Logos Affinity keyboardist Ellsworth Hall took the Olde English antecedent of his first name ("Aethellis-worth") and has used it for his own project Aethellis, on which he plays all the instruments (keyboards, guitar, "digi-drums") and sings all the [+]Logos Affinity keyboardist Ellsworth Hall took the Olde English antecedent of his first name ("Aethellis-worth") and has used it for his own project Aethellis, on which he plays all the instruments (keyboards, guitar, "digi-drums") and sings all the vocals.
Taking the traditional elements of progressive rock, Aethellis blends them with contemporary rhythms, sounds and styles.
"Hubris," a song from the Aethellis album debuted on March 23rd, 2003 in four Broadjam Top 10 Charts: Rock, Progressive Rock (at #1), Maryland (at #1) and Mid-Atlantic. It remained in the Progressive Rock chart for 6 months.
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This project with a silly name is the brainchild of a single man named Ellsworth R. Hall. Many people would not give it a second thought. That would be their mistake. The album is the rare stone overturned that reveals a bounty of new revelations. The album is enjoyable and quite an achievement for a sole musician. It is surprising this individual has gone undetected. This album really deserves some attention.
- courtesy of Josh Turner for The Music Street Journal
Aethellis surprised me with the music in this recording. Ellsworth Hall is the brain behind Aethellis and his trademark sound are the keyboards that start from the first second of the recording to create interesting melodies. And this melodies are sometimes more easy listening, sometimes more twisted but they always have an interesting progressive sound which I liked a lot. Ellsworth´s vocals are soft and melodic giving some of the compositions a hit format with memorable choruses. Most of the compositions here are long and I think that Aethellis develops carefully the music in such extension where he has place for developing all the ideas that the music here has. There is a seventies feeling here but with a much more modern sound that makes the music sound updated. This is pure melody full of interesting ideas.
- courtesy of Federico Marongiu for Music Extreme
Even if there is an Aethellis touring band, on the CD all the music and singing comes from one man : Ellsworth R. Hall. He plays all instruments but his main focus is on the keyboards.
Listening to Aethellis brings me back about twenty years. Even though at times, some twists and turns make it obvious th
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