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1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedalus_(band) Review by philippe SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator http://www.progarchives.com/forum/uploads/177/rollin-levres-de-sang.jpg http://www.progarchives.com/static-images/4stars.gif One of those 70's psychedelic treasures catching the essence of jazz rock with heavy grooves and hypno/experimental effects. The first track is a quick, electric jazz trip with abundant but linear guitar solos. Some nice keyboards parts accompany the jam. "Leda" is a floating jazzy tune with hyperactive psychedelic tones thanks to the use of amazing, atmospheric organ parts. The second part of the composition features a rather dreamy, spacey, evanescent soundscape punctuated by acid-psych bass grooves. "Conn" consists of improvisations with jammin' sax parts and really bizarre sound collages from a wide variety of instruments. "C.T.6" contains an elegant technical solo guitar sequence closed to Mc Laughlin's style. Not easy to approach for neophytes but highly recommended for convinced fans of jazz rock weirdo like Embryo and classic fusion jams from Miles Davis
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Italian Jazz - Rock- Prog. Band ( politically involved) whose Leader was Greek Demetrio Stratos , extraordinary Vocalist (RIP). Had the privilege to see them twice in concert. First time with Demetrio in 1975 ( he passed away in 1979 due to sclerosis) and then another time without him. Band was really good and Stratos performance and singing absolutely unique. He did indeed have a special gift. In 1977 or 78 he won first prize at the Contemporary Music Festival in NYC. He presented a tune from his solo voice album "Metrodora". Audience tributed him a standing ovation 10 mins. long ( at least so reported the chronicles of the time) Sung in Greek Translation ( partial) . Ancient Greek Poem. Open my lips, April sweetly so that I can sing Open heart Comet Close the Poets' mouth Comet close the mouth and go away Open eyes to Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrio_Stratos
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedalus_(band) Review by philippe SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator One of those 70's psychedelic treasures catching the essence of jazz rock with heavy grooves and hypno/experimental effects. The first track is a quick, electric jazz trip with abundant but linear guitar solos. Some nice keyboards parts accompany the jam. "Leda" is a floating jazzy tune with hyperactive psychedelic tones thanks to the use of amazing, atmospheric organ parts. The second part of the composition features a rather dreamy, spacey, evanescent soundscape punctuated by acid-psych bass grooves. "Conn" consists of improvisations with jammin' sax parts and really bizarre sound collages from a wide variety of instruments. "C.T.6" contains an elegant technical solo guitar sequence closed to Mc Laughlin's style. Not easy to approach for neophytes but highly recommended for convinced fans of jazz rock weirdo like Embryo and classic fusion jams from Miles Davis
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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Furio Chirico - band leader and great drummer https://open.spotify.com/album/0mWgW1Cyapnw02hgmzVmUo Album Line-up / Musicians - Luigi "Gigi" Venegoni / electric & acoustic guitars, ARP2600 synthesizer (8), co-producer - Beppe Crovella / acoustic & electric pianos, ARP2600 & Eminent synths, Mellotron, Hammond organ - Giovanni Vigliar / violin, vocals, percussion - Arturo Vitale / soprano & baritone saxes, clarinet & bass clarinet, vibraphone - Marco Gallesi / bass - Furio Chirico / drums, percussion Review by Sean Trane SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk 3.5 stars really!!! One of the most emblematic Italian prog albums with that simple but stunning album, which could probably the progressive spirit: indeed that wide funnel could be where the progressive movement engulf all of their individual or collective influences and transfer them into a tank for the mix, thus producing an incredibly varied and complex end product. This suggestive imagery belongs to yours truly, but I doubt I will be the only one who thought about it. It is further reinforced by the subtitle of the album's name: imagination for the ear. Often classified as JR/F, this band doesn't make pigeonholing that easy, especially when the violinist induces a bunch of symphonic or classical shades into the overall mix. A sextet from Rome (despite the majority being from Turin), the group is lead by three or even four frontmen, including a wind player (Vitale) and a string (violin mainly) player (Vigliar) as well as the more standard keyboards (Crovella) and guitar (Venegoni), thus allowing a very varied (in principle) sound. Let's not forget to mention drummer extraordinaire Furio Chirico and the no-less awesome bassist Gallesi. What you will find on the slice of wax or vinyl is a fairly-typical Italian-sounding group, stuck between the more symphonic (early PFM or BMS) and the jazzier penchant (Perigeo or later PFM) of the Italian scope of prog, but not venturing in its more-experimental side like Area or Stormy Six (if you except the short closing title track) or its prog folk slant (Saint Just). A mostly instrumental album, despite two sung tracks, A&M plays a very demonstrative melodic prog oscillating between symphonic and jazz styles, which give them a good but not unique quality to stand out from the mass of their compatriots. Indeed, while the sax gives the blue-notes sonorities, the violin and mellotrons counter with more European influences, despite the compositions being mostly that of guitarist Venegoni. Opening on the slightly Mahavishnu-esque and instrumental piece of Gravitation 9.81, you find yourself slipping without warning into the Crimson-like layers of Trons of the following piece of Strips, whose vocals are quite PFM-sounding. The short Corrosione is more of a transition piece that will polarize us into the +/- track (again Mahavishnu, but with added vibes) in order to prepare to the Cammino, a slow-evolving and gradually incandescent, in great part due to Vitale's winds and Venegoni's fiery guitar solo, before the short Scacco piece ends the side rather abruptly. The flipside is mostly hogged by the album's highlight, the 13-mins+ Articolazione, the other track featuring vocals, but it is sandwiched by two short track, the first of which Farenheit is Maha-inspired, while the closing Tilt piece is definitely more abstract and totally musically out of context of the rest of the album: interesting but artificial. Let's go back to the epic, truly the more complex and energetic piece of the album in the "Crimson meets PFM" mode, but featuring some IMHO expandable texts, but clearly the centrepiece of Tilt. I'm not sure if the album's production was perfect or is it that the music could've used a tad more energy and dynamics, but maybe a remastering would be helpful. While there are some undeniable Mahavishnu influences that make this album interesting to fusionheads, it's likely to interest more progheads, especially if you've heard the previous The Trip formation, you will impressed by the progress they made.. I often wonder how the group might have sounded and fared without the violin, out of pure speculation (he's not a composer anyway), but it's quite pointless since imagining A&M without Vigliar is unthinkable, because his sound is somewhere between Goodman, Lockwood or Ponty. Not essential (IMHO) to either jazz or prog fans, but Tilt is definitely worthy of some attention from both sides.
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01 - Introduzione (intro) 02 - Primo Incontro (1st encounter) 03 - Secondo Incontro (2nd enc) 04 - Terzo Incontro (3rd enc) 05 - Epilogo (epilogue) 06 - Introduzione (English Version) 07 - Secondo Incontro (English Version) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Balletto_di_Bronzo
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01 7/4 (Settequarti) 02 13/8 (Trediciottavi) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Trolls
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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Furio Chirico.....Great drummer...Used to play w band "Trip" before founding "A & M" Outstanding fusion band from Italy. All the power delivered by the insane drumming of Furio CHIRICO is counterpointted by the beautiful violin passages, as well as the killer guitar work. On their early albums, ARTI e MESTIERI made a dynamic, complex and elaborately crafted rock, folk, and fusion blend, that featured much violin and keyboards. ARTI & MESTIERI, considered one of the most influent cult bands in the italian and european prog scene will astonish the audience confirming, 25 years after its release, that "TILT" is still a milestone for two generations of fans. Both albums that came out on CD, "Tilt" and "Giro Di Valzer Per Domani", are real masterpieces of the genre. A real must for all fusion lovers! -
1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedalus_(band) Review by philippe SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator One of those 70's psychedelic treasures catching the essence of jazz rock with heavy grooves and hypno/experimental effects. The first track is a quick, electric jazz trip with abundant but linear guitar solos. Some nice keyboards parts accompany the jam. "Leda" is a floating jazzy tune with hyperactive psychedelic tones thanks to the use of amazing, atmospheric organ parts. The second part of the composition features a rather dreamy, spacey, evanescent soundscape punctuated by acid-psych bass grooves. "Conn" consists of improvisations with jammin' sax parts and really bizarre sound collages from a wide variety of instruments. "C.T.6" contains an elegant technical solo guitar sequence closed to Mc Laughlin's style. Not easy to approach for neophytes but highly recommended for convinced fans of jazz rock weirdo like Embryo and classic fusion jams from Miles Davis.
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Italian Jazz - Rock- Prog. Band ( politically involved) whose Leader was Greek Demetrio Stratos , extraordinary Vocalist (RIP). Had the privilege to see them twice in concert. First time with Demetrio in 1975 ( he passed away in 1979 due to sclerosis) and then another time without him. Band was really good and Stratos performance and singing absolutely unique. He did indeed have a special gift. In 1977 or 78 he won first prize at the Contemporary Music Festival in NYC. He presented a tune from his solo voice album "Metrodora". Audience tributed him a standing ovation 10 mins. long ( at least so reported the chronicles of the time) Sung in Greek Translation ( partial) . Ancient Greek Poem. Open my lips, April sweetly so that I can sing Open heart Comet Close the Poets' mouth Comet close the mouth and go away Open eyes to Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrio_Stratos
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From " Darwin! " 1972 RIP Francesco Di Giacomo - vocalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_del_Mutuo_Soccorso Review by Fitzcarraldo SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator This concept album is my favourite of the first three BANCO albums, but it is also the oddest (mind you, all BANCO's music is a bit odd in my opinion). Pity I understand very little Italian, because I think the lyrics for such an ambitious theme (evolution) would be interesting. The long 'L'Evoluzione' (evolution) is obviously the vehicle to introduce the album's concept. It starts off as a fairly sedate song (I even hear a little PINK FLOYD in there somewhere) but then comes some synth which makes me think of erupting volcanoes, and the song heats up, not very melodically, with BANCO's characteristic repetitive note sequences, with a piccolo mib playing over the top in places. Keeping one's mind on the theme stops the track getting tedious. 'La Conquista Della Posizione Eretta' (the conquest of the upright position) is really atmospheric, with synth used to produce animal-like sounds, and some dynamic 'echoey' synth that, given the theme and track title, make me think of apes swinging through the forest treetops at great speed (honestly!, although the band probably intended nothing of the kind). I really, really like this track. 'Danza Dei Grandi Rettili' (dance of the large reptiles) is also the business. It has a very laid-back jazzy barroom feel, starting with some piano and bass, and then adding synth. Again, bearing in mind the theme, it's not hard to picture a T. Rex clomping around looking for prey. Great synth on this one. 'Cento Mani E Cento Occhi' (a hundred hands and a hundred eyes) is the reason I bought the album in the first place. It is a frenetic track with a fair amount of unmelodic keyboard with what sounds like repetitive two-finger key bashing and 'wailing' by Francesco Di Giacomo (well, that's how it sounds to me!). When I first heard this track I thought, "What on Earth is this?" but had to listen to it again, and again and finally had to buy the album. This is probably the track to play if you want to clear a room! Knowing the title, the music makes me think of a giant millipede scuttling at high speed along the jungle floor, but I'm probably way off: wish I could understand the lyrics. Then, right at the end of the song, there is what sounds like a tribal ritual chant over some foot-tapping progressive rock. A bizarre track, but strangely compelling. '750,000 Anni Fa...L'Amore?' (750,000 Years Ago...Love?) is ballad-like, Francesco Di Giacomo singing with great feeling with the piano as the principal backing instrument, interrupted for a short while by some very electronic synth. It's pleasant enough. 'Miserere Alla Storia' starts off with staccato, repeated note sequences on the organ, then changes to a classical-sounding theme with piccolo mib and acoustic guitar, then transmogrifies into a mad-sounding Francesco Di Giacomo half speaking, half singing, then back to the staccato repeated note sequences on the organ. It becomes more interesting towards the end when piano kicks in with synth and other instruments, but in places reminds me a bit of a slightly out of tune village band. 'Ed Ora Io Domando Tempo Al Tempo Ed Egli Mi Risponde...Non Ne Ho!' (and now I ask the time to Time and he replies...I haven't got it!) is yet another bizarre track. It starts with a sound like a donkey braying, which sounds to me like the very slow dragging of a violin bow or perhaps the rocking of a very creaky rocking chair. Then the clavicembalo and piccolo mib add some background as Francesco Di Giacomo sings to backing music that sounds a bit like an umpapa umpapa village band. I hope the above whets your curiosity rather than putting you off getting this album. If you're used to melodic Progressive Rock then this is a very different beast, but should grow on you. The composition and use of instruments to convey the theme are clever, and there is so much variety and oddity in the tracks - and within tracks - that it keeps you listening intently and enjoying immensely. Get it, listen to it on headphones, imagine and enjoy. If you don't like it at first, stick with it, it's worth it. I'd like to give this 4.5 stars if such a thing were possible, but will go with 4. umb's note: Saw them twice in concert.......Very very good Album lineup: - Francesco Di Giacomo / lead vocals - Marcello Todaro / electric & acoustic guitars - Vittorio Nocenzi / Hammond organ, Moog synthesizers, harpsichord, vocals - Gianni Nocenzi / piano, E-flat clarinet - Renato D'Angelo / bass, double bass - Pier Luigi Calderoni / drums, timpani
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01 7/4 (Settequarti) 02 13/8 (Trediciottavi) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Trolls
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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Italian Jazz - Rock- Prog. Band ( politically involved) whose Leader was Greek Demetrio Stratos , extraordinary Vocalist (RIP). Had the privilege to see them twice in concert. First time with Demetrio in 1975 ( he passed away in 1979 due to sclerosis) and then another time without him. Band was really good and Stratos performance and singing absolutely unique. He did indeed have a special gift. In 1977 or 78 he won first prize at the Contemporary Music Festival in NYC. He presented a tune from his solo voice album "Metrodora". Audience tributed him a standing ovation 10 mins. long ( at least so reported the chronicles of the time) Sung in Greek Translation ( partial) . Ancient Greek Poem. Open my lips, April sweetly so that I can sing Open heart Comet Close the Poets' mouth Comet close the mouth and go away Open eyes to Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrio_Stratos
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1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedalus_(band)
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Furio Chirico - band leader and great drummer 0:00 1. Gravità 9,81 4:07 2. Strips 8:46 3. Corrosione 10:13 4. Positivo/Negativo 13:49 5. In Cammino 19:20 6. Farenheit 20:34 7. Articolazioni 33:58 8. Tilt Review by Sean Trane SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk 3.5 stars really!!! One of the most emblematic Italian prog albums with that simple but stunning album, which could probably the progressive spirit: indeed that wide funnel could be where the progressive movement engulf all of their individual or collective influences and transfer them into a tank for the mix, thus producing an incredibly varied and complex end product. This suggestive imagery belongs to yours truly, but I doubt I will be the only one who thought about it. It is further reinforced by the subtitle of the album's name: imagination for the ear. Often classified as JR/F, this band doesn't make pigeonholing that easy, especially when the violinist induces a bunch of symphonic or classical shades into the overall mix. A sextet from Rome (despite the majority being from Turin), the group is lead by three or even four frontmen, including a wind player (Vitale) and a string (violin mainly) player (Vigliar) as well as the more standard keyboards (Crovella) and guitar (Venegoni), thus allowing a very varied (in principle) sound. Let's not forget to mention drummer extraordinaire Furio Chirico and the no-less awesome bassist Gallesi. What you will find on the slice of wax or vinyl is a fairly-typical Italian-sounding group, stuck between the more symphonic (early PFM or BMS) and the jazzier penchant (Perigeo or later PFM) of the Italian scope of prog, but not venturing in its more-experimental side like Area or Stormy Six (if you except the short closing title track) or its prog folk slant (Saint Just). A mostly instrumental album, despite two sung tracks, A&M plays a very demonstrative melodic prog oscillating between symphonic and jazz styles, which give them a good but not unique quality to stand out from the mass of their compatriots. Indeed, while the sax gives the blue-notes sonorities, the violin and mellotrons counter with more European influences, despite the compositions being mostly that of guitarist Venegoni. Opening on the slightly Mahavishnu-esque and instrumental piece of Gravitation 9.81, you find yourself slipping without warning into the Crimson-like layers of Trons of the following piece of Strips, whose vocals are quite PFM-sounding. The short Corrosione is more of a transition piece that will polarize us into the +/- track (again Mahavishnu, but with added vibes) in order to prepare to the Cammino, a slow-evolving and gradually incandescent, in great part due to Vitale's winds and Venegoni's fiery guitar solo, before the short Scacco piece ends the side rather abruptly. The flipside is mostly hogged by the album's highlight, the 13-mins+ Articolazione, the other track featuring vocals, but it is sandwiched by two short track, the first of which Farenheit is Maha-inspired, while the closing Tilt piece is definitely more abstract and totally musically out of context of the rest of the album: interesting but artificial. Let's go back to the epic, truly the more complex and energetic piece of the album in the "Crimson meets PFM" mode, but featuring some IMHO expandable texts, but clearly the centrepiece of Tilt. I'm not sure if the album's production was perfect or is it that the music could've used a tad more energy and dynamics, but maybe a remastering would be helpful. While there are some undeniable Mahavishnu influences that make this album interesting to fusionheads, it's likely to interest more progheads, especially if you've heard the previous The Trip formation, you will impressed by the progress they made.. I often wonder how the group might have sounded and fared without the violin, out of pure speculation (he's not a composer anyway), but it's quite pointless since imagining A&M without Vigliar is unthinkable, because his sound is somewhere between Goodman, Lockwood or Ponty. Not essential (IMHO) to either jazz or prog fans, but Tilt is definitely worthy of some attention from both sides.
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1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedalus_(band)
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1. Valzer Per Domani (2:12) 2. Mirafiori (5:55) 3. Saper Sentire (4:40) 4. Nove Lune Prima (0:55) 5. Mescal (2:00) 6. Mescalero (0:35) 7. Nove Lune Dopo (1:08) 8. Dimensione Terra (1:30) 9. Aria Pesante (3:53) 10. Consapevolezza Parte 1a (3:22) 11. Sagra (3:06) 12. Consapevolezza Parte 2a (1:12) 13. Rinuncia (2:48) 14. Marilyn (2:40) 15. Terminal (2:20) Furio Chirico.....Great drummer Outstanding fusion band from Italy. All the power delivered by the insane drumming of Furio CHIRICO is counterpointted by the beautiful violin passages, as well as the killer guitar work. On their early albums, ARTI e MESTIERI made a dynamic, complex and elaborately crafted rock, folk, and fusion blend, that featured much violin and keyboards. ARTI & MESTIERI, considered one of the most influent cult bands in the italian and european prog scene will astonish the audience confirming, 25 years after its release, that "TILT" is still a milestone for two generations of fans. Both albums that came out on CD, "Tilt" and "Giro Di Valzer Per Domani", are real masterpieces of the genre. A real must for all fusion lovers!
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Italian Jazz - Rock- Prog. Band ( politically involved) whose Leader was Greek Demetrio Stratos , extraordinary Vocalist (RIP). Had the privilege to see them twice in concert. First time with Demetrio in 1975 ( he passed away in 1979 due to sclerosis) and then another time without him. Band was really good and Stratos performance and singing absolutely unique. He did indeed have a special gift. In 1977 or 78 he won first prize at the Contemporary Music Festival in NYC. He presented a tune from his solo voice album "Metrodora". Audience tributed him a standing ovation 10 mins. long ( at least so reported the chronicles of the time) Sung in Greek Translation ( partial) . Ancient Greek Poem. Open my lips, April sweetly so that I can sing Open heart Comet Close the Poets' mouth Comet close the mouth and go away Open eyes to Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetrio_Stratos
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On guitar: Alberto Radius ( once guitarist of band "Formula 3") On drums: Tullio De Piscopo who used to play w Pino Daniele-RIP Loaded trains from Albania bring so many foreigners to Siberia antique carpets, Indian merchants put on houses between Russia and China Roads of the East. Pushed by the Turks and the Iraqis here made camp Mustafa Mullah Barazani Eastern roads of vast horizons hidden cities of Persian language hence the End. They Tell stories of Princesses locked in castles for too much beauty Lotus flowers, beautiful gardens And Leningrad today ... At night you can still happen to hear the sounds of harmoniums out of breath and old Kurds for a thousand years offer their chest to Novenas ... Roads Of The East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Battiato
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Furio Chirico - band leader and great drummer 0:00 1. Gravità 9,81 4:07 2. Strips 8:46 3. Corrosione 10:13 4. Positivo/Negativo 13:49 5. In Cammino 19:20 6. Farenheit 20:34 7. Articolazioni 33:58 8. Tilt Review by Sean Trane SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk 3.5 stars really!!! One of the most emblematic Italian prog albums with that simple but stunning album, which could probably the progressive spirit: indeed that wide funnel could be where the progressive movement engulf all of their individual or collective influences and transfer them into a tank for the mix, thus producing an incredibly varied and complex end product. This suggestive imagery belongs to yours truly, but I doubt I will be the only one who thought about it. It is further reinforced by the subtitle of the album's name: imagination for the ear. Often classified as JR/F, this band doesn't make pigeonholing that easy, especially when the violinist induces a bunch of symphonic or classical shades into the overall mix. A sextet from Rome (despite the majority being from Turin), the group is lead by three or even four frontmen, including a wind player (Vitale) and a string (violin mainly) player (Vigliar) as well as the more standard keyboards (Crovella) and guitar (Venegoni), thus allowing a very varied (in principle) sound. Let's not forget to mention drummer extraordinaire Furio Chirico and the no-less awesome bassist Gallesi. What you will find on the slice of wax or vinyl is a fairly-typical Italian-sounding group, stuck between the more symphonic (early PFM or BMS) and the jazzier penchant (Perigeo or later PFM) of the Italian scope of prog, but not venturing in its more-experimental side like Area or Stormy Six (if you except the short closing title track) or its prog folk slant (Saint Just). A mostly instrumental album, despite two sung tracks, A&M plays a very demonstrative melodic prog oscillating between symphonic and jazz styles, which give them a good but not unique quality to stand out from the mass of their compatriots. Indeed, while the sax gives the blue-notes sonorities, the violin and mellotrons counter with more European influences, despite the compositions being mostly that of guitarist Venegoni. Opening on the slightly Mahavishnu-esque and instrumental piece of Gravitation 9.81, you find yourself slipping without warning into the Crimson-like layers of Trons of the following piece of Strips, whose vocals are quite PFM-sounding. The short Corrosione is more of a transition piece that will polarize us into the +/- track (again Mahavishnu, but with added vibes) in order to prepare to the Cammino, a slow-evolving and gradually incandescent, in great part due to Vitale's winds and Venegoni's fiery guitar solo, before the short Scacco piece ends the side rather abruptly. The flipside is mostly hogged by the album's highlight, the 13-mins+ Articolazione, the other track featuring vocals, but it is sandwiched by two short track, the first of which Farenheit is Maha-inspired, while the closing Tilt piece is definitely more abstract and totally musically out of context of the rest of the album: interesting but artificial. Let's go back to the epic, truly the more complex and energetic piece of the album in the "Crimson meets PFM" mode, but featuring some IMHO expandable texts, but clearly the centrepiece of Tilt. I'm not sure if the album's production was perfect or is it that the music could've used a tad more energy and dynamics, but maybe a remastering would be helpful. While there are some undeniable Mahavishnu influences that make this album interesting to fusionheads, it's likely to interest more progheads, especially if you've heard the previous The Trip formation, you will impressed by the progress they made.. I often wonder how the group might have sounded and fared without the violin, out of pure speculation (he's not a composer anyway), but it's quite pointless since imagining A&M without Vigliar is unthinkable, because his sound is somewhere between Goodman, Lockwood or Ponty. Not essential (IMHO) to either jazz or prog fans, but Tilt is definitely worthy of some attention from both sides.
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1. 00:00 Santiago 2. 09:05 Leda 3. 13:22 Conn 4. 17:19 CT 6 5. 31:08 Brilla