Solution (Netherlands)

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Solution - Solution, 1971 [2012 Esoteric Rec. ECLEC 2337]


Album: Solution
Year: 1971
Label: Esoteric Rec. ECLEC 2337
Format: RAR(+3%) Flac(separate)+HQ SCANS
Size: 309 Mb
Source: my CD

Strong debut from Solution, a fuzz-laden organ and sax/flute driven band from The Netherlands. The primarily instrumental music is highly melodic, a common and much welcome trait amongst Dutch progressive rock groups. On this album, Solution reminds me of fellow countrymen Pantheon and Burnin' Red Ivanhoe (Denmark) with props to the overlord of this kind of sound - "Hot Rats" era Frank Zappa. In fact, 'Circus Circumstances' sounds like Samla Mammas Manna playing the music of prime Zappa. 'Koan' and 'Trane Steps' are the best tracks here, but no weak moments are to be found. Great album.

My LP copy is on Decca (UK) from 1972. It's the same cover with the label logo of Catfish switched out for Decca.

(Review by Ashratom, RYM)

Line-up:
Tom Barlage - flute, alto & soprano sax
Willem Ennes - piano, electric piano, organ
Peter van der Sande - bass, vocals
Hans Waterman - drums
Steve Boston - congas and cowbell (3)

Tracklist:
1. Koan (7:52)
2. Preview (1:00)
3. Phases (12:20)
4. Trane Steps (10:21)
5. Circus Circumstances (7:05)

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Solution - Devergence, 1972 [2012 Esoteric Rec. ECLEC 2338]


Album: Devergence
Year: 1972
Label: Esoteric Rec. ECLEC 2338
Format: RAR(+3%) Flac(separate)+HQ SCANS
Size: 305 Mb
Source: my CD

What a dubious opening for Solution's second album "Divergence" - the first 6 minutes of "Second Line" mounting to nothing more than a crooner's piano ballad that is painful to endure. But the last two minutes of said track offer hope for those of us who adored their debut album. The following title track will remind most folks of Focus, and that's because it was included as part of the "Eruption" track as found on "Moving Waves", though the organ and sax breaks found here are entirely their own. "Concentration" veers dangerously close to being a proto Kenny G, when the music suddenly takes a dark turn to the skanky bar on the corner. And after the drunks have left, the band gets down to business and proves their instrumental worthiness. The album closes as it starts, and is the death knell. I can only shake my head, as the immense brilliance of the debut is pretty much lost here.

(Review by Ashratom, RYM)

Line-up:
Tom Barlage – saxophone, flute
Willem Ennes – keyboards
Guus Willemse – bass guitar, vocals
Hans Waterman – drums

Tracklist:
1. Second Line (8:43)
2. Divergence (5:55)
3. Fever (4:27)
4. Concentrantion (11:29)
5. Theme (0:42)
6. New Dimension (6:25)

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