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Macan is the proper name in this project, which intends to unite progressive
rock with the different aesthetics of contemporary classical.� After Hermetic
Science (1997) and Prophesies (1999) arrives En Route, which
opens with a version of Holst�s �Mars� that clearly resembles ELPowell�s version.�
En Route is a more �rocking� disc than its predecessors and less interested
in polyrhythmic surprise and the intricate superimposing of harmonic planes.� This one is more melodic, especially in the extensive
suite in four parts, �Against the Grain,� that dominates the work, and forms
part of the other even more extensive suite that gives the disc its name.�
In �Raga Hermeticum� the mode of Hindu-fusion typified by In the Labyrinth
or Orient Squeezers is recycled, although the arrangement is effectively sustained
by marimbas and mallet percussion and the resolute