Dragonwyck - Fun (Reissue) (1974/2008)

This 'previously unreleased' album from 1974 rounds off the World In Sound trilogy of Cleveland's most celebrated '70s 'art-psychedelic' rock groups. It's Dragonwyck's most professional piece of music and truly decent, pioneering in combining '60s psych compositions with tape looping (comparable to Dark Side Of The Moon) and symphonic elements: 'Fun is what the name implies; hard work, a lot of sweat...orchestrated rock that is orchestrated without an orchestra'...sure they were inspired by the conceptions of giants like Genesis, '70s Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant or Yes, and express a few Doors/Bowie-flashes, to sound finally as a unique collage of detailed studio work. Compared to the time when it was recorded, it's innovatively produced and became a great artistic statement with finally 10 original cuts (plus two bonus tracks & 8-page color booklet). You'll hear prog-psych flashes and crazy symphonic perversions with weird vocals/voices, powerful guitars, violin and lots of keyboards. While the first album was minimalistic dark/heavy and had a strong Doors influence, the second created more 'British Invasion' flashes a la Moody Blues or King Crimson, to make this third album the most varied and unexpected one -- perhaps this can be seen as a futuristic Doors album. Guitarist Tom Brehm today performs with the space-Krautrock group, Obskuria. The garage-psych-freak should get his satisfaction by album no. 1, but this here is a must-have album for open minded '70s music fans who love to get excited by surprisingly different moods in rock music!