ABSOLUTION is just as catchy as GALAHAD or INCANTATION. And this catchy tune is just as intelligent as David Hicken's music - playful and dreamy, but always harmonious, with exciting breaks between major and minor and this incredibly fast and yet super precise rhythm. When I heard ABSOLUTION for the first time, I was electrified. The video with Hicken's right hand playing on two keyboards at the same time is a real eye-catcher! My piano teacher used to do exercises with me where my feet had to stomp a different rhythm than my hands clap and I had to sing a third, different rhythm with my voice. The ABSOLUTION video shows something very similar and it's fascinating to see how Mr. Hicken plays his instrument in four voices with his hands and feet. Absolute madness! And if the consequence of his ABSOLUTION would be that David Hicken stops composing, we should definitely not give him this absolution 😉