Aurum Argentum is an artist from Australia who writes and performs his own music. I spent some time with a number of his songs which cross a couple of different genres. The first song I listened to was entitled “Style.” This song specifically reminded me of the song “Sweet Jane” by The Velvet Underground. One of the main differences between them however is that “Style” has no lead vocals. The lead on this song is guitar. There’s a good amount of lead guitar which caught my ear. I especially enjoyed when the electric guitar was put in the mix but the acoustic guitar picking was also very well done.
“Two Guitars” sounds exactly like what is advertised although there are other elements as well. That being said there’s one guitar panned hard left and the other panned hard right which is the focal point. It's pleasant and I found it relaxing. The guitar skills are not only technically impressive but also quite creative. Similar to “Style” an electric guitar comes in about halfway through which adds some excitement to the mix. On “Locomotive” we have a distinctly different style. This is a much harder song and somewhere between metal and hard rock but a little more towards the latter. I loved the groove on this song but there’s really not much of a lead instrument here which I thought it could have used. “New Year’s Eve” has a similar style. I would say this song was a highlight. The lead here is very well done and reminded me of the playing style of Joe Satriani. It’s all in the name. “Funky Base” is funky but it sounds like it’s all midi from the horns to the bass. It works for the most part but it does give the song this mechanical quality. The song contains some vocals but I wouldn’t call it a lead. It felt more like another element in the song. One of my personal favorite songs was called “Mexico.” I thoroughly enjoyed the strumming patterns on this song which contains flamenco style guitar. There are some very interesting styles on offer from Aurum Argentum. He’s one talented musician who is able to cover a lot of different styles.
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