Narumi - The SEED (Review)

A professional is not a paper with inscription "diploma". A professional is not the ability to scatter pathos phrases. First of all, this is a special type of thinking. Professional knows that everything, even the most stringent standards are written in the average case and are only recommendatory in nature. Therefore, in practice, any standards are never respected.

My Rating: 71/100

Source:
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I remembered this because a certain people category thinks that mastery is obedience to strict standards. Something like that can also be seen in this album. Narumi gives the impression of a typical high achiever. That is, a noticeably large amount of knowledge and skills, but only within the limits of standard cases.

Of course, I can only talk about what I heard in album. But already now you can see that the overall structure looks very academic. It's noticeable that the composer chose too standard methods for solving artistic tasks. But nevertheless it's worth noting that composer performed his work excellently - the album has a diverse sound. There is a viscous sound (1, 5 track); pretty pathos (2 tracks); cheerful, lively (3, 7 tracks); dramatic (4, 6 tracks). Four different sounds on one release - these days it's a rarity. And as for the pathos sound in the second track. I guess she describes herself in this way. Track is called "Red Rabbit", and on first disc of Disqualia there is an inscription "Narumi is red rabbit". This can not be an ordinary coincidence.

Well, album is completely instrumental, so we will discuss the instrumental parts. First thing you can notice is that the breakdown looks strange. As if they were inserted only in order to increase the tracks duration. Breakdowns are what killed Disqualia. I really do not want this project to be similar to the previous one.

Now it's about the guitar. The guitar sounds great. "Performing mastery at the highest level" - these words describe only a small part of great talent. Yes, it is difficult to describe such a talent. But here everything is within the limits of standard solutions. There is also a noticeable great influence of rock / metal bands created before the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. This is noticeable in one thing - guitar does not participate in rhythm section. Guitar here is an extremely solo instrument. Guitar is one of rhythm section elements only in frankly dramatic works (4, 6 tracks). Well, quite an interesting way to diversify the guitar parts, although I don't know how many releases this will be enough. There is also a keyboard instrument. Sometimes in compositions you can find the academic piano sound. This is a negative point, as it's associated with beginners. Yes, in first track synthesizer creates an intriguing beginning. Yes, in last track synthesizer emphasizes some composition parts. But otherwise - everything is standard. Rhythm section - everything is predictable here. But we can say that the rhythm section is interesting. Standard rhythm section formula (for pop music) can only be found in last track. The rest is very interesting.

Such is the result of release - a huge talent, but ideas are standard. I'm a year younger than her, but I already managed to play on everything that is possible (this despite the fact that I am an engineer, not a musician), and she only recently took a seven-string guitar. This fact makes you think. Nevertheless, there is a hope that the methods of solving artistic tasks will be more interesting. Recently she published a photo of a new guitar - a seven-string with multiscale. Well, I hope that future releases will be more interesting.