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| “‘Open’ is so bursting with musical and spiritual energy, lush soundscapes, and riveting musicianship that it threatens to spill open like a bag of buried treasure... The first two cuts alone, “Trying to Keep This” and “The Game” have more melodic excitement and tonal variety than most CDs generate in 50 minutes.” The driving force is his own restless, intertwined musical and spiritual energy. Open is full of themes of quest and journey (“The Path”, “The Game,” “The Philosopher’s Stone”) accented by variations in tempo and dynamics within each suite-like song. | ||||||
| While Open’s songs are memorable and often just plain catchy – some with haunting vocals in the manner of early Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and “Life Under a New Star”’s exhilarating arena-rock opening could have jumped out of your radio in 1977 – Will’s songs rarely confine themselves to the structures of conventional pop Timothy Peters, MusicDish.com |
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| "You can really play, and there are not many of you left." - Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees) | ||||||
| WILL HANZA defies all categorization so we had to put him in one all his own: World Beat Alt-Folk Rock. What does that mean, exactly? Well, you’ll have to buy his CD to ultimately find out, but the discovery will be well worth it. Each song will uncover itself in layer upon layer like all great music tends to do upon repeated listenings. And then when Will Hanza walks down the street we can look and wonder, “How does he do it?” Radio Mike "Fevered Brain" in Austin, TX thefeveredbrainofradiomike.com/comments.php?id=1188_0_1_0_C thefeveredbrainofradiomike.com |
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| “Pushing the boundries... High level of musicianship... Very distinctive styling throughout.” “Taxi” review, TAXI.com |
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| "A rollercoaster of vocals and melodies, that keeps the listener focused and interested." Eugene Foley, Foley Entertainment, Inc., foleyentertainment.com) |
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| “...Hanza's work is reminiscent of groundbreaking krautrock like Ash Ra Tempel or Popul Vuh, but in the same song he'll break into a blistering guitar solo that disrupts one's expectations and truly makes the music his own... The key, of course, is that Hanza is following his own vision... Listen to the album. It's rewarding in a way that I could never convey in words alone. The music is far more powerful.” Benjamin Edmonds - WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago, whpk.uchicago.edu |
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| “It was great seeing the band live... I think the album is a great representation of the Will Hanza experience, which I don't think is always the case...” Recording Engineer Edward Douglas (Ravi Shankar, Monster Magnet, others) |
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| “I love the innovative style and I love that they're not afraid to take chances. Will is a fierce performer” NYCGigs.com |
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| "Hanza's an NYC-based artist who obviously loves him some Hendrix and all sorts of jammy guitar stuff" The L Magazine, www.thelmagazine.com |
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| See reviews from people who bought the album at CDBaby.com
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