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Jet Black Sea hails from Germany. The band consists of Adrian Jones (of Nine Stones Close) on guitar and bass, and Michel Simons on programming. This particular album includes Adrian O'Shaughnessy (also of Nine Stones Close) on vocals, along with Christiaan Bruin (love his solo stuff) on drums.
The musical style is dark, evocative, and often very subtle, playing around in the back of your mind. The album plays electronic soundscapes up against prog rock that has a good amount of edge and rhythm. Yes, I'd say this album has more groove than one might expect, and the transitions between the rock portions and the electronic horizons are concise and natural. The music travels in movements, not unlike some of my favorite Vangelis albums, and you will hear the darkly organic electronic vistas from artists like him or Tangerine Dream, but also with the dark prog rock of Nine Stones Close. Yes, that means we get Floydian guitars up against desolate electronic arrangements, and I absolutely love that.
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