ELEGANT SIMPLICITY: Architect Of Light

Elegant Simplicity

Architect Of Light

© 2002 (C) S. M. McCabe/Elegant Music (634479742125)

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One of the UKs finest Underground Melodic Rock bands, merging influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Suede, Black Sabbath, Camel, Porcupine Tree, Barclay, James Harvest and more.

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Elegant Simplicity are one of the UKs finest Underground Melodic Rock bands! Merging influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Suede, Black Sabbath, Camel, Porcupine Tree, Barclay James Harvest, Fairport Convention, 10CC, Alan Parsons Project and Jethro Tull, we produce a style of music that sounds nothing like them!

Recently described as 'Progressive Rock Gods', the bands latest album 'Architect Of Light' fuses folk, rock, jazz, progressive and anything else that took their fancy into one seamless musical whole. Seventy minutes of breathtaking virtuosity.

Read the reviews at www.elegantsimplicity.com!

- - - A Little Bit Of History - - -

Elegant Simplicity was formed way back in 1992 by enigmatic multi-instrumentalist Steven McCabe, with the sole aim of creating instrumental melodic rock that was both easy to listen to and demanding of the listener's attention at the same time. No mean feat. Since then, the band has steadily developed into the prolific vocal-driven vehicle we see today. Prior to the latest 'Architect of Light' album, the band had released a further 13 CDs!

The first seven were entirely instrumental and featured Steven playing all the instruments. Soon after, he recruited vocalist and bass player Ken Senior - now a vital part of UK band P090 Degrees. Together and with various others, they released the classic albums 'The Nature of Change' (1996), 'Reversal Of Time' (1997), 'Purity And Despair ' (1998) 'Moments Of Clarity' (1999), 'The Story Of Our Lives' (2000), 'Palindrome' (2001) and, of course, the phenomenally successful 'Architect Of Light' (2002).

Lyrically, these albums have dealt with everything from euthanasia, un-requited love, religion, death, loneliness and all sorts of other cheery topics! The interesting point to note is that despite the often downbeat nature of the lyrics (which always strive to say something to the listener in a cliché-free way), the tunes themselves are very melodic and highly addictive! Every album has featured one or more instrumentals and every music style gets a right hammering at some point. As Steven has confessed to having a short attention span when it comes to music, nothing stays the same for too long unless it is used to deliberately create a specific mood in the listener.

Despite, or maybe because of this, Elegant Simplicity sound like no one else - a rare thing these days. You might be reminded of other bands, but Elegant Simplicity sure is hell sound nothing like them! Check out the sound clips and hear for yourself


- - - 'Architect Of Light' - - -
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  • WOW !
    author: Mark Gooding

    I was so impressed that I have ordered 6 more of Steven McCabes works this week ! -= U must check this band out !

  • This is the best album the band have made so far and is sure to satisfy any prog
    author: Kozmik Ken

    This album fuses rock, progressive rock, folk, fusion and jazz into a seam-less whole. Each of the songs merges into the next, via unique story-telling sound effects. The compositions are intricate, melodic, emotionally charged and laced with searing guitar solos and keyboard histrionics. This is the best album the band have made so far and is sure to satisfy any prog fans appetite. Sound quality is stupendous, too!

  • "fourteenth full length release sees them refuse to tread water"
    author: Stuart Kubleney

    As an introduction to the work of Steven McCabe this is a recommended buy. Substantially more assured than last year’s ‘Palindrome’ album, Elegant Simplicity’s fourteenth full length release sees them refuse to tread water, proving themselves once again to be unafraid of taking chances. Whilst obvious influences of 70s jazz flautist Chris Hinze, taped special effects a la early Pink Floyd, and soaring Rick Wakeman-style keyboard solos abound, this is a confident work which is sure to be a hit with 'born again' prog rockers everywhere. The recording is of a very high quality thanks again to Mr McCabe's skills at the faders. I suggest fans of Yes and 'Vintage' Floyd settle themselves down into their favourite listening chair, crank up the volume and immerse themselves in the heady mix of synths, guitars, flute, violin and contra-bassoon that is Elegant Simplicity.

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