Hans Platz "Timestamps"

Country: Germany
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Fusion
Label: Piazza Recordings/Cargo Records
Release date: October 11, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Birdrange 2:58
2. Spanish Race on a Devil's Highway 4:04
3. Pull It Out 3:24
4. Father 3:30
5. Red Room Nine 3:30
6. Axetasy 1:49
7. Freak Sauna 3:24
8. Deadman 2:59
9. Timestamps 3:53
10. This Is War 2:35
11. Alive 3:27

Line-up: 
Hans Platz - guitars
   With
Wolfgang Haffner - drums on 1, 4, 11
Marco Minnemann - drums on 2, 3, 9, 10
Wolfram Kellner - drums on 5-7
Simon Michael - drums on 8
T.M. Stevens - bass on 7
Pete Griffin - bass on 3, 5, 9, 11
Fabio Trentini - bass on 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Mattias IA Eklundh - guitar solo on 8

Description/Reviews: 

As a pure instrumental album, freed of traditional song structures, there is no limit to creativity. Especially because of the guest musicians, it is not only an album for guitarists, but also for bassists, drummer or just people who are interested in extraordinary rock music.
American guitar heroes of progressive rock (Vai, Satriani, Gilbert, Lukather, maybe a little bit Zappa or King Crimson) can superficially be used as comparison, though a (maybe European?) style of its own cannot be dismissed. It is always the song standing in the foreground, not the guitar solo. With brilliance and ease the various musical influences are realized – sometimes it is funny, sometimes melancholy, sometimes aggressive, and sometimes it simply rocks. Exotic and beautiful melodies give a personal touch to every song, and provide the soundtrack to every listener's personal mental cinema.
Intelligent twisted compositions like 'Timestamps', 'Pull It Out' or 'Spanish Race On A Devil's Highway ' tie a rhythmic knot in the brain, which is only dissolved after repeated listening, while songs like 'Deadman' or 'Red Room Nine' go straight off.
To attach notes to one another, and send fast guitar runs into the sky like rockets is one thing, but to create music with meaning and to share deep personal feelings is what really matters. When listening to a singer you can immediately observe how serious he is. In contrast, an instrumentalist always has to overcome the barrier „instrument‟ first to be able to open up to the listener. In atmospheric songs like „Alive‟ this obstacle is taken with ease and the song „Father‟ seems to come straight from the soul: it is a musical form of coping with the emotions you have to deal with after losing a loved one.

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