Art Rock Show / Ritual – The Story of Mr. Bogd, part 1 (Week 4)

Ritual werd in 1992 opgericht in Stockholm, Zweden, door drummer Johan Nordgren, bassist Fredrik Lindqvist, gitarist-zanger Patrik Lundström en toetsenist Jon Gamble. Zowel beïnvloed door de progressieve rock uit de jaren ’70 als door hedendaagse bands als The Police, XTC en It Bites, smeedde Ritual hun eigen kenmerkende progressieve muziek.

Zachary Nathanson van Echos and Dust: “Formed in 1993 in their hometown in Stockholm, Sweden, the quartet has this folk-proggy like complex with its melodic arrangement. They are a band that have their own influences between not just the prog-rock genre in which they pay nod to, but elements of the hard rock category which comes in handy. With their latest album, The Story of Mr. Bogd, Part 1, we are invited into this strange, bizarre story on this mysterious character they’ve created. Released on the Karisma label, Ritual pull all of the stop signs out to create this mind-blowing story they’ve unleashed to the prog community.

There’s the Celtic momentum for ‘Mr. Tilly and his Gang’ at first, but then it starts to get more tense where all of the marvellous waltz-like scenario for his fellow comrades to dance up and down the balcony where Mr. Bogd is mesmerised to see what amazing musicians will come up with next. Nods to Gentle Giant’s medieval folky textures come in very handy before the change starts to rev up for some thumped-up arrangements between bass, drums, ascending vocals, and AOR orientations with ‘Chichikov Bogd’. (…)

Ritual has offered enough evidence to keep you guessing until they come up the second part of the story. It has nods to fellow Norwegian prog maestros Gazpacho that comes to mind, but it is a bizarre story that has a lot of guesses and repeatable listens to make you understand what will happen next.”

Naast Ritual (The Story of Mr. Bogd, part 1), Meer (Playing House), Wobbler (From Silence to Somewhere), Magic Pie (The Suffering Joy), Major Parkinson (Live at Ricks) & Motorpsycho (The All Is One).

• Thursday/Donderdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Friday/Vrijdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Saturday/Zaterdag 12.00 – 24.00