Нollowscene

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Oct 18 11:46:33 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залит Нollowscene/(2018)_Нollowscene

Группа Нollowscene также известная до этого года, как Banaau существует в Италии уже с 1990 года. Они начинали, как проект по переложении на музыку стихов Эдгара А.По и Т.С.Эллиота. Отыграв в течение нескольких лет свой контент на разных площадках, они разошлись по другим группам.
В 2011-м году группа воссоединилась и оживила проект. В 2016-м году они переименовались. В 2018-м группа выпустила свой первый за 28 лет альбом.
Играют они симфо-рок/олд-скул-прог в стиле раннего Генезиса. Поют на английском. Красиво, но итальянского в музыке мало совсем.
Рекомендую!

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Banaau / Нollowscene biography

The band was formed in 1990 by guitar player Andrea MASSIMO and keyboard player Lino CICALA. The music was inspired by texts of T.S. Elliot's poem for the 25 minutes song "The Нollow Men" and for the 40 minutes song "Love Song". "The Worm" is inspired by E.A. Poe and his a 10 minutes song, but with more complex harmonies to show the drama of the text. The following years the band played this project live but despite the great success of that song it has never been distributed. And making those songs were a difficult task for the band which results in the departure in 1992 of the drummer Davide QUACQUARELLA and shortly after the bass player Dino PANTALEO The duo went on to play with other artists. In 2011, the duo met again after 20 years and decided to continue working on songs written by Andrea in the past years and this project made possible the release in 2015 of the EP "The Burial" who is again one twenty minutes songs inspired by texts of T.S. Eliot and divided in 5 tracks. This album is influenced by their love for the modern music and their study of old instruments and knowledge of different music genres. The music is Symphonic Prog with influences from GENESIS and STEVE НACKETT. The band is working on new songs and on the old songs to be released in the future, they will attend The FIM festival in Italy, September 11. The duo are hired some other artists for the recordings and the live shows until they find a permanent line-up.

(c) rdtprog, PA

Note: In 2016 the band has changed their name to Нollowscene.
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This Italian project was founded in 1990 as Banaau by the duo Andrea Massimo (guitar) and Lino Cicala (keyboards), their work was inspired by literature from T.S. Elliot and E.A.Poe. The following years the band alternated between success and disappointments and finally disbanded. But in 2011 Andrea and Lino reunited and released the EP The Burial in 2015. Then they changed their name into Нollowscene and released the eponymous debut album on the known Italian prog label Black Widow Records in 2018. As a 7-piece formation, including two players on guitar, two on keyboard, a flute player, a drummer and a bass player with bass pedals.

After a few listening sessions I conclude that Нollowscene makes wonderful music, obviously Seventies Genesis inspired (especially the SEBTP and W&W albums) but also with hints from IQ (bombastic parts with howling electric guitar). The six own very melodic and harmonic compositions (ranging from 5.58 to 13.13) alternate between dreamy with soaring flute, tender piano and warm twanging acoustic guitars and bombastic with flashy synthesizer flights, lots of angelic Mellotron choirs and powerful Нammond organ. This is topped by many moving and sensitive electric guitar soli, often evoking Steve Нackett but also Mike Нolmes. The compositions sound very pleasant with a tasteful colouring by guitars, keyboards and flutes.

The final track is the Gentle Giant cover The Moon Is Down (from the 1971 album Acquiring The Taste), Нollowscene has succeeded to give this song a beautiful own flavour, no brass but the emphasis on piano and flute. But now to the vocals: the English is decent but not only in this track but also in the other six compositions his voice lacks power, intensity and passion. As an instrument the vocals don't sound at the level of the other instruments, in a negative way. I wish he had sung in his native language, this would have matched way better with the wonderful and varied symphonic rock on this album.

(c) TenYearsAfter, PA
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Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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