Renaissance (de band)

"If you would ask me to describe Renaissance's music in one controversial sentence, I would probably say: 'Ever heard Black Sabbath? Well - not even the slightest bit of resemblance'. If BS were the devils of rock, Renaissance were its angels: it's hard to imagine any other band that would be more 'angelic', more light, sweet and classical-influenced than Renaissance. And I do not mean that in the, you know, 'sugary sappy' way: Renaissance were by no means your average pop band. In fact, calling Renaissance a 'pop' or 'rock' group does not even make sense, as there is very little about their sound that is actually 'rock'. They rarely used electric guitar, instead basing the sound on the interplay between pianos and acoustic guitars, with a tinge of a harpsichord or an organ or some strings or special effects now and then; only in the later years did they finally fall on synthesizers and more 'mainstream' arrangements. Their music is chock-full of classical passages, either selfwritten or 'borrowed' (however, apart from the shameless stealing on the debut album, I'd be hard pressed to point out the exact musical quotes on their latter albums; either they've been smart or they really composed everything themselves). And Annie Haslam's operatic vocals are anything but rock, of course.
So why a 'rock' band? Well, simply because they do not fit anywhere else, and you know that if you don't fit anywhere else you are 'rock'. Let it be 'rock', then. After all, whoever said that a 'rock' band's necessary attribute is an electric guitar? Show me da law, man! "

bron: http://starling.rinet.ru/music/haslam.htm#JaneRelf

Renaissance is dus een oude progressieve rock outfit.... of is het een folk rock groep... of toch weer een prog rock met klassieke invloeden? Ik ben er zelf best wel fan van en gelukkig ben ik niet de enige. Zoek maar eens op renaissance op klassieke/rock/prog rock websites en je zult zien dat ze in hoge achting staan.

Toch kennen heel veel mensen ze niet! Tijd dus voor een topic op Fok!...

VerderL als je van mooie female vocals houdt, luister dan ook eens naar Renaissance. Annie Haslam heeft dus echt een stem als een engel, zie bijvoorbeeld het nummer 'Let it Grow', of het einde van 'Things I don't Understand'. Als je daar geen kippenvel van krijgt...

Discografie met een paar covers:

1969: Renaissance

1971: Illusion

1972: Prologue

1973: Ashes Are Burning

1974: Turn Of The Cards

1975: Scheherazade And Other Stories

1977: Novella
1978: A Song For All Seasons
1979: Azure D'Or
1981: Camera Camera
1983: Time-Line
1997: Songs From Renaissance Days
2001: Tuscany

Mijn persoonlijke aanraders:

Things I don't Understand (Turn of the Cards album)
Black Flame (idem)
Cold is Being (idem)
Mother Russia (idem)
Can You Understand (Ashes Are Burning album)
Let it Grow (idem)
Carpet of the Sun (idem)
Flood at Lyons (Azure d' Or Album)
Dreammaker (Songs from Renaissance Days album)
Flight (Timeline album)
Face of Yesterday (Illusion album)
Golden Thread (idem)
Dolphin's Prayer (Tuscany album)

Uitvoerige biografie, recensies en meer indrukken over de band op http://starling.rinet.ru/music/haslam.htm#JaneRelf ...

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