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This album is a result of the musical project, arranged and mastering, which was submitted on September 28th. 2007 in the cultural center "Magoria Station" Polivalente hall, Barcelona.

Pure synthesiser music with strong Berlin school influence. The album begins with an evocative build up of steam and squeaking machinery followed by the departure of a train from a station - an appreciative burst of applause reminds us that this is a live album - then the journey is under way. Liquid clean synths with strong rhythms set the pace - swishing effects, tonal shifts and demented bird-like calls enlivening the mix. John Lakveet layers burbling sequences into mesmerising cycles, rolling along in constant evolution, light percussive structures in perfect step, smooth sheets of tone and ambient forms gliding above. The music rises and falls in intensity - building to locomotive pace with all elements percolating, then dropping down into wistful lightness as if we're drifting among the air currents left behind by the speeding train. There are some mysterious pieces - peculiar echoing tones looming out of sonic darkness - as if our musical odyssey were passing into the night, there are also twinkling sections of delicate luminance. The imagery of the moving train naturally is carried throughout the recording - the ripple of sequencers almost constant, yet never the sounding same for long.


ARTWORK This CD comes in a jewel case package with a photographic montage on the front cover - a shiny steam engine emerging from a layer of mist fades out from a village station - a folded newspaper in the foreground holds the title. The rear cover displays the album tracklist on a small sheet of brown paper floating above a backdrop of various travel stamps. The insert holds the background information about the recording on the opposite panel to the cover image - brief thanks, a second tracklist and John's website are also found here. Opening up the insert a set of performance stills are laid out showing John amid his equipment lit in heavy hues of green and red, light patterns and projected imagery at his back.

OVERALL John Lakveet is described as the Spanish specialist of the sequencer - it's quickly evident why - masterful sequence structures drive this album from start to finish. The nine tracks on this album are relatively short for the genre - the longest being just over twelve minutes in length, the shortest two minutes forty. All were all performed before a live audience at Magoria Station, Barcelona on September 28th 2007. The music is very clear and well produced for a live album, not only that, there is a lot going on considering that this is the work of just one man. There are nostalgic recollections of Tangerine Dream and other seventies synth workers here, John clearly enjoying further exploration of the musical vistas first traversed by these pioneers. Perhaps where John excels is in his creation of very tight compositions that manage to feel both unhurried in development yet appealingly concise - this train takes you through some wondrous places, allowing ample time to take in the scenery, but making good progress at the same time. The CD is released via AD21 Music as a 10th anniversary marker for the label - available via iTunes and Musiczeit only. Morpheus Music U.K.