Strangers on a Train - The Key Part II The Labyrinth (prog rock Si 29)

Progarchives:
“STRANGERS ON A TRAIN was formed in 1990 as another of Clive NOLAN 's projects. Nolan here is accompanied by Karl GROOM and Tracy HITCHINGS, the singer for LANDMARQ. Nolan wrote all the music and lyrics for what is at some point supposed to be a trilogy of albums called "The Key". "The Key Part I: The Prophecy" was released in 1990 and its follow-up "The Key Part II: The Labyrinth" was released three years later in 1993. The band mixed in new age music and cinematic soundscapes into its neo-prog on these two releases.”

“There weren't too many female singers around in prog and Tracey Hitching was doing a good job in my believe. It also sounded a bit classical almost and that intrigued me as well. That classical aspect was very much present in Hijrah, the instrumental track on the album and it's a very vivid and interesting track. In the other songs the vocals of Tracey and Alan Reed (Pallas) alternate and sometimes sing together, it's all sounding really good. The instrumental parts of the songs are very much products of mr. Nolan, the man is a genius. This whole album is more or less comparable with a classical symphony so if you like classical music in general you could check this out.”