FLYING CIRCUS „1968”

Fastball Music, 2020

Music: Progressive Rock / Hard Rock

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/FLYING-CIRCUS-117944154951115/

Duration: 48:00 minutes (10 tracks)

Country: Germany

FLYING CIRCUS was founded in Grevenbroich (Germany) in 1990. The band has released a total of 7 albums and have gone through various lineup changes. The musicians draw their inspiration from the rich world of Progressive Rock and Hrad Rock. Their last album “1968” is a concept album that touches on many events from the title year.

Of course there is no doubt here. The album is intended for connoisseurs of mature progressive playing, in which the richness of musical themes goes hand in hand with the virtuoso approach to the matter (which is ensured by each of the band’s musicians).

The music is very developmental and changeable (in the arrangement sense). The main role is played by classic-Rock instrumentation (along with keyboards), which is rich in various sounds and diversified dynamics of composition . This instrumental classicism is complemented by sounds of less conventional in Rock music and instruments (like flute or violin), which clearly affects to the mood of the songs.

The atmosphere created by the musicians is also very changeable. We will hear stronger, even Hard Rock beats, dynamic and fast moments or typical Rock motifs or foreign to Rock themes, e.g. in the style of American Country or Folk melodies, even with an Irish or Far Eastern shade. And the atmosphere extends from psychedelic breaths, through dark and massive motifs or calmer, melancholic accents to virtuoso multi-threaded encounters.

Well, with such rich music you can hear a lot of influences and similarities, both arrangement and vocal, even to RUSH, YES or LED ZEPPELIN but also to PINK FLOYD or THE MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA… and many others…

Listening to “1968” you could have an impression as if time stopped… musically in the 70s of the twentieth century… And so, that is beautiful!