LYTHION
From The Beginning... (Lythionmusic)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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Rumor has it that a Lythion performance is dramatically ambitious and visually stunning, but I've just got to accept that on faith, since they're planted on the opposite coast so far. Sonically, though, I've got the evidence in hand, in the form or their debut CD, and I can report that they're similarly ambitious in their aural efforts, and the effect can well be described as stunning.

Lythion is, in essence, vocalist Ilyana Kadushin and her multi-instrumentalist partner in sound James Harrel. Between them they handle the production and mixing chores as well. On stage they get an assist from visual designer Aaron Michaelson and there are guest artists helping on a couple of tracks, but overall From The Beginning... is the product of the meeting of two minds, and when those minds met, a new world was created.

Pop music, club music, cabaret music and, of course, some plain, unvarnished rock music are blended into vehicles for Kadushin's voice which can move from soaring heights to down in the gutter growls to passionate near whispers seamlessly, while Harrel just keeps the beats bumping. It's music that takes place outside the normal limits of genre, outside the range of most musicians' imaginations.

Get in on it From The Beginning... because it's bound to be a wonderful trip.

Track List:

Peak * Traveling * Blue Spot * Fly My Mind * Ripe * Cocky Prick * Hussy * Champagne * Meaningless * Perilous Mouth * Scarlet Hips

© 2004 - Shaun Dale