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Adachi Kyodai - Adachi Kyodai

Artist:	Adachi Kyodai
Title:	Adachi Kyodai
Label:	Musea FGBG 4495.AR
Length(s):	52 minutes
Year(s) of release:	2003
Month of review:	[09/2003]

Line up

Ryusuke Adachi - guitar
Source "K" Adachi - guitar, vocals

Tracks

1)	Back Track	4.54
2)	MOther Goose	3.21
3)	Push Me Into Tornado	3.44
4)	I Talk To The Wind	4.04
5)	All Shades Of Blues	4.23
6)	Cheap Day Return	2.51
7)	Erewhon	6.34
8)	Unknown Troops	3.56
9)	Springsilky Shower Landscape	4.05
10)	Lemming	5.40
11)	When That I Was A Little Tiny Boy	2.12
12)	Guilt	5.51

Summary

Adachi Kyodai is a guitar duo, of which one member also sings.

The music

The opener Back Track is a virtuoso classical acoustic guitar piece, that in style could be compared to material Di Meola, McLaughlin and De Lucia recorded in the eighties. The Jethro Tull cover Mother Goose is less of a virtuoso track, although instrumental sections also exhibit elastic fingers. Even though the instruments are totally different from the original, Source manages to capture something of the essence of Ian Anderson's performance. Rather remarkable, how they so clearly give their own interpretation, and so well keep something of the original. Push Me Into Tornado does have a certain swirling feel about it. I Talk To The Wind is a King Crimson cover. The accents of the singers are clearly audible now, taking something away from the song. The tickling guitars, especially during the vocal sections, do give the track something new, though. All Shades Of Blue is a more regular acoustic track, focusing more on melody build up, and less on virtuosity, although this does win on influence as the track progresses. Cheap Day Return focuses on the theme of the original track, elaborating on it a virtuoso roundabout way. Not until towards the end of the track do the vocals come out. They didn't need to, really. The point was made on the guitar more eloquently than it is vocally. Being somewhat longer, Erewhon takes its time te develop, and in doing so does give room for the attention to lapse a bit. From here the tracks get a bit more classical and a little less eclectic, if you might call what's gone before so. When That I Was A Little Tiny Boy is a musical interpretation of a Shakespeare text.

Conclusion

The fact that the Adachi brothers cover a couple of progressive tracks, doesn't make their music progressive. You'd really have to stretch the definition to make this stuff fall in the category. Having said that, they do manage to capture the attention more than other acoustic groups do. Especially in the first half of the album they come up with just that tiny surprise, giving the tracks their texture and making them stand out. The album pans out as more diverse and enticing than your average acoustic album, but it still has to be your cup of tea.