Daniil Bosak – synths, Rhodes piano, accordion
Alexander "Ritchie" Seleznev – all guitars, percussion
Dmitry Smirnov – drums
Mikhail Zenkov – bass, percussion
Anton Ablov – guest organ on track 5
All music by Aton Five.
Recorded by Michael EaRen, Dmitry Zaytsev and Georgiy Stefanov at Mars Records (
mars-records.ru).
Produced by Michael EaRen and Aton Five.
Mixed and mastered by Dmitry Zaytsev.
Design by Mila Kiseleva.
Voices by Georgiy Stefanov, Ivan Stefanov and Yana Shumskaya.
released September 18, 2018
I was knee-deep in the sand by now. I could feel its heat even through the suit. A third shape emerged on the horizon while the first two kept approaching as slowly as before. I lit a cigarette and immediately thought: "Why and when the hell did I take off the helmet and where did I get the cigarettes? I don't even know if I can breathe here!.." But I did breathe, and the cigarette did smolder just right. Soon I stopped caring about that. I looked at the clock...
"...once again - the launch is preponed to 80 minutes earlier. You should hurry tomorrow", — Lee's voice was untimely trivial, just as usual. "Well, it's not the first time we should", — I replied. Others started getting up from the table, and so did I with a strange feeling of déjà vu. "It's not the first time?.."
A live video of "A Chain of Events" can be found here:
youtu.be/3TrwiDujmTU
Visuals for every track on the album can be found here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBIhGiBV0Pa1j3QYjrERahzeE6BRvNhc1
"The album never becomes dull and for me has exactly the right balance of heavy and melodic. Tasteful soloing on keyboards and guitar are handled by virtuoso players but their solo spots are never used for showing off. The careful sequencing of the tracks gives the album an excellent flow to experience and enjoy all of Aton Five's musical aspects."
— Jerry van Kooten, Dutch Progressive Rock Page, 8.5/10 (read the full review:
bit.ly/2spswmL)
"The thing that sets Aton Five apart from run-of-the-mill space rock bands is their willingness to change up the music — rather than repeating a riff for many minutes, they’ll have a progression that works through changes and then move on to different sections."
— Jon Davis, Expose (read the full review:
bit.ly/35pOzIm)
"These four young Russians love the music from a time before they were born, and their tribute to it is heart-warming and ear-pleasing at the same time. Fans of instrumental hard rock with strong psychedelic and progressive touches should burn some incense and float away with Aton Five to Solarstalgia."
— Pascal Thiel, DisAgreement, 8/10 (read the full review:
bit.ly/2EE5xY4)
"«Solarstalgia» van Aton Five is een fantastische CD, die vol geweldige progressieve rock staat, waarmee de band me van begin tot einde heeft weten te boeien en ik kan dit meesterwerk dan ook ten zeerste aanraden aan elke liefhebber van deze muzieksoort."
— Carry Munter, 5/5 (read the full review:
bit.ly/2Twju39)
"Il s’agit d’un rock progressif comme on l’aime, c’est à dire sans prétention, sans calcul et qui va à l’essentiel, composer des mélodies agiles et gracieuses, qui se développent telles les lianes autour d’un tronc, pour monter inexorablement vers les cimes musicales les plus élevées. Même le morceau le plus long de plus (17:37 minutes) , «The Endless Desert», maintien et garde en éveil tout nos sens, inventif et progressif en diable il ne tombe jamais dans la démonstration gratuite. Des plages plus calmes, intimistes développent un côté jazzy comme sur l’excellent «Journey» et d’autres se rapprochent le plus naturellement des envolées grandioses d’un Pink Floyd c’est le cas notamment de «Time» ."
— Gabriel, ProgCritique, 3.75/5 (read the full review:
bit.ly/2J7YKuC)
"Pour finir sur cet album, ne pensez pas que vous avez juste un copier-coller des différents groupes cités plus haut! Ici, c’est bien d’influence dont il est question et penser mettre un peu de l’aura de chacun de ces groupes doit vous faire prendre conscience que la fusion prog est une véritable aubaine aujourd’hui : en effet, qui aurait pu penser dans les 70s et les 80s rassembler du prog, du heavy et de l’électronique? Vous l’aurez compris, une véritable baffe!"
— Alain Massard, Profil Prog, 8.6/10 (read the full review:
bit.ly/3buF8tZ)