After The Goldrush By John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli

 

After The Goldrush

By

John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

What do you get when you combine the talents of two of today’s finest multi-instrumentalists and allow them free reign over your senses? well magic is made. A breath taking and refreshing global look can be found at the end of an overarching contemporary music genre moment, that is brought into full focus by listening to the latest release called After The Goldrush by John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli.

This 5 track release is a smooth instrumental collection of fresh, new and fascinating creations with the ever talented duet, from the very first track called Moving Across Land we are gifted a progressive and ever onward composition that reverberates around the fretless bass and dances with the percussion in a beautifully rhythmic opening offering.

One of my favourite tracks from the album is now upon us and entitled The Gentle Glide To Freedom. The is a delicious and gentle ride to a freedom of tone and timbre, the softness of touch here is simply idyllic, the delicate percussion and guitar for me, all go to make up one of the stand out pieces from the release, one that has a touch of reflection built nicely into the weave, also note the acoustic guitar in this track it is so beautifully played.

The Power Of Myth is a subject I was only having a discussion about yesterday in a meeting, it has such a strong pull on our ways of thinking and beliefs, but with regard to the context of this song one can feel a sense of palpable care being taken within the weave of this quite emotional offering, the bass and guitar manifest an emotional juxtaposition for us all to enjoy.

Now if you have never heard this track before, where on earth have you been! Originally released by Neil Young back in 1970 this classic composition is given a breath of fresh life from the multi-instrumentational genius of John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli. The fretless bass and guitar replace the harmonics and vocals stunningly, and the rhythmic pastiche of percussion adds further weight to the conclusion, that this may well be one of the best instrumental versions of this song ever.

Our final piece which concludes the release is called Upending, once more the guitar is transcendent and multi-layered, when the bass kicks in the entire piece gains a foundation and sings with the duel guitars in one of the most soothing ending final offerings I have heard for quite some time, the added soft keyboards and percussion bring much to the table also on this final arrangement.

After The Goldrush by John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli is a thoroughly enjoyable listen, the inventiveness of the art work contained musically within this release is outstanding, the recording and production doubly so. It’s well cited that these artists are well known and musically respected as classy multi-instrumentalists, but this symbiosis of sound gives us all that and more, a pleasurable experience to bathe within as instrumental magic is created by listening to After The Goldrush by John Gregorius & David Vito Gregoli.