Snowy White & The White Flames – Melting (Mystic Music).
Written by drummer, Juan Van Emmerloot, the instrumental Discoveri is an atmospheric start to Melting, White’s 1998 album. It builds to Snowy’s guitar which pierces the sub-conscious. I can’t help thinking of Dire Straits when I hear Long Distance Loving. Of course, this is not the first time that this has been said. That aside, there is a good riff, the guitar playing is excellent and bassist Walter Latupeirissa is on top form. I’ll Be Moving On is bluesy with a pronounced vocal. This is superb and is really all about the guitar. The More You Live highlights a rock guitarist in full flow with top backing from Van Emmerloot. The often covered Hendrix classic, Little Wing, comes up with one of Snowy’s better vocals. It is difficult to compare his guitar work with the other versions of this song so I shall just say that he excels in his own way. That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You is a grinder and Latupeirissa’s Terpisah is a moody, atmospheric and short instrumental of a high calibre. The First Move has gentle vocals over a standard rock riff but you can always rely on White to throw in the odd twist. Like The Sun is nothing special apart from the progressive rock middle. You will just rock on to That Ain’t Right before going into the title track’s bluesy, prog rock finish. This instrumental allows White to turn in a virtuoso performance and the synthesiser fading to the end makes for a great conclusion to the album. There is one bonus track, Love, Pain & Sorrow, which includes a guest appearance by Dave Gilmour. As you would expect, the pair turn in a festival of guitar but the one thing that I did not expect was the inclusion of harmonica – a good surprise.
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David Blue.
Written by drummer, Juan Van Emmerloot, the instrumental Discoveri is an atmospheric start to Melting, White’s 1998 album. It builds to Snowy’s guitar which pierces the sub-conscious. I can’t help thinking of Dire Straits when I hear Long Distance Loving. Of course, this is not the first time that this has been said. That aside, there is a good riff, the guitar playing is excellent and bassist Walter Latupeirissa is on top form. I’ll Be Moving On is bluesy with a pronounced vocal. This is superb and is really all about the guitar. The More You Live highlights a rock guitarist in full flow with top backing from Van Emmerloot. The often covered Hendrix classic, Little Wing, comes up with one of Snowy’s better vocals. It is difficult to compare his guitar work with the other versions of this song so I shall just say that he excels in his own way. That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You is a grinder and Latupeirissa’s Terpisah is a moody, atmospheric and short instrumental of a high calibre. The First Move has gentle vocals over a standard rock riff but you can always rely on White to throw in the odd twist. Like The Sun is nothing special apart from the progressive rock middle. You will just rock on to That Ain’t Right before going into the title track’s bluesy, prog rock finish. This instrumental allows White to turn in a virtuoso performance and the synthesiser fading to the end makes for a great conclusion to the album. There is one bonus track, Love, Pain & Sorrow, which includes a guest appearance by Dave Gilmour. As you would expect, the pair turn in a festival of guitar but the one thing that I did not expect was the inclusion of harmonica – a good surprise.
http://www.mysticmusic.com/
http://www.lightyear.com/
David Blue.
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