The Nautilus is the name of the diving ship from Jules Verne's famous adventure novel 20,000 Miles Under Sea. The books of this 19th century science fiction writer have a great influence on the German band of the same name, but more influences can be detected on their first album since 12 years. With two members behind electronic keys, supplemented by two guitarists, Nautilus harks back to the
… Deutsche electronic musik or cosmic musik of the 70s, with groups like and . Atmospheric electronic sound carpets with pulsating rhythms are cut through with spacey guitar playing. Nautilus does this cleverly and authentically. At the same time, the music does not want to become very 'cosmic'. The relatively short songs may sound too adapted and too tightly directed for that. A nice soundtrack to the books by Jules Verne is The Mystery Of Waterfalls. (MR)more
