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 | | The decade-long musical project of multi-instrumentalist Olaf Parusel and a changing crew of side musicians continues with Zal, a distinctly elegant album in the vein of such romantic neo-classical/electronic bands as Attrition and particularly In the Nursery. |
 | | The dark ambience of Black Tape for a Blue Girl is also present, notably in a cover of that band's "I Wish You Could Smile," but with an arrangement that often suggests what Philip Glass might have done had he lived in 19th century Europe rather than America 100 years later. |
 | | A variety of instrumentals throughout Zal let Parusel indulge to full effect with or without his collaborators, perhaps most notably on "Winter," which for all the implied chill of the title is a fairly active arrangement, perhaps suggesting a last dance on a frozen pond before the new year comes. |
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