Search - Wim Mertens :: Years Without History V.4

Nothing like it. Original, Inventive, Beautiful, Powerful

Joe A. Stokes | Dallas | 08/02/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hello, I received NOT YET, NO LONGER today and after listening twice must say that I
really like it. After a few more listens I may uprade that to "love it" as it quickly grows on me. Again this is Wim on piano with a horn quartet. A few tracks near the beginning seem too much the same but other than that it is quite adventuresome. Track 8 really caught my ear with a lot of tricky and intricate horns going all around. This album feels very Spanish to me as did Integer Valor. I would love to hear all these tunes done with strings and harp or the complete ensemble. I do love Cave Musicam which has the same instrumentation. Dirk Descheemaeker and everyone else does some masterful playing. The sound and recording are very good. I'd love to see the movie this goes with. I will meditate with it and see what images emerge and try to note the colors. I also noticed only polite applause at the end of each piece. I'm guessing the audience didn't know what to think. Its pretty incredible to see how Wim's compositions have evolved in twenty years. My "ear" has also evolved. I imagine I will still be fanatical twenty years from now. Not yet, No Longer is for everyone, not just the diehard fanatics like me."

Pure bliss

Lev Perelman | Chicago, IL USA | 07/13/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Romanticism and sadness with intent to take your soul.Dangerously addictive compositions,unique and ingenious.

Deserve to be on the gold disk next to Brandenburg Concerto to represent human civilization.

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