Pluto - Voyage Into A Dreamers Mind CD
SKU
NACD 321
First-ever reissue of this 1980 symphonic/progressive rock release.
“Pluto is one of the country's prog pioneers, and consists of composer and multi-instrumentalist Petter Espen Guthe. He released the album Voyage Into a Dreamer's Mind in 1980, before two years later releasing the album Ouverture, both on Strawberry Records. The record was recorded with the help of Gunnar Berg-Nielsen on drums and Wenche Kjærstad and Rune Mangen on vocals. It is a symphonic rock record with clear 70s references. Beautiful, silky arrangements with clear guitar nods to Hackett, Phillips and Latimer and a dash of mellotron and Tony Banks-inspired synth parts.”
“Pluto was the moniker displayed by Norwegian multi-instrumentalist / singer Petter Espen Guthe, an enigmatig figure of the early-80s Scandinavian Prog scene. He recorded his debut with the help of drummer Gunnar Berg-Nielsen, vocalist Rune Mangen (both from the obscure Norwegian act Zarathustra, while the first cut is sung by vocalist Wenche Kjærstad.
Voyage Into a Dreamer's Mind”, released on the Norwegian label Strawberry, was recorded under hard circumastances in Baerum using an 8-track tape recorder, while Espen had borrowed instruments from his friends' circle.
It was worth putting up these strong efforts by Espen, as his album is a great example of romantic and smooth Symphonic Rock with evident 70's references. Do not expect of course any furious interplays and rich instrumental themes, as Espen based his compositions around melodic themes, floating keyboards and sensitive vocal parts and the album has a unique GENESIS / CAMEL flavor all the way, supported by several folky references. Soft arrangements with alternating acoustic and electric textures, characterized by several HACKETT / PHILLIPS / LATIMER-like guitar plagiarisms and some great TONY BANKS-like synth flights.
Additionally the album features a fair amount of nice Mellotron sounds in a few tracks, while the short instrumental fillers are swirling either around folk themes or 80's electronics, resulting in some beautiful soundscapes. Eventually Espen came up with a pallette of symphonic atmospheres full of imaginary musicianship and lovely arrangements.
Great and unknown Symphonic Rock release from Norway. Grab a copy even if it is a bit expensive, any fan of Classic Progressive Rock is unlikely to regret it. Strongly recommended.”-rym
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