Band:	DeepTrip
Album:	Deeptrip
Style:	Rock
Release date:	2007
A review by:	Bas

01. Intro
02. Help Me
03. Carry On
04. Dreamer
05. Soldier
06. Intro II
07. Hate
08. Venom
09. Masters Of The Earth
10. My Son
11. Still Beautiful
12. Empty Gun
13. Teardrops
14. Nevermind
15. Fuck Yourself

Here it is; the first release of the promising newcomer-trio from Switzerland; DeepTrip. It's not hard to see what it is that makes this young band stand out amongst the sea of new bands that floods our music scene; the line-up. With a violin, a contrabass, an acoustic guitar, a cello and a drum kit (the last two played by session musicians) this band plays some of the most original rock music I've heard for a long time. But the originality isn't the only forte of this band, they are also very good musicians.

This line-up suggests something folkish, but it's not. I think the music can be most fittingly described as some kind of grungy rock played with classical instruments. Most of the songs are rather quiet or even 'ballad-esque', but there are also quite a few tracks on here that really rock!

These faster and heavier songs are often also the ones I enjoy more. The track 'Hate' (which can be listened to on their homepage) is a good example of this, and also one of my favourites on here. But most of the slower and more peaceful songs are really good too. I'd even go as far as calling some of them beautiful. On the other side though there are also a couple of tracks on here that I regard as fillers. 'Masters Of The Earth' for example doesn't do anything for me at all, despite the fact that it's actually a good song technically-speaking (especially the violin solo starting at around 1:50). In my opinion a few songs here could just have been scraped from the CD, but don't worry, most of the tracks are pure quality.

The Cello and contrabass seem to form a solid background while the bulk of the melodies are made by the acoustic guitar and the violin; the drumming provides a steady beat. Claudio Moser's vocals complete the music, sometimes taking on a rougher, 'shouting', edge and sometimes rather a peaceful or even 'soothing' one like on the track 'My Son'.

In the end this is an album that you could really fall in love with if you are open-minded enough to not consider metal 'the only worthwhile music genre' and just give this really special album a chance. My prediction for this band is that we're going to hear a lot more about them in the near or distant future, maybe only in the rock scene or maybe even in the world of popular music. Already now they are going on Germany-tours with bands like 'Subway To Sally' and 'Schandmaul' that are really big in the German scene. I guess only time will tell where the deep trip of these guys will lead them to.

Without a doubt this is my rock album of the year!

Favourite tracks: Hate, My Son and Teardrops