Lex Koeten‘s Canopy is a project of different musical styles swirled together in a dizzying stew. It sounds discordant on first listen but ultimately this collection of jumpy prog freakouts, delicate ballads and misty ambience hangs together as parts of the same whole.
Korten creates all this out of a simple lineup of keyboards, voice, alto sax, guitar, and drums. The opening “Oasis Walking” feels like the work of an adventurous singer-songwriter like Sarah Scarbrough Mclaughlin or Beth Orton with a dreamy stream of voice and piano being invaded by shrill sax blasts and a cavernous sound mix. The following “Abyssal Sleep” is all violent, chopping guitar and rolling drums. That gives way to the manic King Crimson-like prog…

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