Album: De Homine Urbano (1970)(Remaster 2012)
Genre: Prog Rock (Psych/Symphonic Prog) / Denmark
Ache's debut is amongst the earliest of full bore complex progressive rock, predating similar efforts by one to two years. Coming from the fertile late 60s Danish scene, perhaps only Alrune Rod share a similar sound, though said band was certainly more geared towards the psychedelic. Featuring Hammond organ and guitar as the lead instruments, "De Homine Urbano" goes through a myriad of progressions for both of the side long excursions presented here. The instrumental second side works a bit better, as it incorporates more of the band's psychedelic past. One of the few albums from 1970 that hold up well, compositionally speaking, against the more sophisticated works that were to come around by 1973 or so. Another way of saying that Ache is far beyond the usual "proto-prog" group. And while it's been said that the opener was composed with a ballet in mind, it's very difficult for the listener to conjure up images of frail girls in tutu's prancing about. Which draws the conclusion, for me anyway, that it's a terrible piece of work for ballet, but excellent progressive rock listening music. Review by "ashratom" (Rate Your Music)
RATING: 8.25 / 10
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Genre: Prog Rock (Psych/Symphonic Prog) / Denmark
Ache's debut is amongst the earliest of full bore complex progressive rock, predating similar efforts by one to two years. Coming from the fertile late 60s Danish scene, perhaps only Alrune Rod share a similar sound, though said band was certainly more geared towards the psychedelic. Featuring Hammond organ and guitar as the lead instruments, "De Homine Urbano" goes through a myriad of progressions for both of the side long excursions presented here. The instrumental second side works a bit better, as it incorporates more of the band's psychedelic past. One of the few albums from 1970 that hold up well, compositionally speaking, against the more sophisticated works that were to come around by 1973 or so. Another way of saying that Ache is far beyond the usual "proto-prog" group. And while it's been said that the opener was composed with a ballet in mind, it's very difficult for the listener to conjure up images of frail girls in tutu's prancing about. Which draws the conclusion, for me anyway, that it's a terrible piece of work for ballet, but excellent progressive rock listening music. Review by "ashratom" (Rate Your Music)
RATING: 8.25 / 10
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