PAULUSMA - iRecord & Here We Are (2CDs)

2 CDs - one is his most recent album "Record"and the second one is 2008s "Here We Go" - Dutch Only import. Hopefully, the name will sound familiar to many of you as Jelle Paulusma was the lead singer and guitarist in Darryl-Ann, the legendary Dutch band that had serious pop bands excited and filled with energy with what the emerging pop scene could deliver in the late 90s and early 00s. You have not heard records quite like these two - this is not normal music fare and will, for the open-minded music fan, find a challenging context to enjoy the experience that Paulusma navigates, completely free from any bonds of commercial expectation. "For those who lament the loss of Darryl-Ann, this does not disappoint. It contains the same kind of mesmerising guitar figures and off-kilter arrangements you expect from his old band!" " - Bucketful Of Brains.

"This very American sounding album that recalls those of the West Coast acts from the 60`s. The guitar solo on `Lotta Love` is very Carlos Santana-like, while `California Spirit` sports a very `Surrealistic Pillow` (Jefferson Airplane)-like vibe. The atmosphere of `TJ On A Spree` recalls that of The Doors. After the first listen, the record seems like a very incoherent plate, but the more you listen, the more you understand the travel story of a man who leaves early in the morning in the middle of the night just to stop in a diner somewhere on a deserted highway at night and then the muse to withdraw. This is an album to cherish for a long time. " - DaMusic. Well, I am not sure about this sounding `American`, honestly. A record like these strike me as only coming from Western Europe as there the flair and verve of artistic expression is completely unconcerned with finding a large audience, follow established rules or convention or looking to become `product`. Jelle Paulusma continues a musical journey that, if you are up for it, will leave you with two albums in this package that will push you in new directions you had previously not known existed.

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