"In Haze Of Time" is the first album of this originating group of Jerusalem, Israel. The first thing that calls my attention is the title of the disc, name that it suggests a dispersed walk, mysterious, deformed to the distant spot by its movement to affect the natural visible perception of the world. The second is the name of the group, that inevitably makes me to suppose here that they will sound like GENESIS and to demand a lack of originality, present here by an own prejudice. What follows is to review the credits and to see how the band is made up: Gil STEIN (keyboards, voice), Gabriel WEISSMAN (drums) and Roy Bar-tour (bass), interpret this seven cuts CD –instrumental in its majority–, in which when there are lyrics are writen by STEIN, the lyrics are innocent and they are sung in English. The musical adjustments compose them between all and they record his CD in Gil's studio, being himself the producer. The disc was recorded in January of the 2001, but it was until June of 2002 that Musea puts its brand to it and its formal distribution begins. Now yes, to listen to the disc...

In 44'19 ", TRESPASS exposes a classic symphonic progressive rock in one strongly framed style within a support in the keyboards, in where the changes are well supported by the bass and by a drum that it indicates when and how to make ruptures, and how and when to support with its cadence the unfolding of interpretation of STEIN. The style is easily comparable with most characteristic in the keyboards of ELP, NICE, and YES mainly, decorated with the classic medieval elements, jazz and ruptures of pulse, intention and bit that did of progressive rock a contemporary musical glory in the 70's.

The first cut is Creatures of the night, an opereta of beginning cheers and that with a choir of eight words suggests a subject that deals with about the delights and shortages of the nocturnal life. Soon the subject comes from the concept, In haze of Time, an existencial doubt written in 3 and 5 4. Gate 15, is the first instrumental subject on the disc, a typically progressive cut and even with a Latin touch that invites all the passengers "to enter by door 15". In fourth turn arrives City Lights, an urban daze in 3 and 4 4. Orpheus suite is another instrumental subject but of romantic, cadente cut. Troya is for me the most excellent taste of the disc, an instrumental cut of three movements, a better thought composition and more original, related to the previous one. The disc finishes with The mad house blues, a bonus track in rock 'n' roll style that the group defines as its Are you ready Eddie? of the famous "Tarkus" album of ELP, thus sealing its clear admiration and more remarkable influence.

In summary, "In Haze Of Time" is a disc of symphonic progressive cut, characteristically elaborated by the elements and the influence with which the progressive rock of the 70's is compossed. Something classic, made today.

–Alfredo TAPIA CARRETO.