KISEMBER (E)

D Sound is the moniker for multi-instrumentalist Zsolt Dezsö Murguly from Hungary, the man behind this project. He is the composer, singer, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist on the CD Kisember. He got some help from Csaba Varga (keyboards), Ádám Földes (drums) and singer Liza Vargáné Papp on Without Worlds. Mr. Murguly was able to produce an album well-worth listening to, and more important, well up to our western standards as far as sound quality is concerned. Although Kisember is his debut album, Murguly has been involved in music for over a decade. He has been influenced by Pink Floyd - the title track, meaning Ordinary Man has been inspired by The Division Bell - but he also likes Foreigner, Nazareth, Mike Oldfield and Metallica. The album is divided into four segments, but is characterized by the returning of some themes with mostly an almost continuous pulsation. The music he composed was the basis of what was recorded on the current album. The sound of Murguly's guitar resembles the sound of Robin Trower (ex-Procol Harum) somewhat. The titel track is subdivided into four parts. The opening track is Budafok having subtile percussion, pulsating and echoing guitar like Pink Floyd, than the orchestral keyboards join in and the psychedelic atmosphere is maintained throughout the full length of five minutes. The second part Hold 1 begins with a sequencer en then again a pulsating guitar, but this time a bit heavier like Hawkwind and the vocals come in. Murguly is not a true singer, but his voice has some similarities with the voice of János Kóbor (Omega), but a little mellower. He sings in Hungarian a language from which I can't understand one single word. The lyrics cover daily events like day-by-day fights, natural disasters or media terrors. In spite of this for us Western European listeners unusual language, the album rises well above the average level of what is presented in this genre. You'll hear again Floydian slow melodies in Blues 2000, modest drumming and well-balanced guitarsolos, never with the intention to play as many notes in a second as possible, but functional and extremely melodic. Even more psychedelic and spacey is the sound at the start of the fourth part Kisember followed by a heavier guitar. Pumping sequencers and a synthesized bass are added to support the multi-guitar melodies. The second piece Mi Van A Hold Túlsó Felén starts with a Robin Trower-like guitar solo supported by a rhythm guitar, bass and keys, followed by an almost whispering voice of Murguly with only drums and bass. The song reaches its climax when more orchestral keyboards are added and metal riffs dominate the rest of this first piece Hold 2. In Frog's Final Day more pulsating guitars can be heard and again a melodic but heavy track in space rock style. The third and last part of this second section could have played by Ozric Tentacles. The third piece got only one part Sodoma, with a Saga-like synthesized bass, beautiful guitar melodies, nice orchestral keys, but I would have settled for a non-vocal track! The last piece Otthon has been divided into three parts. Firstly Ortthon, a fairly simple melody is used for the more aggressive solos on this album. Christine opens with orchestral keys followed by again a rather simple theme, not too complicated drumming and spacey guitar with heavy pulsating riffs. The closing section is Without Worlds with organ and female singing, than a MIke Oldfield-like instrumentation, followed by a heavier guitar dominating the Floydian closing section.

Kisember shows that there are probably many more prog artists in Eastern Europe waiting to be discovered!