Ok. I don’t know if I can do that here…maybe some of you won’t like it at all (I still don’t know most of the bands from these forums…so the ones I talk about are always the same ones). But well, I take a chance.
First, I must say that I'm not very good to review CD's. I never really did that before but I'll try to do my best, here, and describe an album simply as I FEEL it (I cannot explain all the technical/musical sides and parts, as professional reviewers do - I’m not an expert and I just don’t know HOW to talk about it…) but still, I really think Hubi Meisel’s "EmOcean" deserves to be discovered and appreciated by as many people as possible. It's one of the most wonderful progressive CD's I have in my collection and I sincerely hope that my comments will be useful to you...
For those who aren’t interested, well, sorry…don’t read it !
I heard about this singer and album for the first time (and bought the CD) about two months ago and what I can say about it is that I really got impressed by the amount of work that was invested in this album ! About 15 months, I think ! There was a lot of research and time invested, as lots of feelings. It’s definitely not the kind of project you write in 2 months. It's a FANTASTIC album !!!!!! My favourite one, in fact ! I would qualify it in one word: magical.
The concept idea is very deep, complex, meaningful, beautiful and interesting. It's related to "water worlds", “the sunken continent”, “Greek mythologies”, "the above" and much more ! I let you discover it by yourselves - this huge and marvellous story - as it really worth !!! (All that was inspired by the singer’s dreams). It's like a whole big story that continues itself through the songs...This is like a dream...and you'd only wish to be there...If you close your eyes, you really can "feel" and "see" everything that happens in the album. You "fly" in that world...like in a fantastic movie...That's M-A-G-I-C !!!
This piece of work is very special, original (never seen that kind of work before, I must say, you can’t compare it to something that already exists), mystical, spiritual even relaxing, in some way ! It’s a very positive album, too !!! Makes me happy, relaxed and good every time I listen to it. This is the kind of album that makes your skin shivers to every note, every line, every sound. Also, the lyrics are so well written, the words so well chosen, this only adds more strength to the album because you can "see" clear images of every song in your mind. Hubi Meisel has such a way to describe things ! It's very easy to picture everything here...
Of course, I like Hubi Meisel's voice very very much too !!! This depends on people: or you love it, or you hate it. It sounds so sweet and he's able to make all the "changes" he wants with it. He plays with his voice very well, which I especially love. Some people complains that his voice is not aggressive enough, too girlish and boring, but personally, I don’t agree AT ALL and I don’t feel it that way. (I guess it depends tastes…) But I don’t think that it would fit, as the album is not aggressive at all. The vocals doesn’t NEED to be more aggressive or different. This album is musically and vocally incredible (for me !) and left me wordless. There are a lot of interesting variations through every song, for any aspect. More you listen to it, more you discover new sounds, new things that you didn’t get at the first hearing because it’s well hidden. I like the piano and keyboards very much, as there is a lot !!! The music is just amazing anyway !!! The album is simply "Emotional", haha.
But honestly, it's very difficult to say which song is the best !!! ALL OF THEM (12 songs) are great equally - but for different reasons !! (There are 2 bonus tracks too = 14 songs in total). Personally, if I had to tell you which are my 4 favourite songs, I'd choose:
1- "EmOcean" (so sweet, so beautiful, my favourite vocals, just made me cry...nice ballad I’d say and that’s the end of the story, perfect to close an album.)
2- "The Souls of Atlantis" (long and complex song, great beat, musical, vocal changes and much more !)
3- "Sapientia Vitae" (great music, meaning and more too !)
4- “FantaSea” (hear it by yourselves, you’ll understand !!)
But REALLY, all of them are AS GOOD AS each other and deserve to be listened to !!! I recommend it to everyone !!! Or at least, try it, then you can have a better idea…
That's gonna make you see things in a way you never saw them before...It may sounds stupid to you, but this album REALLY changed my way of seeing some things and opened me to different “horizons”, “new worlds”. It’s very attractive to me. It CHANGED me. Which never happened to me before with any other album, not even Edguy’s (haha !).
Basically, "EmOcean" touched my heart and soul in a way I can't describe and that's now my favourite album. Maybe it’s not the kind of music or vocals everybody likes, but it’s not only that. Everything goes together. The meaning and the message of the album, the lyrics are something impressive in itself !!! Me, I liked everything !!!!! The whole work. Oh ! And the sound quality is VERY good too. That’s something I always appreciate.
In my opinion, Hubi Meisel and his musicians have done a "meticulous" job, here !!!! I just can't wait for the next album. I'm really trustful that it's gonna be quite "delightful" !
In case you’d like to know more about the artist and hear some MP3’s, or read the whole concept story (it’s really worth and interesting !!!), you can go to this link:
http://www.hubimeisel.com/index.php?m=g ... =gallery01
Thanks for reading me !
Once I said that to a friend "thinking" I was saying "Hola amigo"... :? :oops: You probably guessed what happened. I was feeling SOOO BAD. 