NIKOLA VRANJKOVIĆ - "VERONAUTIKA" (2017)

After having spent more than twenty years playing guitar in Block Out, one of the most important art rock bands from Serbia, Nikola Vranjković released this double album as a solo artist. 

It took him around fifteen years to ammass all these songs, some of which he had already played live on different occasions. 

In the end, "Veronautika" resulted in an anthology of fifteen epic songs, with many of them surpassing the 7-minute mark.

It's easy to get lost in this multi-layered sound, created by mixing gothic atmospheres, echoed guitars, wall-of-sound arrangements, and slow, martial rhythms. 

Thanks to some majestic arrangements and Vranjković's suggestive baritone voice, "Veronautika" is as immersive as music can get.

File under: alternative rock, gothic rock, art rock, post-rock.

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STRING CONNECTION - "WORKOHOLIC" (1982)

Poland has one of the best jazz scenes of the world, maybe the best one excepting the United States.
This is one of my favourite Polish jazz fusion albums, with strong funk rhythms and some beautiful sax and violin melodies.

Every member of String Connection is an important name in the local scene.

Krzesimir Dębski - keyboards, violin

Zbigniew Lewandowski - drums

Andrzej Olejniczak - saxophones
Janusz Skowron - keyboards, trombone

Krzysztof Ścierański - bass guitar

guest players
Mirosław Michalik - guitar (first two tracks)
Zdzisław Śróda - trombone (first track)

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