Haken - Aquarius (2010) (Re-up) / AvaxHome

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Like fine wine, progressive rock bands normally require years of careful fermentation before maturing into a great vintage, so it's shocking, bordering on unbelievable, when a brand new group hits the scene so fully formed as did Britain's Haken. Indeed, Haken's 2010 debut, Aquarius, landed just two years after the sextet's initial creation, and yet the breathtaking scope of its ambitions, stylistic hybridization, and sheer instrumental skill suggest entire decades of accumulated experience between those involved. Just picture Dream Theater dabbling in harsher heavy metal ingredients (death metal vocals, mainly), as well as the fearless excess of poetic ‘70s prog rock originals Genesis and the classically inclined Kansas, and let the music flesh out the resulting mental canvas. Thing is, most of Haken's pieces stretch beyond the ten-minute mark and house examples of both of these extremes (plus everything in between), along with copious guitar and keyboard solo runs, thus leaving precious little room for song-oriented concision and abandoning all hope of even sniffing at the hit parades. Furthermore, vocalist Ross Jennings is probably the weakest link throughout, since he often lacks the power and presence (literally, given the extensive instrumental passages) to compete with his ebullient bandmates; but those partial to Yes' Jon Anderson's reedy delivery will probably like him just the way he is. And of course there's nothing wrong with any of this, so long as the band doesn't actually harbor any notions of attracting fans outside the muso audience; these will surely lap up Aquarius for what it is: the hands-down strongest prog rock debut yet to emerge in the 2010s.

Progarchives

Tracklist:
01. The Point Of No Return
02. Streams:
i. Streams
ii. Veins
iii. Digression
03. Aquarium
04. Eternal Rain
05. Drowning In The Flood
06. Sun
07. Celestial Elixir

Total time: 01:12:47

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 20. September 2013, 17:31

Haken / Aquarius

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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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Filename D:\Haken - Aquarius.wav

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Extraction speed 8.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DB93892E
Copy CRC DB93892E
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No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

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All tracks accurately ripped

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CUETools log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 20. September 2013, 17:31

Haken / Aquarius

Used drive : ASUS DRW-1608P Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 11:26.66 | 0 | 51515
2 | 11:26.66 | 10:14.10 | 51516 | 97575
3 | 21:41.01 | 10:39.42 | 97576 | 145542
4 | 32:20.43 | 6:42.40 | 145543 | 175732
5 | 39:03.08 | 9:28.11 | 175733 | 218343
6 | 48:31.19 | 7:19.27 | 218344 | 251295
7 | 55:50.46 | 16:56.35 | 251296 | 327530

Range status and errors

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Filename D:\Haken - Aquarius.wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 8.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DB93892E
Copy CRC DB93892E
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [512C5A8F] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [887C5DBA] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [18F807F4] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [0278E6A7] (AR v2)
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Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [E3D56C2F] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [37943B79] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

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