Nili Brosh: From Concept to Reality

HER NEW RECORD, SPECTRUM, IS A CONCEPT ALBUM THAT WORKS JUST AS WELL FORWARDS AS BACKWARDS, OR AT THE MERCY OF THE “SHUFFLE” BUTTON

- Peter Hodgson

CONCEPT ALBUMS HAVE been a staple of rock music in one form or another since the Sixties. Generally a concept album is primarily knitted together by lyrical connections, yet instrumental guitar-oriented music presents a perfect framework on which to build a concept, free of the needs of narrative and lyrical cohesion. Nili Brosh’s new album, Spectrum, is a heavily conceptual piece with each track fitting onto a carefully thought-out musical concept — that concept being, “How do you make an instrumental album that explores different genres yet still feels ‘of a piece’?”