Borislav Mitic has got to be one of the luckiest people around
\ntoday. He got out of his native Yugoslavia last year, missing out
\non the little presents that are raining down on his birthplace of
\nBelgrade every night. He has escaped the outrageous artistic
\nlicense that the Yugoslavian government had – which practically
\ngave them the right to use any music they wanted without paying the
\nartist.<\/p>\n
Now, he’s put out this self-titled release – his debut in
\nAmerica – and adds himself to the list of those who would take the
\nthrone of guitar king away from Yngwie Malmsteen, one of Mitic’s
\nidols. If Mitic isn’t at the top of that list, he’s real close,
\n’cause this is a solid album through and through.<\/p>\n
Mitic’s playing style, like Malmsteen’s, is a mixture of
\nclassical structire with modern day flash – though, to Mitic’s
\ncredit, he doesn’t allow the flashier side of his playing to take
\nover. With the help of his bandmates – bassist Jacques Roy and
\ndrummer Marc Monneau – Mitic comes close to creating a new style of
\nclassical music while making sure things stay exciting for the
\nlistener of today.<\/p>\n
The classical influences are clearly heard on such pieces as
\n“Sky Rider” and “Mystic”, the latter divided into two movements.
\nMitic’s playing is clean throughout, though there are times I
\nwished there had been a little more raw emotion put into the
\nplaying. It’s a hard thing to explain, but in some cases, it seems
\nlike even the complicated riffs that Mitic is playing are like
\nsecond nature to him. I would have liked to have heard a little
\nmore playing from the gut, almost like he was walking a tightrope
\nwithout a safety net.<\/p>\n
The only other complaint I have with
\nBorislav Mitic<\/i> is on the track “Southern Wind”; while the
\ngypsy-like movement of the song is decent enough, it is a track I
\nthought could have been a bit shorter – or at least injected with a
\nlittle more variety in the mix.<\/p>\n
The remainder of this album, in a nutshell, contains some of the
\nmost exciting guitar-driven instrumentals I’ve heard in some time.
\nMitic is a master of his six-string, and on tracks like “Celtic
\nLegends” (another track in two movements), “Bird Dance” and
\n“Ballade Pour Elle” are prime examples.<\/p>\n
With the popularity of heavy metal on the rise, it is time for
\nanother guitar virtuoso to step up to the plate and raise the bar
\nfor guitar playing. Malmsteen did that in the ’80s; now, it’s
\nMitic’s turn.
\nBorislav Mitic<\/i> is an album that needs just a touch of
\nhumanity, but shows this young man is on the verge of
\ngreatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7366],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38912","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-borislav-mitic","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38912"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38912"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}