Da Vinci | zh

Da Vinci is a group of Norwegian AOR (one said "hardware FM at the time"!) who left two albums, in 1987 then in 1989. Here the republication of the first in the series "MTM Classics", remasterized and with an additional title. Therefore, if you listen to extracts and think: "Oh, what that sounds years ' 80!", you will be right... It is of time! Not inevitably very distant from Europe, Da Vinci however does not profit from a singer of the class of Joey Tempest. Robert Aass is not bad whole, his register rather medium is varied enough, sometimes very clearly, sometimes a little more raucous, but it is not distinguished particularly. Musicalement, one is in the presence of a rather typical album of what one could do in these years there... with a strong American influence. The keyboards and the piano (electronic) are however relatively present even if Dag Selboskar does not make solos. One will like or not to find this famous sound of electronic battery so much in vogue at the time, enough chechmate and cold, the vocal ones definitely improved by réverbe, and the "wohoho wohoho" in the refrains... All did not misuse it but rare are those which made the dead end on top! Da Vinci does not make exception. One will be able to wonder besides if the remasterisation does not have besides a hair too inflated the low ones. This known as said, the melodies are sympas and the pieces carried out well. Those which like the powerful ch?urs and well smooth will be probably content. And side guitars, Gunnar Westlie is not penguin, far is necessary some. Its interventions relatively concise but are well built, melody then dishevelled... Steve Vai and Van Halen are not far. Perhaps there too, the sounds a little too reinforced by the réverb and the effects of distortion to the metal stamp will reject some of them. The sound seems to me alleurs unequal, as if the mixing where the conditions of recording had sometimes been very different. Thus two or three pieces have a a little approximate production ("Corina" for example), whereas it is very good for all the others. The five musicians offer also some beautiful ballades to us, in particular "Tarquinia" with its synthés very modern and planing, almost left Tangerine Dream and the final quasi-anthem, "Ain' T No goodbye", carried out by the piano (more one battery which opera hat well too extremely) and the voice finally enough attaching of Aass, the kind of songs during lesquelless one lit the lighters with the concerts, and I pass from there... A whole time! The small surprise comes with a live catch in studio from "light my fire" from Doors, very appreciably accelerated, so much so that one would say of Van Halen with keyboards! Good... funny. Then, Da Vinci, pure nostalgia? If one disregards sound, which more or less aged, but remains overall clear and Net, and of the some inherent commonplaces to the kind, "Da Vinci" is the means of spending a very good moment, especially in this heat season. .