Some time ago I’ve been approached by a Swedish Rock’n'Roll band from Malmö asking me to write about them. It went somewhere along the lines: “If you like our music it would be splendid if you wanted to help us out by writing a couple of lines about us on your blog”. Well, I do like their music and although it’s not prog I thought I’ll try to help them spread the word.
This is an interesting finding. Last week I’ve received a self-released self-titled digipak EP of the band Elsie. It turns out that the band was originally formed in January 1988 in Poznań, Poland by Zbigniew Ślatała and Eugeniusz Pierzchlewicz and in eight months time they managed to prepare for their performance on Jarocin Festival–the biggest rock festival in Poland at that time–in August 1988. The band suspended activity in 1995 and re-activated ten years later, this time as an instrumental progressive rock band. Current line-up comprises of Zbigniew Ślatała on guitar, Eugeniusz Pierzchlewicz on bass, Przemysław Nader on drums and Jacek Fajfer on keyboards.
Yeah, I known I’ve been too quiet for the past week. To make it up to you here’s a series of reviews of one of my favorite guitarists Patrick Rondat. Patrick is one of those few guitar players whose solo albums are really interesting for a rhythm section guy like me. The solo work of most guitarists I otherwise appreciate is, frankly, quite boring and can be summarized as a continuous trip up and down the fretboard at the highest speed possible with occasional melodic interlude. It proves nothing except that the person is capable of playing solos. Then there is a sparse group of really interesting guitarists composing complete albums not an album-length solo arrangements. That’s the group Patrick Rondat falls into.
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