Review by Progfan97402 — This Dutch electronic group is simply one of my great new discoveries, yet they've been aroundseemingly forever (since the 1990s, but it's now 2013). I know Holland has never had a bigelectronic scene, I am...
Review by Progfan97402 — This Dutch electronic group is simply one of my great new discoveries, yet they've been aroundseemingly forever (since the 1990s, but it's now 2013). I know Holland has never had a bigelectronic scene, I am aware of Peru, that's about it. Narrow Lane is yet another live offering, thefirst part recorded the National Space Centre in Leicester, and the second part at Hampshire Jam 6,in Liphook. This Dutch group seems to hang around the same UK venues that Radio MassacreInternational does. In fact I like to think of FSP as the Dutch equivalent of RMI, only I thinkFSP's music often rivals that of RMI. FSP often uses modular equipment, like the Arrick modularsynth, which is a modular synth based off the Moog. Arrick is based out of Texas, so the synth isAmerican made. They also use vintage gear like the EMS Synthi A, Elka Rhapsody, and Solina StringEnsemble, but the Mellotron is sampled, using the Yamaha A3000. FSP is always the vehicle for MarcelEngels, but he gets help here from Ruud Heij, and for the first part (recorded in 2006), Frank vander Wel. Unfortunately v.d. Wel had left shortly after that performance, so the second part,recorded late in 2007, was without his presence. Regardless, this stuff is right up your alley ifyou enjoy Rubycon/Ricochet-era Tangerine Dream, even these guys use many of the same synth timbres.It can be said that this might not bring nothing new to the table, but I don't care because thisstuff really blew me away! If they done something very much like what a certain well-knownelectronic group had done some thirty or so years earlier, and do it well and do it convincingly, Ihave nothing to complain about. It's strange how many other countries are taking up to the BerlinSchool of electronic music. In the '70s you had Anna Sjalv Tredje in Sweden and even Zanov in France(Jean Michel Jarre might have been influenced by it, but of course, his style isn't Berlin School),and now you have Radio Massacre International, Airsculpture, and Red Shift in the UK, as well as FSPin Holland. This comes highly recommended to fans of this style of electronic music!