REVIVAL
THE LONGEST DREAM
ALBUM REVIVAL PRODUCTIONS RELEASE: MAY, 2000 (CANADA) REVIEW: MAY 24, 2000


As great and mind-blowing fast and intense music can be, what would you do without calm intermissions? "The Longest Dream", performed by Revival, aka Romanian Sorin Pavelesco, is as pleasant as they come. Impressive piano play, mesmerizing moods and a spotless production. Pavelesco has made something of a concept album, with the main theme being dreams. He touches ambient, classical music as well as more electronic excursions. Sometimes close to the sound of Dead Can Dance, though always instrumental. Some of the compositions on "The Longest Dream" bear traces of anonymity, but they are few.
A well executed soundtrack to our nightly adventures.

NIKLAS FORSBERG