified as Pop, or neo-folk or whatever, or like Demian himself classify it "Honest Pop." The vocal side is very well splitted in one hand we have Demian's voice, nostalgic, cold, sad, and in the other hand Weber's voice rough and eager, the instrumental side is full of nice experimentation, with some avant-garde notions, the bass lines are just great, is way more melodic than their 2nd collaboration, the album may not have the greatness of Serpiente De Luna, Serpiente De Sol but is a great piece of art, how the voices are entwined with the musical elements is just great.... Cheers!