Parisian quartet Human Teorema was formed in 2012 and described in Dave Schmidt’s press release as being built around a Cyclopean bass – drums (Alan Charron and Xabi Irogoin) combination, oscillating between contemplative progressive rock and wild, turbulent Kraut Rock.
The all-instrumental album tells the story of the odysseys of Jan Cadet, a professor of ancient Roman civilisations, and is being released on 180g limited vinyl. There are three pieces, one shorter one called Onirico that starts the album, with an eastern feel and wah-wah-ing multi-tracked guitars (Tim Girerd Hengstenberg and Mathieu Leroy). Studiis is nearly 16 minutes long with mellotron and explorative synth, a hard riffing number with some blazing guitar counterpointed by contemplative synthesiser passages. Side two has one 23 minute long number, Spedizone, with more guitar pyrotchnic freak outs, and a sudden change of pace in a brief dub reggae section, some subtle balladic soundscapes redolent of Pink Floyd and a memorable denouement. The best is saved until last but this is a really interesting album to explore that will reveal new layers with repeated listening.
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