Recreation

*2023 stock* "Produced by Erick Van Huls, Recreation's sophomore release "Music or not Music" featured 15 tracks, many of them quite short and linked together in a continuing suite arrangement. With all three members sharing creative duties the all-instrumental set simply wasn't the lost classic slice of progressive magic some dealers would have you believe (the fact it was included in one of the Hans Pokora books merely added to the hype). The three members were all quite talented, but the majority of attention seemed focused on keyboardist Falaise. The overall feel is progressive, but there are touches of jazz, conventional rock, outright experimentation, and even a playful, goofy side to some of the work. Nothing here is particularly commercial, toe tapping, or original, and it hangs together well." - RYM