Dreaming In Spanda - Where The East Merges With The West (Haxyn Records) Review by Steve Thomas-Green I find instrumental bands quite hard going, I have to confess. Usually, I enjoy the music, but am le� feeling that it would be so much be�er with vocals, or even a few spoken word passages… and that’s the case here as well. The �tle of the album gives the game away for this release as it is shrouded in Eastern flavours, which really do elevate the music. Throw in some mys�cal sounding chants and the founda�ons are very solid indeed. The sec�ons with the Eastern influences are also the most enjoyable parts of the album, but as with most albums of this kind, the music, by itself, cannot prop up the rest of the album. And that’s a shame, really. Because there is genuinely nothing to complain about, in terms of quality. The sound is powerful, the �me changes and overall structure of the songs are good. It just needs something to glue it altogether… like vocals. But if you make music and you can’t get a vocalist, I guess you’re le� with the crea�ve itch that needs to be fulfilled, and you make what you can, to the best of your ability. Maybe in the future there will be a remix version of this album, because it has a stack of good quali�es and they deserve to be in the spotlight… and at the moment, it does need some outside help. h�ps://haxynrecords.bandcamp.com/ h�ps://dreaminginspanda.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-east-merges-with-the-west
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