It is so poignant when the music is willing to address the greatest questions in life and the Colours of Time by Shyfrin Alliance is no exception as it does it with such elegance and refinement. With Eduard Shyfrin, whose life story as a classically trained pianist, award winning mathematician, and masterful musician is a tale of modern renaissance, this song is the exception to the rule of intellectual depth only, or intellectual depth and little more.
The baritone voice of Shyfrin is of a weight of lived experience, and every phrase is voiced with a purposeful meditation, which allows a real thinking. His vocal is not a matter of technical demonstration but more a matter of the philosophical burden of time, memory and human perception. In each of the well-chosen words, you can hear decades of searching and discovery.
The instrumentation is ideal to this reflective vision. It starts with warm guitar tones, which gradually build up and make a welcoming sonic environment that seems both timeless and urgent. Layers of nostalgic depth are added by swells of organ and the rhythm section is pulsing but never hurrying the natural flow of the music. Its production is analog-friendly rather than studio glossy, and it values textural integrity in service to the philosophical lyrics of the song.
The thing that impresses me most about Colours of Time is that it does not give easy answers. Rather, it leaves room to allow the listeners to interact with their own relationship with time and memory. The musical arrangement is relaxed, ethereal, and inspires the sort of internal searching that is becoming more and more of an anomaly in our busy society.
After the song, In the Shadow of Time, this song proves the one-of-a-kind image of Shyfrin Alliance in the world of modern rock, the music that can challenge not only your heart but your mind as well. To those with a taste of conceptual richness of Pink Floyd or emotional insight of Peter Gabriel, Colours of time provide a truly sustaining meal: progressive rock with a real sense of purpose and philosophical meaning.
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