Nine Skies: Fascinating deliverance of very nice prog from Nice!

The Nine Skies album 5.20 will be released June 4, and the band is inspired by many influences: rock, pop, progressive, jazz…. Nine Skies is a progressive rock act from Nice, south of France.

The band states, «While adding our touch of melody and poetry, we hope to make you travel and dream with this new opus for which we can without a doubt benefit from your support to record it! This crowdfunding will help us to record the drums and release the album».

5.20 is the third album from Nine Skies, and in 2017 came the debut album Return Home and two years later Sweetheart Grips. 5.20 offers 11 track and contribution from many skilled and even famous musicians.

Nine Skies can be labeled as a prog band, but that is not important for the French band because they focus on diversity and to express different feelings in an impressive way throughout the album. To achive this the music and lyrics correlate very, very well.

5.20 relates, through the eyes of the protagonist, the lives of different characters from a contemporary big city. Sometimes metaphorical, sometimes particularly realistic, these different existences show the absurdities of our current world and the way we learn to live with our sufferings. The diversity of the bands Influences allows to express various feelings while preserving the coherence of this modern musical tale.

5.20 has an acoustic vibe and the string quartet sounds very god and fits the quite calm and melodic music. I also enjoy the dark atmospheres and the harmonically elements, and the lush arrangements and the music overall. A highly recommended album for those who enjoy more delicate and calm prog. On the track Wilderness Steve Hackett has a guitar solo, and as always Hackett deliver tasty guitar licks.

Tracklist:

1. Colourblind

2. Wilderness

3. Beauty of Decay

4. Golden Drops

5. Above the Tide

6. Dear Mind

7. The Old Man in the Snow

8. Godless Land

9. Porcelain Hill

10. Achristas

11. Smiling Stars

In October Nine skies have their first and only live performance at Prog En Beauce 2019. An incredible experience and the band look forward to play on stage again! Nine Skies shared stage with fine band as Clepsydra, Albion and Mystery.

Line-up:

Eric Bouillette : Guitars, mandolin, violin, piano, arrangements

Alexandre Lamia : Guitars, piano, arrangements

Anne-Claire Rallo : Piano

David Darnaud : Guitars

Achraf El Asraoui : Vocals, guitars

Aliénor Favier : Vocals

Bernard Hery : Bass, fretless bass

Fabien Galia : Percussions

Laurent Benhamou : Saxophones

   With

Steve Hackett (Genesis): Guitar solo (2)

Damian Wilson (Threshold, Headspace, Adam Wakeman): Vocals (9)

John Hackett: Flute (7)

Cath Lubatti: Violins and viola

Lilian Jaumotte: Cello

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