Wydawnictwo zatytułowane jest "Strong Together", czyli podobnie jak tytuł ostatniego utworu z płyty "Alone Together", której głównym motywem są różne formy samotności. Center stage undoubtedly belongs to Bartek Kossowicz who really puts his heart into the vocals carrying across the whole spectrum of emotions - there is a place for melancholy, longing, raw power and even a bit of irony. The longest-serving band members - Zbyszek Florek (keyboards), Maciek Meller (guitars) and Jacek Zasada (woodwind), supported by a fantastic rhythm section (Mariusz Ziolkowski - bass guitar, and Maciej Wroblewski - drums) recreate here their trademark soundscapes with unmatched ingenuity. But the strength of their performance lies not so much in a question of "what?" but "how?" Never before was the band's sound so natural, spontaneous and full-blooded in a truly rock fashion - qualities brought forward by a superb sound production, especially impressive in 5.1. All rendered flawlessly by the ensemble and their talented guests (Tylda Ciolkosz, a barefoot violinist, and Piotr Rogoz, an incendiary saxophonist). A strong title, and an apt one at that, as it accurately pinpoints the quality flowing through Quidam's latest release: a deluxe DVD and double-CD package documenting a truly outstanding live performance of the band's already well established material along with some intriguing musical surprises. Michał Florczak - visuals on "Alone Together" Jacek Zasada - flutes, xaphoon, percussion, bass guitar on "Wish You Were Here", backing vocals Mariusz Ziółkowski - bass guitar, 12-string guitar on "Wish You Were Here" Maciek Meller - guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Zbyszek Florek - keyboards, backing vocals Not So Close (including excerpt from "Hush") They Are There To Remind Us (including excerpt from "Riders On The Storm") ġ0. The Fifth Queen Of Everything (including excerpts from "The Fifth Season", "Queen Of Moulin Rouge" and "Everything's Ended") Ĩ. We Lost (including excerpt from "Walkin' Around The Stormy Bay") ħ. One Day We Find (including excerpt from "Red") Ħ. Quidam is available in Transparent Blue / Clear "Flamed" Orange Vinyl LP 12".3. A characteristic of this song, and of the whole album too, is the sheer elegance of the atmospheric post-rock sound that makes Quidam a great and enjoyable album. Quidam ends with 'Nadir' and it's a great way to close the journey through the Portuguese landscapes painted by the quartet of Catacombe. 'Mental Confusion' kicks off with a simple grooving bass line and the track moves and builds to a crescendo of a whirlwind of sublime thunderous drums and riffs. The complex exchanges and guitar interplay, rooted by a tight yet fluid rhythm section is a characteristic of the whole album whether in the quieter tunes as 'Lolita' or in the heavier as 'Shroud'. It has in it a perfect mix of strong and soft rock with some very effective chord sequences and a rather snazzy interlude that are really notable.
Listening to this track again and again, you'll agree with me that this could be the soundtrack to a night drive along the Ocean coast or across the region of Alentejo. Eight minutes of this song led me wondering what happens in the middle of the night on the streets of Portugal. Soft post rock is the protagonist of 'Ninho de Vespas' that is the longest track of the the record. 'Zenith' is really a standout track that set the album mood. Quidam starts off with ‘Zenith’, with its rich modulated arpeggiated guitars transcend into spiraling riffs. Quidam gets loud at times but the Portuguese band don't lose the occasion to show their softer post-rock side. What Catacombe offer is a fine balancing act of the two. The album isn’t 100% post rock or 100% post-metal. The 6 songs on show here offer some truly haunting post-rock/post-metal riffs. Listening to the 6-song album and its 36 minutes running time, you'll notice that the songs have complex structures and dynamics that are typical loud-quite-loud, which in the case of Quidam never become tedious or repetitive. Pedro, Gil, Filipe and Pedro just released Quidam, their 3rd record that was recorded at Caos Armado and mixed/mastered by Roland Wiegner (Long Distance Calling, Omega Massif) at Die Tonmeisterei, Oldenburg, Germany. In 2010 the band released their first full-length album entitled Kinetic, and they have never stopped writing music.
The band born in 2007 by the hand of Pedro Sobast when he self-released the EP Memoirs, and thanks to the interest of many fans that desired to see the songs live! He set up a band with some friends with the shared love for music.
They are a quartet from Portugal coming from the post-rock, instrumental and post-metal area but they also show signs of progressive rock in a number of places.
Catacome is what happens when “Post-Rock meets Fado”.
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