Verdict (& Rating): Disjointed listening experience (60%)
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This is Talisma's second recording for Unicorn Records. Talisma is a Canadian trio consisting of Donald Fleurent (BASS/SYNTH GUITAR/KEYBOARDS), Martin Vanier (GUITARS/SYNTH GUITAR/12 STRING GUITAR), Mark DiClaudio (DRUMS).
This is an instrumental album that offers the listener a series of relatively short musical interludes. The closest comparison I can think of is King Crimson, with perhaps a touch of Al Di Meola for the quieter guitar based moments. The shortness of the tracks and the somewhat repetitive nature of some of them give the effect of a musical scrapbook of ideas waiting to be transformed into proper songs at a later date. Quite often just as you are 'getting into' a track it stops and the next one starts, making for a disjointed listening experience.
One or two of the tracks, such as Chromium and Cumulus, did stand out as being more listenable, but overall this is a challenge for the listener to stay the course.
